Butterworths Company Law Handbook, 26th edition

Butterworths Company Law Handbook is widely regarded as the essential company law reference work, setting out the most important statutes, statutory instruments and European legislation in this field.

Known to many as "the Blue Book", Butterworths Company Law Handbook is published annually and also provides comprehensive coverage of the legislation governing partnerships, limited liability partnerships and insolvency, This edition contains:-

• The Companies Act 2006 in full, including all amendments, and with detailed notes as to commencement and transitional provisions (Part 1: The Companies Act 2006)
• All commencement orders for the 2006 Act are included in full together with an 'at a glance' table of commencements for all sections and Schedules of the 2006 Act (Part 2: Companies Act 2006 commencement orders, etc)
• The Explanatory Notes to the Companies Act 2006 together with Tables of Origins and Destinations (Part 3: Companies Act 2006 supporting materials)
• All statutory instruments made under the 2006 Act are covered, either in full or, in the case of amending material, in the form of a note (Part 4: Companies Act 2006 statutory instruments)
• Pre-2006 companies legislation including the Companies Act 1985 (in so far as currently in force), the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, the Companies Act 1989, the insider dealing provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1993, and the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 are included, together with the statutory instruments made under those Acts that are still in force (Part 5: Pre-2006 companies primary legislation and Part 6: Statutory instruments made under pre-2006 companies legislation)
• The relevant provisions of FSMA 2000 and the essential statutory instruments made under that Act (Part 7: The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and Part 8: Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 statutory instruments)
• Relevant provisions pertaining to the law of insolvency, partnerships, limited·liability partnerships are included (Part 9: Miscellaneous other primary legislation and Part 10: Miscellaneous other statutory instruments)
• The Handbook also contains over twenty-five pieces of European legislation covering such topics as insolvency, market abuse, takeovers, prospectuses and transparency (Part 11.· EU Materials)
• The 2006 Act Model Articles as well as Table A to the Companies Acts of 1948 and 1985 (Appendices 1-3)

Recent developments which have been included and reflected in the twenty-sixth edition include:-

• Companies (Disclosure of Auditor Remuneration and Liability Limitation Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
• Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) {Amendment) Regulations 2011
• Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 23) (Investment Companies) Regulations 2012
• Supervision of Accounts and Reports (Prescribed Body) and Companies (Defective Accounts and Directors' Reports) (Authorised Person) Order 2012
• Statutory Auditors (Amendment of Companies Act 2006 and Delegation of Functions etc) Order 2012
• Prospectus Regulations 2012
• Regulation 486/2012/EU amending Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 as regards the format and the content of the prospectus, the base prospectus, the summary and the final terms and as regards the disclosure requirements.

A comprehensive index and a glossary of words and phrases complete this invaluable book, which is an essential reference source for company lawyers, accountants, company secretaries, tax advisers, students and those involved in the financial services dustry.