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Modern Law of Meetings, 3rd Edition

Modern Law of Meetings, 3rd Edition

Author: Stephen Davies QC; Nicholas Briggs; Bethan Evans; Tom Ellis; David Impey
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781846615542
Published In: March 2013
Format: Hardback , 560 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Modern Law of Meetings comprehensively deals with the law and practice of company, insolvency and local authority meetings, as well as meetings to conduct business generally. It provides a thorough analysis of the meeting process, from deciding when a meeting is needed, the convening of a meeting, its conduct and management and the keeping of lawful and adequate records.

It is designed to help company officers and their advisers navigate all of the rules and regulations governing board and general meetings set out in the Companies Act 2006 and the model form articles for private companies limited by shares, guarantee companies and public companies respectively, all of which came fully into force on 1 October 2009.

It deals in detail with the saving provisions that apply to companies whose constitutions pre-date the relevant parts of the 2006 Act, which often have an option of either preserving their old way of doing things, or converting to the 2006 Act regime.

The book covers the legal and practical consequences for companies dealing with issues such as:

The abolition by the Act of objects clauses and ‘authorised share capital’
The introduction of new rules on directors’ powers to allot shares
The practical impact of a new power for boards to authorise directors’ ‘situational conflicts’ under s 175 of the Act – subject to conditions

The new edition also covers the often significant changes made to the original provisions of the 2006 Act by, for example, regulations such as the Companies (Shareholders Rights) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/1632 which, among other reforms, alter the rules governing proxies and corporate representatives, and members’ powers to require a general meeting to be called.

Part 1 - Company Meetings

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - The Control and Management of Companies
Chapter 3 - Types of Members' Resolutions
Chapter 4 - Meetings of Members (Including Classes of Members and of Debenture Holders)
Chapter 5 - Annual General Meetings for Public Companies
Chapter 6 - Notice of General (Members’) Meetings
Chapter 7 - The Quorum and the Chairman at General Meetings
Chapter 8 - Voting and Proxies at Members’ Meetings
Chapter 9 - Adjournments of Members’ Meetings
Chapter 10 - Rights of the Auditor in Relation to Members’ Meetings
Chapter 11 - Electronic Communications and General Meetings
Chapter 12 - Meetings of Directors
Chapter 13 - Electronic Communications and Board Meetings
Chapter 14 - Minutes of Members’ and of Board Meetings
Chapter 15 - Admission To and Expulsion From Members’ and Directors’ Meetings

Part 2 - Meetings in Insolvency

Chapter 16 - Introduction
Chapter 17 - Company Voluntary Arrangements
Chapter 18 - Company Administrations
Chapter 19 - Administrative Receivership
Chapter 20 - Creditors’ Voluntary Winding Up
Chapter 21 - Winding Up by the Court
Chapter 22 - Members’ Voluntary Liquidation
Chapter 23 - Creditors’ Schemes under Part 26 (ss 895–901) of the Companies Act 2006
Chapter 24 - Bankruptcy
Chapter 25 - Individual Voluntary Arrangements

Part 3 - Local Authorities

Chapter 26 - Local Authority Meetings

Part 4 - Meetings of Private Organisations

Chapter 27 - Meetings of Private Organisations

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Summary of Main Matters to be Dealt with by Members under the Companies Act
Appendix 2 - Bushell v Faith clause
Appendix 3 - The UK Corporate Governance Code

David Impey Solicitor
Nicholas Briggs LL.M and Deputy Registrar of the High Court, Companies Court
Christopher Brockman Barrister, Guildhall Chambers
Olwen Dutton Partner, Bevan Brittan
Tom Ellis, Solicitor