The Law of Companies

Thomas B. Courtney

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
• Year: 2017
• Edition: 4
• eBook ISBN:
  9781784510442
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Commercial Law
• Index: Law

The fourth edition of the leading company law textbook, provides the most authoritative and comprehensive commentary on Irish company law following the commencement of the Companies Act 2014. The Companies Act 2014 makes the most far-reaching and fundamental changes to Irish company law in two generations, putting forward a radically different approach whereby the private company limited by shares will become the new model company. The structure of the fourth edition of this highly regarded title mirrors this new Act. The Act comprises over 1, 448 Parts and represents the modern statement of the law applicable to the formation of companies, administration and management to their winding up and dissolution, incorporating the rights and duties of their officers, members and creditors. The Act commences on 1 June 2015 and introduces significant changes for companies operating in Ireland. This work has been expanded and revised to account for these legislative changes and important case law. As chairperson of the Company Law Review Group, whose recommendations greatly informed the new Act and as a leading practitioner of company law, Tom Courtney has a unique insight to the new legislation, its purpose and interpretation.The fourth edition is virtually a complete re-write and at approximately 2, 900 pages it is some 400 pages longer than the last edition. Fully updated to take account of the dozens of judgments from the Irish and UK courts that have been delivered since the previous edition as well as the new statutory provisions, the fourth edition of The Law of Companies is a 'must have' for all practitioners, students and users of Irish company law. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Irish Company and Commercial Law online service.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Foreword to the First Edition
• Preface
• Contents Overview
• Contents
• Table of Cases
• Table of Legislation
• Chapter 1: The Private Company Limited by Shares in Context
• Chapter 2: Incorporation and Re-registration of LTDs
• Chapter 3: The Constitution of a Company
• Chapter 4: Incorporation and its Consequences
• Chapter 5: Disregarding Separate Legal Personality
• Chapter 6: Corporate Civil Litigation
• Chapter 7: Corporate Contracts, Capacity and Authority
• Chapter 8: Shares and Share Capital
• Chapter 9: Share Transfers
• Chapter 10: The Maintenance of Company
• Chapter 11: Shareholders’ Remedies
• Chapter 12: Groups of Companies
• Chapter 13: Corporate Governance: Management by the Directors
• Chapter 14: Corporate Governance: Meetings
• Chapter 15: Directors: Corporate Obligations and Criminal Liability
• Chapter 16: Directors: Fiduciary Duties and Personal Liability
• Chapter 17: Directors: Regulation of Transactions and Arrangements
• Chapter 18: Financial Statements, Audit and Annual Return
• Chapter 19: Corporate Borrowing: Debentures and Security
• Chapter 20: Corporate Borrowing: Registration of Charges
• Chapter 21: Corporate Borrowing: Receivers
• Chapter 22: Schemes, Reorganisations, Mergers and Divisions
• Chapter 23: Examinerships
• Chapter 24: Winding Up Companies
• Chapter 25: Liquidators
• Chapter 26: Realisation and Distribution of Assets in a Winding Up
• Chapter 27: Strike Off and Restoration
• Chapter 28: Investigations and Inspectors
• Chapter 29: Company Law Compliance and Enforcement
• Chapter 30: Designated Activity Companies
• Chapter 31: Public Limited Companies
• Chapter 32: Companies Limited by Guarantee
• Chapter 33: Unlimited Companies
• Chapter 34: Conversion by Re-registration
• Chapter 35: External Companies
• Index