Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Company Law
- Unincorprated Business Org
- Sole Trader (One man business)
- Partnership (= firms)
- Legal structure:
Must raise outside
funds, cannot
secure a loan by
using "floating
charge.
- Liability of the partners
- Jointly and severally liable
- Limited Partnership: j contribue aux finances mais ne suis pas debt liable
- Limited Liability
Partnership:
Members are taxed
individually,
remain liable for
debt.
- Incorporated (Resgistered) Business Org
- Types: 1. Limited by Shares
2. Limited by
guarantee 3.
Unlimited
- Legal Person 1. The company
2.Membership 3.Management (Each
subsiadiry is treated independently
even though holding has "group
account" - when law peaks into
subsidiary individually it is called
"lifting the corporate veil"
- Formation of the company:
Promoter: Owes difaciury duties to
the company he is promoting. -
Professional Agency or an already pre
incorporated company
- Registration: -Memorandum of association
- Application for Registration - Statement
giving Directors - Statement of Capital -
Statement of Compliance =Certificate of
incorporation (only for private comp. Public
companies also need trading certificate.
- Public Plc (shares on
stock exchange) vs
Private Ltd (Private
shares)
- Company's constitution:
no more "object clause"
so explanation of
company's
incorporation but
articles of association.
- Capital: Share capital -
Issued/unissued capital -
called up/uncalled share
capital - Reserve capital -
Loan capital
- preferece/ordinary
shares
- Loan Capital
(Debenture)
- Floating charge
- Fixed charege (legal/equitable)
- MANAGEMENT
- Director
- Executive Director (selected by board of directors)
- Non executive Director
- Chairman
- alternative director
- shadow director
- Board of directors (One tier board vs supervisory board model)
- Director's duties
- Duty to act within power
- exercice independent judgement
- exercice reasonable care
- Avoid conflict of interest
- Not accept benefits from third parties
- Declare interest in proposed transactions
- effect of a breach duty
- Company secretary
- Auditor
- SHAREHOLDERS
- Meetings
- Annual General Meeting
- Extroaidnary General Meeting
- Class meeting
- Resolutions
- Special Resolution
- Ordinary Resolution
- Written Resolution
- Minority Shareholders (Derivative action)
- DISSOLUTION
- In Partnership
- Personal Insolvency
- Registered Company
- Winding Up (Voluntary vs Compulsory)
- Role of liquidator (sort order of priority)
- Creditor rights
- Retention of title
- Lien
- Alternative to winding up
- Voluntary
Arrangement
- Administration
Order