Summary:
Unlocking Company Law will give you an understanding of the scope of company law, how it is linked to other specialist legal subjects, the sources of company law and the key legal principles. The book explores the legal structures of different types of business organisations and covers the areas which feature most commonly on undergraduate law programmes:
* the corporate personality doctrine
* shareholders, shares and capital
* directors’ duties
* minority shareholder protection
* transparency.

The law is illustrated throughout with recent and prominent cases and the Companies Act 2006 is explored and explained in full.
Unlocking Company Law will provide you with the tools you need to engage with and understand company law.

Unlocking the Law is designed specifically to make the subject matter accessible. The text includes features, activities, key facts charts, diagrams, and clear headings and sub-headings to aid students in understanding the different areas within their course. All titles in this series have been written specifically to ensure that readers understand fully the concepts required and are able to apply them with confidence. They follow the same format and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another.

• The best pedagogic textbooks on the market
• Appropriate language level
• Numerous citations, quotations and extracts
• Value for money, cheaper than most of the competition

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to company law
2. Legal structures of business organisations
3. Sources and types of law relevant to companies
4. Types of registered companies
5. A company as a distinct legal person
6. Preparing to establish a company
7. Registering a company
8. Financing the company
9. Shares
10. Loans and tender security
11. The constitution of the company
12. Management of the company
13. Decisions of shareholders
14. Directors I: appointment, removal and powers
15. Directors II: duties
16. Executives and managers
17. Company secretary
18. Annual accounts & reports and auditors
19. Shareholder protection
20. Criminal law and companies
21. Insolvency and liquidations
22. Hot topics

About the Author(s):
Author:
Susan McLaughlin LLM is Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Trent University. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and former General Counsel and Company Secretary for Coors Brewers, she is qualified as both a barrister and solicitor.br />
Series Editors:
Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years’ experience as a practising barrister. She has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author.

Chris Turner LLM is a qualified barrister and Senior Lecturer in Law at Wolverhampton University. He has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author.

Jacqueline Martin and Chris Turner are series editors of the Key Facts, Key Cases, and Key Statutes series, all published by Hodder Education.

Readership:
Undergraduate students taking Company Law options