Corporate Law, Law 

Boyle and Birds' Company Law is a well-established leading textbook based on Gore-Browne on Companies. It combines a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of UK law and practice with an examination of the theoretical issues, making it ideal reading for both students on degree courses and those taking professional examinations. Now in its eighth edition, the book has been revised in light of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2010 and case law developments including: the Supreme Court decision in Re Paycheck 3 Services Ltd on the meaning of de facto director * recent decisions regarding derivative claims: Kiani v Cooper, Mission Capital v Sinclair, Iesini v Westrop Holdings * consideration of the implications of Eurosail, Bloom v Pensions Regulator, Goldacre, and Re Stanford International * important new UK case law on schemes of arrangement, including Re Bluebrook and Re Lehman Bros International (Europe). Table of Contents: The Development of the Registered Company * The European Community and Company Law * Legal Personality: Its Consequences and Limitations * Registration, Formation, and Promotion of Companies * The Company's Constitution * Company Contracts * Share Capital: Allotment and Maintenance * Rights and Liabilities Attached to Shares: Reorganizations of Capital * Transfer and Transmission of Shares * Debentures, Charges, and Registration * Corporate Governance * Membership of a Company * Shareholders' Meetings * Accounts and Reports * Management of a Company * The Duties of Directors * Shareholders' Remedies * The Public Issue of Securities * Takeovers and Mergers * Corporate Reconstruction and Insolvency - from Amzon