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Title: British Company Law
Venue: TFPL Ltd, 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5TL (near Farringdon
underground station)
Price: GBH275 + VAT (£323.13)
This course distills the key legal principles that govern corporate activity
for those who lack the time to follow lengthy conventional legal courses. It
is also goes beyond setting out the formal legal framework to examine how
these rules are applied in practice in British companies, featuring real
life examples. Comparisons with other jurisdictions are also made and the
course concludes with an examination of the options for reforming the law as
a result of the government's current review of the Companies Act.
course objectives:
* understand what company law provisions are intended to achieve
* distinguish the theoretical legal position from business reality
* decipher corporate legal jargon
* trace and use company documents - a vital tool for analysing a
business
course leader: Christopher Murphy
programme:
09.15 registration and coffee
09.30 introduction
09.45 company law
* historical evolution of british company law and fundamental
concepts.
* sources of company law: statutes, statutory instruments, case law
and law reports
* european dimension - EU company law directives
* comparisons with some other jurisdictions - USA, Europe, tax havens
10.45 coffee
11.00 limited liability and other types of company
* unlimited and limited companies
* private and public companies
* small and medium companies
* quoted companies
* complex company structures: holding companies, subsidiaries and
associate companies
* consequences of legal form for public information disclosure
11.45 company formation and financing
* registration at Companies House and key documents created
* types of share capital - authorised, issued, equity, preference,
convertible
* company borrowing - bank overdrafts, secured loans, corporate bonds
12.30 lunch
13.30 company decision takers
* duties and powers of directors, other company officers and
shareholders
* company records as a source of biographical data
* tracing shareholders
14.15 corporate reporting and disclosure
* annual report and accounts - contents and layout
* other Companies House filings and company registers
* prospectuses: when needed, what included and where found
* variations in the quality of disclosure
15.00 tea
15.15 corporate crimes and dangers and dissolving companies
* fraud and unlawful trading, insider dealing
* signs that a company may be in trouble
* disqualification of directors and DTI inspections
* voluntary winding-up, insolvency and the insolvency bill 2000,
bankruptcy, liquidation
15.45 so what next? The DTI company law reform project
* scope of review, key issues and range of potential changes
16.30 close
For further information on this course, please click on the link below.
http://www.tfpl.com/training/uk_courses/title_list/TR187/tr187.html
Website: http://www.tfpl.com/
Contact: Karen O'Brien or Naresh Perring on 020 7251 5522
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