Download or read book Personal Liability and Disqualification of Company Directors written by Stephen Griffin and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 1999-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Rt. Hon Mary Arden,D.B.E. The purpose of this new work is to provide an in-depth analysis of circumstances giving rise to the disqualification and personal liability of directors of insolvent companies. By way of introduction, the book commences by considering the legal indentification of a company director and the general corporate responsibilities and duties expected from a director of an insolvent company. Following the introduction, the first part of the work is devoted to an examination of the statutory provisions which may potentially render a director to be made personally liable to contribute to the debts and liabilities of an insolvent company. Accordingly, Part I of this book considers the law governing misfeasance proceedings, fraudulent trading, wrongful trading, phoenix companies and the misuse of corporate names under section 349(4) of the Companies Act 1985. Part II of the book involves an examination of the disqualification process under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. The ability and powers of the courts to impose disqualification orders have generated an abundance of case law. Part II commences with a general analysis of the disqualification process before moving on to specifically concentrate its attention on section 6 of the Act, namely the disqualification of directors for unfit conduct. The final chapter of the work involves an analysis of the procedural aspects of the disqualification process. Table of Contents Part I - Personal Liability of Company Directors Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Misfeasance Proceedings Chapter 3 - Fraudulent Trading Chapter 4 - Wrongful Trading Chapter 5 - The Phoenix Syndrome Chapter 6 - Section 349(4) of the Companies Act 1985 Part II - Disqualification of Company Directors Chapter 7 - The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 Chapter 8 - Disqualification for Unfit Conduct in the Management of an Insolvent Company (section 6, CDDA 1986) Chapter 9 - Procedural and Evidential Matters Pertinent to the CDDA 1986
Download or read book Disqualification and Personal Liability of Directors written by L. S. Sealy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disqualification and Personal Liability of Directors is a handbook explaining in clear and straightforward terms the rules and practice relating to director disqualification, the imposition of personal liability on directors and the rules restricting wrongful trading. The book is not only a handbook for the insolvency or company law specialist, but aids compliance with the law and can be used in: . Investigations of possible breaches of the law. Preparation of reports on the financial health of a company. The handling of cases
Download or read book Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors written by William E. Knepper and published by MICHIE. This book was released on 1978 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses how directors and officers can limit and protect against personal liability for corporate acts. Conflict of interest, class actions, liability of third persons, SEC regulatory actions, indemnification and contribution, and other relevant issues are addressed in the work.
Download or read book Directors Personal Liability for Corporate Fault written by Helen Anderson and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2008-10-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The corporation’s ability to avoid the costs of risks that materialize as a result of its pursuit of profits is a departure from the market model. It can easily be seen as an evasion of the obligations that go with being the un-coercing, freely-acting and choosing ‘invisible hand.’ Dramatic corporate collapses and major human and economic disasters due to bad corporate conduct have strengthened the common sense view that, if the corporate directors and officers have made the deliberate act their own in some way, they may be held responsible on the same basis that liberal law holds all individuals responsible for their intended actions in the non-corporate settings. Accordingly, recent decades have seen an increasing number of statutory interventions worldwide that impose direct responsibilities on directors and other corporate officers in respect of a wide range of regulatory regimes: environmental regulation, occupational health and safety and other employment standards, human rights statutes, transportation regimes, consumer and competition laws, protections for creditors and workers against insolvent trading, and the like. Legitimacy crises have pushed legislators to enlarge the number of responsibilities, to increase the amounts of the fines that may be levied and to make it clear that, in some cases, prison sentences will be imposed. This collection of essays describes and analyzes the legal regimes governing directors’ liability for corporate fault and default across eleven important trading jurisdictions. It asks: Are the reform provisions, especially director duties of ‘due diligence,’ sharply enough aimed to attain the goal of corporate accountability? Will it be easy or difficult for defendants to establish that due diligence was exercised? Is it possible that more reliance on self-policing may lead to less documenting and reporting of wrongs and dangers? What impact may schemes of greater self-monitoring have on State regulation? In what ways might corporations react to these demands that they become guardians of the public weal? The authors – each an authority in his or her respective jurisdiction – recognize that the reforms are a reaction to the political problems created by the ill fit of the corporation with the economic and political value systems that we purport to hold dear. As they survey the ways that vibrant economies can frame laws to influence the conduct of directors and companies, they invite further exploration into the political, economic, practical, and evolutionary factors that may explain the convergence and divergence of both statute law and judicial doctrines and the desirability or inevitability of this deeply significant trend.
Download or read book Personal Liability and Disqualification of Company Directors on Insolvency written by Denis Boyd and published by . This book was released on 1992-01 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text of a lecture given by the author on personal liability and disqualification of company directors on insolvency. Price includes postage and packaging.
Download or read book Disqualification of Company Directors written by Jean Jacques du Plessis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- List of tables -- About the editors and authors -- Preface -- 1 Analyses, perspectives and jurisdictional overview -- 2 The United Kingdom -- 3 Australia -- 4 South Africa -- 5 The United States -- 6 Germany -- Index
Download or read book Disqualification and Personal Liability of Directors written by L. S. Sealy and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Liability of Corporate Officers and Directors written by William E. Knepper and published by Lexis Law Publishing (Va). This book was released on 1998 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Liability of Corporate Directors 2007 II written by Christian Campbell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "International Liability of Corporate Directors", Volume II, 2007 edition, with nearly 750 pages in two volumes, examines the law applicable to company directors and the means available to minimize the risks of claims against them. The publication surveys 20 jurisdictions in Australasia, Europe, and North America. Purchase Volume I to complete the set. Purchase of print version includes CD version and 24/7 online access. A 10% discount applies to a subscription for next year's update. A 25% discount applies to a subscription for three years of updates. Discounts are applied after purchase by rebate from publisher.
Download or read book Rights and Duties of Directors written by Desmond Wright and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1987 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Liabilities of Corporate Officers and Directors written by Mortimer Feuer and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1974 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disqualification and Personal Liability of Directors written by L. S. Sealy and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Company Directors written by Simon Mortimore and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of the established authority on the law relating to directors of companies incorporated under the UK Companies Acts. The new edition features all important developments in the law including the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 which improves transparency (including requiring directors to be natural persons unless exceptions apply), simplifies company filing requirements, clarifies the application of general duties to shadow directors, modernises directors' disqualification and reforms insolvency law to facilitate proceedings where there has been wrongdoing. There has been a wealth of new case law relevant to directors' duties before the English courts, all of which are analysed and explained, including the Supreme Court decisions in Prest v Petrodel Resources, Jetivia v Bilta (UK), FHR European Ventures v Cedar Capital Partners and Eclairs Group v JKX Oil & Gas, the Court of Appeal decisions in Smithton Ltd v Naggar and Newcastle International Airport v Eversheds as well as the important High Court decisions in Universal Project Management Services v Fort Gilkicker, Madoff Securities International v Raven and the wrongful trading case, Re Ralls Builders. Non-UK cases are also analysed including Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd v Peterson in the Cayman Islands' Court of Appeal and the 2016 decision of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Chen v Jason. In keeping with developments in case law and legislation the book now includes expanded coverage of multiple derivatives claims, directors' exposure to third party claims and a new chapter on civil remedies for market abuse. The third edition is a complete reference work on the law relating to company directors and is the first port of call for all serious corporate lawyers and scholars on this subject.
Download or read book Directors Liability A Worldwide Review written by Alexander Loos and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed reference book for international business lawyers first appeared in 2006, with a second edition in 2010. Now in its third edition, and once again published in conjunction with the International Bar Association, this comparative study of a crucial issue in corporate law gives practitioners a powerful and decisive tool for ascertaining and comparing the law affecting directors’ liability in today’s globalizing economies. Covering nearly fifty jurisdictions worldwide (including eight not previously covered), the third edition affords senior lawyers in major firms the opportunity to provide concise, detailed, and easy-to-understand summaries on his or her home law on directors’ liability. Authors whose research appeared in earlier editions have updated their chapters, and the case law summarized and analysed now reflects published cases through the end of March 2016. The contributions describe the relevant law in force in each particular jurisdiction, along with an insightful discussion of trends and future prospects. For each of the different jurisdictions the authors detail and explain such factors as the following: - national legal theories of director liabilities; - recent cases dealing with directors’ liability; - corporate governance; and - indemnification and insurance. Where applicable, coverage also includes the legal implications of jurisdictional variations in such matters as judicial review, lawyer directorship, directors’ reliance on outside professionals, and the effect of the European Action Plan. References have been thoroughly updated throughout, and include many new online sources. This publication will be of enormous value to legal practitioners, whether in private practice or in the legal department of a globally active company, as a comprehensive and easy means of access to the law of foreign jurisdictions on directors’ liability.
Download or read book The Disqualification of Company Directors written by Abbas Mithani and published by Lexis Law Publishing (Va). This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disqualification of directors is a fast moving area of the law, regulated by a mass of rules and regulations. The effect of a disqualification order being made against an individual can be catastrophic, making it essential for the person advising him to be aware of the steps that can be taken from the earliest stages.
Download or read book Directors Liability and Indemnification written by Edward Smerdon and published by Globe Law and Business Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only work of its kind, this new book will be a powerful tool in assisting directors, officers and in-house counsel of national and international companies, and the private practice lawyers advising them, to make well-informed judgements about the risks they are taking.
Download or read book Directors Personal Liability for Corporate Fault written by Helen Anderson and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays describes and analyzes the legal regimes governing directors' liability for corporate fault and default across eleven important trading jurisdictions.
