Company directors : duties, liabilities, and remedies / by Oxford Scholarship Online

Table of Contents: “…Historical introduction to the Law relating to the duties and liabilities of directors / Simon Mortimore, QC -- The current legal framework relating to directors / Simon Mortimore, QC -- Directors and other officers : requirement and definitions / Adam Goodison -- Directors' powers and responsibilities / Adam Goodison -- Directors' decision-making and delegation / William Willson -- Appointment of directors / Martin Griffiths, QC -- Termination of appointment of directors / Edward Brown -- Directors' terms of service / Edward Brown -- Taxation of directors' earnings and benefits / Thomas Chacko -- General duties of directors / Mark Arnold, QC -- Duty to act within powers / Marcus Haywood -- Duty to promote the success of the company / Mark Arnold, QC and Marcus Haywood -- Duty to exercise resonable care, skill, and diligence / Mark Arnold, QC -- Duty to avoid conflicts of interest / Mark Arnold, QC and Marcus Haywood -- Duty not to accept benefits from third parties / Marcus Haywood -- Duty to declare interest in transaction or arrangement / Lloyd Tamlyn and Marcus Haywood -- Transactions with directors requiring approcval of members / Lloyd Tamlyn -- The company's remedies for breach of directors' general duties / Antony Zacaroli, QC -- Directors' liabilities : exemption, indemnification, and ratification / Blair Leahy and Andrew Feld -- Directors' liabilities : provision of insurance / Stuart Hill -- Members' personal and derivative claims / Georgina Peters -- Members' unfair prejudice claims and winding-up petitions / Adam Al-Attar -- Liabilities of directors to third parties / Lexa Hilliard, QC -- Decision-making by members / Hannah Tornley -- Accounting records and disclosure requirements / Stephen Robins -- Capital and distributions / Stephen Robins -- Reorganizations and takeovers / Tom Smith, QC -- Pensin schemes / Henry Legge, QC -- Investigations and public interest winding-up petitions / Glen Davis, QC -- Disqualification proceedings / Robert Amey -- Civil penalties forDD market abuse / Glen Davis, QC and Robert Amey -- Directors' functions and duties in insolvency proceedings / Charlotte Cooke -- Directors' liabilities in insolvency proceedings / Charlotte Cooke -- Criminal liability of directors / Clare Sibson, QC -- Duties and liabilities of directors of foreign companies / Tom Smith, QC.…”
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