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by Asa Briggs | Nov 23, 2015 | B, Business Law, su1
British South Africa Company History Modelled on the British East India Company, this was set up by Cecil Rhodes in 1889 to conquer and exploit southern Africa. Handed over political power to white-dominated Southern Rhodesia in 1923, it maintained its mineral rights in Zambia until [...]
Categories: B, Business Law, and su1. Tags: BR, British History, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Mar 6, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
The classification of companies Re-classification of the registered company
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CL, Companies, Company Law, Corporate Form, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | May 4, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Close Company In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Close Company : A company under the control of its directors or five or fewer participators. The participators have or are entitled to acquire a share or interest in the capital or income of [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CL, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by MacCallum | Feb 3, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Resources See Also Further Reading Companies in the Encyclopedia of Britain Companies in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Companies in the Halsbury's Laws of England Companies in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Companies in the Jowitt's Dictionary of [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Jan 21, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Companies Court In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Companies Court : The collective name given to those judges forming part of the *Chancery Division of the High Court who deal with matters arising out of the Companies Acts, principally the [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Jun 24, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Companies House In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Companies House : (Companies Registry, Companies House) The office of the Registrar of Companies (See registration of a company). Companies with a registered office in England or Wales are [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Apr 4, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Companies Register In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Companies Register : The official list of companies registered at the Companies Registry (See registration of a company).
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Mar 18, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Companies Registry In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Companies Registry : (Companies Registry, Companies House) The office of the Registrar of Companies (See registration of a company). Companies with a registered office in England or Wales [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Feb 22, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Company In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Company : An association formed to conduct business or other activities in the name of the associatio Most companies are incorporated (See incorporation) and therefore have a legal personality [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: Articles of Association, CO, Companies, Company Law, and Maintenance of Capital.
by Emily Rowling | Mar 16, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Law: Security for borrowing – company charges Priority of Company Charges Find under this subsection information about Priority of Company Charges in relation to Company Law: Security for borrowing – company charges.
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: Charges, CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by MacCallum | Feb 27, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Resources See Also Further Reading Company Commercial in the Encyclopedia of Britain Company Commercial in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Company Commercial in the Halsbury's Laws of England Company Commercial in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Company [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Apr 13, 2016 | Business Law, C, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Contract Formation
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Directors' interests in company contracts
Categories: Business Law, C, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Contract Formation
, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Contract Law, Directors, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Apr 28, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Payment of the company's debts Proving the company's debts Find under this subsection information about Proving the company's debts in relation to Payment of the company's debts. Liquidation: Payment of the company's debts
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Liquidations, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 1, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
History Directors, in company law, the agents by whom a trading or public company acts, the company itself being a legal abstraction and unable to do anything. As joint-stock companies have multiplied and their enterprise has extended, the position of directors has become one of increasing [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Directors, Featured, and Long Read.
by Emily Rowling | Jun 26, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Formation: The company's name Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: Regulating the company's name Changing the company's name Using a business name Re-use of company names Publicity of company name and other trading disclosures Company [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, and Corporate Form.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 20, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
The Corporate Form. Introduction What is company law? Find under this subsection information about What is company law? in relation to The Corporate Form. Introduction.
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Corporate Form, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 5, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Liquidation Legislation Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: Company Liquidation: Invalid floating charges (s245) Company Liquidation: Transactions at an undervalue (s238) Company Liquidation: Fraudulent trading (s231) Company Liquidation: Wrongful [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Liquidations, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | May 28, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Resources See Also See general meeting.
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Sep 25, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Board Company Meetings and general Company Meetings compared Types of meeting Frequency of Company Meetings Who convenes general Company Meetings? Notice of Company Meetings Resolutions The tabling of resolutions Special notice Quorum The chairman Voting Proxies [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Company Meetings, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Mar 14, 2015 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Company Member In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Company Member : A person who holds *shares in a company or, in the case of a company that does not issue shares (such as a company limited by guarantee), any of those who have signed the [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Jul 16, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Definition of Company Name In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Company Name : The title of a registered company, as stated in its *memorandum of association and in the companies register. The names with which companies can be registered are restricted (See [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, Liquidations, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Jun 3, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Formation: The company's name Changing the company's name Find under this subsection information about Changing the company's name in relation to Company Formation: The company's name.
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 15, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
The officers of the Company: The manager The officers of the Company: The company secretary The officers of the Company: Auditors The officers of the Company. Introduction
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, Company Officers, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Feb 11, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Feb 3, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Law: Security for borrowing – company charges Types of charge over company properties Find under this subsection information about Types of charge over company properties in relation to Company Law: Security for borrowing – company charges.
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: Borrowing, Charges, CO, Companies, Company Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 27, 2016 | Bankruptcy, Business Law, C, Estate Planning, Finance Law, su1
History When a company reconstructs, as it often does in these days, the rights of debenture-holders have to be provided for. Reconstructions are mainly of two kinds—(1) by arrangement, under the Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act 1870, amended in 1900 and 1907, incorporated in act of 1908 [...]
Categories: Bankruptcy, Business Law, C, Estate Planning, Finance Law, and su1. Tags: Banking, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, CO, Companies, Company Law, Company Reconstructions, Finance, Financial Law, Insolvencies, and Insolvency Law.
by Emily Rowling | Jan 4, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Share Capital: The raising of capital Other regulations Find under this subsection information about Other regulations in relation to Company Share Capital: The raising of capital. Company Formation: The company's name Regulating the company's name Find under this subsection [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, Share Capital, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | May 4, 2016 | Business Law, C, su1
Company Winding-up by the Court Issues Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: The commencement of Company winding-up by the Court Company Winding-up by the Court: The role of the Official Receiver Company Winding-up by the Court: Contributories Company Winding-up [...]
Categories: Business Law, C, and su1. Tags: CO, Companies, Company Law, and Winding-up.
by Emily Rowling | Jun 1, 2016 | Business Law, D, su1
A business in common Find under this subsection information about A business in common in relation to Definition of partnership. By or on behalf of the partners Find under this subsection information about By or on behalf of the partners in relation to Definition of partnership. Carried on [...]
Categories: Business Law, D, and su1. Tags: Company Law, DE, Partnership Law, Partnership Nature, Partnership Overview, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Sep 22, 2016 | Business Law, D, su1
Striking defunct companies off the register
Categories: Business Law, D, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, DE, Liquidations, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 16, 2016 | Business Law, D, su1
Dissolution of Partnership. Introduction Methods of dissolution of Partnership:
Categories: Business Law, D, and su1. Tags: Company Law, DI, Partnership Dissolution, Partnership Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 13, 2016 | Business Law, D, su1
Revival of a dissolved company
Categories: Business Law, D, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, DI, Liquidations, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Jul 22, 2016 | Business Law, D, su1
Formation of a Partnership: Duration of the partnership
Categories: Business Law, D, and su1. Tags: Company Law, DU, Partnership Formation, Partnership Law, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Feb 25, 2015 | Business Law, F, su1
Definition of Foreign Company In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Foreign Company : A company incorporated outside Great Britain but having a place of business within Great Britain. Foreign companies are subject to provisions of the Companies Acts relating [...]
Categories: Business Law, F, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, FO, Foreign Law, and Short Read.
by Asa Briggs | Apr 8, 2015 | Business Law, G, su1
General Electric Company History Major UK company involved in domestic and military electronics. In the First World War it was heavily involved in producing radios, lamps and searchlights, also playing a significant part in the production of radar for the Second World War. Involved in [...]
Categories: Business Law, G, and su1. Tags: British History, Companies, Company Law, GE, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Apr 16, 2015 | Business Law, G, su1
Resources See Also See limited company.
Categories: Business Law, G, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, GU, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 19, 2016 | Business Law, H, su1
Holding and subsidiary companies
Categories: Business Law, H, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, Corporate Form, HO, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 28, 2016 | Business Law, I, su1
Formation of a Partnership: Illegal partnerships and discrimination
Categories: Business Law, I, and su1. Tags: Company Law, IL, Partnership Formation, Partnership Law, and Short Read.
by Margaret Parker | Mar 10, 2016 | Business Law, L, su1
Private and public limited companies Sole traders and partnerships are owned directly by individuals. The sole trader not only owns the business, she/he is the business; similarly with a partnership. It is possible, however, to create a business that is separate – in law – from its owners. [...]
Categories: Business Law, L, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, LI, and Partnership.
by Emily Rowling | Sep 10, 2016 | Business Law, L, su1
Membership and members' relationship with one another in the Limited Liability Partnerships Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: The rights and duties of members Former members Designated members Membership changes Incorporation Refine your research by [...]
Categories: Business Law, L, and su1. Tags: Company Law, LI, Limited Liability Partnerships, and Partnership Law.
by Emily Rowling | Sep 25, 2016 | Business Law, P, su1
The partnership articles: the substance of the relationship
Categories: Business Law, P, and su1. Tags: Company Law, PA, Partnership Formation, Partnership Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 6, 2016 | Business Law, P, su1
The consequences of dissolution of Partnership: Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: Notice of dissolution Continuing authority of partners for the purposes of windingup Return of premium on dissolution Rights where partnership dissolved for fraud or [...]
Categories: Business Law, P, and su1. Tags: Company Law, PA, Partnership Dissolution, Partnership Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Aug 22, 2016 | Business Law, P, su1
Formation of a Partnership Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: The partnership articles: the substance of the relationship Formation of a Partnership: The form of the agreement Formation of a Partnership: Capacity Formation of a Partnership: Illegal [...]
Categories: Business Law, P, and su1. Tags: Company Law, PA, Partnership Formation, Partnership Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Sep 10, 2016 | Business Law, P, su1
Profits as a key determinant of the partnership Refine your research by picking one of the following subsections: Partnership Act The receipt by a person of a debt or other liquidated amount by instalments or otherwise out of profits A contract for the remuneration of a servant or agent by [...]
Categories: Business Law, P, and su1. Tags: Company Law, PA, Partnership Law, Partnership Nature, and Partnership Overview.
by Emily Rowling | Jun 17, 2016 | Business Law, P, su1
Reduction of Company's Capital under s646 Refine your research by picking one of the below sections, including the How to effect a reduction. How to effect a reduction Reduction by private company Find under this subsection information about Reduction by private company in relation to How [...]
Categories: Business Law, P, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, Maintenance of Capital, PR, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Jul 9, 2016 | Business Law, P, su1
History Debentures Public companies, i.e. companies incorporated by special act of parliament for carrying on undertakings of public utility, form a class distinct from trading companies. The borrowing powers of these companies, the form of their debenture or debenture stock, and the rights of [...]
Categories: Business Law, P, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, Membership, PU, and Share Capital.
by Emily Rowling | Jun 19, 2016 | Business Law, Q, su1
Company Meetings: Additional requirements for quoted companies
Categories: Business Law, Q, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, Company Meetings, QU, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Apr 6, 2016 | Business Law, R, su1
Company Formation: The company's name Re-use of company names Find under this subsection information about Re-use of company names in relation to Company Formation: The company's name.
Categories: Business Law, R, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, RE, and Short Read.
by B. Hepple | Aug 22, 2015 | Business Law, R, su1
Definition of Registered Company A company registered under the companies act 1985.
Categories: Business Law, R, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Law, Legal Practice Terms, RE, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Jun 9, 2016 | Business Law, R, su1
The Corporate Form. Introduction Refine your research by picking one of the below sections, including the The corporate relationships: the company and its members. The corporate relationships: the company and its members The company and the Registrar of Companies Find under this subsection [...]
Categories: Business Law, R, and su1. Tags: Companies, Company Formation, Company Law, Corporate Form, RE, and Short Read.