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Classification of Companies
The classification of companies Re-classification of the registered companyClose Company
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 [...]Companies
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 [...]Companies Court
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 [...]Companies House
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 [...]Companies Register
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).Companies Registry
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 [...]Company
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 [...]Company Charges
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.Company Commercial
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 [...]Company Contracts
Directors' interests in company contractsCompany Debt
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 debtsCompany Director
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 [...]Company Formation
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 [...]Company Law
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.Company Liquidation
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 [...]Company Meeting
Resources See Also See general meeting.Company Meetings
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 [...]Company Member
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 [...]Company Name
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 [...]Company Name Change
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.Company Officers
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. IntroductionCompany Promotion
Company Properties
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.Company Reconstructions
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 [...]Company Regulaton
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 [...]Company Winding-up
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 [...]Definition of Partnership
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 [...]Defunct Company
Striking defunct companies off the registerDissolution of Partnership
Dissolution of Partnership. Introduction Methods of dissolution of Partnership:Dissolved Company
Revival of a dissolved companyDuration of the Partnership
Formation of a Partnership: Duration of the partnershipForeign Company
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 [...]General Electric Company
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 [...]Guarantee Company
Resources See Also See limited company.Holding Company
Holding and subsidiary companiesIllegal Partnership
Formation of a Partnership: Illegal partnerships and discriminationLimited Company
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. [...]Limited Liability Partnership
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 [...]Partnership Articles
The partnership articles: the substance of the relationshipPartnership Dissolution
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 [...]Partnership Formation
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 [...]Partnership Nature
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 [...]Private Company
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 [...]Public Company
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 [...]Quoted Companies
Company Meetings: Additional requirements for quoted companiesRe-use of Company Name
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.Registered Company
Definition of Registered Company A company registered under the companies act 1985.Registrar of Companies
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 [...]In Perpetual Beta
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