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company law
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| Company Law Materials | |
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Course documents 2008/09 |
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| Seminar materials 2008/09 | Click here |
| Understanding Company Law contents page | Click here |
| Introduction to Securities Law | Click here |
| Persons responsible for the prospectus - additional text | Click here |
| Shareholders' rights materials | Click here |
| Directors' duties materials | Click here |
| Dummy exam paper 2009 for revision purposes | Click here |
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company law podcasts
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All references are to Alastair Hudson's Securities Law (Sweet & Maxwell, 2008). Reference can also be made to Alastair Hudson, The Law of Finance (Sweet & Maxwell, 2009) |
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An introduction to company law
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Organisation of Companies
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| Introduction - click here | Articles of association - click here |
| The various business models | |
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The Salomon principle
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Shareholders' rights
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| Salomon 1 - click here | I suggest you have the relevant provisions of the legislation with you. The hard copy materials for these podcasts are available at this page: click here |
| Salomon 2 - click here | Introduction - click here |
| Salomon 3 - click here | Derivative actions: the legislation - click here |
| Salomon 4 - click here | Derivative actions: the case law - click here |
| Lifting the veil of incorporation | Unfair prejudice: s.994 CA 2006 - click here |
| Unfair prejudice: the case law - click here | |
| Winding up on just and equitable ground - click here | |
| Summary - click here | |
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Securities Law
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Directors' duties
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Background to securities law and practice
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I suggest you have the relevant provisions of the
Companies Act 2006 with you. The hard copy materials for these podcasts
are available at this page: click
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| A basic introduction to securities products - click here | (1) Introduction & how to answer a problem / write an essay - click here |
| A start to understanding securities law - click here | (2) To whom is the duty owed? s.170 - click here |
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Prospectus regulation
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(3) Duty to promote success of company, etc.: ss. 171, 172, 173 - click here |
| Prospectus opening: what is an "offer to the public"? - click here | (4) Duty to act with reasonable care & skill - s.174 & cases - click here |
| Prospectus 1 - click here | (5) Duty to avoid conflicts of interest s.175 & Sinclair v Versailles No3 - click here |
| Prospectus 2 - click here | Boardman v Phipps trusts law podcasts - go to "trusts law" page |
| Prospectus 3- click here | (6) Duty not to take bribes - s.176 & Reid - click here |
| Prospectus 4- click here | Reid trusts law podcasts - go to "trusts law" page |
| Prospectus 5 - click here | (7) Duty to disclose interests - s.177 - click here |
| Prospectus 6: who are the person's responsible for a prospectus? - click here |
(8) Summary - click
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| How to answer a question on prospectuses - click here | |
| Advice on answering seminar problem questions - click here | |
| Seminar problem questions 1-4 - click here | |
| Seminar problem question 5 - click here | |
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Transparency obligations
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| Transparency Obligations - an overview - click here |
Corporate Governance
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| These podcasts are brief summaries of the corporate governance lectures - what you are advised to do is to read the materials on WebCT and consider how they could be spun into essays. | |
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Listed securities
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The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (paper copy) - click here |
| Listed securities 1 - click here |
Corporate governance 1
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| Listed securities 2 - click here | Corporate governance 2 |
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Insider dealing
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Corporate governance: ideas for essays |
| Insider dealing 1 - introduction - click here | |
| Insider dealing 2 - the s.52 offence - click here |
Corporate Social Responsibility
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| Insider dealing 3 - why criminalise it? - click here | I suggest you the lecture outlines with you to make sense of some of the references. These podcasts are broadly-speaking 15 minutes discussions of some of the issues raised on the lecture hand-out. What you are advised to do is to read the materials on WebCT and consider how they could be spun into essays. |
| Insider dealing 4 - market manipulation - click here | Corporate Social Responsibility 1 - click here |
| Corporate Social Responsbility 2 - click here | |
| Corporate Social Responsibility 3 - click here | |
| Ideas for essays | |
Copyright 2008 Alastair Hudson