An introduction to Irish company law [printed text] / Grainne Callanan, Author  . -  5th . - Dublin (Griffith Campus, South Circular Road, 8, Ireland) : Clarus Press, 2022 . - 492 p. ; 39 mm.
ISBN : 978-1-911611-62-2 : €59.00
The law relating to companies is vast, and students are often confused by the complex web of rules and legal principles that govern this area. If the reasoning behind those principles is understood, the technical rules are easier to understand. An Introduction to Irish Company Law, now in its fifth edition, is designed to help students in this regard. This book is written with the student reader in mind and designed to help their inderstanding of the core principles of company law.

Fully updated and revised since the last edition in 2015, the fifth edition includes;

- Amendments to the Companies Act 2014 up to and including the Companies [Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies] Act 2021 and the new obligations in respect of beneficial owner registers arising from the European Union [Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities] Regulations 2019.

- Recent case law relating to company constitutions; pre-incorporation contracts; directors [status, authority, duties, and personal liability]; restriction and disqualification; members [powers, rights, and remedies]; capital maintenance; charges; receivers; rescue processes and liquidations.

An Introduction to Irish Company Law, Fifth Edition, is an essential resource for students undertaking a company law module in an undergraduate programme in Ireland. This book is also recommended for those taking professional examinations with a company law component, as well as professionals and business owners seeking to reacquaint themselves with company law.

Class number:

346.415066

Contents note:

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Promotion, formation and dissolution Chapter Three: The constitution and related matters Chapter Four: The separate legal personality Chapter Five: Corporate capacity and authority Chapter Six: Shares Chapter Seven: Maintenance of company capital Chapter Eight: Membership and beneficial interests Chapter Nine: Members' meetings and decision making Chapter Ten: Minority protection Chapter Eleven: Directors and secretary Chapter Twelve: General duties of directors Chapter Thirteen: Directors' transactions and interests Chapter Fourteen: Directors and insolvency Chapter Fifteen: Restrictions and disqualification Chapter Sixteen: Financial statements reporting and auditors Chapter Seventeen: Chargers and debentures Chapter Eighteen: Receivers Chapter Nineteen: Coporation rescue Chapter Twenty: Winding up Chapter Twenty One: Asset realisation and distribution Index