Company Law 1 - University of Wolverhampton

Study Unit 1 Suggested minimum study hours: 10TopicIntroduction to Company LawIntroductionThe Companies Acts provide for three basic types of registered company, a company limited byguarantee, an unlimited company and a company limited by shares, with two forms of company:public and private.Objectivesa To consider the nature of a company and compare it with(i) a partnership(ii) an unincorporated association and (iii) a trust.b To consider what difficulties are involved in operating anunincorporated association and how these are avoided by a company.c To consider what formalities must be fulfilled in order to register acompany.d To consider the impact of EC Directives on company law.Essential ReadingThese titles have been supplied as part of your study materials.Company Law by John Lowry and Alan Dignam OUP 2006Statutes on Company Law 2007-2008Cases and Materials on Company Law (Andrew Hicks and S Goo)General ReadingThese titles have not been supplied and are not essential reading, butyou may wish to refer to them to further your understanding. Gower and Davies: the Principles ofModern Company Law, Davies – Relevant Chapter(s)Case law and statutesEbrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd [1973] AC 360R v Registrar of Companies, ex parte Attorney-General [1991] BCLC 476R v Registrar of Companies, ex parte Bowen [1914] 3 KB 161R v Registrar of Companies, ex parte More [1931] 2 KB 197Salomon v Salomon & Co [1897] AC 22Business Names Act 1985: ss2 and 5Companies Act 1985: ss25–34 and 117Company and Business Names Regulations 1981, as amended by SI1982 No 1653 and SI 1992 No 1196Limited Liability Partnership Act 2000Cases marked with an * can be found in your Textbook; all other cases