This ninth edition of CCH’s popular company and securities law guide provides a clear, informative and up-to-date explanation of this important area of business law. Since the previous edition was published, there have been significant legislative changes and important judgments handed down, including:

• new statutory regime for the regulation of financial markets conduct
• revised financial reporting regime
• introduction of criminal offences for breach of certain directors’ duties
• Supreme Court decisions on voidable transactions

Reviewed and updated by commercial law lecturers from the University of Auckland, this edition explains these changes and more. Students, practitioners and business people will find this Guidebook an indispensable, easy-to-read and informative aid to understanding a changing and complex area of law.

Contents include:

Chapter 1: Setting up a Company
Chapter 2: The Company’s Constitution
Chapter 3: Management of the Company
Chapter 4: Relationship with Outsiders
Chapter 5: Shares and Shareholders
Chapter 6: Borrowing
Chapter 7: Introduction to Fund-raising
Chapter 8: Accounts, Auditors and Disclosure
Chapter 9: Company Meetings
Chapter 10: Shareholder Remedies
Chapter 11: Takeovers and Reorganisations 
Chapter 12: Investigations
Chapter 13: Receivers
Chapter 14: Voluntary Administration
Chapter 15: Liquidation
Chapter 16: Overseas Companies
Chapter 17: Insider Trading

Case Table
Legislation Finding List

Written by:

Professor Julie Cassidy (General Editor)
Michael Josling
Dr Benjamin Liu
Dr Alan Toy