Company Law for Business Managers Central Area, Central

Course details

Protect yourself and get a thorough understanding of the laws and regulations governing companies and your business. Practical guidance on corporate laws will be given. Case studies and case presentations will be discussed. You will learn how to conduct your businesses effectively within the laws of business and companies.

SPECIAL BENEFITS

Course material will be given and will serve as an invaluable reference. Participants will also benefit from the interactive session with the highly experienced lecturers

COURSE OUTLINE

Types of Business Organisations

• companies
• sole trader
• partnerships
• separate corporate personality : Salomom v Salomon (1897)
• limited liability

Incorporation of Companies

• promoters and pre-incorporation contracts
• memorandum and articles of association
• object clauses
• advantages of formation of companies

pision of powers between board of directors and shareholders at general meeting 

Shares and Membership

• shareholders’ rights
• maintenance of capital

Management and Administration

• annual general meetings
• extraordinary general meetings
• directors’ duties & liabilities
• duties of care & skill
• insider trading of shares
• enforcement of corporate rights
• majority rule & minority shareholder protection
• company administration & company secretaries
• company registers
• annual returns & financial accounts

Corporate & Personal Insolvency

• winding up / liquidation of companies
• judicial management
• receivership of companies
• scheme of arrangement & compromise
• debt recovery procedures

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course does not require you to have legal knowledge.

It is for company directors, business managers, financial controllers, marketing managers & executives, business advisers, bankers, consultants, company secretaries, administrators, credit executives, finance, operation executives and ANYONE who wants to know business law.