Rights and Duties of Directors
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Description
This book provides easy access to formal guidance notes and other publications of third party institutions and organisations and supports cross referencing in the text. It aims to be a compendium handbook with a legal basis and will help the reader to:
- understand the full range of issues which may face directors and those proposing to become directors
- provide information and guidance on matters which boards may need to address in their decision making processes, including appendices detailing some practical checklists and a practical Glossary of terms with electronic links to the text aiding the accessibility of the work to all readers.
- broaden the horizons of those seeking to understand the extent of the legal, regulatory and practical considerations which may need to be considered in companies both large and small
It's an invaluable resource for company directors, company secretaries, and governance and HR professionals in organisations of all sizes, as well as their legal advisers, in house lawyers, company law practitioners, and financial advisers.
This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.
Table of Contents
1. The nature of office of director
2. Directors, the Board and the company secretary
3. Directors' rights and powers
4. The 'general duties' of directors under statute
5. Shareholder approvals; other Companies Act and related obligations affecting directors
6. Breach of duty by a director
PART B: Directors' relations with shareholders, governance, audit and accounts, reporting
7. Directors' duties and the members (shareholders)
8. Directors and corporate governance
9. Directors' responsibilities for the preparation of the accounts and audit; and some other financial concerns
10. Content of the accounts and the annual report; accounting exemptions
11. Directors' responsibilities in public and listed companies
PART C: Particular topics for consideration by directors: duties to be fulfilled in such connections
12. Directors: employees and employment issues
13. Directors' duties and the environment
14. Customers and consumer protection
15. Data protection
16. Creditors and insolvency
Appendices:
1. Website addresses
2. Checklist of matters to include in a director's service contract
3. Details of statutory registers
4. Inspection of company records
5. Statutory forms and filing periods: Companies Act 2006
6. Schedule of recommended document retention periods
7. Retention and disposal of records
8. Qualifications as a very small, small or medium-sized company or group of companies
9. Schedule of items which will require announcement through an RIS
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 20th |
| Extent | 624 |
| ISBN | 9781526534835 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Professional |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |