C/L/291. Business Law: questions on Contract and Company law

The paper considers a variety of questions related to business law, i.e. the precedent and statutory interpretation in English law, actionable promises under contract law, damages from breach of contract, the role of the principal in contract law, the duties of directors in company law, the secured vs. floating charges as security under company law, a negligence case study, and the case of the minority shareholder rules.

C/L/220. Limited Liability Partnership

The paper looks at the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act 2000 examining whether LLP is a hybrid of company law and traditional partnership law. It is argued whether traditional partnerships should be given separate legal personality under English Law.

C/L/224. Company law: issues of capital maintenance

The paper examines the function of Company Law known as capital maintenance reviewing the rules prohibiting a company from buying its own shares, and the exceptions from these rules. Section 137 of the Companies Act 1985 is discussed with reference to a law case study related to the clash between corporate duty and personal interest.

C/L/211. Legal aspects of employee and employer relationship

The paper answers three questions on employee and employer relationship. The first one examines sexual harassment discussing vicarious liability that imputes back to the company in such cases, and how the company can discharge this liability. The second scenario discusses the legality of dress codes, what constitutes discrimination in regards to dress codes and the need for legal clarification. The third scenario discusses the case of the employee with purchasing authority who exceeds their limits asking whether the employer is still contractually bound to the supplier.

C/L/216. Hong Kong's company and contract law

The paper looks at two scenarios taking place in Hong Kong, one affecting contract law and the other affecting company law, and applies the relevant statutory and case law to the scenarios.

C/L/194. English company law

The paper reviews UK Companies Act 2006 discussing the duties of a company director, stakeholders' protection, the possible introduction of an unfair prejudice remedy, and other conflict solving regulations.

C/L/201. Implications of company law

The paper takes the scenario of a failing partnership and provides a report giving advice on various issues that arise in connection with the partnership, concentrating on the rights and liabilities of the involved parties.

C/L/207. Principles of modern English Company Law

The paper examines the principles of modern English Company Law discussing the Insolvency Act 1986, the principle of Salomon v Salomon, and the circumstances under which it might be possible to lift the corporate veil.

S/L/170. UK Companies Act 2006

The paper examines the assumptions of the Company Law Review (CLR) about UK businesses analysing the Companies Act 2006, comparing it to the 1985 Act, discussing director's fiduciary duties under English case law, etc.

C/L/164. Corporate Regulation and Crime

In this problem question there are three sets of concerns, the first surrounds the actions of Hilary and Huw in respect to their dealings that bring personal benefit, the removal of pre-emption rights and reduction of share capital for Discreet Dealers shareholders. Then there are the insider dealings of Huw in his information to Paul. Finally, there are the secured loans that Hilary placed on the company, with a floating charge on the company that prohibited another without notification to Payback Bank and how this effects the insolvency proceedings and the payment back to creditors. This discussion is going to separate into three sections, the company law surrounding the duty of directors and share capital changes; the implications of insider dealings; and the insolvency proceedings.

C/L/143. Arsenal Football Club vs. Read

This assignment discusses in detail the case of Arsenal Football Club v Read. It discusses the High Court Decision including the reference to the European Court of Justice. It also discussed the appeal to the Court of Appeal. This assignment discusses in some detail the impact of Section 10 (1) of the Trade Mark Act 1994 and the Trademark Directive 1995. It concludes by discussing the impact of this case on intellectual property law generally together with the impact that this case had on the sale of unofficial merchandise at football clubs

S/L/156. The principles governing imposition of criminal liability on corporate bodies are in urgent need of legislative reform. Discuss.

The paper examines the problem of reforming the principles of corporate criminal liability in the UK. The techniques of prosecuting a company for a criminal act are reviewed outlining the areas of concern and describing the suggested reform. The arguments in favour and against the reform are presented.

E/L/37. Corporate principle in UK company law

The paper looks at the unincorporated and incorporated types of business providing a review of theoretical approaches to their legal status, discussing the UK Companies Act 1995, and analysing the separate corporate personality principle and its application in various companies.

S/HR/86. The institutional investors have the incentives and ability to monitor managers’ behaviour. Regulation should facilitate, and when necessary require such a monitoring activity

The focus of this paper is the issue of Institutional Investors’ (IIs) monitoring. Starting from the origin of the debate, raised to solve the agency problems generated by the separation of ownership and control, it is argued that, even if, in theory, the size of IIs' investments in a company, justifies the costs associated to the monitoring activity, in practice there are several obstacles with respect to that activity. Those hurdles are represented by a mix of disincentives and lack of capacity. In the final section it is discussed about the opportunity of a regulatory intervention aimed at facilitating rather than requiring such a monitoring activity.

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