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Description of The ICSA Company Secretary's Handbook

The ICSA Company Secretary's Handbook is an accessible and practical guide to company secretarial law and practice. Published annually, the Handbook looks at company secretarial duties as laid down by statute, common law and best practice. Coverage is comprehensive � from incorporation through to winding up � and includes full details of the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, corporate compliance, reporting, shares and share registration. The Handbook also includes chapters on public issues, corporate governance, company investigations, acquisitions and mergers and insolvency. Over 70 precedents and a range of handy Appendices, including Table A of the 1985 Companies Act and the Combined Code, accompany the detailed commentary. New for the 4th edition:

- full coverage of the new Combined Code, in force from 1 November 2003
- the new corporate insolvency provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002
- implementation of the Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations 2002
- extended coverage of a company's legal obligations in areas such as employment, the environment and health and safety
- coverage for Scottish companies where the law differs from company legislation in England and Wales
- a glossary of key terms. All precedents and associated Company forms are now on the FREE accompanying CD-ROM.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781860723193

Pages:

480 pages

Format:

CD-Rom + pb

Product Code:

22868

Publisher:

ICSA Publishing

Published:

24/04/2006

Edition:

6th Edition

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Contents of The ICSA Company Secretary's Handbook

- Company Secretary
- Corporate structures and registration
- Directors and board meetings
- General meetings
- Compliance
- Public issues
- Statutory registers
- Accounts and auditing
- Shares and capital
- Share registration and shareholder communications
- Corporate governance
- Investigation of companies
- Acquisitions, mergers and disposals
- Overseas companies and EEIGs
- Insolvency
- Precedents
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Directory