Company Law Handbook: the Fundamentals

Saleem Sheikh has written extensively on company commercial matters for law journals, including practitioners' books on company law, business law transactions, corporate governance and corporate social responsibilities. He is also the editor of a leading UK publication on international company and commercial law.

• 1. Pre-incorporation2. Corporate Personality3. Formation and registration of a company4. The company’s constitution and corporate capacity5. Corporate capacity and related matters6. Company re-registration7. Corporate governance and the code8. Directors: types, appointment and removal9. Directors’ general duties10. Directors’ specific duties11. Directors’ disqualification12. Derivative claims13. Unfair prejudicial conduct14. Company secretaries15. Resolutions and meetings16. Auditors' liability17. Company share capital18. Acquisition by limited company of its own shares19. Company charges20. Certification, transfer of securities and people with significant control21. Information about interests in a company’s shares22. Dissolution and restoration to the register23. Registrar of companies24. Company investigations25. Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility