| Chapter
1 |
Introduction
and Background |
| Chapter
2 |
The Overall
Approach |
| Chapter
3 |
The European
Dimension |
| Chapter
4 |
The Comparative
Dimension |
| Chapter
5 |
Selected
Key Issues: |
| |
5.1 |
The Scope
of Company Law |
| |
5.2 |
The
Needs of Small and Closely-held Companies |
| |
5.3 |
Company
Formation |
| |
5.4 |
Capital
Maintenance |
| |
5.5 |
Regulation
and Boundaries of the Law |
| |
5.6 |
International
Issues |
| |
5.7 |
Information
and Communications Technology |
| Chapter
6 |
High
Level Reporting and Accounting Issues |
| Chapter
7 |
The Law
Commissions’ Project: Company Directors: Regulating Conflicts of Interest
and Formulating a Statement of Duties |
| Chapter
8 |
Legislative
Options and Future Machinery for Reform |
| Chapter
9 |
The Way
Forward |
| Chapter 10 |
Summary
of Questions for Consultation |
| Annex
A |
Membership
of Company Law Review Groups and Others Assisting or Participating in the
Review |
| Annex
B |
Alphabetical
List of Respondents to ‘Modern Company Law for a Competitive Economy’ |
| Annex
C |
Summary
of Implications for British Company Law of EC Company Law Directives and
European Convention on Human Rights |
| Annex
D |
The Company
Population and Small Companies: Some Key Facts |
| Annex
E |
Company
Law and Small and Closely-held Firms - Some Models |
| Annex
F |
Company
Law and Related Matters: Summary of Regulatory System |
| Annex
G |
Overseas
Companies Registered Under Part XXIII of the Companies Act 1985 |
| Annex
H |
Draft
Statement Relating to Directors’ Duties to their Companies |
| Annex
I |
Issues
to be Addressed by the Second Phase Working Groups |
