Kurzbeschreibung

The Companies Act 2006 regulates companies within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. The Act was brought into force on 1 October 2009 and superseded the Companies Act 1985.

The Act provides a comprehensive code of company law for the United Kingdom, and made changes to almost every facet of the law in relation to companies. The key provisions are:

- the Act codifies certain existing common law principles, such as those relating to directors' duties

- it implements the European Union's Takeover and Transparency Obligations Directives

- it introduces various new provisions for private and public companies

This book contains the whole text as well as all the explanatory notes and all appendices and schedules.