The ideal companion for anyone studying company law, Smith & Keenan’s Company Law provides you with:

●   Straightforward, accessible coverage of the key legal principles you’ll need to understand for your module written by experienced lecturers in the field;

●   A range of features to support your learning and help you study independently, including detailed case summaries and discussion of academic opinion in the area;

●   Extensive further reading suggestions to a wide range of academic articles to encourage deeper understanding and analysis.

This eighteenth edition also includes:

●   A new chapter on partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

●   An extended chapter on the corporate veil, including Petrodel Resources Ltd v Prest [2013] and academic discussion of lifting and piercing the veil of incorporation

●   Discussion of key developments brought about by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act (SBEEA) 2015, including maintenance of a register of people with significant control (PSC); greater restrictions on corporate directors; and the submission of statements of confirmation

●   An updated chapter on the statutory derivative action exploring the evolving case law such as Wilton UK Ltd v Shuttleworth [2018].

Professor Charles Wild (PhD, MBA, LLM, PCHE, LPC, CPE, BSc (Econ)) is a leading authority on company law, has lectured widely, both in the UK and abroad, and acts as consultant to a number of public and private bodies.

Professor Stuart Weinstein (JD, MBA, BA) is a solicitor and attorney with over twenty years’ practice experience in the US, UK and Korea, is a recognized expert on legal risk management in companies, and is a Swift Institute Scholar.