Charts the company life-cycle from pre-incorporation, through incorporation and culminates with the winding up process, addressing, in detail, the essential requirements in establishing a company, including the steps, procedures and documents that are required during the existence of the corporation.

The handbook highlights significant cases and principal judgments that impact on UK company law.

Checklists guide you through legislative provisions and their application to the day-to-day running of a business throughout its life-cycle, and key definitions at the end of each chapter make it accessible by simplifying the legal concepts involved.

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

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.