Company Law

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In depth summary of the whole summary of the BLP module with the underlying company law knowledge required from the SRA for the SQE1 exam

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Comprehensive 1st class notes covering the entire module

UCL 2022-23 Lecture notes: Organs of the company, covering: the nature of shareholders' interests, matters requiring shareholder approval, shareholder decision making, class rights protection (though little), and the role of directors

UCL 2022-23 Lecture notes: minority shareholder action (3-lecture document) covering minority shareholder rights and shareholder litigation, and their legal, statutory, and practical limitations. Explores definitions and theories of control and fraud. Outlines the process of bringing a derivative claim against a company. Cites secondary sources for helpful reference.

UCL 2022-23 Lecture notes: Corporate liability, covering: the three Meridian rules of attribution, avenues for corporate liability (vicarious, primary, secondary, and subsidiary liability), duties of care, corporate criminal liability and statutory intervention

Includes a list of secondary sources on the nature of the firm and company formation. Covers different views of the firm as organising economic activity, forms of business enterprise, company formation (LLPs, limited by guarantee, limited by shares, public vs. private companies), and more.

Outlines the circumstances in which companies have separate legal personalities vs. circumstances where they do not. Covers case summaries on key cases on separate legal personality, a critical look at Salomon v Salomon, the consequences of separate legal personalities, the creation of limited liability, arguments for and against limited liability, and group vs. subsidiary interests of the company.

UCL 2022-23 Lecture notes: Share capital and maintenance, covering: mischief in the maintenance doctrine, rules dictating share capital maintenance under the Companies Act, and distributions and dividends. Provides guiding questions for assessing the maintenance doctrine's relevance. Includes a short list of helpful secondary sources.