Introduction -- The Salomon principle and the corporate veil -- Promoters and pre-incorporation contracts -- Issue of shares to the public -- The company's constitution : some vital considerations -- The articles of association -- Shares and payment of capital -- The payment of dividends -- The maintenance of capital -- Directors -- Powers of directors -- Director?s duties -- Insider dealing and market abuse -- Minority protection -- Company meetings -- Accounts and returns -- Auditors and annual return -- Company secretary -- Debentures and the law of mortgages -- Receivership -- Voluntary arrangements and administration -- Investigations -- Takeovers, reconstructions, and amalgamations -- Liquidation -- Corporate governance.