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Shackleton on the Law and Practice of Meetings 14th ed isbn 9780414063723

Shackleton on the Law and Practice of Meetings 13th ed

Edited by: Madeleine Cordes, John Pugh-Smith

ISBN13: 9780414032903
New Edition ISBN: 9780414063723
Previous Edition ISBN: 9780414046610
Published: September 2014
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: Out of print



Shackleton is the indispensible guide to the law and practice of company and non-company meetings. It logically addresses the practicalities of organising all levels of meetings, from AGM to specialised committee, dispensing invaluable advice on all aspects of the processes involved: from selecting venues, preparation and convening, conduct and minute taking all the way through to adjournment.

The 13th edition also deals with the increasingly pertinent topics of defamatory statements, breach of the peace and director’s duties. As the essential reference guide in its field the book provides the information necessary to prepare, conduct and close a meeting essential to the every-day practice of legal professionals, company secretaries, administrators, directors, local authorities and all other organisations that hold formal meetings.

  • Discusses the legal implications of public and private meetings
  • Deals with company specific forms of meetings such as members’ meetings, director’s meetings and shareholder meetings
  • Explains the resolution process and how one is reached in the context of company meetings
  • Directs the reader to the appropriate requirements in statutory specific meetings under s.425 Companies Acts
  • Provides ‘worked’ practice examples of company meetings
  • Looks at the powers and roles of the directorship at director’s meetings
  • Addresses the provisions of appointing and affirming an office holder
  • Provides worked examples of board meetings
  • Looks at the variations and requirements of a meeting involving a company entering into or already in insolvency
  • Details the appointment provisions of proxies short of the winding-up process
  • Directs the reader to the appropriate form of meeting in which to wind-up an insolvent company
  • Guides the reader through the different requirements of a local government / NGO meeting and the requirements of reporting / diligence that have to be performed
  • Provides detail on how to ensure a public meeting is properly advertised and attended
  • Identifies what a defamatory statement is, how to report one and how to deal with one
  • Provides a breakdown of the component parts of a successful meeting, what you need, how should chair and effective communication
  • Explains how to deal with breaches of the peace and how to maintain peace at meetings
  • Directs the reader to differences between private and public meetings and the requirements of each
  • Describes how to convene meetings and details how they should be constituted and conducted
  • Details various successful methods for taking and communicating minutes
  • Fully updated to take account of implementation of a number of provisions relating to Local Government courtesy of the Local Government Act 2012

Subjects:
Company Law
Contents:
Part 1 Public Meetings

The Legal Right
Breach of the Peace and other aspect of Criminal Law
The Maintenance of Order
A Public Meeting

Part II Meetings for the Transaction of Business

Convening the Meeting
Constitution and Adjournment of the Meeting
The Conduct of the Meeting
Minutes
The Committee System
The Principles of Natural Justice

Part III Meetings Relating to Companies

Section A: Introduction

Applicable Law and Other Matters

Section B: Meeting of Members

Members’ Meetings: Status and Convention
Constituting a Members’ Meeting
Members’ Meetings: Attendance and Voting
Members’ Meetings: Resolutions
Members’ Meetings: Minutes
Class Meetings
Meetings under s 425 (Compromises and Arrangements)
Meetings of Members of Companies: Examples in Practice

Section C: Meetings Relating to Directors

Powers and Duties of Directors
Appointment to and Departure from Office
Constitution and Conduct of Directors’ Meetings
Board Meetings: Examples in Practice

Section D: Meetings in Company Insolvency Situations

Meetings in Insolvency Situations, Short of Winding Up
Meetings in Insolvency Situations, Winding Up
Proxies and Company Representation in an Insolvency
Members’ Voluntary Winding Up

Part IV Meetings of Local Authorities

Meetings
Local Authorities and Other Bodies – Access to Meetings and Information

Part V Defamatory Statements

Defamatory Statements