Fully updated and revised since the last edition in 2015, this fifth edition includes the following updates:
Amendments to the Companies Act 2014 as a consequence of the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017, the Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018, the Companies (Amendment) Act 2019, the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020 and the Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021;
European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations).
Updated case law including:
Gibbons v Doherty & ADT Investments Ltd [2020] IESC 72 (Pre-Incorporation Contracts)
O’Sullivan v Conroy Gold and Natural Resources Plc [2017] IEHC 54 (Company Constitution, Directors’ Fiduciary Duties, Members’ Rights)
Right to Know CLG v Raheenleagh Power DAC [2021] IEHC 46 (Character of a Company).
McGarry & McGarry v O’Brien [2017] IEHC 740 and Grenet v Electronic Arts Ireland Ltd [2018] IEHC 786 (Directors’ Authority)
Stobart v Tinkler [2019] EWHC 258 and Re Blarney Woollen Mills Group [2015] IEHC 509 (Directors’ Authority v Members’ Powers)
Re Park Magic Mobile Solutions Ltd [2017] IEHC 287 (Rectification of Register of Members)
Kings Court Trust Ltd v Lancashire Cleaning Services Ltd [2017] EWHC 1094 (Death of Sole Member and Director)
Re Fintra Trawling Co Ltd [2016] IEHC 511 (Declaration of Personal Liability of Directors)
Re Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc Unreported, High Court (Barniville J), 1 December 2020; and Re Hibernia Reit Plc [2020] IEHC 144 (Reduction of Share Capital).
Re Keeping Kids Company Ltd [2021] EWHC 175 (De Facto Directors)
Re CF Booth Ltd [2017] EWHC 457 (Ch) (Directors’ Fiduciary Duties and Dividend Policy).
Granada Group Ltd v The Law Debenture Pension Trust Corp Plc [2017] BCC 57 (Substantial Property Transactions)
In Re Appleyard Motors Ltd [2016] IECA 280 (Reckless Trading); and In Re Kelly’s Trucks Ltd [2019] IEHC 6