Product Description

The ICSA Company Secretary’s Handbook is an accessible and practical guide to company secretarial law and practice.

Published annually, the Handbook looks at company secretarial duties as laid down by statute, common law and best practice. Coverage is comprehensive – from incorporation through to winding up – and includes full details of the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, corporate compliance, reporting, shares and share registration.

The Handbook also includes chapters on public issues, corporate governance, company investigations, acquisitions and mergers and insolvency.

The detailed commentary is accompanied by over 70 precedents and a range of handy Appendices, including Table A of the 1985 Companies Act and the Combined Code.

New for the 4th edition:

- full coverage of the new Combined Code, in force from 1 November 2003
- the new corporate insolvency provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002
- implementation of the Directors’ Remuneration Report Regulations 2002
- extended coverage of a company’s legal obligations in areas such as employment, the environment and health and safety
- coverage for Scottish companies where the law differs from company legislation in England and Wales
- a glossary of key terms

Plus resource bank on CD-ROM
All precedents and associated Company forms are now on the accompanying CD-Rom – making customisation even easier.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2491216 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 500 pages

From the Inside Flap
The ICSA Handbook is a practical annual guide to the legislation governing companies and company secretarial procedures.

Coverage is comprehensive – from incorporation to winding up – detailing along the way the procedures associated with boards of directors, company meetings, corporate compliance, reporting, shares and share registration.

The Handbook also includes chapters on public issues, corporate governance, company investigations and insolvency.

The detailed commentary is accompanied by over 80 precedents, appendices which include Table A of the 1985 Companies Act and the 2003 Combined Code, a glossary of key terms and a Directory of key company secretarial resources.

New for the 5th edition:
Coverage of:
· the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill
· the Companies (Acquisition of Own Shares) (Treasury Shares) Regulations 2003
· the Societas Europea
· the draft Operating and Financial Review (OFR) regulations
· revised small company audit exemption figures
· International Financial Reporting Standards

Resource Bank on CD-ROM
All precedents featured in the book are available for customisation on the accompanying CD-ROM, together with associated company forms, key reference material and a directory of web resources.

Additional checklists and quick reference material are available in the Handbook’s companion volume, The ICSA Company Secretary’s Checklists, also published by ICSA Publishing.

About the Author
Douglas Armour, FCIS, is a partner of David Venus & Company, a leading independent firm of Chartered Secretaries specialising in company secretarial practice and company law consultancy. He has a wealth of experience of all aspects company secretarial procedures and acts as company secretary for a wide range of public and private companies. He is also the author of the ICSA Company Secretary's Checklists.