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Company Secretarial Practice
Keith Walmsley , Andrew C Hamer

Take a fresh look at Company Secretarial Practice

CSP is all new!

  • Completely revised and updated for the Companies Act 2006 
  • All new content - updated for final implementation

  • Revised and refreshed navigation and layout
  • Comprehensive new model articles section

There has never been a better time to subscribe to the most comprehensive company secretarial reference. 

CSP is also available online as Corporate Compliance Online from ICSA Publishing and Complinet. For full details see www.complinet.com/icsa.

Everything you need, when you need it

Company Secretarial Practice (CSP) gives you all the information you need to comply with company law and regulation. It combines in-depth coverage of law and regulation with the tools for applying the law in practice. The commentary is supported by a comprehensive range of precedents and appendices, and contains a wealth of procedures and checklists for key transactions.

All new content for Companies Act 2006 final implementation

CSP has been completely revised and refreshed to reflect full and final implementation of the Companies Act 2006 - the most significant change to company law in the UK in over twenty years. Completely updated to take into account all the changes in law and regulation, it gives you practical, succinct and accessible guidance on this dynamic area of the law.

New features include:

  • A comprehensive new chapter structure brings the commentary up to date and improves navigation.
  • Re-designed and refreshed page layouts for ease of use 
  • A new index to the text 
  • A new model articles section, including the full text of all three sets of Companies Act 2006 model articles, plus the 1985 and 1948 Tables A. Tables of destination and derivation (private company model articles – 1985 Table A) are also included.
  • A new Proposed Changes section anticipating future legislative and regulatory developments

The detailed commentary covers all the events that can occur in the life of a UK limited company from incorporation through to winding up, accompanied by and linked to:

  • a wealth of specimen resolutions, standard documents, forms and checklists 
  • a comprehensive range of appendices providing additional resource materials such as codes of practice and best practice guidelines 
  • a proposed changes overview which reviews key legislation and consultations currently in progress 
  • full cross-referencing, a quick reference section, indexes and a directory of other useful resources
  • direct access to the full text of supporting legislation and regulation – including the key secondary legislation for Companies Act 2006
  • additional guidance and resources from Companies House and ICSA, on the CD or online.

There has never been a better time to subscribe

Company law and regulation is a dynamic area. CSP will keep you up to date with the latest detail developments including:

  • final regulation relating to October 2009 implementation of the Companies Act 
  • updates on all related legislation and regulation, such as ongoing changes to the UK Listing regime • the latest developments in corporate governance, including proposed
  • revisions to the Combined Code

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  • Two-volume looseleaf manual
  • CD-ROM, updated and issued 3 times a year
  • Monthly electronic newsletter - The Company Secretary
  • Access to the ICSA company secretarial enquiry service
  • Three updating supplements each year

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Looseleaf binder & CD-Rom •  ISBN: 9780902197404 •   1500 pages • £550.00

Contents
Company formation and constitutions
Share capital
Publicly traded companies
Announcements and circulars
Share registration
Registration of documents
Dividends
Redemption and purchase of own shares
Debentures and loan stocks
Records, registers, returns and execution
Directors and company secretary
Corporate governance
Board and committee meetings
Members’ meetings and resolutions
Auditors
Accounts and reports
Take-overs and mergers
Administration, receivership and voluntary arrangements
Winding up

About the author
Keith Walmsley: Keith Walmsley, LL.B, Barrister, FCIS, is one of the UK’s best-known writers and commentators on company law and corporate governance. Among his many publications in this field, he edits the official ICSA information service, Company Secretarial Practice. He is the legal advisor to the London Law Agency Ltd.

Andrew C Hamer: Andrew C Hamer LLB ACIS, a partner of The Mentor Partnership, writes and lectures widely on company secretarial and legal issues. He is assistant editor of the ICSA information service, Company Secretarial Practice, and editor of the ICSA's Company Secretary newsletter. He is also the author of titles for ICSA Publishing including The ICSA Meetings and Minutes Handbook and The ICSA Guide to Document Retention.

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