TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watts,Peter
AU  - Campbell,N.R.
AU  - Hare,Christopher
TI  - Company law in New Zealand
SN  - 1927313163
U1  - 346.93066 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - LexisNexis NZ Limited
KW  - Corporation law
KW  - New Zealand
N1  - "Company Law in New Zealand provides a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the principles of company law in NZ. The work covers all aspects of the law relating to companies from the fundamentals of company law and operation [of] the company's business through to formal insolvency"--Publisher information; Includes bibliographical references and index; THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPANY LAW -- The company in context -- corporate personality -- The consequences of incorporation -- Formation of companies -- Constitutions and other governance instruments -- Shares -- Distributions -- OPERATING THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS -- The division of powers between directors and shareholders -- Directors - definitions and status -- Company meetings -- Company contracting -- DIRECTORS' DUTIES -- Directors' duties - sources and beneficiaries -- Duty to act in the best interests of the company -- Liability for profiting -- Conflicts of interest -- The duties of care, diligence and skill, and of compliance with the Companies Act and constitution -- Insolvency and directors' duties -- Duties owed to shareholders and the duty to act for a proper purpose -- Ratification of directors' breaches of duty -- SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES -- Shareholder remedies: personal rights, corporate rights and the derivative action -- Shareholder remedies: winding up, buy-outs and relief from oppressive, discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial conduct -- ACCOUNTS, AUDITS AND RECORDS -- Accounts, audits and records -- MERGERS, TAKEOVERS AND AMALGAMATIONS -- Corporate takeovers -- Amalgamation --  INSOLVENCY PROCEDURES -- Insolvency proceedings
ER  -