Company, Clubs and Partnership Law

Members of Chambers have expertise in the wide range of issues that may arise during the creation, life and dissolution of a company, club or partnership.  Recent work includes advice, drafting and litigation on:

  • applications to rectify the shareholders' register
  • articles of association
  • club rules
  • Companies Court applications
  • directors' disqualification
  • directors' duties and personal liabilities
  • incorporating clubs
  • shareholders', club members' and partnership disputes
  • the maintenance and reduction of share capital (including financial assistance in the purchase of shares)
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    Members of these Chambers have written and lectured widely on developments in these areas. Recent articles include: "Reshaping criminal sanctions in company law" [Comp. Law 2003, 24(1) 1 - 2], "Codifying directors' duties: better in principle than in practice?" [Comp. Law, 2002, 23(9) 261 - 262] and "Section 727 relief from liability - redundant or relevant?" [Sweet & Maxwell's Company Law Newsletter, Issue 3/2002].