Publisher's Synopsis
Gates on Understanding Company: A Conceptual and Functional Approach is the first book predicated on the Companies Act, 2017. With a clear and logical explanation of the recent changes to statutory provisions on incorporation, directors, beneficial ownership of shares and the expanded role of the company secretary. Students at undergraduate and post-graduate candidates for the Legal Practitioners' Qualifying Examinations (LPQE) administered by The Zambia Institute and Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE), Lecturers, Judges and others with an interest in company law in Zambia can turn to this text secure in the knowledge that it will be a simple to use and understandable exposition of the changes brought about by the Companies Act, 2017. The text will also enable readers to compare the new provisions with those in the Companies Act, 1994.This first edition of Gates integrates the statutory provisions in the Companies Act, 1994, compares them to those in the Companies Act, 2017 and synthesises these with common law case decisions in Zambia and other jurisdictions. It also takes into account the changes brought about by the introduction of the Insolvency Act, 2017; the interplay between the Companies Act, 2017 on the one hand and the Securities Act, 2016, The Banking and Financial Services Act, 2017 and The Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2010 on the other.Gates takes an analytical approach with desirable clarity and profoundness for first time readers and experienced practitioners.2018
