Roberts, Catherine,  1960- <br/><br/>
Financial assistance for the acquisition of shares / 
Catherine Roberts 
 - 5th ed. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2005 
 - xxvi, 230 p.25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Statutory history of financial assistance-companies acts 1928-1980 -- Financial assistance and the Companies Act 1981 -- Structure of the financial assistance provisions in the Companies Act 1985 -- Proposals for reform of the law relating to financial assistance -- Sections 151 to 158 of the Companies Act 1985 -- The prohibition of financial assistance -- Exemptions from the prohibition : section 153 of the Companies Act 1985  -- Exemption for solvent private companies : sections 155-158 of the Companies Act 1985 -- Application by dissenting members to cancel a special resolution approving financial assistance -- The consequences of a breach of section 151 of the Companies Act 1985 -- Case law concerning financial assistance. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0199285691 (alk. paper)  RM858.43 9780199285693 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporations--Finance--Law and legislation--United Kingdom<br/>Stocks--Law and legislation--United Kingdom<br/>Loans--Law and legislation--United Kingdom