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COMPANY LAW

COMPANY LAW 1 Introduction: Forms of Business Associations Business Names History of Company Law Nature of Company Legislation MEM-ART (Memorandum and Articles of Association) Alteration of Memo and Articles Capacity and Powers of a Company: The Ultra Vires Doctrine Concept of Corporate Personality Lifting the Veil of Incorporation Company Promoters Pre-Incorporation Contracts COMPANY LAW II

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Without doubt, the first and foremost noticeable effect of an AoA is that it creates a binding contract under seal between parties to it, and parties statutorily empowered to benefit from it.

Formation of Company

FORMATION OF A COMPANY FORMATION OF A COMPANY Formation of a company encompasses the entire gamuts of the processes involved in bringing a company to being before the law. The end result of the processes is the incorporation of the company evidenced by the Certificate of Incorporation. Incorporation of a company is a matter of

Corporate Personality

CORPORATE PERSONALITY TABLE OF CONTENT MEANING OF CORPORATE PERSONALITY IMPORTANCE AND APPLICATION OF CORPORATE PERSONALITY LITIGATION RIGHTS IN ITS OWN NAME OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY PERPETUAL SUCCESSION LIMITED LIABILITY MEANING OF CORPORATE PERSONALITY The doctrine of corporate legal personality has emerged as a universally recognised legal business construct. The crux of the doctrine is simply this;