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"Contents" [2012] ELECD 1298; in Loughrey, Joan (ed), "Directors’ Duties and Shareholder Litigation in the Wake of the Financial Crisis" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) v

Book Title: Directors’ Duties and Shareholder Litigation in the Wake of the Financial Crisis

Editor(s): Loughrey, Joan

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939654

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors vi
List of abbreviations vii

Introduction 1
Joan Loughrey

1 The director's duty of care and skill and the financial crisis 12
Joan Loughrey
2 The duty to promote the success of the company: is it fit for
purpose in a post-financial crisis world? 50
Andrew Keay
3 Narrative reporting and enlightened shareholder value under the
Companies Act 2006 97
Charlotte Villiers
4 Think again: how good leaders can avoid bad decisions 133
Andrew Campbell
5 Shareholder activism and litigation against UK banks ­ the
limits of company law and the desperate resort to human
rights claims? 143
Roman Tomasic and Folarin Akinbami
6 Recent cases on the winding-up of hedge funds on treasure islands 173
Robin Hollington
7 An assessment of the present state of statutory derivative
proceedings 187
Andrew Keay and Joan Loughrey
8 Directors' duties and shareholder litigation: the practical
perspective 229
Joan Loughrey
Conclusion 247
Joan Loughrey
Index 257

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