Corporate Law

This edition covers the various sources of personal liability faced by company directors and officers during corporate insolvencies, and identifies the pitfalls to avoid and best practices to adopt. The authors address the latest and most significant legislative amendments, and provide an in-depth analysis of current case law.

This text provides a comprehensive look at the legal principles governing the duties and responsibilities of directors and officers, their authority to act and the most common areas of liability at for-profit and not-for-profit organizations as well as public and privately-held corporations. Most importantly, this guide offers a detailed explanation of the key principles that provide the framework for avoiding legal liability.

This publication analyzes the legal framework of corporate governance in Canada. This publication considers and compares the Canada Business Corporations Act (as amended by Bill S-11) and the corporate statutes in each of the provinces and territories in Canada. It deals with the current statutory and regulatory provisions and also provides the historical context in which they were developed.