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Companies Act 2006

The UK's principal company statute, including incorporation, constitutional documents, share capital, allotment authority, distributions, company capacity, accounts, directors' duties, derivative claims, and member remedies.

Use It For

Use this to compare incorporation, articles, share allotment, capital maintenance, statutory limits on ultra vires, codified directors’ duties, and derivative-claim screening with Chinese and Delaware approaches.

Teaching Notes

Section 172 is a useful comparator for stakeholder language, but students should be careful not to read it as identical to Chinese duties of loyalty and diligence.