BC Company Law Practice Manual

This book is essential for: Every lawyer who practices business law in BC.

This comprehensive practice manual is the authoritative guide to British Columbia company law and practice. Originally published in 1997, this authoritative two-volume work has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect changes required by the Business Corporations Act.
The manual maps out every step of every transaction—from incorporation to dissolution. Written by leading practitioners and reviewed by a very distinguished editorial board, the manual provides you with unique access to information you won't find anywhere else.
Subscriptions include online access with search capability and links to the full text case law and legislation, forms and precedents on CD-ROM, and regular updates.

Highlights of the 2009 Update

• most chapters have been substantially revised to reflect new provisions in the Business Corporations Act, and other case law and practice developments
• includes changes affecting the registration and reinstatement of extraprovincial companies, pursuant to the TILMA Act
• throughout the manual, selected topics have been rewritten or expanded to improve coverage
• many forms and precedents have been revised, including the latest revisions to the model articles
• all features of the manual have been updated, including the consolidations of the Business Corporations Act and Business Corporations Regulation

CLEBC Legal Editor
Jonathan Vogt
jvogt@cle.bc.ca

Volume 1

Chapters

1. Introduction
2. Applicability of the Securities Act
3. Corporate Names
4. Incorporation and Organization
5. Shares
6. Corporate Governance
7. Corporate Finance
8. Ordinary Corporate Procedures
9. Special Corporate Procedures
10. Capital Alterations
11. Amalgamations, Reorganizations and Continuations
12. Dissolution and Restoration
13. Extraprovincial Companies
14. Shareholder Rights, Remedies and Proceedings
15. Shareholders' Agreements
16. Transition
17. Corporate Registry Information

Volume 2

Checklists

Forms and Precedents
Applicability of the Securities Act
Corporate Names
Incorporation and Organization
Shares
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Ordinary Corporate Procedures
Special Corporate Procedures
Capital Alterations
Amalgamations, Reorganizations and Continuations
Dissolution and Restoration
Shareholder Rights, Remedies and Proceedings
Transition

Legislation
Business Corporations Act
Business Corporations Regulation
Table of Concordance

Business Corporations Act Forms

Tables
Case Table
Statute Table
References
Index

Features

• complete set of forms and precedents
• checklists
• regular updates
• tables of cases, statutes, and references
• comprehensive index
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law