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Sealy & Worthington's Text, Cases, and Materials in Company Law

Sealy & Worthington's Text, Cases, and Materials in Company Law (12th edn)

Sarah Worthington and Sinéad Agnew
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date: 13 November 2024

p. 873. Corporate Activity and Legal Liabilitylocked

p. 873. Corporate Activity and Legal Liabilitylocked

  • Sarah WorthingtonSarah WorthingtonDowning Professor of the Laws of England and Fellow of Trinity College University of Cambridge Academic Member, South Square, Gray’s Inn
  • , and Sinéad AgnewSinéad AgnewCatherine Seville Assistant Professor in Law and Fellow of Newnham College University of Cambridge Associate Member of Serle Court, Lincoln’s Inn

Abstract

This chapter discusses how the company acts as a legal person. It covers: contractual liability; corporate capacity; agency and authority in corporate contracting; contracts and the execution of documents; pre-incorporation contracts; corporate gifts; tort liability; criminal liability; whether and in what circumstances knowledge should be imputed to a company or other corporate body; and when attribution can be denied by the company.

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