Edited by Joan Loughrey, Director, Centre for Business Law and Practice, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK

‘This book takes us back to the financial crisis and asks: should the directors of the financial institutions that caused the crisis be held responsible to their investors? Loughrey’s and her contributors’ analysis of that question and the suggestions to implement their proposals are insightful and timely. This is a must-read book for those of us who are still trying to determine how to avoid the next financial crisis.’

• Contents:IntroductionJoan Loughrey1. The Director’s Duty of Care and Skill and the Financial CrisisJoan Loughrey2. The Duty to Promote the Success of the Company: Is it Fit for Purpose in a Post-financial Crisis World?Andrew Keay3. Narrative Reporting and Enlightened Shareholder Value Under the Companies Act 2006Charlotte Villiers4. Think Again: How Good Leaders Can Avoid Bad DecisionsAndrew Campbell5. Shareholder Activism and Litigation Against UK Banks – the Limits of Company Law and the Desperate Resort to Human Rights Claims?Roman Tomasic and Folarin Akinbami6. Recent Cases on the Winding-up of Hedge Funds on Treasure IslandsRobin Hollington7. An Assessment of the Present State of Statutory Derivative ProceedingsAndrew Keay and Joan Loughrey8. Directors’ Duties and Shareholder Litigation: The Practical PerspectiveJoan LoughreyConclusionJoan LoughreyIndex

Edited by Joan Loughrey, Director, Centre for Business Law and Practice, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK

‘This book takes us back to the financial crisis and asks: should the directors of the financial institutions that caused the crisis be held responsible to their investors? Loughrey’s and her contributors’ analysis of that question and the suggestions to implement their proposals are insightful and timely. This is a must-read book for those of us who are still trying to determine how to avoid the next financial crisis.’

• Contents:IntroductionJoan Loughrey1. The Director’s Duty of Care and Skill and the Financial CrisisJoan Loughrey2. The Duty to Promote the Success of the Company: Is it Fit for Purpose in a Post-financial Crisis World?Andrew Keay3. Narrative Reporting and Enlightened Shareholder Value Under the Companies Act 2006Charlotte Villiers4. Think Again: How Good Leaders Can Avoid Bad DecisionsAndrew Campbell5. Shareholder Activism and Litigation Against UK Banks – the Limits of Company Law and the Desperate Resort to Human Rights Claims?Roman Tomasic and Folarin Akinbami6. Recent Cases on the Winding-up of Hedge Funds on Treasure IslandsRobin Hollington7. An Assessment of the Present State of Statutory Derivative ProceedingsAndrew Keay and Joan Loughrey8. Directors’ Duties and Shareholder Litigation: The Practical PerspectiveJoan LoughreyConclusionJoan LoughreyIndex

Edited by Joan Loughrey, Director, Centre for Business Law and Practice, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK

‘This book takes us back to the financial crisis and asks: should the directors of the financial institutions that caused the crisis be held responsible to their investors? Loughrey’s and her contributors’ analysis of that question and the suggestions to implement their proposals are insightful and timely. This is a must-read book for those of us who are still trying to determine how to avoid the next financial crisis.’

• Contents:IntroductionJoan Loughrey1. The Director’s Duty of Care and Skill and the Financial CrisisJoan Loughrey2. The Duty to Promote the Success of the Company: Is it Fit for Purpose in a Post-financial Crisis World?Andrew Keay3. Narrative Reporting and Enlightened Shareholder Value Under the Companies Act 2006Charlotte Villiers4. Think Again: How Good Leaders Can Avoid Bad DecisionsAndrew Campbell5. Shareholder Activism and Litigation Against UK Banks – the Limits of Company Law and the Desperate Resort to Human Rights Claims?Roman Tomasic and Folarin Akinbami6. Recent Cases on the Winding-up of Hedge Funds on Treasure IslandsRobin Hollington7. An Assessment of the Present State of Statutory Derivative ProceedingsAndrew Keay and Joan Loughrey8. Directors’ Duties and Shareholder Litigation: The Practical PerspectiveJoan LoughreyConclusionJoan LoughreyIndex