In this paper, you are supposed to discuss what  the Companies Act 2006 means for company directors, with special emphasis on the reforms to the rules on directors duties and whether the Act recognises the trend of the courts in recent years by expecting higher standards of skill and care from company directors in your report. You are to prepare a clear structured report. 

Topic:

Critically discuss what the Companies Act 2006 means for company directors, with special emphasis on the reforms to the rules on directors duties and whether the Act recognises the trend of the courts in recent years by expecting higher standards of skill and care from company directors.

WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

 This assignment must be completed individually.

 The Harvard Referencing System must be used.

 Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Do not exceed the maximum number of words specified above; all assignments which do so will be penalised. The penalty will be the deduction of marks at the Marker’s judgement.

 Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work. Write your student ID number at the top of every page.

 You must number all pages.

Word limit : 3000

Please refer to the Academic Regulations or your Student Handbook for full details.

Notes

• You are strongly advised to undertake additional research on the subject area of the journal article in order to enhance your work. All sources must be fully cited using the Harvard referencing system.
• You NOT being asked to describe the article, and so care and attention needs to be paid in lecturers as to what “critical appraisal” entails in this context. If you simply chose to summarise and describe the article you will NOT receive a pass grade.