1: Partnerships 1. Characteristics of partnerships 2. Partnership management and finance 3. Liability of partners to outsiders 4. Partnership disputes 5. Termination of and retirement from a partnership 2: Companies 6. Limited companies 7. Formation of a limited companies 8. Directors and secretary 9. Shareholders 10. Company finance 11. Disposal of shares 12. Company meetings and resolutions 3: Taxation 13. The taxation of the income profits and losses of sole traders and partnerships 14. Capital gains tax and inheritance tax on business assets 15. The corporation tax system 16. Taxation of directors' fees and employees' salaries 17. Taxation of distributions and debenture interest 18. Capital allowances 19. The tax consequences of leaving a partnership 20. Value Added Tax 4: The European Community 21. The right of establishment, the right to provide services and free movement of goods 22. Treaty of Rome, Articles 81 and 82 5: Insolvency 23. Bankruptcy 24. Company insolvency proceedings 25. Liabilities arising from insolvency 6: Special topics 26. The partnership agreement 27. The articles of a private company 28. A debenture document 29. Shareholders' agreements 30. Disclosure obligations of companies and company accounts 31. Sale of a business to a company 32. Choice of business medium 33. Public companies 34. Business contracts - agency or distribution agreements 35. Limited liability partnerships 36. Developmental questions