Business Law Library & Tracker
Companies & Startups
Company setup, directors, shareholders, filings and governance.
Sources last reviewed 17 Aug 2026
Main law guides
158
Acts, regulations and codes worth reading first
Topics
60
Plain-English clusters
Published case explainers
97
Selected cases with a business lesson
Tracked updates
11
New, amended & reviewed
Plain-English explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked official source for section-level detail, and get advice for your situation.
Get legal helpMain laws
Companies Act 1993
1993 No 105
Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
2013 No 69
Limited Partnerships Act 2008
2008 No 1
Partnership Law Act 2019
2019 No 53
Financial Reporting Act 2013
2013 No 101
Venture Capital Fund Act 2019
2019 No 76
Co-operative Companies Act 1996
1996 No 24
Tracker
- Case31 July 2026
Supreme Court restores injunctions against fraudulent foreign claim
Businesses facing a suspicious overseas claim should preserve the document trail, verify authority and signatures, and coordinate the response across every relevant jurisdiction.
Contracts & CommercialDisputes, Enforcement & RemediesCompanies & Startups - Case18 July 2026
Director-duty and worker-status case explainers added
Directors get concrete lessons on distressed trading and group support, while employers get a clearer view of how contractor status can be tested in wage enforcement.
Companies & StartupsEmployment & Workplace
Cases
Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley
Cross-border structures and foreign judgments do not remove the need to verify the underlying contract, authority and litigation strategy. Businesses facing a...
Yan v Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd (in liquidation)
Directors of a group company need evidence that promised support is real, sufficient and available when required. Comfort from a shareholder or related company is...
Debut Homes Ltd (in liquidation) v Cooper
A controlled wind-down still needs a lawful creditor plan. Directors should not keep trading merely because completion may improve the net position if the plan...