The invaluable Institute of Chartered Accountants guide Many private company secretaries are not legally trained, yet take on a role fraught with statutory duties and legal formalities. Caught in a minefield of heavy fines and other penalties the private company secretary can sometimes have difficulty knowing which way to turn. This manual provides straightforward, practical guidance to company law with clear instructions and simple procedures to steer readers throught the labrynth of requirements and routines trhat are the company secretary's job. The book is divided into three main sections: 1 summarises the key elemenmts of company law, 2 describes company secretarial practice with checklists, procedures, specimen documents and letters and 3 includes updated copies of all the forms a company secretary is likely to come across in his daily work. "A most useful, practical book with a excellent index that is commended to anyone dealing with companies" Company Accountant Hugh Williams is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He qualified with Deloittes and then worked for the Consumers Association before setting up his own accountancy practice in 1973. In 1993 he was elected to the Committee of the Faculty of Taxation.