Business law is one of the most varied, challenging and dynamic areas of law in study and in practice. This book provides clear and practical guidance to trainee solicitors on areas of the law that most typically apply to business clients. Each chapter gives a clear and comprehensive overview of the subject in question and focuses on the key legal issues that solicitors face in practice. The book considers how private companies limited by shares are formed and governed, and goes on to deal with partnership law and business taxation. The final section explores various legal issues that can arise in the course of trade, including competition law, intellectual property law, and technology law issues. The sixth edition of this book features new chapters on the conversion process, company decision making, share capital, and business taxation, and has been updated to cover the Companies Act 2014. The manual is essential reading for traniee solicitors on the Law Society of Ireland's Professional Practice Courses, and is also an excellent resource for Irish legal practicioners.

How can we live a little more hopefully each day? Fear, terrorism, corruption, fake news... it can be easy to become discouraged by the culture around us. Now more than ever, society needs hope in order to survive and flourish. This book takes us beyond comfort zones and easy answers, and towards a deeper understanding and practice of hope. It offers reflections, stories and practical ways for individuals and groups to find hope in their lives through discovering more about God in their midst. Focusing on God's intervention in biblical history, God's presence in contemporary contexts and God's promised hope for the future, Joanne Cox-Darling encourages us to live more confidently, noticing more of the Spirit in our daily lives, and with more compassion and - ultimately - hope in God. 'Joanne Cox-Darling has a gift for storytelling, which she uses with great ability to do the difficult weave between the Bible and the world we inhabit. She does not flinch before the shabby hope-destroying culture all around. But she also does not blink before the audacity of the Bible. Readers will be glad when they pause to participate in her buoyant gifts.' Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary