Description Question is : Critically discuss the extent to which the Companies Act 2006 has reform ...

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Description Question is : Critically discuss the extent to which the Companies Act 2006 has reformed Directors` Duties. Additionally, identify what you believe to be the most significant reform to Directors’ Duties as a result of the Act and explain your reasoning. (FILE IS TO HELP U ) Structure needed: 1. introduction ( overview about the subject - analysis ideas or the connection - theses) (500 word) 2. body FOR EACH SECTION IN COMPANY ACT ( INTRODUES and CRITICISE and EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES EACH OF THESE SECTION IS A significant reform to Directors’ Duties) + (BACK UP YOUR IDEAS BY CASES AND ARTICALS)(1500 word) 3. conclusion ( Summaries all the ideas)(500 word) Suggested references that have to be in the essay: 1. Cases: Directors` Duties Howard Smith Ltd v Ampol Petroleum [1974] AC 821 PC Extrasure Travel Insurance Ltd v Scattergood[2003] 1 BCLC 598 Criterion Properties Plc v Stratford UK Properties LLC [2006] 1 BCLC 729) Regentcrest Plc v Cohen [2001] 2 BCLC 80 Gaiman v National Assn for Mental Health [1970] 2 All ER362 Stobart Group Limited v Tinkler ([2019] EWHC 258) Re Barings Plc (No 5) [1999] 1 BCLC 433 Re Queens, Moat Houses Plc, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Bairstow (No 2) [2005] 1 BCLC 136 Re Brian D Pierson (Contractors) Ltd [1999] BCC 29 Bhullar v Bhullar [2003] EWCA Civ 424 Cook v Deeks [1916] 1 AC 554 Foster Bryant Surveying Ltd v Bryant [2007] 2 BCLC 239 BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and ors [2022] UKSC 25 reading: Andrew Keay, ‘Good faith and directors' duty to promote the success of their company,’ (2011) 32 Comp Law. P138 Company Law by Dignam and Lowry, 12th Ed., Ch 14 (Directors` Duties) OR Unlocking Company Law by Susan McLaughlin Chs 11-12 (Directors` Duties) Important Notes: 1.Legal Issues All relevant legal issues identified 2.Engagement with the Question Full and focused engagement with the question 3.Knowledge and Understanding Excellent knowledge and understanding of relevant legal principles including the most complex issues 4.Grasp of doctrinal / policy problems Excellent grasp of relevant doctrinal / policy problems 5.Use of Materials Fluent use of relevant and appropriate primary materials 6.Structure Clear and compelling structure 7.Conclusions Clear and compelling conclusions 8.Referencing Clear and thorough referencing throughout 9.Standard of English Excellent standard of English appropriate to complex / specialist legal matters 10.Presentation Excellent presentation 11.Independent Research Evidence of considerable independent research as well as core materials 12.Secondary Sources Excellent incorporation of secondary sources into analysis 13.Ability to recognise and evaluate inconsistencies of legal argumentation Excellent ability to recognise and evaluate inconsistencies of legal argumentation / to rank possible outcomes / to formulate some personal perspectives (where appropriate)