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Corporate Disclosures on Climate Change: An Empirical Analysis of FTSE All-Share British Fossil Fuel Producers (2022)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2022). Corporate Disclosures on Climate Change: An Empirical Analysis of FTSE All-Share British Fossil Fuel Producers. European Business Organization Law Review, 23(2), 313-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40804-022-00246-2

Although UK company law has become more sensitive to climate change problems, many open questions and issues remain about the practical utility of disclosure as a presumptive regulatory solution. This article presents and analyses unique empirical re... Read More about Corporate Disclosures on Climate Change: An Empirical Analysis of FTSE All-Share British Fossil Fuel Producers.

The Political Legitimacy of Company Law and Regulation (2020)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2020). The Political Legitimacy of Company Law and Regulation. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 71(1), 384-405

Two interrelated objectives are pursued in this article: the first concerns the relationship and interaction between the UK’s company law and market-based regulation; the second explores the legitimacy of marketbased regulation in light of its potent... Read More about The Political Legitimacy of Company Law and Regulation.

Misreading the Directors' Fiduciary Duty of Good Faith (2019)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2020). Misreading the Directors' Fiduciary Duty of Good Faith. Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 21(1), 73-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2019.1631516

The fiduciary duty of good faith, now set forth in section 172 of the Companies Act 2006, expressly positions shareholders at the centre of the company’s interests, and assigns the priority entitlement to shareholders relative to all other stakeholde... Read More about Misreading the Directors' Fiduciary Duty of Good Faith.

Boyle & Birds' Company Law (10th edn) (2019)
Book
Birds, J., Attenborough, D., Leiser, M., Solinas, M., Varney, M., & Zhang, Z. (in press). Boyle & Birds' Company Law (10th edn). (10th). Sweet and Maxwell

Empirical Insights into Corporate Contractarian Theory (2016)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2017). Empirical Insights into Corporate Contractarian Theory. Legal Studies, 37(2), 191-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12134

In UK and US company law and corporate governance, a highly influential economic theory views the company, and the rules related thereto, as a nexus of contracts for organising business activity. This so-called contractarian theory of the company dep... Read More about Empirical Insights into Corporate Contractarian Theory.

An Estoppel-Based Approach to Enforcing Corporate Environmental Responsibilities (2016)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2016). An Estoppel-Based Approach to Enforcing Corporate Environmental Responsibilities. Journal of Environmental Law, 28(2), 275-299. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqw012

Within the regulatory space that exists at the intersection of UK company law and environmental regulation, the business community has generated its own environmental governance initiatives to address growing anxiety about companies’ externalised ris... Read More about An Estoppel-Based Approach to Enforcing Corporate Environmental Responsibilities.

The neoliberal (il)legitimacy of the duty of loyalty (2014)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2014). The neoliberal (il)legitimacy of the duty of loyalty. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 65(4), 405-428

The reformulated duty of loyalty now found in s 172 of the Companies Act 2006 has been seen as imprecise or an ambiguous development for directors’ duties. It has generated debate about what is the best reading of the duty, the most fundamental aspec... Read More about The neoliberal (il)legitimacy of the duty of loyalty.

Enforcement of Corporate Conduct under the Equitable Maximisation and Viability Principle (2013)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2013). Enforcement of Corporate Conduct under the Equitable Maximisation and Viability Principle. Legal Studies, 33(4), 650-678. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12002

Legal academics and practitioners have engaged in intense elaboration and defence of differing perspectives about the appropriate standard of corporate conduct, and unresolved debates surrounding this contemporary legal issue have proved intractable.... Read More about Enforcement of Corporate Conduct under the Equitable Maximisation and Viability Principle.

The Vacuous Concept of Shareholder Voting Rights (2013)
Journal Article
Attenborough, D. (2013). The Vacuous Concept of Shareholder Voting Rights. European Business Organization Law Review, 14(2), 147-173. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1566752912001115

The shareholder empowerment debate in corporate law is premised upon a reoccurring assumption that, historically, there has been an erosion of shareholder rights. This article contends that this premise is inaccurate and that shareholder rights have... Read More about The Vacuous Concept of Shareholder Voting Rights.