Accounting principles for lawyers
By: Peter Holgate.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Law practitioner series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521607223
Subjects: Accounting -- Great Britain.; Accounting -- Standards -- Great Britain.; Accounting -- Wales.; Accounting -- Law and legislation -- England.; Accounting -- Law and legislation -- Wales.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: UKGAAP and international harmonisation; title: The legal framework for accounting; title: Substance over form; title: The accounting profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing; title: Communicating accounting information; title: Current trends in accounting; title: Individual entity accounts and consolidated accounts; title: Mergers and acquisitions; title: Interaction of accounting with tax; title: Assets; title: Liabilities; title: Leases; title: Pensions; title: Financial instruments, including capital instruments; title: Realised and distributable profits; title: Disclosures in published accounts; title: Use of financial information in contracts and agreements.