ACC30050 Corporate Governance, Company Law and Labour Law

Academic Year 2020/2021

This Course looks at the formation of companies and the the company's constitution; the separate legal personality of companies; shareholders' and directors' meetings and resolutions; shareholders' remedies and minority oppression; types of directors and their powers and duties; company accounts and returns and strike-off; types of share capital and share capital maintenance; receivership, examinership and liquidation; enforcement of company law.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this course students will be expected to be able to:

* Explain the concepts of company law and insolvency law which will be covered in this course.
* Describe the main features of a comnany, the process of incorporation, the features of the internal management of companies, corporate governance and insolvency Law.
* Apply the concepts of Company Law to practical problems and situations.
* Examine and develop a critical application and knowledge of current developments in the areas of Company law and Insolvency law.

Indicative Module Content:

Introduction to company law
Formation of registered companies and the company’s constitution
Separate legal personality
Shareholders’ rights and remedies
Corporate governance: directors
Accounts and returns
Auditors; floatation of public companies
Share capital maintenance
Loan capital
Insolvency
Compliance and enforcement

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Specified Learning Activities

58

Autonomous Student Learning

26

Total

108

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module is delivered primarily through classroom-based teaching, with class participation strongly encouraged. Each plenary lecture will look at the relevant company law rules on the topic in question, real world examples and past essay-style and problem-style questions. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Exclusions:

None

Learning Recommendations:

Business Law Level I


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
LAW20090 - Company Law I, LAW41830 - Advanced Company Law 1


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: End of Course Examination (2 hours) 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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