ACC30050 Corporate Governance, Company Law and Labour Law

Academic Year 2023/2024

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 Type Hours
Lectures

24

Specified Learning Activities

58

Autonomous Student Learning

26

Total

108

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
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment Week 9 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

20

Examination: End of Course Examination (2 hours) 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

80


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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Autumn
     
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 15:00 - 16:50
External & School Exams Offering 1 Week(s) - 9 Thurs 18:00 - 20:00
Autumn
     

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