LL6006 - Company Law (2017/18)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2017/18 | ||||||||||||
| Module status | DELETED (This module is no longer running) | ||||||||||||
| Module title | Company Law | ||||||||||||
| Module level | Honours (06) | ||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 30 | ||||||||||||
| School | Guildhall School of Business and Law | ||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 300 | ||||||||||||
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| Running in 2017/18(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
This module introduces students to Company law and will include the formation, constitution and management of companies together with share issue, share capital, loan capital and selected aspects of insolvency law.
Prior learning requirements
Law of Contract
Module aims
1. to provide an understanding of the fundamental concepts of company law;
2. to enable students to evaluate critically the general principles of company law;
3. to develop a students awareness of the place and function of company law.
Syllabus
Company Law: incorporation, the corporate constitution, directors’ duties, protection for minority shareholders, share issue, share capital, capital maintenance, loan capital, securing loans on corporate assets, corporate failure, priority of creditors, transaction avoidance provisions and disqualification of directors.
Learning and teaching
The module is taught by lectures and seminars with students required to read from specified case law and legal journals. There is a logical progression through a detailed syllabus involving a review of the various stages in the life of registered company. Students are given the opportunity to discuss theoretical issues as well as practical problem solving. Students are supported in undertaking on-line research using electronic law databases and encouraged to use Westlaw on a weekly basis. There is a virtual learning environment (VLE) containing handbooks, lecture notes, weblinks, discussion groups, past assessments, study skills materials and assessment criteria. Blended learning pervades the delivery of the module and is actively encouraged as students engage with digital materials, use on-line discussion groups and achieve a competent standard of digital literacy during their studies.
Two formative assessments are set and marked promptly with opportunities for feedback both in class and individually.
Knowledge of the topics covered will enhance students’ employability within the legal profession and also may feed in to a range of roles including company secretarial work, accountancy and management.
Students’ study responsibilities are to attend all classes, research and prepare for seminar discussion and academic debate, engage in interactive IT related activities and to undertake all formative and final assessments.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will:
1. be able to understand key legal principles governing registered companies:
2. be able to apply their knowledge of company law to particular situations;
3. be able to identify legal issues arising out of hypothetical problem questions and to recognise and formulate the arguments that may be made by the parties concerned;
4. have acquired the techniques of critical analysis to understand past and possible future developments in the law regulating registered companies.
Assessment strategy
A piece of coursework counting for 30% of the module mark and an unseen examination making up the other 70%.
Bibliography
Dignam A and Lowry, Core Text: Company Law, Oxford
Hannigan B, Company Law, Oxford
Mayson, French and Ryan, Company Law, Oxford
Sealy and Worthington, Cases and Materials on Company Law, Oxford