Learning Outcomes:
On completing this module students will be expected to be able to:
- Describe, distinguish, and apply in detail the major legal principles governing Irish Company Law listed in the Module Outline ;
- Advise, in a range of given circumstances, on the optimum solutions for resolving company law problems;
- Critically assess specific aspects of Irish Company Law using a variety of techniques, including comparisons with the company laws or recommendations of other countries;
- Identify discrete aspects of company law which would be ripe for research at an advanced level, and develop an outline proposal or justification in support of such research.
Indicative Module Content:
Topics to be covered include:
Characteristics of companies
Types of company,
Formation of companies
The consequences of incorporation
Disregard of separate legal personality
Corporate capacity and authority of corporate agents
Shares and Membership
The maintenance of Capital
Corporate governance structures
Corporate membership and members remedies
Directors and other officers and their responsibilities and liabilities
Meetings & resolutions
Financial record keeping and reporting
Annual Return and Strike Off
Examinership.