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ACC30050

Academic Year 2024/2025

Corporate Governance, Company Law and Labour Law (ACC30050)

Subject:
Accountancy
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Charles Garavan
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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
Specified Learning Activities

58
Autonomous Student Learning

26
Lectures

24
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 Invalid Option
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Final exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
80
 No
Exam (In-person): Continuous assessment exam End of trimester
Duration:
1 hr(s)
 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
20
 Yes

Carry forward of passed components Invalid Option
Yes
 

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

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 15:00 - 16:50
Autumn External & School Exams Offering 1 Week(s) - 9 Thurs 18:00 - 20:00
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