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LAW37570

Academic Year 2024/2025

Insolvency Law (LAW37570)

Subject:
Law
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Law
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Noel McGrath
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will exmiane Irish corporate and personal insolvency law. Students will be expected to consider the purposes and policies underpinning an insolvency regime, to consider its distributional impact and to interrogate the role of rescue culture in responding to business failure.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this module students will:
(a) Understand the main feautres of Irish corporate insolvency law
(b) Be able to apply legal doctrine to complex problems
(c) Be able to conduct independent legal resarch at an advanced level.
(d) Be able to communicate the results of legal research in a varierty of media

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

25
Autonomous Student Learning

80
Seminar (or Webinar)

24
Total

129

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will be expected to engage in pre-class reading and group discussions. Students will be expected to make in class presentations.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

LAW20090 Company Law 1 and LAW20170 Company Law 2 .


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Examination: Assessed by means of a closed book end of trimester two-hour examination. End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
100
 No

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. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Mr Andrew Woods Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

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, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Fri 15:00 - 16:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 4, 5 Fri 15:00 - 17:50
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