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LAW37570

Academic Year 2026/2027

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

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

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.

Students on this module are expected to have read and understood the UCD Academic Integrity Policy and the School Protocol on Academic Integrity. Students must ensure that they comply with all requirements laid down therein and avoid academic misconduct. Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence, or other machine learning technology, in their learning on this module. Because this module is assessed by an unseen, invigilated examination, no formal citation methodology is prescribed.

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 Component repeat (in-module) 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

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


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, 3, 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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