CourseLAW503

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This week’s topics

Separate personality: Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd; limited liability and lifting the veil

Separate personality: Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd
Limited liability and lifting the veil

What you will be able to do

1.3 Show understanding of limited liability and situations where the courts 'lift the veil'.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: show understanding of limited liability and situations where the courts 'lift the veil'.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Types of company
Week 2: Separate personality: Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd; limited l…
Week 3: The Articles of Association and the Memorandum of Associati…
Week 4: Corporate governance and accountability: stakeholder v shar…
Week 5: Directors and officers: appointment, removal, disqualificat…
Week 6: Shares, debentures and class rights
Week 7: Insider dealing and market abuse (UK MAR, Criminal Justice …
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Insolvency and the company voluntary arrangement
Week 10: Winding up: members' and creditors' voluntary liquidation, …
Week 11: Applying insolvency law to a complex scenario and giving a …
Week 12: Applying Company Law and Corporate Governance in practice: …
Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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