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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Corporate Fraud, Financial Crime, and Insolvency

AB601 · Corporate and Business Law — Week 11 of 16

CourseAB601
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Corporate Fraud, Financial Crime, and Insolvency

  1. Corporate manslaughter, bribery, and money laundering offences
  2. Fraudulent and wrongful trading
  3. Administration, receivership, and company voluntary arrangements
  4. Priority of creditor claims in winding-up
  5. Corporate Insolvency
  6. Illegalities - Wrongful Trading - Money Laundering - Insider Dealing - Business Law (LW)
  7. Illegalities - Bribery - ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW) (ENG) (GLO)

What you will be able to do

  • 1.4 Outline the key features of insolvency law and administration.
  • 5.4 Assess the implications of corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviour.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: outline the key features of insolvency law and administration.

Study materials

Videos

  • Corporate Insolvency · YouTube · Dr Yannis · 53 min · for registered students
  • Illegalities - Wrongful Trading - Money Laundering - Insider Dealing - Business Law (LW) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 32 min · for registered students
  • Illegalities - Bribery - ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW) (ENG) (GLO) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 23 min · for registered students
  • Unweaving the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing System - Dr Dionysios S Demetis · YouTube · Gresham College · 61 min · for registered students
  • The financial controller who stole £20,000 from her company: 4 lessons to help stop internal fraud · YouTube · ICAEW · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Insolvency Act 1986 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
  • Bribery Act 2010 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: English Legal Framework
  • Week 2: Law of Contract and Obligations
  • Week 3: Sale of Goods and Supply of Services
  • Week 4: Competition and Anti-Trust Framework
  • Week 5: Cross-Border Competition and International Trade
  • Week 6: Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy
  • Week 7: Company Formation and Constitution
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Corporate Capital and Financing
  • Week 10: Company Management and Administration
  • Week 11: Corporate Fraud, Financial Crime, and Insolvency
  • Week 12: Applying Corporate and Business Law in practice: case studi…
  • 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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