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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Defences and Civil Remedies in Commercial Fraud Litigation

IBL704 · Law and Financial Crimes — Week 9 of 16

CourseIBL704
Week9 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Defences and Civil Remedies in Commercial Fraud Litigation

  1. Bona fide purchaser defence
  2. Corporate attribution and mistake
  3. Proprietary restitution and constructive trusts
  4. Freezing injunctions (Mareva) and Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders
  5. Chapter 6 - Breach of Trust Defences Following Tracing and Remedies - Equity and Trust - SQE1 -LLB

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Critically analyse civil remedies in the context of white-collar crimes.
  • 3.4 Analyse the defenses available and to what extent these need to be developed further.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically analyse civil remedies in the context of white-collar crimes.

Study materials

Videos

  • Chapter 6 - Breach of Trust Defences Following Tracing and Remedies - Equity and Trust - SQE1 -LLB · YouTube · SQE1window · 15 min · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories and Evolution of White-Collar and Financial Crime
  • Week 2: The General Statutory Framework of Fraud and Theft
  • Week 3: Financial Services and Markets Regulation and Civil Offences
  • Week 4: Market Abuse and Insider Dealing Legal Regimes
  • Week 5: Enforcement and Comparative Regulatory Powers in Capital Ma…
  • Week 6: Anti-Money Laundering Architecture and the Proceeds of Crim…
  • Week 7: Terrorist Financing, Bribery, and Corruption
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Defences and Civil Remedies in Commercial Fraud Litigation
  • Week 10: Compliance, Reporting Obligations, and Suspicious Activity …
  • Week 11: International Cooperation and Extraterritorial Financial Re…
  • Week 12: Applying Law and Financial Crimes in practice: case studies
  • 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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