LS401U: CORPORATE INSOLVENCY LAW (2020-2021)

Course Aims: The course aims to develop an in-depth of knowledge of a number of aspects of domestic and international corporate insolvency law and to develop the specialist skills specified in the Aims of the Honours LLB Degree. Main Learning Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding Students will acquire knowledge and understanding of legal theory and practice relating to domestic and international corporate insolvency law issues, in particular:

• Directors’ duties in the twilight zone
• Personal liability of directors
• Disqualification
• Corporate rescue
• The EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings
• Domestic law provisions on international insolvency including the common law, s 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 Subject-Specific Skills and Concepts Students will be able to apply their knowledge to specific legal problems of a complex nature and evaluate various approaches to such problems in the areas studied. In particular, they will be able in the areas studied to:
• Identify accurately issues which require researching
• Identify and retrieve up-to-date legal information using paper and electronic sources
• Use primary and secondary legal sources
• Act independently in undertaking tasks
• Undertake independent research and
• Read and discuss legal materials written in technical and complex language Key Skills (Transferable) Students will be able to:
• Distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant
• Recognise and rank issues in terms of relevance and importance
• Bring together and integrate information and materials from a variety of sources
• Produce a synthesis of relevant doctrinal and policy issues in relation to a topic
• Undertake analysis of information in a systematic way
• Make a critical judgement of the merits of particular arguments and achieve a reasoned choice between alternative solutions
• Think at a conceptual level
• Present knowledge and a sustained argument in a way comprehensible to others and adapt this to suit a range of audiences
• Reflect on their own learning
• Seek and make use of feedback
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Produce word-processed work and present it in an appropriate form
• Use web-based and other electronic information retrieval systems
• Work in groups as a participant who contributes effectively to the group's task Content: The course will explore the legal theory and practice relating to selected domestic and international corporate insolvency law issues, in particular: directors' duties in the twilight zone, personal liability of directors, disqualification, corporate rescue, the EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings and domestic law provisions on international insolvency including the common law, s 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006.

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