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Company and Partnership Law

LA3106 - Company and Partnership Law

This subject provides students with the knowledge of partnership and corporations law that is required for admission to practice as a legal practitioner in Australia. Coverage includes the nature and existence of partnerships; partners&#39; duties; partnership property; relations with outsiders; assignment, retirement, expulsion and dissolution; and limited partnerships. It also provides detailed treatment of the types and formation of corporations; the concept of separate legal entity; share capital and membership; lifting of the corporate veil; basic principles of debt and equity finance (securing debt and raising capital); replaceable rules, corporate constitution and the statutory contract; altering the corporate constitution; powers of the board and the general meeting; meetings and statutory validation; directors&#39; duties; capital maintenance and insolvent trading; members&#39; remedies; corporate authority and the indoor management rule; voluntary administration, receivership and liquidations, as well as data protection.

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101004 Juris Doctor Offerings: All

[Pre-requisite] Students must have obtained 30 credit points from any LA5 subjects. This equates to 10 subjects in total.

[Pre-requisite] Students must have obtained 30 credit points from any LA5 subjects. This equates to 10 subjects in total. Offerings: All

LA5020 - Company and Partnership Law 

Company and Partnership Law 

Evaluate the law pertaining to the formation and operation of partnerships and companies (including limited partnerships) including the rights, duties and liabilities of partners and those who deal with them 

Critically assess and apply knowledge of corporate membership, the process for raising capital, capital maintenance, insolvent trading, voluntary administration, receivership and liquidation 

Demonstrate an advanced understanding of and critically analyse the relationship between the general meeting, the board and corporate management (including director's duties and member's remedies) 

Deconstruct and critically assess the significance of separate legal entity, authority, the indoor management rule and situations in which the corporate veil may be lifted 