LAWS335-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Insolvency Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

Description

An examination of selected personal and corporate law insolvency issues.

Insolvency Law examines the theoretical underpinning of insolvency law and selected fundamental concepts relating to personal insolvency (bankruptcy and its alternatives) and corporate insolvency (liquidation, voluntary administration, compromises, and receivership).

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the meaning and significance of selected insolvency law issues.
  • Identify and articulate issues arising in a multi-issue insolvency law problem.
  • Apply legal reasoning to generate suitable responses to issues arising in a multi-issue insolvency law problem and, if appropriate, make a reasoned choice amongst alternative responses and/or exercise some professional judgment.
  • Locate, evaluate and synthesise information from a range of primary and secondary sources relevant to a given research topic.
  • Critically examine principles of principle and policy raised by New Zealand’s insolvency law framework and its operation in practice.
  • Produce a written opinion that follows the conventions set out in the New Zealand Law Style Guide.
  • Identify and reflect on global influences on New Zealand insolvency law.
  • Work independently and manage their time to meet course deadlines.

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator

Lynne Taylor

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 28 Mar 2023 30%
Online Quizzes 10%
Final Exam 60%


Assessment details of this course have yet to be finalised, but may include a compulsory assignment, an online quiz and a final examination.

The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $868.00

International fee $4,488.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS335 Occurrences

  • LAWS335-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023