LLH305 Corporate Law
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| Unit code: | LLH305 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 |
| Antirequisite(s): | LWB334 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,124 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $1,663 The pre-2021 commonwealth supported place (CSP) contribution amount only applies to students enrolled in a course prior to 2021. To learn more, visit our Understanding your fees page. |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,204 |
| International unit fee | $4,368 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | LLH305 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 |
| Anti-requisite: | LWB334 |
| Coordinator: | Elizabeth Streten | elizabeth.streten@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Corporate Law is designed to provide you with knowledge and understanding of the key legal principles and policy issues relevant to registered companies. This unit is a compulsory area of study in the law degree and is required for admission as a legal practitioner.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically analyse complex corporate problems by synthesising the law and policy and constructing arguments for their resolution (CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.3)
- Interpret and explain relevant provisions of corporate legislation and identify the various evolving contexts in which the law operates (CLOs 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
- Use legal research methodologies to identify and evaluate relevant sources and complete a legal research task (CLOs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)
- Apply appropriate writing conventions to communicate legal reasoning effectively (CLO 4.1)
Content
The content of this unit includes:
- The context of Australian corporations law
- Corporate personality
- The incorporation process
- The corporate constitution
- Company contracts
- Administration of companies and management of the business of companies
- Duties and liabilities of directors and officers
- Share capital and membership
- Members' remedies
- Company credit and securities arrangements
- Winding up of companies
- The relevance of environmental, social and governance considerations to corporate law, including directors' duties, and
- The impact of technology on corporate law and governance
The Legal Practitioners Admissions Board of Queensland (LPAB) sets rules for the academic requirements for admission to the legal profession in Queensland. Students must demonstrate a satisfactory level of understanding of 11 prescribed academic areas of knowledge (‘Priestley 11’). This unit covers all of the topics within the core areas of knowledge for Company Law.
Learning Approaches
This unit employs real world learning through an authentic scenario-based approach to analysing and solving legal problems.
This unit employs an active and collaborative approach to learning. The learning has been designed to provide you with direct interaction with your instructors and peers and there is an expectation that you will attend live lectures and tutorials.
Prior to the live learning sessions, you will be supported through weekly unit material, interactive quizzes and formative learning activities that will introduce a range of practical and theoretical perspectives.
Your participation in the unit will include
- Engagement in live lectures
- Participation and discussion in tutorials that allow you to develop and practice your oral communication, critical analysis and legal problem-solving skills
- Access to a wide range of resources designed to promote collaboration to assist you to work in teams to resolve complex problems
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You are provided with feedback to assist with your learning throughout the semester. The feedback is provided through:
- Interaction with the tutor and other students during discussions in the interactive tutorials.
- Self-paced learning activities that enable you to test your understanding of the unit content and concepts.
- An online community platform.
- The individual and generic feedback provided on the unit's assessment items.
- Examples of past student assessment to facilitate self-reflection.
- The option of consultation with members of the teaching team.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit you are graded on a scale of one to seven.
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Barrister's opinion
Acting in the role of a barrister, you will analyse a brief to counsel regarding a legal problem, research relevant legal sources and authorities, and write a barrister's opinion that
critiques competing approaches to resolving the legal issue and constructs an argument. In constructing your argument, you will consider the evolving contexts in which the law operates.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Examination
An end-of-semester examination (open book) will assess the depth of your knowledge and understanding of the topics of the unit as well as your ability to analyse and apply relevant legal rules and principles to solve defined problems. All topics covered in the unit are assessable.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
P Hanrahan, I Ramsay, G Stapledon, Commercial Applications of Company Law (OUP, 23rd ed, 2022)
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Recommended text(s)
A Hargovan, C Brown and M Adams, Australian Corporate Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, 8th ed, 2023)
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
P Lipton, A Herzberg and M Welsh, Understanding Company Law (Lawbook Co, 22nd ed, 2023)
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LW36 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse and changing contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, technological, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion
LW37 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (Graduate Entry)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse and changing contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, technological, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion
LW38 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The role of law in achieving sustainable futures
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse, changing and global contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion, Examination
LW39 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (Graduate Entry)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The role of law in achieving sustainable futures
Relates to: ULO2 - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse, changing and global contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying the law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion, Examination
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Online
| Unit code: | LLH305 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 |
| Anti-requisite: | LWB334 |
Overview
Corporate Law is designed to provide you with knowledge and understanding of the key legal principles and policy issues relevant to registered companies. This unit is a compulsory area of study in the law degree and is required for admission as a legal practitioner.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically analyse complex corporate problems by synthesising the law and policy and constructing arguments for their resolution (CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 2.3)
- Interpret and explain relevant provisions of corporate legislation and identify the various evolving contexts in which the law operates (CLOs 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
- Use legal research methodologies to identify and evaluate relevant sources and complete a legal research task (CLOs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)
- Apply appropriate writing conventions to communicate legal reasoning effectively (CLO 4.1)
Content
The content of this unit includes:
- The context of Australian corporations law
- Corporate personality
- The incorporation process
- The corporate constitution
- Company contracts
- Administration of companies and management of the business of companies
- Duties and liabilities of directors and officers
- Share capital and membership
- Members' remedies
- Company credit and securities arrangements
- Winding up of companies
- The relevance of environmental, social and governance considerations to corporate law, including directors' duties, and
- The impact of technology on corporate law and governance
The Legal Practitioners Admissions Board of Queensland (LPAB) sets rules for the academic requirements for admission to the legal profession in Queensland. Students must demonstrate a satisfactory level of understanding of 11 prescribed academic areas of knowledge (‘Priestley 11’). This unit covers all of the topics within the core areas of knowledge for Company Law.
Learning Approaches
This unit employs real world learning through an authentic scenario-based approach to analysing and solving legal problems.
This unit employs an active and collaborative approach to learning. The learning has been designed to provide you with direct interaction with your instructors and peers and there is an expectation that you will attend live lectures and tutorials.
Prior to the live learning sessions, you will be supported through weekly unit material, interactive quizzes and formative learning activities that will introduce a range of practical and theoretical perspectives.
Your participation in the unit will include
- Engagement in live lectures
- Participation and discussion in tutorials that allow you to develop and practice your oral communication, critical analysis and legal problem-solving skills
- Access to a wide range of resources designed to promote collaboration to assist you to work in teams to resolve complex problems
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You are provided with feedback to assist with your learning throughout the semester. The feedback is provided through:
- Interaction with the tutor and other students during discussions in the interactive tutorials.
- Self-paced learning activities that enable you to test your understanding of the unit content and concepts.
- An online community platform.
- The individual and generic feedback provided on the unit's assessment items.
- Examples of past student assessment to facilitate self-reflection.
- The option of consultation with members of the teaching team.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit you are graded on a scale of one to seven.
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Barrister's opinion
Acting in the role of a barrister, you will analyse a brief to counsel regarding a legal problem, research relevant legal sources and authorities, and write a barrister's opinion that
critiques competing approaches to resolving the legal issue and constructs an argument. In constructing your argument, you will consider the evolving contexts in which the law operates.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Examination
An end-of-semester examination (open book) will assess the depth of your knowledge and understanding of the topics of the unit as well as your ability to analyse and apply relevant legal rules and principles to solve defined problems. All topics covered in the unit are assessable.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
P Hanrahan, I Ramsay, G Stapledon, Commercial Applications of Company Law (OUP, 23rd ed, 2022)
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Recommended text(s)
A Hargovan, C Brown and M Adams, Australian Corporate Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, 8th ed, 2023)
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
P Lipton, A Herzberg and M Welsh, Understanding Company Law (Lawbook Co, 22nd ed, 2023)
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LW36 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse and changing contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, technological, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion
LW37 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (Graduate Entry)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse and changing contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, technological, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion
LW38 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The role of law in achieving sustainable futures
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse, changing and global contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion, Examination
LW39 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (Graduate Entry)
- The essential principles and doctrines of Australian law and the Australian legal system
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - The role of law in achieving sustainable futures
Relates to: ULO2 - The application, operation and evolution of law in diverse, changing and global contexts
Relates to: ULO2, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Using legal reasoning and critical thinking in applying the law to legal problems and providing legal advice
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Applying critical perspectives, including theoretical, cultural and social perspectives, to evaluate law and policy
Relates to: ULO1, Barrister's opinion, Examination - Selecting and using contemporary technologies to effectively search, organise and use information
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Selecting and applying appropriate research methods
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Planning and executing a research project and presenting findings and recommendations
Relates to: ULO3, Barrister's opinion - Knowing and using academic and legal writing conventions and communicating clearly, concisely and persuasively in written forms
Relates to: ULO4, Barrister's opinion, Examination