Prof Sarah Paterson NAB6.06

This course is available on the Executive LLM. This course is not available as an outside option.

Available to Executive LLM students only. This course will be offered on the Executive LLM during the four year degree period. The Department of Law will not offer all Executive LLM courses every year, although some of the more popular courses may be offered in each year, or more than once each year. Please note that whilst it is the Department of Law's intention to offer all Executive LLM courses, its ability to do so will depend on the availability of the staff member in question. For more information please refer to the Department of Law website.

This course is concerned with the principles and policies underlying the legal treatment of corporate bankruptcy. The impact of these procedures and approaches on third parties, for example corporate groups, secured and unsecured creditors, directors and employees, is also considered. Topics include: Secured creditors; The distributional order of priority in corporate bankruptcy; Setting aside transactions;  Quasi-security devices for the unsecured creditor; The problem of corporate groups; Company directors in troubled times; Employees in distress and European and international recognition in corporate bankruptcy.

24-26 hours of contact time.

All students are expected to produce one 2,000 word formative essay during the course.

A full Reading List will be distributed during the course. The recommended text is V. Finch and D.Milman, Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (3rd edition).

Assessment path 1
Essay (100%, 8000 words).

Assessment path 2
Take-home assessment (100%).

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