Law school · Intermediate
Company Law and Governance
Incorporation, the constitution, directors' duties, shareholder remedies and what happens when a company cannot pay.
What you get
An Incredible Attorneys platform credential. It is not a qualification recognised by any bar or regulator, and does not entitle the holder to practise.
- Hours
- 30
- Pass mark
- 60%
- Languages
- en
- Modules
- 5
Syllabus
- 1 Separate personality and the veil What incorporation actually achieves, and its narrow exceptions.
- 2 The company constitution Articles, shareholder agreements and their interaction.
- 3 Directors' duties The duties, to whom they are owed, and how breach is pursued.
- 4 Shareholder remedies Derivative claims and unfair prejudice.
- 5 Insolvency at the edges Wrongful and fraudulent trading, and when the duty shifts to creditors.
What this covers
Each area links to the statutes and judgments that actually govern it, in whichever jurisdiction you are working in.