Commercial and Corporate Practice
What is this subject about?
Commercial and corporate legal practice involves transactions covering a broad range of business and financial activities.
In this subject you will cover the law, practice and procedure which will enable you to act for, and advise, clients competently in a range of non-litigious commercial and corporate matters including:
- the sale and purchase of business assets
- establishing, and advising on, different commercial entities
- the revenue aspects of transactions
- the financing of transactions
What will I learn and what skills will I have the opportunity to practise?
The purpose of this subject is to enable you to become competent in the following elements of commercial and corporate practice:
- conducting commercial transactions
- setting up commercial structures
- advising on revenue law and practice
- dealing with loans and securities
- acting in commercial and corporate matters
At the end of this subject you will be able to demonstrate competence in:
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Elements |
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Element 1: Conducting Commercial Transactions |
Unit 1: Advising on Commercial Transactions
Unit 2: Advising on a Sale and Drafting Documents
Unit 3: Advising on a Purchase and Investigating Title
Unit 4: Finalising the Transaction
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Element 2: Setting up Commercial Structures
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Unit 5: Advising on Commercial Structures
Unit 6: Documenting the Structure |
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Element 3: Advising on Revenue Law and Practice |
Unit 7: Advising on Revenue Implications of Commercial Practice
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Element 4: Dealing with Loans and Securities |
Unit 8: Advising on Securities and Financial Transactions
Unit 9: Documenting Securities and Financial Transactions
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Element 5: Acting in Commercial and Corporate Matters
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Unit 10: Acting in Commercial and Corporate Transactions in Practice |
How will I be assessed?
To demonstrate your competence in this subject you must:
- participate in activities and complete all non-assessable coursework to a satisfactory standard, and
- achieve a total mark of 50% or more in the assessable tasks
Assessment in this subject will be based on:
- satisfactory participation in the subject
- two practical written assignments
- participation in a viva voce examination (40%), and
- a written examination (60%)
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