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Company Law
UndergraduateGRF-AFE2162025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 6 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 14 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,124
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Company Law
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Possess a knowledge of the law as it applies to the regulatory framework, types of companies, the company's relations with outsiders, including its role as a corporate citizen, directors duties, ethics and liabilities, statutory remedies, and corporate insolvency;
- Apply your legal knowledge to complex factual situations in order to achieve a reasoned conclusion through oral and written communication. Application of case law and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) identify relevant legal issues; and
- Analyse and evaluate case law relevant to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) through oral and written communication.
- Regulatory Frameworks
- Company Formation
- Internal and External Relationships
- Members and Shares
- Directors & Directors' Duties
- Remedies to Breaches of Directors' Duties, Oppressive & Unfair Conduct, Statutory Derivative Actions and more
- Takeovers, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Corporate Insolvency, Receivership, Voluntary Administration & Deed of Company Arrangement
- Liquidation and Voidable Transactions
Using the life cycle of a company, the operation of the Australian corporate regulatory framework is illustrated. Thus this subject examines: company registration; corporate governance issues arising from the company's daily operations, and the external administration of a company on its insolvency. Prerequisite: AFE215: Introduction to Business Law. Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 2106AFE: Company Law at Griffith University.
- Problem Solving Assignment (50%)
- Technical or Professional Scenario-based Video Presentation (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- GRF-AFA-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Applied Financial Advice
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio/Visual equipment
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Applied Financial Advice
UndergraduateGRF-AFA-DEG