Pricniples of Business &
Corporate Law (7823AFE)
Master of Financial Planning
Your Course Convenor Ms Catherine Brown
Expert in taxation, insolvency, and
corporations law
Experience in NSW and QLD
government as an accountant,
auditor, and business manager
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Contents Topics to be covered tonight:
Course introduction
Expectations and advice
Seminars
Assessments
Learning outcomes
Resources
Staff & Student Support
Getting started
Course Introduction Laws can affect businesses in a variety of ways, and this course will provide you with an overview
of contract law, Australian consumer law, torts law, and agency law. You will understand how
these can impact various business structures.
Topics covered include:
• An overview of the relevant legal systems
• Legal problem-solving
• Relevant areas of business (commercial) law, such as professional negligence and business
structures
• Aspects of company law – such as the responsibilities of directors and rights of stakeholders
Course Structure Week Topic 1 Australian legal system and contract law 2 Australian consumer law 3 Law of torts and negligence 4 Business structures 5 Introduction to company law 6 Directors’ duties and remedies
Expectations and Advice Keep up-to-date with the course material and assessments
Participate in online classrooms if possible
Commit to around 25 hours per week
If you need help – ask for it!
Email your convenor with queries
Tag your convenor in a Yammer post
Show respect to all course users: demonstrate “netiquette”
Seminar (Collaborate) Timetable The online Collaborate classroom timetable will be available on Learning@Griffith.
All sessions will be recorded.
You can access Collaborate via Learning@Griffith:
Assessments
All assessment submission times are
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Assessment Weighting Due date
Assignment draft 20% 22 May, 10:00
Research-based hypothetical assignment 30% 7 Jun, 10:00
Final exam 50% 14 – 16 Jun, 23:59
Assessments Assessment 1 - assignment draft (20%)
In preparation for Assessment 2, you will develop a draft response and assessment plan.
You need to identify key legal issues, the relevant legal authority, and a summary of the law
you intend to apply in resolving the issue.
Covers Modules 1 and 2.
Assessments Assessment 2 – Research-based hypothetical assignment (30%)
Based on a “real world” commercial law problem, you will provide a critical analysis and detailed
response.
Your assessment will be based on the plan presented in the first assessment, and incorporate the
feedback received.
Same question as Assessment 1 with specific instructions provided to complete Assessment 2.
Assessments Assessment 3 – Final exam (50%)
This final exam will assess the skills and knowledge you have gained during the course and how
you apply them in an exam scenario.
The exam is under observation (proctored) fully online, using ProctorU software. You will receive
instructions regarding technology requirements, how to schedule your initial hardware test, and
how to schedule your final exam during the specified times. It is important you follow these
instructions.
Covers Modules 3-4
Learning outcomes After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
1. Appreciate how the law developed historically; where to find relevant law; how
the legal system works to enable the provision of correct advice and to resolve
legal disputes
2. For a given contracting, consumer law, tortious or partnership problem,
identify the relevant legal issues and apply relevant law to resolve the problem
3. Defend your application of the law and reasoned conclusion(s) in the face of
professional and/or academic scrutiny
Learning outcomes 4. Possess knowledge of corporations law as it applies to the regulatory
framework; types of companies; the internal regulation of the company; the
company’s relations with outsiders; directors’ duties and liabilities, members’
statutory remedies
5. Apply your legal knowledge to complex factual situations in order to achieve a
reasoned conclusion through oral and written communication and the capacity
to synthesise key principles relating to corporations law and utilise these
principles to factual situations in order to achieve a reasoned conclusion
6. Analyse and evaluation case law relevant to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
through oral and written communication
Resources
Access your readings via Learning@Griffith course site (two weeks prior
to course start).
Required textbook: James, Nickolas et al, Business and Company Law
(John Wiley & Sons Australia, 1st ed, 2017)
How I will communicate with you Email
Announcements
Yammer – Module discussion questions, interpreting instructions regarding
assessment, etc. Tag me (ie start to type my name and select it when
Yammer suggests it).
Online classrooms – Weekly activities and ILAC exercises
Staff Support
Academic Convenor (Primary Academic Contact)
Name: Ms Catherine Brown
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (07) 3735 4083
Student Support Student Support (Primary Administrative Contact)
Phone: 1300 057 984 Email: [email protected]
Operating hours: 9 am – 5:30 pm (AEST), Monday – Friday
Derya Uysal Vivianne Taras
Technical Support 24/7 • 24/7 assistance is available for help with any technical issues
• How to contact technical support: http://griffith.echelp.org/
• For priority support call: 1300 057 984 (Select option 2)
Getting started New students: complete the orientation modules and view the Welcome
Webinar
Read through the course profile
Access the course site on Learning@Griffith
Note: Modules will be made progressively available in the weeks leading up
to and throughout the teaching period
Introduce yourself on Yammer
Access the Griffith Library training page to refresh your academic skills