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

Blackboard Collaborate Guide

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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: catherine.brown@griffith.edu.au

Phone: (07) 3735 4083

Student Support Student Support (Primary Administrative Contact)

Phone: 1300 057 984 Email: studentsupport.online@griffith.edu.au

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