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Postgraduate Course: Company and Commercial (LAWS11250)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionTo develop the practical legal, tax and commercial aspects relating to the formation, management and administration of private limited companies and alternative choices of business medium. To develop the practical skills in these areas by promoting and encouraging active participation by students in the preparation and provision of commercial, legal and tax advice and guidance to clients in the context of a variety of exercises covering the key commercial transactions and procedures typically undertaken by private limited companies and, where relevant, public limited companies and/or LLPs.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2), Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 28, Summative Assessment Hours 12, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 48 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Company & Commercial3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Company and Commercial3:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:-

¿ Show awareness of legal personality and business structures
¿ Understand the key features of incorporated entities, their structure and purpose (including relevant tax features of structures)
¿ Understand the key features of partnerships and limited liability partnerships as business structures, and alternative business structures (including relevant tax features and structures)
¿ Demonstrate knowledge of the regulatory and fiscal framework, and the main features of the taxation system, within which business is conducted
¿ Understand key provisions of partnership agreements
¿ Demonstrate Professional communication: Group discussion
¿ Demonstrate Writing and drafting
¿ Demonstrate Transactional research
¿ Understand Use of technology
¿ Demonstrate Professional ethics and standards
¿ Demonstrate Negotiating
Assessment Information
Classwork 100% if individual standard of 60% achieved across assigments.

Failure to achieve this - Examination (100%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMrs Caroline Colliston
Tel: (0131 6)50 6301
Email: Caroline.Colliston@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk
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