LAWS6957 - Shareholders’ Remedies

Objectives

Examine the common problems experienced by members of various types of company.
Understand strategies for preventing or remedying those problems without recourse to litigation.
Understand the litigious remedies available to combat those problems.
Explore likely trends for future development of the law.

Content

Shareholders' remedies, both litigious and non-litigious remedies; class actions and recent developments in derivative litigation, as well as oppression; winding up; alteration of the constitution; dilution of equity stakes and compulsory acquisition of minority shareholdings; the role of advance planning; drafting issues in relation to shareholders' agreements and constitutional provisions; and the scope for activism by institutional and retail shareholders in listed public companies.

Session

Semester 1 Intensive
22-25 January 2013

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

Class Participation (10%)
1 x 7,500 Word Essay (90%)

Assumed Knowledge

Presumption of law degree with corporate law knowledge

Legal Professional Development (LPD)

You can credit this unit towards Legal Professional Development (LPD). Units of study that are part of Sydney Law School’s Postgraduate Program meet the necessary Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) of the Law Society of New South Wales and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of the New South Wales Bar Association. You may complete this unit of study by enrolling on a non-degree basis or on an audit basis only with no assessment via Single Unit Enrolment.

Courses this unit is available in

The University of Sydney - Sydney Law School