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
11-12 & 14-15 January 2010

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

Assessment

Classwork (30%)
1 x 6,000 Word Essay (70%)

Assumed Knowledge

Introductory Corporate Law – LAWS6810 or background in Australian corporate law.

Courses this unit is available in

Sydney Law School