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Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest - LAWS8875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description The course will involve both a conceptual analysis of fiduciary duties and associated remedies and a focus on the treatment of conflicts of interest in key areas of commercial activity and professional practice including partnerships and joint ventures,director's duties,legal and auditing practice and the financial services industry.
LLM Specialisation Recommended Prior Knowledge There are no prerequisites for the course but an undergraduate knowledge of equitable principles or company law would be desirable.
Course Objectives
Main Topics
Assessment Short class presentation 30%
Research Essay (7000 words) 70% Course Texts Prescribed A set of reading materials will be available to students at the UNSW bookshop on campus .
Recommended
Resources Refer to the course outline which will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the relevant semester.
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