UNSW Handbook Course - Law of Companies, Trusts and Partnerships

Law of Companies, Trusts and Partnerships - ATAX0009


	Faculty: Law
	School: Board of Studies in Taxation
	Contact: Cashmere,Maurice James
	Campus: ATAX Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 0
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: ATAX0001
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 1

Description

This course deals with the law relating to these particular entities, with an emphasis on the principles that are important to their operation and organisation. In company law, the course covers such issues as legal personality, share and capital structure, company debt, directors' duties, the enforceability of contracts with a company, insolvency and winding up. Trust law deals with the nature of a trust, the obligations and duties of trustees and the nature of a beneficiary's interest in a trust, while partnership law covers the nature of a partnership and the rights and obligations of partners.

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