LL443E Half Unit
Corporate Bankruptcy
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Prof Sarah Paterson
Availability
This course is available on the Executive Master of Laws (ELLM). This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes.
Available to Executive LLM students only. This course will be offered on the Executive LLM during the four year degree period. The Law School will not offer all Executive LLM courses every year, although some of the more popular courses may be offered in each year, or more than once each year. Please note that whilst it is the Law School's intention to offer all Executive LLM courses, its ability to do so will depend on the availability of the staff member in question. For more information please refer to the Law School website.
Course content
This course is concerned with the principles and policies of corporate bankruptcy law. The impact of bankruptcy on third parties such as other, corporate group members, secured and unsecured creditors, directors and employees, is also considered. Topics include: secured creditors; the distributional order of priority in corporate bankruptcy; setting aside transactions; quasi-security devices for the unsecured creditor; the problem of corporate groups; company directors in troubled times; employees in distress and European and international recognition in corporate bankruptcy.
Teaching
24-26 hours of contact time.
Formative assessment
All students are expected to produce one 2,000 word formative essay during the course.
Indicative reading
A full Reading List will be distributed during the course. The recommended text is V. Finch and D.Milman, Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (3rd edition).
Assessment
Assessment Pathway 1
Essay (100%, 8000 words)
Assessment Pathway 2
Legal problems (100%)
Key facts
Department: LSE Law School
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Half unit
FHEQ Level: Level 7
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: Unavailable
Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable
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