BMAN11110
Law for Accountants
20
Full year
Undergraduate
Level 1
Fiona King
Unit coordinator
Faculty of Humanities
1
FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors '
European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0
<div><p>This course gives students a grounding in the regulatory, professional and ethical issues relevant to work carried out in professional accounting practice. The impact on business and professional services of tort law, contract law and agency relationships is<br />considered, in addition to company and insolvency law and an introduction to other required areas including crime and data protection.</p><p>Students will gain an understanding of the legal implications of incorporation, the role of directors and shareholders, issues of corporate liability and the legal regulation of the employment relationship.</p></div>
<div><p>This course gives students a grounding in the regulatory, professional and ethical issues relevant to work carried out in professional accounting practice. The impact on business and professional services of tort law, contract law and agency relationships is<br />considered, in addition to company and insolvency law and an introduction to other required areas including crime and data protection.</p><p>Students will gain an understanding of the legal implications of incorporation, the role of directors and shareholders, issues of corporate liability and the legal regulation of the employment relationship.</p></div>
<p>To provide students with an understanding of the principles of English law, its systems and<br />institutions and the implications and impact of the law on business and professional services.</p><p>It includes the development of knowledge and skills in specific legal areas relating to business, and the ability to recognise when further specialist legal advice is necessary.</p>
<p>• Identify the essential elements of the legal system, including the main sources of law</p><p>• Recognise and apply the appropriate legal rules relating to the law of obligations</p><p>• Explain and apply the law relating to employment relationships</p><p>• Distinguish between alternative forms and constitutions of business organisations</p><p>• Recognise and compare types of capital and the financing of companies</p><p>• Describe and explain how companies are managed, administered and regulated</p><p>• Recognise the legal implications relating to insolvency law</p><p>• Demonstrate an understanding of corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviour</p>
<p>Identify other key areas in which the law affects the role and work of the professional accountant ;</p><p>Use legal skills, research and terminology effectively and be able to apply these in a business / management context.</p>
Skills highlighted include:
• Precision-based subject
• Recognition & evaluation of new developments in the field
• Hands-on application of primary resources
• Practical case study analysis
Key content enhancing these skills:
• Working with primary resources such as international databases and live case studies
• Practical exercises for confidence of application
• Contextual approach throughout
Other
General skills included:
Analysis
Communication
Problem-solving
Time management
Organization
IT and innovation
Initiative
Commercial awareness
Professional scepticism
<div><p>The module has an English law focus and is limited to accountancy-related case studies and application.</p><p>INTRODUCTION: terminology, court structures, sources and legal process ( including ADR );</p><p>OBLIGATIONS: contract ( basic formation & contents, termination, and remedies ), tort ( basic negligence , negligent misstatement, defences & vicarious liability ), crime ( fraud, market abuse, bribery & money laundering );</p><p>EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP: types of employment ( including agency ), mutual duties ( usual obligations plus IPR, GDPR, computer misuse, whistleblowing & victimisation ), dismissal & redundancy ;</p><p>BUSINESS FORMATS: types, formation and management ( partnerships, incorporation ), financing ( shares; loans; capital maintenance ), company personnel ( shareholders, directors, Company Secretary ), insolvency and company rescue.</p></div>
<p>A two hour lecture per week (for 10 weeks in semester one & 9 weeks in semester two)</p><p>A one hour seminar per week (9 weeks in semester one & 8 weeks in semester two) </p><p>Drop-in, non-compulsory revision classes at the end of each semester.</p><div><div>Contact hours = 55</div><div> </div></div><p> </p>
0
Other
100%
<p>Semester One : examination (50%)</p><p>Semester Two : examination (50%)</p>
<ul><li>Face-to-face in seminars</li><li>Opportunities for written practice to be corrected</li><li>Generic examination feedback</li></ul><div> </div>
BMAN11110 is core for BSc Business Accounting.<p>BMAN11110 is core for BSc Business Accounting and BSc Business Accounting.</p>
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<div> SKILLS</div><div> Carr, Carter, Horsey, Skills for Law Students (OUP)</div><div> Haigh, Legal English (Routledge)</div><div> Hanson, Learning Legal Skills & Reasoning (Routledge)</div><div> </div><div> GENERAL BUSINESS LAW</div><div> Jones, Introduction to Business Law (OUP)</div><div> Marson & Ferris, Business Law (OUP)</div><div> </div><div> COMPANY LAW</div><div> Hannigan, Company Law (OUP)</div><div> Roach, Company Law (OUP)</div>
Lectures
38
Seminars
17
0
145
<p style="color:rgb(60, 60, 60);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Programme Restrictions: Compulsory for BSc Business Accounting students BSc Business Accounting students. Not offered to other students.</p><p style="color:rgb(60, 60, 60);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </p>