This course aims to equip students with a sound general knowledge and conceptual understanding of aspects of commercial law. The course aims to develop in students the related practical legal skills in order to facilitate the ability to apply the commercial law legal principles in order to generate effective solutions to real-life problems.

This course examines various aspects of commercial law and the application of legal principles and precedent in personal property, contracts, equity, consumer law, and other substantive areas of law in the context of commercial and business transactions. The course also covers issues in credit and security in business, consumer finance and provides an introduction to negotiable instruments, personal bankruptcy and corporate insolvency.

Students are encouraged to develop and use critical thinking skills to assess ideas and its applicability to professional practice, both in terms of substantive legal knowledge and policy as related to commercial law topics. Furthermore, students will be required to conduct research, synthesize knowledge, apply law to solve issues, and present and debate their findings in moot-style presentations by representing a fictitious client in the role of lawyer for plaintiff and defendant. In addition, students will use research skills to analyse current issues in commercial law and present their analysis and knowledge clearly and appropriately in a number of different contexts including, in particular, by writing a detailed essay that allows for creative problem-solving and developing answers to real-life commercial law issues using appropriate English language skills and relevant legal citation styles.