Commercial and Consumer Law

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• analyse in a structured and systematic manner complex situations to identify legal issues and to develop sophisticated arguments about the appropriate ways in which law and remedies can be used to provide arguable conclusions for concrete problems
• demonstrate a comprehensive, detailed and critical knowledge of the concepts, principles and rules relating to consumer law and credit regulation

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• plan and undertake research into unfamiliar areas of law
• demonstrate a critical understanding of the uncertainty and limits of knowledge and how it is developed

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• produce a synthesis of relevant doctrinal and policy issues in relation to a topic
• communicate complex concepts effectively, orally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner, using accurate legal terminology

The following is an indicative list of module content. These topics may change year-by-year, reflecting current developments and allowing syllabus evolution:

• Introduction to consumer law and financial regulation
• Definition of consumer credit and classification of agreements
• Formalities for making regulated agreements
• Consumer rights
• Liability of the creditor/credit broker/supplier to the debtor
• Liability of the debtor
• Termination of credit agreements
• Dispute resolution
• Digitalization and financial inclusion
• Agency law

The teaching programme will consist of 10 x 2 hour weekly seminars.

The two-hour seminars will be opportunities for discussion and critical thinking about concepts and case studies within the broader theme.

Suggested reading will be placed on Blackboard for each seminar.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.