Lending law
Associate Professor Robin Edwards
6 points * Distance * First semester * Prerequisite: DEB2601
Objectives On the completion of this subject, students should understand the principal legal issues involved in providing finance and taxing security; be able to make informed decisions in lending, recovering loans and enforcing security.
Synopsis Legislation controlling banks and non-bank financial institutions; capacity and authority to borrow and to grant security; loan decisions; securities and quasi- securities; lending on security of land, proceeds, goods; company charges; invalidation; bankruptcy and liquidation.
Assessment Assignment (2500 words): 30% * Examination (3 hours): 70%
Prescribed texts
Sykes S and Walker S The law of securities Law Book, 1993