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Department of Commercial Law

The Department of Commercial Law offers a range of programs and courses in the field of commercial law.

Areas of Interest

The department has several areas of interest, including:

• Areas of Interest
• Expertise
• Research Units
  • UCT Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Unit
  • Corporate Law and Governance Unit
• SARChI Chair: Intellectual Property, Innovation & Development

Education

The department offers various educational programs, including:

• LLB Courses
  • Corporation Law
  • Labour Law (LLB)
  • Commercial Transactions Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property Law A
  • Trademarks & unlawful competition
  • International Trade and Maritime Law
  • Tax Law A
  • Tax Law B
  • Trusts and Estate Planning
  • Ways of Doing Business
  • CyberLaw
  • Independent Research Option
  • Theory & Practice of Commercial Regulation and Governance
  • Competition Law (LLB)
  • Current Developments in Company Law
  • Law, Development, Labour and Social Policy
  • Law and Regional Integration in Africa
  • Moot Caput
• Law Courses for other Faculties
  • Business Law 1
  • Business Law 2
  • Company Law
  • Labour Law
  • Law for Engineers
• PG Diploma
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Labour Law
  • Shipping Law
  • Tax Law
  • PG Dip Courses
• Master's in Law
  • Master of Laws in Commercial Law
  • Master's degree (LLM/MPhil) specialising in Comparative Law in Africa
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Dispute Resolution
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in International Trade Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) specialising in International Taxation
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Labour Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Shipping Law
  • Master of Laws (LLM) in Tax Law
  • Master's courses
    • Advanced Company Law
    • Collective Labour Law
    • Admiralty Jurisdiction & Practice
    • Maritime Law
    • Carriage of goods by sea
    • Mediation
    • Commercial Arbitration
    • Individual Employment Law
    • Competition Law (LLM)
    • Electronic Intellectual Property Law
    • Electronic Transactions Law
    • General Tax Law Provisions
    • Advanced Tax Law
    • Law and Regional Integration in Africa: Comparative Perspective
    • Negotiation
    • Corporate Financing
    • International Commercial Transactions Law
    • Workplace Discrimination and Equality Law
    • Islamic Law and Finance
    • Principles of Intellectual Property Law
    • Advanced Intellectual Property Law
    • Chinese Law and Investments in Africa
    • Intellectual Property Law, Development and Innovation
    • Company Law, Corporate Governance and Labour Law
    • Marine Insurance Law
• Doctoral Degrees

Dispute Resolution

CML4501F DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Final Level, half course, first semester, two lectures per week.
• 9 NQF credits at HEQSF level 8
• Convener: Monique Carels
• Course entry requirements: All Preliminary and Intermediate Level courses to have been completed. The course is limited to 24 students; application (with motivation) to do the course must be directed to Monique Carels by 31 October.
• Course outline: The nature and path of conflict; approaches to managing conflict; positional and interest-based negotiation; defining the process of mediation; the stages of mediation; specialised forms of mediation; comparing adjudication and mediation, arbitration: the forms of arbitration and the defining characteristics and dispute system design.
• DP requirements: None
• Assessment: Reflective journal: 25%, Class test: 25%, May/June examination: 50%