Business Law

Ewan MacIntyre

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Business Law

Ewan MacIntyre

(2016)

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ISBN: 978-1-292-13339-3
Edition: 8
Language: English
Pages: 808
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Whether you are a budding entrepreneur or aim to be a CEO of a multinational company, MacIntyre’s Business Law is the foremost text for non-law students seeking an understanding of the legal principles that apply to business.

Section Title	Page	Action	Price
Cover	Cover
Title Page	iii
Copyright Page	iv
Brief contents	v
Detailed contents	vii
Preface	xi
Table of cases	xiii
Table of statutes	xxx
Table of statutory instruments	xliv
Table of European legislation	xlviii
Study skills	xlix
1 The legal system	1
Introduction	1
1.1 Features of the English legal system	1
1.2 Classification of English law	4
1.3 Sources of English law	8
1.4 European Union law	21
1.5 The European Convention on Human Rights	28
Key points	34
Summary questions	37
Multiple choice questions	37
Task 1	38
2 The courts and legal personnel	39
Introduction	39
2.1 The civil courts	39
2.2 The criminal courts	44
2.3 Procedure in the civil courts	48
2.4 Alternative dispute resolution	52
2.5 The legal profession	55
2.6 The judiciary	58
2.7 Juries	60
2.8 Law reform	61
2.9 Law reporting	61
Key points	62
Summary questions	63
Multiple choice questions	63
Task 2	64
3 Formation of contracts – offer and acceptance	65
Introduction	65
3.1 Offer	65
3.2 Acceptance	69
3.3 Certainty	74
3.4 Offer and acceptance when dealing with machines	77
3.5 Acceptance of an offer of a unilateral contract	78
3.6 Termination of offers	79
3.7 Battle of the forms	82
Key points	83
Summary questions	84
Multiple choice questions	85
Task 3	87
4 Other requirements of a contract – intention to create legal relations · consideration · formalities · capacity	88
Introduction	88
4.1 Intention to create legal relations	88
4.2 Consideration	92
4.3 Formalities	106
4.4 Capacity	107
Key points	109
Summary questions	110
Multiple choice questions	111
Task 4	113
5 Contractual terms	114
Introduction	114
5.1 Nature of contractual terms	114
5.2 Express terms distinguished from representations	114
5.3 Implied terms	119
5.4 Types of terms	123
5.5 Exclusion clauses	126
5.6 The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977	130
5.7 Part 2 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015	134
Key points	137
Summary questions	138
Multiple choice questions	139
Task 5	140
6 Misrepresentation · mistake · duress and undue influence · illegality	141
Introduction	141
6.1 Misrepresentation	141
6.2 Mistake	152
6.3 Duress and undue influence	159
6.4 Illegal and void contracts	164
Key points	167
Summary questions	169
Multiple choice questions	170
Task 6	171
7 Discharge of liability · remedies for breach of contract	172
Introduction	172
7.1 Discharge of liability	172
7.2 Remedies for breach of contract	188
Key points	201
Summary questions	202
Multiple choice questions	203
Task 7	205
8 Terms implied by statute	206
Introduction	206
8.1 The Sale of Goods Act 1979	207
8.2 The terms implied into non-consumer contracts by the Sale of Goods Act 1979	209
8.3 Implied terms in non-consumer contracts other than sales of goods	224
8.4 The status of the statutory implied terms	228
8.5 Exclusion of the statutory implied terms	229
8.6 The terms implied by the Consumer Rights Act 2015	230
Key points	239
Summary questions	241
Multiple choice questions	243
Task 8	244
9 Sale of goods – the passing of ownership	245
Introduction	245
9.1 The passing of the property and the risk	245
9.2 Reservation of title clauses	256
9.3 Sale by a person who is not the owner	260
Key points	266
Summary questions	268
Multiple choice questions	269
Task 9	271
10 Sale of goods – duties of the parties · remedies · international sales	272
Introduction	272
10.1 Duties of the seller	272
10.2 Duties of the buyer	277
10.3 Remedies of the seller	278
10.4 Remedies of the buyer	281
10.5 Auction sales	286
10.6 International sales	287
Key points	292
Summary questions	293
Multiple choice questions	294
Task 10	295
11 Agency	296
Introduction	296
11.1 The concept of agency	296
11.2 Creation of agency	297
11.3 Liability on contracts made by agents	303
11.4 Duties of the agent	306
11.5 The rights of the agent	311
11.6 Termination of agency	312
Key points	316
Summary questions	317
Multiple choice questions	319
Task 11	320
12 The law of torts 1	322
Introduction	322
12.1 Nature of tortious liability	322
12.2 Negligence	323
12.3 Negligent misstatement	342
12.4 The Consumer Protection Act 1987 Part I	343
12.5 The Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984	346
12.6 Time limits	349
Key points	350
Summary questions	351
Multiple choice questions	352
Task 12	353
13 The law of torts 2	354
Introduction	354
13.1 Private nuisance	354
13.2 Public nuisance	357
13.3 Strict liability (the rule in Rylands v Fletcher)	358
13.4 Trespass to land	360
13.5 Trespass to the person	360
13.6 Trespass to goods	361
13.7 Defamation	362
13.8 Vicarious liability	365
13.9 The tort of breach of statutory duty	369
13.10 Economic torts	369
13.11 Passing-off	370
Key points	371
Summary questions	372
Multiple choice questions	373
Task 13	374
14 Credit transactions	375
Introduction	375
14.1 The Consumer Credit Acts 1974 and 2006	375
14.2 Types of credit transactions	402
14.3 Interest on trade debts	406
Key points	407
Summary questions	408
Multiple choice questions	409
Task 14	410
15 Partnership	411
Introduction	411
15.1 The nature of partnership	411
15.2 The definition of a partnership	412
15.3 Specific indications as to whether or not a partnership exists	415
15.4 The partnership agreement	417
15.5 Partners’ relationship with each other	424
15.6 Partnership property	425
15.7 Partners’ fiduciary duties to each other	426
15.8 Partners’ relationship with outsiders	429
15.9 Dissolution and winding up	436
15.10 Limited partners	440
Key points	441
Summary questions	442
Multiple choice questions	443
Task 15	444
16 The nature of a company and formation of a company	445
Introduction	445
16.1 The Companies Act 2006	445
16.2 The nature of a company	446
16.3 The corporate veil	451
16.4 Classification of companies	454
16.5 Formation of registered companies	459
16.6 The constitution of a company	462
16.7 Off-the-shelf companies	464
16.8 Contracts made before the company is formed	465
16.9 The company name	466
16.10 The Registrar of Companies	469
Key points	469
Summary questions	471
Multiple choice questions	471
Task 16	472
17 The management of a company	473
Introduction	473
17.1 Directors	473
17.2 The company secretary	493
17.3 The auditor	495
17.4 Company registers	500
17.5 The annual return	502
17.6 Accounts and accounting records	503
Key points	505
Summary questions	506
Multiple choice questions	507
Task 17	509
18 Shareholders · resolutions · maintenance of capital · minority protection · debentures	510
Introduction	510
18.1 Shareholders	510
18.2 The nature of shares	511
18.3 Becoming a shareholder of a company with a share capital	513
18.4 Company resolutions and meetings	516
18.5 The legal effect of the constitution	524
18.6 Maintenance of capital	526
18.7 Insider dealing	530
18.8 Protection of minority shareholders	531
18.9 Loan capital	540
Key points	544
Summary questions	546
Multiple choice questions	547
Task 18	548
19 Winding up of companies · limited liability partnerships · benefits of trading as a company, partnership or limited liability partnership	549
Introduction	549
19.1 Winding up of companies	549
19.2 Limited liability partnerships	561
19.3 Choice of legal status	568
Key points	573
Summary questions	575
Multiple choice questions	576
Task 19	578
20 Employment 1 – duties of employer and employee · dismissal · redundancy	579
Introduction	579
20.1 Employees contrasted with independent contractors	581
20.2 The terms of the contract of employment	584
20.3 Termination of employment	594
20.4 Unfair dismissal	598
20.5 Redundancy	612
Key points	616
Summary questions	618
Multiple choice questions	619
Task 20	620
21 Employment 2 – discrimination · health and safety · rights of employees	621
Introduction	621
21.1 Overview of the Equality Act 2010	622
21.2 The protected characteristics	622
21.3 Types of personal characteristic discrimination	624
21.4 Equality of terms	627
21.5 Public sector equality duty	632
21.6 Positive action	632
21.7 Discrimination against persons with criminal records	633
21.8 Discrimination against part-time workers	633
21.9 Discrimination against fixed-term workers	635
21.10 The Agency Workers Regulations 2010	635
21.11 Health and safety	636
21.12 Maternity and paternity rights	641
21.13 Adoption leave and pay	644
21.14 Flexible working for parents and carers	644
21.15 The national minimum wage	645
21.16 The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE)	646
21.17 The Working Time Regulations 1998	646
21.18 Authorised deductions from wages	648
21.19 Time off work	650
21.20 Procedure for bringing a claim before an employment tribunal	651
Key points	652
Summary questions	654
Multiple choice questions	655
Task 21	657
22 Regulation of business by the imposition of criminal liability	658
Introduction	658
22.1 The nature of a crime	658
22.2 The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008	660
22.3 The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008	669
22.4 Product safety	671
22.5 The Computer Misuse Act 1990	672
22.6 Enforcement of consumer law	674
22.7 Competition law	675
22.8 The Bribery Act 2010	679
Key points	681
Summary questions	682
Multiple choice questions	683
Task 22	684
23 Business property	685
Introduction	685
23.1 Legal concepts of property	685
23.2 Copyright	687
23.3 Patents	693
23.4 Trade marks	696
23.5 The Data Protection Act 1998	698
Key points	702
Summary questions	703
Multiple choice questions	704
Task 23	704
Appendix: Answers to Test your understanding questions	705
Bibliography	731
Index	733
A	733
B	733
C	734
D	736
E	738
F	739
G	739
H	739
I	739
J	740
L	740
M	741
N	741
O	742
P	742
Q	743
R	743
S	744
T	745
U	745
V	746
W	746

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