Business Law

Ewan MacIntyre

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Business Law

Ewan MacIntyre

(2018)

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ISBN: 978-1-292-21998-1
Edition: 9
Language: English
Pages: 808
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MacIntyre’s Business Law is the foremost text for non-law students seeking an understanding of the legal principles that apply to business. Each chapter begins with a clear outline of the topics to be covered, helping you break your learning down into manageable chunks and fully grasp all aspects of the subject. In addition, the text offers key points to guide your learning and tasks to help you apply what you have learned to business situations. Each chapter ends with a series of multiple-choice questions and a selection of in-depth problem questions. A Lecturer’s Guide, made available to lecturers who adopt the book, provides suggested answers to all of the multiple-choice and problem questions.

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	29
Key points	35
Summary questions	38
Multiple choice questions	38
Task 1	39
2 The courts and legal personnel	40
Introduction	40
2.1 The civil courts	40
2.2 The criminal courts	45
2.3 Procedure in the civil courts	49
2.4 Alternative dispute resolution	53
2.5 The legal profession	56
2.6 The judiciary	59
2.7 Juries	61
2.8 Law reform	62
2.9 Law reporting	62
Key points	63
Summary questions	64
Multiple choice questions	64
Task 2	65
3 Formation of contracts – offer and acceptance	66
Introduction	66
3.1 Offer	66
3.2 Acceptance	70
3.3 Certainty	75
3.4 Offer and acceptance when dealing with machines	78
3.5 Acceptance of an offer of a unilateral contract	79
3.6 Termination of offers	80
3.7 Battle of the forms	83
Key points	84
Summary questions	85
Multiple choice questions	86
Task 3	88
4 Other requirements of a contract – intention to create legal relations · consideration · formalities · capacity	89
Introduction	89
4.1 Intention to create legal relations	89
4.2 Consideration	93
4.3 Formalities	108
4.4 Capacity	110
Key points	112
Summary questions	113
Multiple choice questions	114
Task 4	115
5 Contractual terms	116
Introduction	116
5.1 Nature of contractual terms	116
5.2 Express terms distinguished from representations	116
5.3 Implied terms	121
5.4 Types of terms	125
5.5 Exclusion clauses	129
5.6 The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977	133
5.7 Part 2 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015	137
Key points	140
Summary questions	141
Multiple choice questions	142
Task 5	143
6 Misrepresentation · mistake · duress and undue influence · illegality	144
Introduction	144
6.1 Misrepresentation	144
6.2 Mistake	155
6.3 Duress and undue influence	163
6.4 Illegal and void contracts	168
Key points	171
Summary questions	172
Multiple choice questions	173
Task 6	175
7 Discharge of liability · remedies for breach of contract	176
Introduction	176
7.1 Discharge of liability	176
7.2 Remedies for breach of contract	192
Key points	206
Summary questions	207
Multiple choice questions	208
Task 7	210
8 Terms implied by statute	211
Introduction	211
8.1 The Sale of Goods Act 1979	212
8.2 The terms implied into non-consumer contracts by the Sale of Goods Act 1979	215
8.3 Implied terms in non-consumer contracts other than sales of goods	230
8.4 The status of the statutory implied terms	234
8.5 Exclusion of the statutory implied terms	235
8.6 The terms implied by the Consumer Rights Act 2015	236
Key points	245
Summary questions	247
Multiple choice questions	249
Task 8	250
9 Sale of goods – the passing of ownership	251
Introduction	251
9.1 The passing of the property and the risk	251
9.2 Reservation of title clauses	262
9.3 Sale by a person who is not the owner	266
Key points	273
Summary questions	274
Multiple choice questions	276
Task 9	277
10 Sale of goods – duties of the parties · remedies · international sales	278
Introduction	278
10.1 Duties of the seller	278
10.2 Duties of the buyer	283
10.3 Remedies of the seller	284
10.4 Remedies of the buyer	287
10.5 Auction sales	292
10.6 International sales	293
Key points	298
Summary questions	299
Multiple choice questions	300
Task 10	301
11 Agency	302
Introduction	302
11.1 The concept of agency	302
11.2 Creation of agency	303
11.3 Liability on contracts made by agents	309
11.4 Duties of the agent	312
11.5 The rights of the agent	317
11.6 Termination of agency	318
Key points	322
Summary questions	323
Multiple choice questions	325
Task 11	326
12 The law of torts 1	328
Introduction	328
12.1 Nature of tortious liability	328
12.2 Negligence	329
12.3 Negligent misstatement	348
12.4 The Consumer Protection Act 1987 Part I	349
12.5 The Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984	352
12.6 Time limits	355
Key points	356
Summary questions	357
Multiple choice questions	358
Task 12	359
13 The law of torts 2	360
Introduction	360
13.1 Private nuisance	360
13.2 Public nuisance	363
13.3 Strict liability (the rule in Rylands v Fletcher)	364
13.4 Trespass to land	366
13.5 Trespass to the person	366
13.6 Trespass to goods	367
13.7 Defamation	368
13.8 Vicarious liability	371
13.9 The tort of breach of statutory duty	375
13.10 Economic torts	375
13.11 Passing-off	376
Key points	377
Summary questions	378
Multiple choice questions	379
Task 13	380
14 Credit transactions	381
Introduction	381
14.1 The Consumer Credit Acts 1974 and 2006	381
14.2 Types of credit transactions	408
14.3 Interest on trade debts	412
Key points	413
Summary questions	414
Multiple choice questions	415
Task 14	416
15 Partnership	417
Introduction	417
15.1 The nature of partnership	417
15.2 The definition of a partnership	418
15.3 Specific indications as to whether or not a partnership exists	421
15.4 The partnership agreement	423
15.5 Partners’ relationship with each other	430
15.6 Partnership property	431
15.7 Partners’ fiduciary duties to each other	432
15.8 Partners’ relationship with outsiders	435
15.9 Dissolution and winding up	442
15.10 Limited partners	446
Key points	447
Summary questions	448
Multiple choice questions	449
Task 15	450
16 The nature of a company and formation of a company	451
Introduction	451
16.1 The Companies Act 2006	451
16.2 The nature of a company	452
16.3 The corporate veil	457
16.4 Classification of companies	460
16.5 Formation of registered companies	465
16.6 The constitution of a company	468
16.7 Off-the-shelf companies	470
16.8 Contracts made before the company is formed	471
16.9 The company name	472
16.10 The Registrar of Companies	475
Key points	475
Summary questions	477
Multiple choice questions	477
Task 16	478
17 The management of a company	479
Introduction	479
17.1 Directors	479
17.2 The company secretary	499
17.3 The auditor	501
17.4 Company registers	506
17.5 The annual return	508
17.6 Accounts and accounting records	509
Key points	511
Summary questions	512
Multiple choice questions	513
Task 17	515
18 Shareholders · resolutions · maintenance of capital · minority protection · debentures	516
Introduction	516
18.1 Shareholders	516
18.2 The nature of shares	517
18.3 Becoming a shareholder of a company with a share capital	519
18.4 Company resolutions and meetings	522
18.5 The legal effect of the constitution	530
18.6 Maintenance of capital	532
18.7 Insider dealing	536
18.8 Protection of minority shareholders	537
18.9 Loan capital	546
Key points	550
Summary questions	552
Multiple choice questions	553
Task 18	554
19 Winding up of companies · limited liability partnerships · benefits of trading as a company, partnership or limited liability partnership	555
Introduction	555
19.1 Winding up of companies	555
19.2 Limited liability partnerships	567
19.3 Choice of legal status	574
Key points	579
Summary questions	581
Multiple choice questions	582
Task 19	584
20 Employment 1 – duties of employer and employee · dismissal · redundancy	585
Introduction	585
20.1 Employees contrasted with independent contractors	587
20.2 The terms of the contract of employment	591
20.3 Termination of employment	601
20.4 Unfair dismissal	605
20.5 Redundancy	618
Key points	622
Summary questions	624
Multiple choice questions	625
Task 20	626
21 Employment 2 – discrimination · health and safety · rights of employees	627
Introduction	627
21.1 Overview of the Equality Act 2010	628
21.2 The protected characteristics	628
21.3 Types of personal characteristic discrimination	630
21.4 Equality of terms	634
21.5 Public sector equality duty	640
21.6 Positive action	640
21.7 Discrimination against persons with criminal records	640
21.8 Discrimination against part-time workers	641
21.9 Discrimination against fixed-term workers	642
21.10 The Agency Workers Regulations 2010	643
21.11 Health and safety	644
21.12 Maternity and paternity rights	649
21.13 Adoption leave and pay	652
21.14 Flexible working for parents and carers	652
21.15 The national minimum wage	652
21.16 The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE)	653
21.17 The Working Time Regulations 1998	654
21.18 Authorised deductions from wages	656
21.19 Time off work	658
21.20 Procedure for bringing a claim before an employment tribunal	659
Key points	660
Summary questions	662
Multiple choice questions	663
Task 21	665
22 Regulation of business by the imposition of criminal liability	666
Introduction	666
22.1 The nature of a crime	666
22.2 The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008	668
22.3 The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008	677
22.4 Product safety	679
22.5 The Computer Misuse Act 1990	680
22.6 Enforcement of consumer law	682
22.7 Competition law	683
22.8 The Bribery Act 2010	687
Key points	689
Summary questions	690
Multiple choice questions	691
Task 22	692
23 Business property	693
Introduction	693
23.1 Legal concepts of property	693
23.2 Copyright	695
23.3 Patents	701
23.4 Trade marks	704
23.5 The Data Protection Act 1998	706
Key points	710
Summary questions	711
Multiple choice questions	712
Task 23	712
Appendix: Answers to Test your understanding questions	713
Bibliography	739
Index	741
A	741
B	741
C	742
D	744
E	746
F	747
G	747
H	747
I	747
J	748
L	748
M	749
N	749
O	749
P	750
Q	751
R	751
S	751
T	753
U	753
V	754
W	754
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