• What is a Contract?
• The Intention to Create Legal Relations
• Offer
• Termination of an Offer
• Acceptance
• Agreement without Offer & Acceptance
• The Nature of Consideration
• Executory, Executed & Past Consideration
• Sufficiency of Consideration
• Privity of Contract

Terms of Contract:

• The Terms of Contract
• Incomplete Contracts Conditions & Warranties
• Oral Evidence Relating to Contracts in Writing
• Representations & Contract Terms
• Implied Terms
• The Required Form of Contracts
• Exclusion Clauses
• The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
• The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994

Vitiating Factors:

• Contractual Capacity
• Mistake
• Misrepresentation
• Duress
• Undue Influence
• Void & Illegal Contracts

Discharge of Contract

• How a Contract Comes to an End
• Performance
• Agreement
• Breach of Contract
• Frustration
• Remedies Available for Breach of Contract
• Damages
• Action for the Price
• Equitable
• Remedies
• Limitation to Actions for Breach
• Quasi-Contract

PART B
Agency:

• The Creation of Agency
• The Duties of an Agent
• The Rights of an Agent
• The Authority of an Agent
• Liability of the Parties
• Agents Acting for Undisclosed Principals
• Termination of Agency
• Special Types of Agent

PART C
Definition of a Contract for the ‘Sale of Goods’:

• Types of Goods
• The Price
• Terms Implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 & Changes made by the Sales & Supply of Goods Act 1994 (S.14)
• Time of Performance
• Seller’s Title
• Description of the Goods
• Sale by Sample
• Satisfactory Quality & Fitness for Purpose
• Passing of Property & Risk
• Nemo Dat Quod Non Habet
• Delivery
• Acceptance & Rejection
• Remedies of the Parties, Romalpa Clauses
• The Supply of Goods & Services Act 1982

PART D
Consumer Credit:

• Forms of Consumer Credit
• What is a Regulated Agreement?
• The Classification of Regulated Agreements
• The Protection of Debtors
• Lenders Liability
• Termination of Credit Agreements
• Extortionate Credit Bargains
• Consumer Credit Licensing, Advertising & Canvassing
• Credit Cards

Consumer Protection:

• Consumer Protection
• Trade Descriptions
• Consumer Safety
• Product Liability

PART E
Tort:

• Tort & Other Wrongs
• Wrong & Damage Distinguished
• Remoteness of Damage
• Vicarious Liability
• Strict Liability
• Defences to an Action in Tort
• Contributory Negligence
• Remedies in Tort
• Conversion
• Nuisance
• Defamation
• Definition
• Libel and Slander
• Action and Defences

Negligence:

• Negligence
• Duty of Care
• Breach of Duty of Care
• Res Ipsa Loquitur
• Consequential Harm
• Negligent Mis-statement

PART F
The Nature of a Company:

• The Company as a Legal Entity
• The Veil of Incorporation
• Companies & Partnerships
• A Company’s Liability in Tort & Crime
• Public & Private Companies
• Holding & Subsidiary Companies

Formation of a Company:

• Promoters & Pre-Incorporation Contracts
• Registration Procedures
• Commencement of Business
• Company Contracts

Memorandum & Articles:

• Purpose & Contents of the Memorandum
• The Company Name
• Registered Office Objects
• Articles of Association
• Alteration of the Articles
• The Memorandum & Articles as Contracts

Meetings:

• Types of Meeting
• Convening a Meeting
• Proxies
• Types of Resolution
• The Assent Principle

Liquidations & Other Insolvency Procedures:

• Methods of Dissolution
• Liquidations
• Compulsory Liquidation
• Voluntary Liquidation
• Liquidation Committee
• Contributories
• Powers of Liquidators
• Duties of Liquidators
• Alternatives to Liquidation
• Administration Orders
• Voluntary Arrangements

Directors:

• Appointment
• Shareholdings
• Termination of Office
• Disqualification
• Powers and Dealings

PART G
Partnerships

• Definition

PART H
Employing Labour

• Employer - Employee - Vicarious Liability
• Independent Contractors
• Contracts of Service and Contracts for Services
• Continuous Employment
• Rights and Duties of the Parties to a Contract of Employment
• Equal Pay
• Fair and Unfair Dismissal
• Obligations of Employers and Employees
• Grievance Procedures

Reading List
Business Law, Keenan and Riches 8th Edition, Longmans.