The legal system and sources of law
Courts, precedent, legislation and how a legal rule is found, stated and applied to a business problem.
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Mai Studies Original · Accounting & Finance
ACCA Study Support: Corporate and Business Law (LW)
A Mai Studies study-support programme written for learners preparing for the ACCA Applied Skills paper Corporate and Business Law. Every module contains original written notes with worked examples, a tutor-voice classroom transcript, a practical activity with a worked solution, a mock test with explained answers and a marked written assignment. Mai Studies is an independent provider: it is not ACCA, is not an ACCA Approved Learning Partner, and this programme carries no exam credit or exemption. The notes explain general English legal principles for study purposes and are not legal advice.
10 weeks 60 guided hours Intermediate
No account needed to buy. Pay with your card and we create your student account from the email you enter, with this programme ready inside it for twelve months.
What you will achieve
- Explain the structure and sources of the English legal system
- Apply the rules on formation, terms and breach of a contract
- Apply the elements of negligence and vicarious liability to a scenario
- Explain the main rights and duties arising from a contract of employment
- Compare agency, partnership and company as ways of carrying on business
- Explain company financing, directors duties and the consequences of insolvency
Entry guidance
- — Some prior business study is helpful but not required
- — Comfortable reading detailed written English
- — Around six study hours each week
Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.
Programme syllabus
6 applied modules
4h
Contract: formation and terms
Offer, acceptance, consideration, intention, and how express and implied terms are classified.
Breach of contract and remedies
Types of breach, damages and the limits on what a disappointed party can recover.
Negligence and professional liability
Duty, breach, causation, remoteness, defences and the special position of professional advisers.
Employment law and agency
Employee or contractor, duties in the employment relationship, dismissal, and how agents bind a principal.
Companies: formation, finance, directors and insolvency
Separate personality, share and loan capital, directors duties, and what happens when a company fails.
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