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Civil Law, Common Law, Criminal Law – ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW) (ENG)

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  2. Hi Mike,

    I’ve really been enjoying listening to your lectures. I love how interesting and fun you’ve made the lectures and with good level of detail and precision.

    Thanks a lot Mike, this will be my very first attempt of ACCA exams in December and I’m already feeling confident due to the open tuition materials.

    Thank you!!

    • Thanks for the comment … but don’t forget to acquire a revision kit from one of the reputable publishers and then spend endless hours practicing the hundreds of exam style questions from that kit

      And when I say ‘endless hours’ take time off for work, food and sleep – but not too much of any of those! Hour after hour after hour of exam style question practice

      And let me know how you get on in December 馃檪

  4. it was nice lecture. i really want to thank mike,…
    i have 2 questions that confused me … when we are appellant who will be our respondent? and the other is.. what is the difference between being sued in court and prosecuted in court? i really want to thank you for ur dedication..

    • Hi
      Just to help out…
      When you appeal to a higher court, the respondent is still the same as before, you are basically asking for a second opinion from a different judge on the same case.
      As for the other question, when you are being sued in court, you are being sued by an individual (or business) and the maximum that happens in a case of being sued is monetary damages and/or equity remedies. When you are being prosecuted in court it’s now the State (whoever represents the law in your country) vs the accused. Here you can get fined, imprisoned or do community serviced or a mix of all three.
      I hope this helps

      • That surely cannot be correct every time. If the first decision went against the original claimant then, sure, the claimant would then be the appellant and the respondent would be the same, as you have said.

        But if the original decision has gone against the defendant and the defendant chooses to appeal, then the roles must be reversed and the original plaintiff becomes the respondent whilst the original defendant now becomes the appellant

        I think

        Best post it on Ast the Tutor and see what Vijay says

  8. Hello Sir, I would like to thank you for your lecture. I was scared with this paper and I find the beginning to be very interesting. But I have a doubt with the phrase in the lecture under the common law topic i.e “Cornerstone of Common Law is judicial precedent”. It would be really helpful to me if you could explain about it to me. Thank you in advance.
    With regards,
    Hafsa.

    • Hi – I think Mike is no longer actively involved with this site so, if I can, I’ll try to explain my thoughts about what the expression means

      English law is built around the concept of certainty and that certainty is only achieved by consistency of approach to reaching judicial decisions

      And another way of saying ‘consistency of approach to reaching judicial decisions’ is using the words ‘judicial precedent’

      So, when a judge makes a decision, later judges in similar cases will follow that earlier decision … and that’s where the word ‘common’ comes in in the expression ‘Common Law’

      Does that help?

  11. Thank you so much Mike I have passed this paper just a few weeks ago and will be attempting another one this coming September. Due certain events in my life i stopped attempting ACCA exams for almost a year and a half. One if which was a loss in confidence to actually finish ACCA due to failing exams a bunch of time in the past. Then I dicided to give it another try with Open tuition. While studying this paper with you Mike I got to not only learn but have fun a long the way. After passing the exam it has given me hope to continue ACCA.

    I hope this inspires other students to continue what we have started already and that we can do it with Open tuition.

  12. Thanks so much for your lectures, I love them especially how the points were been broken down, but please I will be very, very grateful if there can be lectures like these using English pronunciation in an African tongue, because most time the pronunciation is too twisted that I don’t understand what the lecturer is actually saying and the write ups of what the lecturer says displayed on the screen are sometimes not correct or not in accordance with what the lecturer is saying. Please help some of us in Africa who are not used to the western tongues so that we won’t miss out of this great and uncommon opportunity. Keep on the good work, thanks.

    • Solomon, thank you for this post although I’m not sure what qualifies as ‘English pronunciation in an African tongue’!

      I’m genuinely sorry that you are struggling to understand my Northern accent but I fear that any attempt by me to speak with my impression of an African tongue would be at best laughable and at worst could be considered as racist

      Neither of those outcomes is desirable!

      I’m intrigued that you believe that sometimes my spoken word appears to conflict with the course notes – I cannot remember a single instance when I have deviated from the ‘script’

      If it’s possible, could you give me an example ie lecture subject and video time where this conflict appears

      I appreciate that that is going to be mighty difficult for you but please do your best

      Many thanks

      And, as a PS, you would be advised to post your questions to me on the appropriate ‘Ask ACCA Tutor’ forum. That way I’m guaranteed to see your post

      OK?

    • Hi dupsolo,
      You need to sing in Youtube then from the left menu, select subtitle, but some videos you will notice a ‘CC’ button in the lower right-hand corner. You can turn on subtitles by clicking the CC icon.
      Hope this helps

  13. Hi Mike,I鈥檓 confused about the common laws developed over time and will be apply in Civil courts only or will be in criminal courts as well.

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