F4 Eng/Global tips – June 2012

updates for F4 Eng:

BPP

• Court structures.
• Differences between criminal and civil law.
• Contracts – offer/acceptance/ consideration/intention.
• Negligence – duty of care, breach of duty, causation/defences.
• Company formation – not agency and partnerships.
• Capital structures – treasury shares.
• Company directors – insider dealing, breach of duties or market abuse.
• Employment contracts – employees vs self-employed.
• Remedies to contract formation.
• Liquidation/administration.

Kaplan Financial

• English legal system – court vs tribunal and interpretation of statute.
• Contract law – exclusion clauses, offer and acceptance.
• Tort of negligence – professional misstatement.
• Employment law – common law duties.
• Agency/partnership – liability of agents & partners/types of partnerships.
• Company law – choice of business structure/private v public company, treasury shares.
• Fraudulent behaviour – insider dealing, market abuse.

First Intuition

• Sources of law.
• Offer and acceptance.
• Contract terms.
• The law of torts.
• Employment law.
• Partnerships.
• Corporations and separate legal personality.
• Directors.
• Company meetings and resolutions.
• Fraudulent behaviour.