F4 UK – exam tips – December 2013 (BPP, Kaplan, LSBF, Opentuition)

Exam tips are out! Enjoy but do not rely on them.

BPP

• English Legal system – court structures and sources of law.
• Contract formation – offer, acceptance and consideration.
• Tort of negligence – duty of care, breach, causation and defences.
• Formation of company – or operation of a partnership.
• Capital and financing – shares and/or debentures.
• Company officers – directors’ duties.
• Employment law – rights upon dismissal.
• Contract dispute – breach of contract and damages.
• Breach of directors’ duties.
• Fraudulent behaviour – money laundering or insider dealing.

Kaplan

• English legal system – types of law, interpretation of statute.
• Contract law – offer and acceptance, consideration/privity of contract.
• Tort of negligence – breach of duty, professional misstatement.
• Employment law – common law duties, redundancy, remedies.
• Agency/partnership – how agency relationship arises, liability of agents and partners, termination of partnership.
• Company law – statutory books,choice of business structure/private v public company, directors’ authority.
• Fraudulent behaviour – market abuse, bribery.

First Intuition

• Sources of law.
• Formation of a contract.
• Veils of incorporation.
• Directors.
• Professional negligence.
• Contract of employment.
• Remedies for breach of contract.
• Insider dealing.

LSBF

• Statutory interpretation
• Offer & acceptance
• Exclusion clauses
• Breach of contract
• Neighbourhood principle
• Dismissal
• Authority of agents (particularly directors)
• Company names
• Loan capital
• Issue of shares
• Promoters
• Meetings
• Auditors
• Fraudulent & wrongful trading

Opentuition

1 Criminal law, civil law and arbitration (D07)
2 Define consideration, sufficient and adequate (J09)
3 Terms, representations, express and implied (J09)
4 Limitation on choice of company names, passing off, names adjudicator (J09)
5 Meetings, AGMs, OGMs, Class (Pilot)
6 CDDA grounds and explanation (J09)
7 Corporate governance: rights, duties and role of auditors (D07)
8 Contract offer, counter offer, goods in shop window (D07)
9 Shareholder liability on partly paid shares (Pilot)
10 Fraudulent and wrongful trading (D09)

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Very best of luck with your exams!
ansi