ACCOUNTANCY · 57 lessons
ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW – English)
The English legal system, contract, tort, employment, company formation and insolvency in fifty-four lessons, written against the law examinable this year. ACCA sets a separate paper for each jurisdiction; this course is the English variant.
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Syllabus
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explainer 15 lessons show the idea animatedpractice 10 walk you through a worked examplequiz 57 end in a quiz
Module 1: Exam technique
- How the LW exam worksquiz🔒
- The two sections, and where the marks arequiz🔒
- The question types you will meetquiz🔒
- The five things people get wrongquiz🔒
- Your four-week planquiz🔒
- Booking and test day at Sterlingquiz🔒
Module 2: A. Essential elements of the legal system
- What law is, and how the courts are arrangedexplainerquiz🔒
- Case law and precedentexplainerquiz🔒
- Legislation and delegated legislationquiz🔒
- Interpreting statutes, and human rightsquiz🔒
Module 3: B. The law of obligations
- What makes a simple contractquiz🔒
- Offer, and the invitation to treatexplainerquiz🔒
- How an offer endsquiz🔒
- Acceptanceexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Considerationquiz🔒
- Intention and privityquiz🔒
- Terms, representations and their classificationexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Exclusion clausesexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Discharge of contractquiz🔒
- Breach and the common law remedyquiz🔒
- Damages: remoteness and measureexplainerquiz🔒
- Equitable remediesquiz🔒
- Tort, passing off, and the elements of negligenceexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Defences, vicarious liability, and the accountant's dutyquiz🔒
Module 4: C. Employment law
- Employee or self-employedquiz🔒
- The contract of employment and its dutiesquiz🔒
- Wrongful and constructive dismissalexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Unfair dismissal and redundancyquiz🔒
Module 5: D. Formation and constitution of business organisations
- Agency: formation and authorityexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Agency: the liability that followsquiz🔒
- Partnerships: formation and authorityquiz🔒
- Partners' liability and terminationquiz🔒
- Sole trader, partnership, companyexplainerquiz🔒
- Separate personality and lifting the veilexplainerquiz🔒
- Promoters and pre-incorporation contractsquiz🔒
- Registering a company, and the statutory booksquiz🔒
- The articles, and the company namequiz🔒
Module 6: E. Capital and the financing of companies
- Types of capital and classes of sharequiz🔒
- Allotment, rights issues and bonus issuesquiz🔒
- Loan capital and debenturesquiz🔒
- Fixed and floating chargesexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Capital maintenance and dividendspracticequiz🔒
Module 7: F. Management, administration and regulation
- Directors: types, appointment and removalquiz🔒
- Directors' powers and disqualificationquiz🔒
- Directors' dutiesquiz🔒
- The company secretary and the auditorquiz🔒
- Meetings and resolutionspracticequiz🔒
Module 8: G. Insolvency law
- Voluntary liquidationquiz🔒
- Compulsory liquidation and the order of paymentexplainerpracticequiz🔒
- Administrationquiz🔒
Module 9: H. Corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviour
- Fraudulent and wrongful tradingexplainerquiz🔒
- Insider dealing and market abusequiz🔒
- Money launderingquiz🔒
- Briberyquiz🔒
Module 10: Mock exams
- Mock exam 1 — Corporate and Business Law (LW – English)quiz🔒
- Mock exam 2 — Corporate and Business Law (LW – English)quiz🔒
Module 11: Question bank
- Question bank — Corporate and Business Law (LW – English)quiz🔒