Companies Act 2006 Overview

Business Models: Sole Traders, Partnerships and Companies

Corporate Personality

Ultra Vires and Pre-Incorporation Contracts

Company Decision Making

Directors

Substantial Property Transactions

Loans to Directors

Shareholders

Minority Shareholder Remedies

Share Allotment, Pre-Emption Rights

Own Share Purchase & Redemption

Share Transfers

Procedure Plans

Equity Finance and Debt Finance

Insolvency

Business Accounts

Case Analysis and Pre-Action Considerations

The Claim Form

Statements of Case

Case Management

Allocation and Directions

Disclosure

Evidence

Experts

Interim Applications

Injunctions

Settlement and Part 36 offers

Pre-Trial Preparations

Costs

Enforcement

Appeals

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolutions

Jurisdiction

Contract Formation

Offer and Acceptance

Consideration & Promissory Estoppel

Duress

Undue Influence

Terms

Misrepresentation

Privity and Third-Party Rights

Mistake

Discharge, Breach and Frustration

Remedies

Standard and Breach of Duty

Causation and Remoteness

Defences and Remedies

Vicarious Liability

Employers' Liability

Psychiatric Injury

Pure Economic Loss

Nuisance (Private and Public)

Occupiers' Liability

Product Liability

Defamation Item description

The English Legal System and The Court System

The UK Constitution

Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law

Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Royal Prerogative

Public Order

EU Law

Judicial Review: Preliminary Issues

Illegality

Procedural Impropriety

Unreasonableness

Legitimate Expectation

Using the Human Rights Act, the European Convention on Human Rights and rights under Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10

The SRA Standards and Regulations:

- Code of Conduct for Solicitors

- Code of Conduct for Law Firms

- SRA Enforcement Strategy

- Undertakings

- SRA Price Transparency Rules

The Equality Act 2010

Money Laundering

The General Prohibition - FSMA Section 19

Financial Promotions - FSMA Section 21

Conduct Issues in Criminal Litigation

Taking Instructions

Investigating Title

Source of Finance

Planning Permission

What to Expect in a Sale Contract

Exchange and Completion

Unregistered Land

Leasehold Contracts

Leasehold Licences

Code for Leasing Building Premises

Procedures for Granting, Assigning and Sub-letting of Leases

Licences to Assirn Sublet, Alter and Change Use

Landlords’ remedies

Commercial Security of Tenure

Introduction to Wills and the Administration of Estates

Distribution Under the Will

Distribution Under the Intestacy Rules

The Grant of Representation

Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives

Inheritance Tax

Underlying Concepts

Double Entry Bookkeeping

Basic Transactions

Accounting for Property Transactions

Dishonoured Cheques

Third Party Managed Accounts

Accounting for VAT and Interest

Financial Statements for Sale of Property

What is Land?

Estates in Land

Registered & Unregistered Land

Mortgages

Easements

Freehold Covenants

Enforcement of Interests

Co-ownership of Land

Leases

Leasehold Covenants

Leasehold Remedies

Termination of a Lease

Enforceability of Leasehold of Covenants

The Trust Relationship

The Three Certainties, Formalities & Constitution

Beneficiaries

Trustees

Breach of Trust

Trustee Powers & Fiduciary Duties

Proprietary and Receipt-Based Claims and Tracing

Private Express Trusts

Charitable Trusts

Trusts Arising by Operation of Law

Secret Trusts

Trusts of the Family Home

Trustee Powers & Fiduciary Duties

Tracing & Liability of Strangers

General Principles

Murder and Manslaughter

Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person

Criminal Damage

Theft

Burglary & Robbery

Fraud

Multiple Parties

Inchoate Offences

Defences

Key Police Powers, Obligations & Detainee Rights

Advising at the Police Station

Evidence - At the Police Station and In Court

Court Bail

Magistrates Court or Crown Court?

Court Procedure

Sentencing

Appeals

Youth Offending

Income Tax

Capital Gains Tax

Corporation Tax

Value Added Tax (VAT)

Stamp Taxes

Inheritance Tax

Anti-Avoidance Measures