Guided tour Publisher's Acknowledgements Preface Table of cases Table of statutes Table of statutory instruments Table of European and International legislation Part 1: Introduction: Getting started 1 Study Skills 2 The nature of law 3 How the law is made 4 Resolving legal disputes Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods 5 The law of contract: offer and acceptance 6 The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity 7 The terms of the contract 8 Defects in the contract: misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence 9 More defects: illegality and incapacity 10 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach 11 The law of agency 12 Sale of goods: the contract and its terms 13 Sale of goods: transfer of ownership, performance and remedies for breach of contract Part 3: The law of tort 14 Tort liability for defective goods 15 Tort liability for defective services 16 Tort liability for premises Part 4: Elements of employment law 17 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work 18 Rights at work: protection against discrimination 19 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy Part 5: Introduction to company law 20 Business organisation 21 Forming a registered company 22 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital 23 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors 24 Company meetings and shareholder participation Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law 25 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks 26 Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence Appendix 1: Additional resources Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions Index.