Exam date:
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Examiner: David Kelly
Paper F4
Corporate and Business Law (Eng)
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Exam tips for ACCA Paper F4 December 2009
1 Hierarchy of the Courts and judicial precedence 3 and 5 or Delegated legislation / interpretation of statutes 9
2 Offer, acceptance and invitations 15
3 Tort of negligence 38 to 41
4 Employees' and employers' duties 45 and BPP study text pp 207, 208
5 Inheritance of shares and debentures 76 and 84
6 Meetings in companies 86
7 Remedies for breach of contract 31 and 32
8 A usual question 8 - contract law scenario lots!
9 Directors' powers and / or duties 90
10 Dissolution of partnerships 60 or Agents' powers and duties 52
(Numbers indicate Revision Kit Question from BPP Revision Kit)
Please Note
Tips should not be relied on - they are only intelligent guesses.
Their only purpose is to give you suggestions for topics to concentrate on in your last few days of preparation. Do not exclude other topics from your overall preparation.
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- Introduction to Paper F4 and preliminary Exam tips for Dec 2008 exams
- Chapter 3 - Statute Law
- Chapter 3 - Statutory Interpretation Rules part 1
- Chapter 3 - Statutory Interpretation Rules part 2
- Chapter 3 - Statutory Interpretation Presumptions
- Chapter 3 - Aids to Interpretation
- Chapter 3 - Delegated Legislation
- Chapter 4 - Contract Law (part 1)
- Chapter 4 - Contract Law (part 2)
- Chapter 4 - Termination of Offer
- Chapter 4 - Offers
- Chapter 4 - Offers (part 2)
- Chapter 4 - Acceptance
- Chapter 4 - Acceptance (part 2)
- Chapter 4 - Consideration
- Chapter 4 - Pinnell and its Exceptions
- Chapter 4 - Pinnell and its Exceptions (part 2)
- Chapter 4 - Intention to Create Legal Relations
- Chapter 4 - Contractual Terms
- Chapter 4 - Contractual Terms (part 2)
- Chapter 4 - Exclusion Clauses
- Chapter 4 - Exclusion Clauses (part 2)
- Chapter 4 - Breach of contract
- Chapter 4 - Damages
- Chapter 4 - Damages (Measurement)
- Chapter 5 - Common Law - Remedies for breach (part 1)
- Chapter 5 - Common Law - Remedies for breach (part 2)
- Chapter 5 - Common Law - Remedies
- Chapter 9 - Partnership (Introduction)
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Types and Ways of Formation
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Types
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Advantages
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Disadvantages
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Lifting the Veil
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Lifting the Veil (part 2)
- ** NEW** Chapter 10 - Company Law - Formation
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Memorandum and Articles
- Chapter 10 - Company Law - Articles - Alterability
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Directors Statutory Duties
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Common Law cases
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Promoting Success
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Remedies
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Company Secretary
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Auditors
- Chapter 11 - Directors and officers - Auditors - Rights and Duties
- Chapter 12 -Meetings and Resolutions - Annual General Meeting
- Chapter 1 & 18 (Cases)
- Paper F4 Cases (Chapter 18)
Paper F4 Free Course Notes
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- Chapter 1 - Structure of The Legal System
- Chapter 2 - Courts
- Chapter 3 - Statute Law
- Chapter 4 - Contract Law
- Chapter 5 - Common Law
- Chapter 6 - Law of Tort
- Chapter 7 - Employment Law
- Chapter 8 - Agency Law
- Chapter 9 - Partnership
- Chapter 10 - Company Law
- Chapter 11 - Company Law: Directors and Officers
- Chapter 12 - Company Law: Meetings and Resolutions
- Chapter 13 - Company Law: Loan Capital
- Chapter 14 - Company Law: Liquidations
- Chapter 15 - Company Law: Corporate Governance
- Chapter 16 - Company Law: Illegalities
- Chapter 17 - Capital Maintenance
- Chapter 18 - Cases
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Examiners Recommended Reading
Business Law
Smith and Keenan's Law for Business
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