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Essential Contract Law for SQE1 explains the key principles of contract law in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand style. Written specifically for SQE study, this book covers all of the topics contained in the syllabus for the Contract law subject area in SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessments.
List of contents
About the Authors. Introduction
. Part 1: Formation of a contract 1. Offer and acceptance 2. Intention to create legal relations, certainty, and capacity 3. Consideration 4. Privity of contract and rights of third parties
Part 2: Contents of a contract 5. Express terms and incorporation of terms 6. Implied terms 7. The interpretation of terms 8. Exemption clauses and unfair contract terms
Part 3: Vitiating elements 9. Misrepresentation 10. Mistake 11. Duress and undue influence 12. Illegality
Part 4: Discharge of contract 13. Discharge by frustration 14. Discharge by agreement, breach, or expiry of time or other specified event 15. Discharge by performance
Part 5: Remedies 16. Damages 17. Causation, remoteness, and the duty to mitigate 18. Specific performance and injunctions 19. Basic principles of restitution and unjust enrichment in the context of termination of contract 20. Key cases in contract law 21. Answers to multiple choice questions.
Index
About the author
Fred Motson is a senior lecturer in law at the Open University, where he has taught since 2020.
Stephen Bunbury is a reader in law at the University of Westminster, where he has taught since 2006.
Summary
Essential Contract Law for SQE1 explains the key principles of contract law in a clear, concise, and easy-to-understand style. Written specifically for SQE study, this book covers all of the topics contained in the syllabus for the Contract law subject area in SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) assessments.
