This SQE2 Questions & Answers revision guide covers the requirements of the SRA SQE2 assessment specification for written legal skills in the context of business law and practice, which is examined four times a year in January, April, July and October. Designed specifically to help you prepare for the SQE2 assessment, it provides a clear, concise and highly focused overview of the subject, and demonstrates how you will be assessed at SQE2 in the legal skills of case and matter analysis, le...

Is this the right book for me?Basic Accounting is a complete, step-by-step course in elementary accounting. Giving clear and concise explanations of accounting principles and practice including PAYE, cashflow statements, accounting for share capital, accounting standards and non-financial reporting, it is perfect for the newcomer to basic accounting, the first- level accounting student or anybody needing to brush up their accounting skills.No prior knowledge of boo...

This guide will help the contractor's staff overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international contract using FIDIC forms.The majority of FIDIC-based contracts use the Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction), so this book concentrates on the use of those particular forms. Supplementary comments are included in Appendix C for the Yellow Book (Plant & Design-Build) recommended for use where the contractor has a design responsibility.

This SQE1 revision guide covers the requirements of the SRA SQE1 2026 specification for contract law, which will be examined within the FLK1 assessments in January and July 2027. Designed specifically to help you prepare for the SQE1 assessment, it provides a clear, concise and highly focused overview of the subject and shows you how to work with the principles and rules of contract law at the level required by the SQE.The book is clearly structured around the SRA specification and...

A comprehensive and accessible guide in Business Law that is also suitable for non-students.Business Law, 9th edition by Ewan MacIntyre is a comprehensive guide to the subject, aiming to help you gain a deeper understanding of the legal principles that apply to business.This text is ideal for students who study Business Law in a wide variety of courses, such as business or accountancy-related, as well as professional or post-graduate cour...

A good shareholder agreement is like a fence at the top of a cliff, which stops company owners from falling over the edge and into the hands of lawyers who wait in the ambulance parked beside the rocks below.This book explains in easy to understand language what a shareholder agreement does, the common clauses it contains and when it is best to put one in place.Most client meetings for shareholder agreements follow a familiar script. Company owners ask similar questions, ha...

A good commercial contract is both a springboard and a safety net -- it provides the opportunity to expand and grow your business, but also to protect it if things go wrong. In a tough commercial world, getting the best deal you can is paramount.The Contract Negotiation Handbook demystifies complex legal principles so that busy businesspeople can quickly and easily digest them. With clear, practical examples and case studies to help illustrate and explain different types o...

Fang Ma is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Portsmouth.

This latest publication in the Straightforward Guides Series - A Guide to Business Law - is a comprehensive introduction to the law as it affects the business environment. The areas that affect business specifically are the English Legal system generally, contract law, employment law and company law. Also important is the law of intellectual property.

The book analyses every aspect of the ease or otherwise of implementing the FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions of Contract. On a clause-by-clause basis, it highlights important structural features and suggests alternative text to avoid problems with the contract. Written in a user-friendly manner by an expert user of the FIDIC Suite of Contracts, who is a Member of the FIDIC President’s List of Adjudicators, this book will be a vital reference point for contractors, lawyers, engineers, ...

Contract law is a very complex area, one that affects us all, in one way or another. Quite often we find ourselves in need of clear advice which isn't available. However, this latest edition of A Straightforward Guide to Contract Law provides clear and comprehensive answers to all aspects of contract law and the formation of contracts, along with legal remedies when things go wrong. The book is concise and clear and updates the law to 2019.

Avoiding Audit Pitfalls offers real case studies covering a comprehensive range of challenges and mistakes that any accountant can make during the course of their career. Focusing on everyday mistakes and failures common to auditors in all territories worldwide, the book will cover audit failures that have led to fraud going undetected as well as failure to accurately assess a firm's ability to continue. This book will appeal not only to general accountants and auditors but also t...