Unit code: K/615/4716 : Business Law

Delivery Guidance

Centre tutors can use a range of teaching methods for the business law unit, including case study, presentation and direct learning from supplementary texts/books.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcomes: To achieve this unit a learner must:	Assessment Criteria: Assessment of these outcomes demonstrates the learner can:
1. Be able to understand the main features of EU law and the English legal system	1.1 Identify main rules of statutory interpretation 1.2 Identify differences between civil and criminal law 1.3 Describe ways in which EU law is created and the effect of the EU law in the United Kingdom 1.4 Describe the features of the English legal system
2. Be able demonstrate knowledge of legal materials relating to contracts	2.1 Identify and explain main requirements for a legal contract 2.2 Identify nature and remedies for misrepresentation 2.3 Explain the types of contract which are illegal at common law 2.4 Explicate the creation and discharge of contracts
3. Be able understand the key features and legal requirements for the Sale of Goods Act	3.1 Identify the Sales of Goods Act rules on passing of ownership 3.2 Describe the duties of the buyer and the seller in the Sale of Goods Act 3.3 Identify remedies of the buyer and the seller in the Sale of Goods Act to be breached
4. Be able understand the legal characteristics of a company and main features of credit transactions and intellectual property rights	4.1 Identify legal characteristics of a company as compare to partnership and sole trader under the Company Act 2006 4.2 Identify the process of appointment and removal of directors 4.3 Describe ways in which limited companies are controlled and managed 4.4 Identify the creditor responsibility for dealer’s misrepresentations and breaches of contract under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 4.5 Describe the essential nature of copyright, a patent and a trade mark under the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 and the Trade Mark Act 1994