Essential Contract Law for SQE1

Author: Fred Motson; Stephen Bunbury
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032642109

Published In: April 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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.

The book provides a clear and structured approach with opportunities to apply the relevant principles to contract law. It also includes a range of features designed to help you test and confirm your knowledge of contractual legal principles, including:

Revision points: Each chapter concludes with a concise list of key revision points
Multiple Choice Questions: Each section of the book provides multiple choice questions following the SQE1 question format (with answers to enable you to test your knowledge)

Part of Routledge’s 'Essential Law for SQE1' series, this concise and accessible text provides a clear understanding of the key contractual principles the core rules that underpin contract law and will enable you to test your assessment skills. Without the assumption of any prior knowledge of contract law, it is suitable for both undergraduates and non-law graduates.

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