Indexdefective goods 337–9
defective services 342 –3, 355
defences 337
injuries at work 500 –2, 503, 507– 8
and legal professionals 47
in limited liability partnerships 135
occupiers of land 429
negligent statements 343
in partnerships 121, 122
in psychiatric illness cases 333 –5
references 486 – 8
vicarious liability 453, 485, 496, 497, 499 –500
see alsotorts: negligence
neutral fact finding 66
Nominet UK 155 – 6
Norman legal system 6
novation 122objects clause 156 –7
offences by bodies corporate 512–13
offer 205 –11
acceptance 209, 211–15
counter-offer 209, 212
invitation to treat 206 –9
revocation 209 –11
termination 209 –11
Office for Legal Complaints 47
Office of Fair Trading 244, 246 – 8, 265, 277, 297, 298, 327,
391, 392, 394, 395, 398, 404 –5, 408, 409, 410
consumer protection regulations 362
Official Receiver 103 – 4, 105
Official Solicitor, the 78
ombudsmen 66, 67, 391, 407
Orders in Council 20
outsiders 160
overdraft 384, 388, 394package holidays 367, 410, 413 –5
complaints 415
liability 415
misleading information 413
protection against insolvency 415
parliamentary sovereignty 18
partnerships 73 – 4, 78, 80, 111–33
agreements 73, 112, 113, 115, 119, 120, 122, 123 –31,
139–43
authority of partners 119 –21
continuity 87– 8
discrimination 526
dismissal 558
dissolution 128 –33, 558
duties 127– 8, 138employees 459
expulsion of partner 126
holding out (or estoppel) 115 –17
implied management powers 125 – 6
insolvent partnership 132 –3
legal personality 138
liability 73 – 4, 82, 86, 112, 113 –14, 115 –17, 121–3, 130,
132, 138
limited partnerships 74, 78, 86
mental capacity 117
minors 117
misappropriation 121
national minimum wage 467
profit sharing 112–13, 114, 116, 125
property 124 –5, 138
publicity 88
raising finance 79
reform proposals 137– 8
retirement 122 –3
salaries 125
taxation 92–3, 117
winding up 74
passing-off 439, 441–2
patents 58, 431, 432–3
Patents Court 61
pay 466 –7
equality 480 – 4, 525
itemised pay statements 479
rolled up rate 516
service-related pay 527
see alsoholidays and holiday pay; sick pay
penalty clauses 254 –5
pensions 459, 465, 484, 527, 536
performance 249 –50
personal property and chattels 85 – 6, 422 –3
planning permission 93 –5
pre-action protocols 57
precedent 22 –3, 24
pre-emption rights 167– 8
preferences 107–8, 191, 192, 193, 196
preliminary rulings 29
pressure groups, law reform and 15
price 280
price variation clauses 284
privacy 443, 491
private law 4
privity of contract 216, 221–5, 288 –9, 325, 426, 499
exceptions 222–3
probate 58
product safety 362 –5
profit and loss account 89
profits 424575
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