liability (continued)
credit and charge cards 387, 394 –5
criminal 9, 367– 8, 407–8
criminal liability in business 358 –77
defective goods 337–8, 341
defective equipment 500 –1
defective services 342–3
directors’ 157, 506
discrimination 531, 533 – 4
double liability 225
due diligence as a defence 362, 363 – 4, 366
employer’s liability for injuries to employees 500 –2
exemption clauses 286 –96, 298 –9
health and safety 507– 8
in the pre-incorporation stage 150 –1
indemnity clauses 293 – 4
injurious falsehood 441
insider information 374 –5
joint liability 534
lawyers 344
limited partnerships 133 – 4
limited liability partnerships 134 –5, 136 –7
manufacturer’s liability in contract 324 –7
mental capacity 231
misleading particulars 169
occupiers of land 429 –31
package holidays 415
personal acts 495
‘product liability’ 339 – 40
psychiatric illness 333 –5
public limited companies 148, 158Website references
retailers 309, 325The sole trader
strict liability 9, 325, 331, 340, 341, 348 –10, 362, 368,
500, 508 –9
supply of services 324, 367
tortious 9, 58, 60, 331, 352 – 4
unfair dismissal 542
unlimited companies 148, 157– 8
vicarious liability 331, 453, 485, 493 –500, 508
winding up 165
see alsopartnerships: liability; directors: liability;
licensed conveyancers 48
licensing 60
limitation of legal actions 260 –1
limited liability partnerships (LLPs) 74, 78, 80, 81, 86 – 8,
90, 117, 134 –7, 558 –9
accounts 135
incorporation 134
membership agreement 137
publicity 88limited partnerships 133 – 4
liquidated damages clauses 284
liquidation 189 –92, 193, 194, 311, 558 – 60
distribution of funds 191–2
petitioners 190
see alsowinding up
liquidators 166, 190, 191
listing 168 –9
loan capital 162, 165 –7
loans
consumer credit 384, 387, 388
directors 181–3
‘lock-out’ agreements 212, 227– 8
Lord Chancellor 7, 14, 15magistrates 24, 53, 54, 55
jurisdiction 53 – 4
magistrates’ courts 53 – 4, 60
maladministration 66
maternity allowance 474
med-arb 66
mediation 65 – 6
medical examinations 529–30
meetings 172 – 4, 187–8
memorandum of association 149, 152, 158
merchantable quality 304, 305
merger control 245, 247– 8
minority interests 176 – 8
minors 75, 117, 170 –1, 205, 229 –31, 259, 355, 392, 430,
466, 483, 487, 503, 518, 526, 528, 553
misconduct 543 – 4, 545, 546, 552, 557, 560, 561
misrepresentation 127, 235 –9, 281–2, 287, 294
credit agreements 394
fraudulent 237– 8
innocent 239
negligent 238 –9
package holidays 413
mistake of fact 260Law of property
mixed goods 311
moral rights 436 –7
mortgages 83 – 6, 272, 388, 390, 396, 422, 424
multi-track claims 57, 58National Consumer Federation (NCF) 407
national insurance 91, 92, 93, 452, 455 – 6, 467, 470, 472,
474, 562
national minimum wage (NMW) 466 –9, 471, 526, 548
natural persons 75
necessity 271, 354
negligence 6, 86 –7, 222, 238, 289, 355, 505
contributory negligence 339, 342, 345, 352 – 4, 500 –1Index574
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