Indexcontract 214
rights 171
shares 80, 86, 88, 147, 148, 170, 228
elective resolution 167
issue of shares 167–8
ordinary (equity) shares 162
placings 168
preference shares 162
purchase of own shares 162 –5
redeemable shares 162
rights issue 168
share capital 78, 149, 161–5
stock exchange fraud 373 –5
treasury shares 163
voting rights 162, 163
see alsoshareholders
sick pay 465, 469 –71
sickness absence 537
small claims 57, 58, 60, 416 –17
smoking in the workplace 509 –9
sole traders 73, 78, 79, 80, 97–111
business names 97–9
continuity 87Dissolution
liability of 86
publicity 88
taxation 90 –1
solicitors 45 –7
‘solus’ agreement 242
specific performance 235, 258 –9, 320, 563 – 4
statement of guarantee 149 –50
Statements of Development Principles (SDPs) 94
statutory declaration of solvency 164 –5
statutory interpretation 20 –2
stress 508, 511
‘subject to contract’ agreements 212
subsidiarity 26
Sunday trading 492 –3, 494, 548
supply of goods and services 321–7, 367, 402
Supreme Court 15, 16, 56, 62taxation 90 –2
tenders 207– 8
terminology, changes to 57
terms of contracts 279 –99
certainty 279 –81
conditions 282
express 283 – 4
implied 284 – 6, 291, 294 –5, 298, 325Puffs, representations and terms
reform 298 –9
unfair terms 290 – 8warranties 283
see alsocontract of employment: terms of employment
theft 367–72, 449, 544, 545
actus reus367–70
authorised appropriation 368 –9
dishonesty 370 –1, 373
mens rea370 –1
‘thin skull’ rule 335
third-party debt claim (formerly garnishee orders)
100 –1
tips 467
tortious liability 9, 58, 60, 121, 330 –2
torts
causation 331–2
conversion 233, 234, 313, 347, 498
deceit 237, 343
defamation 350 –1, 355
defective goods and services 337– 43
defences 352– 4
economic torts 351–2
the law of tort 330 –355
libel 331
limitation of actions 355
negligence 332–9
nuisance 347– 8, 355, 505, 564
passing–off 439, 441–2Proof of debt
trespass 331, 347, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 496, 564
trade descriptions 402
trade marks 431, 433, 437, 438 – 41
trade secrets 241–2, 442–3, 490 –1
trade unions 49, 226, 454, 456, 459, 461, 466, 485 – 6, 545,
546, 547, 548
consultation over collective redundancies 554, 556
discrimination 526, 528
employment protection 485 – 6
health and safety consultation 513
independent advice 549
learning representatives 478
recognition 485
rights 485
time off for union duties 478
working time agreements 517
trader’s puff 281
transactions defrauding creditors 108
transfer of undertakings 457–9, 483, 547, 548, 558
compensation 458, 459
consultation 458 –9
transsexuals 523 – 4
trespass 331, 347, 425, 426, 429, 430, 431, 496, 564
tribunals 50, 61, 62– 4
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