Focusing on all the elements of law that Business students need to master, this textbook explains legal concepts in a clear, authoritative manner.

A thorough understanding of the impact of English law on companies, consumers and contracts is vital for ensuring commercial success and ethical best practices throughout organisations. To a business student, promissory estoppel, vitiating factors and vicarious liability can seem like arcane and irrelevant terms; yet it is vital to get to grips with the meanings and applications of the legal landscape.

This textbook guides you through the key areas in contract law, tort law, company law and employment law, animating the subject with contemporary studies such as the administration of made.com, the problem of tax imposition on American candy shops and the issue of diversity in UK boardrooms. Drawing on decades of experience teaching law to business students, the authors clearly communicate the law and its relationship to the business world, as well as demonstrating the practical context with key examples from both today and historical precedent.

Special attention is given to the move to studying, revising and writing about Law: exploring how essays are constructed, and how assessment may differ from Business School expectations. Mind maps begin each chapter, visually indicating how topics relate to each other, and laying out learning journeys.

The relevance of legal concepts to the professional world is explicitly illustrated by Business Impact boxes, so you understand how to apply law knowledge in graduate employment.