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Level 4 Diploma in Law

Creating agency: express and implied authority, ratification, apparent authority

LAW406 · Business Law — Week 7 of 16

CourseLAW406
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Creating agency: express and implied authority, ratification, apparent authority

  1. Creating agency: express and implied authority, ratification, apparent authority
  2. Duties of agents to principals

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Describe the ways in which an agency relationship may be created.
  • 3.2 Explain the powers and authority of an agent.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the ways in which an agency relationship may be created.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Sole traders and partnerships under the Partnership Act 1890
  • Week 2: Forming a partnership, partnership agreements and dissoluti…
  • Week 3: Limited Liability Partnerships under the LLP Act 2000: sepa…
  • Week 4: Company registration
  • Week 5: Separate legal personality, the doctrine of incorporation a…
  • Week 6: Directors: de facto, shadow and managing directors
  • Week 7: Creating agency: express and implied authority, ratificatio…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Partners as agents of the firm: actual and usual authority,…
  • Week 10: Members of an LLP and company directors as agents; holding …
  • Week 11: Resolving partnership, LLP and company disputes; obtaining …
  • Week 12: Applying Business Law in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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