Companies Act 2006: Primary legislation governing business relationships and corporate entities, including requirements for company formation and operations
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999: Legislation governing the rights of third parties to enforce contractual terms and provisions for excluding third-party rights
Consumer Rights Act 2015: Legislation covering business-to-consumer relationships, including fair terms and transparency requirements in contracts
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977: Law restricting the ability to exclude or limit liability in contracts and establishing reasonableness test for contractual terms
Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998: Legislation establishing payment terms and statutory rights to claim interest on late commercial payments
Bribery Act 2010: Anti-corruption legislation establishing compliance requirements and provisions for preventing bribery in business relationships
Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR: Comprehensive data protection legislation establishing requirements for data processing and privacy protection in business operations
Modern Slavery Act 2015: Legislation requiring supply chain transparency and establishing anti-slavery and human trafficking provisions
Common Law - Offer and Acceptance: Fundamental common law principle requiring a clear offer and acceptance to form a valid contract
Common Law - Consideration: Common law principle requiring exchange of value between parties for a contract to be legally binding
Common Law - Intention to Create Legal Relations: Common law principle requiring parties to intend their agreement to be legally binding
Common Law - Capacity to Contract: Common law principle requiring parties to have legal capacity to enter into contractual relationships
Common Law - Privity of Contract: Common law doctrine establishing that a contract only binds and benefits the parties who made it
