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ACCA Corporate and Business Law (LW, English) · review course
ACCA-04 · Professional qualifications
CertiFi's review course for ACCA's Applied Skills exam Corporate and Business Law, English variant (LW-ENG), following ACCA's LW-ENG syllabus and study guide for September 2026 to June 2027 (areas A–H). Sixteen lessons take you from the English legal system, contract, tort and employment law through agency, partnerships and company law – formation, capital, directors, meetings, insolvency and corporate crime – with worked scenarios and a large bank of original practice questions. Independent preparation course by CertiFi FZ LLC, not endorsed by ACCA.
Who it's for
ACCA students and finance staff preparing for the LW-ENG computer-based exam who want clear explanations of English business and company law, worked scenarios and exam-style practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the English court system and the sources of law, including precedent, statutory interpretation and the Human Rights Act 1998
- Apply the rules on formation, terms, breach and remedies in contract, and on negligence and professional liability in tort
- Distinguish employees from the self-employed and apply the law on wrongful and unfair dismissal and redundancy, including redundancy pay calculations
- Explain agency, partnerships and the formation and constitution of companies, including separate legal personality
- Apply the Companies Act 2006 rules on share and loan capital, charges, dividends, directors' duties, meetings and resolutions
- Explain liquidation and administration, the order of payment of debts, and corporate crimes such as insider dealing, money laundering, bribery and wrongful trading
Lessons
- 1The LW exam and the English legal systemreading
- 2Sources of law: precedent, legislation and human rightsreading
- 3Formation of contract: offer, acceptance and intentionreading
- 4Consideration, promissory estoppel and privityreading
- 5Contract terms and exclusion clausesreading
- 6Discharge, breach of contract and remediesreading
- 7Tort, negligence and professional negligencereading
- 8Employment law: the contract, dismissal and redundancyreading
- 9Agency and partnershipsreading
- 10Corporate personality and company formationreading
- 11Share capital and capital maintenancereading
- 12Loan capital, charges and dividendsreading
- 13Company directorsreading
- 14Company secretary, auditors, meetings and resolutionsreading
- 15Insolvency and administrationreading
- 16Corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviourreading