Students opting for this module will be introduced to the civil and criminal liability of manufacturers and retailers. It would therefore suit those with aspirations to work in a trading environment.
- Attention is paid to design, manufacturing and marketing considerations.
- The modules should also be of interest to those interested in working 'on the other side of the fence' in a legal advice or regulatory capacity.
- The subject is a step on from the law of contract and tort and students with an aptitude in those areas are encouraged to enrol.
- The module deals with the UK legislation but it is necessary to examine European measures in this field as consumer protection is actively promoted there.
- This is consequently a dynamic subject and a number of the topics covered will be the subject of proposed or pending reforms.

Harvey B and Parry, D. (2000). The Law of Consumer Protection and Fair Trading, 6th ed. London Butterworths
Kelly, D,Holmes A and Hayward, R. (2002). Business Law, 4th ed. London Cavendish.
Lowe & Woodroffe, (2003), Consumer Law and Practice, 6th Edition, Sweet and Maxwell

Access to appropriate texts, legislation and case law.
Module study guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access material on the web and specialist on-line databases.

WHOLE GROUP SESSIONS - A series of lectures used to disseminate general information and to provide an overview of topics to be studied in detail and considered in tutorials. Lectures to be supplemented with handout materials.

SMALL GROUP SESSIONS- May be tutor led or student led (with tutor present). These require the student to prepare answers to problem questions and be ready to discuss these. Held fortnightly to reflect the importance and extent of preparation by the student.

INDEPENDENT STUDY - Consists of preparation by reading relevant texts and lecture materials, for the work to be undertaken in tutorials. Students are also encouraged to use this time to produce and organise their own stock of learning materials. Specific lecture handouts provided in whole group sessions will identify where information may be obtained and further reading. Students will be presented with the assignment questions at the start of the module's delivery and this time may be spent preparing the work to be submitted.

TOTAL LEARNING HOURS = 150 Hours

The 2 hour examination weighted at 100% assesses all Learning Outcomes.

To pass this module, students must achieve a mark of at least 40%. Where a student also takes 'Law of Sale' in the same academic year, a mark of 35% - 39% in one of these modules may be compensated by the other module, provided the average mark for the two modules is at least 40%