Contract Law Essentials

Formation, terms, breach and remedies, tested against real clauses.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Agreement: offer and acceptance
2. 1.2 Consideration, or cause, depending on the system
3. 1.3 Intention to create legal relations
4. 1.4 Capacity and formality
1. 2.1 Express terms, and how they are identified
2. 2.2 Implied terms
3. 2.3 Which terms go to the root of the contract
4. 2.4 Incorporating standard terms
1. 3.1 How a court reads a contract
2. 3.2 Ambiguity, and who suffers from it
3. 3.3 Entire agreement clauses and prior negotiations
4. 3.4 Rectification and mistakes in drafting
1. 4.1 Misrepresentation
2. 4.2 Mistake
3. 4.3 Duress and undue influence
4. 4.4 Illegality and public policy
1. 5.1 Performance and discharge
2. 5.2 Variation and waiver
3. 5.3 Frustration and force majeure
4. 5.4 Assignment and third party rights
1. 6.1 What actually amounts to a breach
2. 6.2 Repudiation and termination
3. 6.3 When time is of the essence
4. 6.4 Notice and cure provisions
1. 7.1 Damages, and how they are measured
2. 7.2 Remoteness and mitigation
3. 7.3 Agreed damages and penalties
4. 7.4 Specific performance and injunctions
1. 8.1 Limitation and exclusion clauses
2. 8.2 Indemnities and guarantees
3. 8.3 Consumer protection constraints
4. 8.4 Negotiating and reviewing a commercial contract

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Skills your degree does not cover Employers ask for practical tools alongside the qualification. This fills that gap while you study.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Bachelor's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

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