ACCA · Applied Skills
LW Corporate and Business Law
The legal framework a finance professional works within: the legal system, the law of obligations, employment law, and how companies are formed, run, financed and brought to an end.
LW
- Format
- On-demand computer-based exam
- Duration
- 2h
- Pass mark
- 50%
- Total marks
- 100
- Sessions
- On demand
- Syllabus
- 2026/27
Exam structure
- Section A70
45 objective test questions: 25 worth 2 marks and 20 worth 1 mark
- Section B30
5 multi-task questions of 6 marks each, testing analysis and application
Variants
- LW-BWA
- LW-CYP
- LW-ENG
- LW-GLO
- LW-IRL
- LW-MLA
- LW-MYS
- LW-RUS
- LW-SGP
- LW-VNM
- LW-ZAF
- LW-ZWE
The areas shown are LW-GLO's, the variant ACCA recommends where there is no regional version; it is on demand. There is no Nigeria variant. LW-ENG shares areas D to H but covers English law in A to C.
Syllabus navigator
Every area, with where HPS teaches it.
Use the arrow keys or select an area. Areas and sub-areas follow the ACCA 2026/27 syllabus. Weightings appear only where the examining body publishes them.
Syllabus area A
Essential elements of legal systems
3 sub-areas, as the syllabus lists them. HPS lessons and questions are tagged to these codes, so your Knowledge DNA and revision plan point at the exact sub-area you got wrong.
- A1Business, political and legal systems
- A2International trade, international legal regulation and conflict of laws
- A3Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms
Courses
LW tuition is scheduled on request.
Tell HPS you are interested and the programme office will let you know when the next course is confirmed.
Practise free
Questions without an account.
- Free LW practice is being prepared
Next sessions
- December 20267 Dec 2026 to 11 Dec 2026
Resources
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