Legal Practice

Identify, explain, develop, reflect upon, and apply key skills necessary for locating law, interpreting the meaning of law, applying the law to resolve legal issues, and effectively communicating legal arguments.

This module outlines and explains the structure and functions of the English Law judicial system. Including the organisation of the courts, ADR, civil and criminal process, the role of judges and the legal profession, and the identification of key areas for reform.

You'll learn the role of contract law in markets and the nature of contractual liability. The module explores creating an agreement, offer, and acceptance as well as other essential parts and factors of contract law.

You'll study the foundations of the UK Constitution including nature, form, and conventions. The module also explores Parliamentary Supremacy, the Rule of Law, and the Separation of Powers. You'll learn about administrative law, justice, and redress as well as judicial review and the protection of fundamental human rights.

Explain the key legal concepts used for allocating criminal responsibility (including defences) and evaluate how these are applied when identifying offences against the person and against the property.

You will receive an introduction to EU Law Treaties and terminology, looking into the main topics, European Union and Law Making and Enforcement ,The Court of Justice and National Courts and Enforcing EU Law Before The National Courts.

Learn to explain the essential rules, functions, and policies underpinning tortious liability, remedies and defences. And facilitate the identification of torts, and the evaluation of alternative courses of tortious action, in fictional scenarios.

This module will explain and evaluate the principles of Land Law, including the nature, creation and transfer of estates and interests in land. As well as the common law, statutory, and equitable context within which these rules have developed.

Learn to define and explain the concept, role, and distinctiveness of a trust, the legal and operational principles of express private and constructive trusts. This includes equitable remedies for beneficiaries and powers and duties of trustees, and distinguishing charitable from private purpose trusts.

Facilitate, develop, and enable critical reflection on, and the selection, use, and application of, key research, critical legal reasoning, interviewing, and negotiation skills for supporting effective work-based and personal skills, behaviours, and knowledge of relevance to attaining the Threshold Standard of Competency.

During this module, you'll explain and evaluate the legal rules, principles, and processes for creating valid wills, grants of representation, and the administration of an estate. You'll also develop competence in selecting, completing, using and advising on legal documentation appropriate for, and of relevance to, the successful execution of these processes.

Outline and then apply the principles of presentation of a case before courts and tribunals, including the presentation of a coherent and persuasive advocacy submission grounded in the facts of the case and informed and supported by appropriate legal authority.

Apply principles of clear and effective legal communication in written form and evaluate critically examples of ineffective written communication and the risks this poses to clients.

This module will explain and distinguish civil and criminal litigation and plan, outline and apply the procedural steps in the process of litigation. Including drafting documents, identifying and managing client goals and expectations effectively, and providing reasoned and timely advice on legal consequences.

This module aims to explain and evaluate alternative business media, and business stakeholder interests, from legal and financial (taxation) perspectives to enable typical business transactions found in a solicitor’s corporate/commercial department to be managed and progressed, including accurate completion of associated documentation and forms.

Explain and apply legal principles for effecting the valid transfer of freehold and leasehold property, including identifying conflicts of interest, money laundering and taxation issues, and drafting formal legal documents to support such transfers.

Learn the organising principles and rationale for solicitor’s accounts and general book keeping. Apply and evaluate critically principles of accounting when applied to probate and property transactions, including the justification for transfers and mixed office and client account money.

This module will outline, explain, identify, and act in accordance with, the core duties of professional conduct, ethics, and taxation of relevance to solicitor’s practice and client care.

Learn how to identify the key content and requirements of formal legal documents in core practice areas, prepare legal documentation that is essential in transaction-based work, and evaluate critically the effect on clients of not drafting legal documentation accurately.

This module aims to enable you to use the practice of reflection as a learning tool to identify and articulate learning from experience and to provide you with a reason for engaging in critical reflection on practice and independent study.

During this module, you'll prepare to meet the requirements of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) Part 1. On functioning legal knowledge, legal research, and writing by reviewing key content, consolidating and reflecting on synoptic learning across the whole programme, and undertaking a range of formative assessments which mirror those likely to be undertaken in the SQE Part 1.

During this module, you'll prepare to meet the requirements of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) Part 2. On practical legal skills by reviewing key content, consolidating and reflecting on synoptic learning across the whole programme, and undertaking a range of formative assessments which mirror those likely to be undertaken in the SQE Part 2.