Module 1 The English Legal System (DL301)
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The judiciary: independence and constitutional role
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The senior judiciary and who sits in which court
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Court hierarchy, appeal system and jurisdiction
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Routes of appeal: the civil and criminal ladders
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Rights of audience
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Doctrine of precedent
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Parliament Acts and Senedd Cymru Acts
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The literal rule
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The golden rule
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The mischief rule
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The purposive approach
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Presumptions in statutory interpretation
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Presumptions and aids to interpretation
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Aids to statutory interpretation and construction
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Statutory interpretation rules
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The application of legislation made by Senedd Cymru and Westminster to England and to Wales
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How the courts bind each other, and when a matter is finally decided
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 2 The English Legal System (DL301) — sources of law and the constitutional framework
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Primary and secondary legislation
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Powers and procedures for enactment
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Implementation and repeal of primary and secondary legislation
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Parliament and parliamentary sovereignty
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Parliamentary privilege
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The role of constitutional conventions
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Constitutional conventions and parliamentary privilege
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The Monarch, Crown and prerogative power
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Prerogative power
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The monarch and the Crown
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Human Rights Act 1998
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Human Rights Legislation
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Convention rights
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Schedule 1 HRA 1998: the Convention rights
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Devolved institutions
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Status of the devolved institutions and their relationship with Westminster
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Central government and accountability
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 3 The English Legal System (DL301) — how cases proceed
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Police powers and suspect rights
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How a civil claim proceeds: from dispute to judgment
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How a criminal case proceeds: from charge to sentence
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The right to bail and exceptions
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Police powers: stop, arrest, detention and questioning
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Limitation periods and pre-action protocols
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Claim form issuance and service
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Admission, acknowledgment, defence and counterclaim
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Track allocation
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Stages of a criminal trial, including submission of no case to answer
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Youth court procedures and sentencing
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Appeals
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Grounds of appeal
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 4 The English Legal System (DL301) — the wider system
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Legitimacy, separation of powers and the rule of law
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How the system came to be: Magna Carta to Europe
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Juries
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Judicial appointments and the modern judiciary
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Lay magistrates
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Law reform and the Law Commission
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 5 Contract Law (DL302) — taught complete
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Offer and acceptance
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Consideration
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Intention to create legal relations
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Certainty and capacity
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Privity of contract and third-party rights
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Express terms and incorporation
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Implied terms
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Exemption clauses
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Conditions, warranties and innominate terms
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Variation
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Misrepresentation
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Mistake
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Unfair contract terms
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Duress and undue influence
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Illegality
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Termination by expiry, breach and frustration
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Restitution and unjust enrichment
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Damages
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Remedies: liquidated sums and penalties
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Specific performance and injunctions
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Duty to mitigate
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Indemnities and guarantees
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Causation and remoteness
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 6 Legal Terminology and Communication (DL303) — terminology
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Terms of art: why legal words are not ordinary words
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Latin in English law
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Reading a case citation
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The anatomy of an Act of Parliament
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The vocabulary of courts, parties and proceedings
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The vocabulary of legal documents
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Words that commonly go wrong
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 7 Legal Terminology and Communication (DL303)
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How legal organisations communicate
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Communication models, systems and technology
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Barriers to effective communication
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 8 Legal Terminology and Communication (DL303) — writing
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Communicating legal information in writing
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Plain-English drafting conventions
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Letters, memoranda and attendance notes
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 9 Legal Terminology and Communication (DL303) — advocacy and oral skills
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Delivery: voice, pace and presence
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Presenting information orally in a legal context
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Responding to judicial questioning
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Eyes up and eyes down: using documents without losing the tribunal
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Mooting: structure, roles and etiquette
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Notes, not scripts: preparing to speak
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Ethics in advocacy: the duty to the court
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Modes of address and court room etiquette
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The shape of an application: structure a tribunal can follow
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Persuasion: what actually moves a tribunal
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Skeleton arguments
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Using authorities in argument
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 10 Academic and Research Skills for Law (DL304)
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Researching using primary sources
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103
Researching using secondary sources
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Taking effective notes from cases, statutes and texts
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Whistleblowing: raising concerns, and what follows
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 11 Academic and Research Skills for Law (DL304) — academic
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Assessing your own academic competence
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Planning and drafting a piece of research
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108
Producing academic work: referencing and argument
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Reflecting on academic progress
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 12 Legal Services — additional SQE subject
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The legal profession
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Outcomes-focused and risk-based regulation
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The SRA Principles
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Reserved legal activities
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Reserved legal activity
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Professional indemnity insurance
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Other regulated providers of legal services
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Equality Act 2010
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Overriding legal obligations
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Money laundering: the regime and why solicitors are in scope
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AML systems: what a firm must have in place
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Where suspicion of money laundering should be reported
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Appropriate person or body to whom suspicions should be reported
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Reporting obligations and procedures
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Direct and non-direct involvement offences
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Direct involvement and non direct involvement offences
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Due diligence requirements
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Defences and due diligence
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Financial services regulatory framework including authorisation
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Regulatory framework and authorisation
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Recognition of relevant financial services issues
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Appropriate sources of information on financial services
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Application of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and related secondary legislation
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Specified investments and activities
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Exemptions and FSMA 2000
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Private Retainer
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Conditional fee arrangements
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Conditional fee and damages based agreements
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Damages based agreements
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Fixed fees
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Eligibility for criminal and civil legal aid
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Legal aid eligibility
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Third party funding
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Third-party funding and insurance
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Legal expenses insurance