Module 1 Contract Law (DL401) — refresher
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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 2 Criminal Law (DL402)
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Actus reus and mens rea
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Definition of an offence: actus reus
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Core principles of criminal liability
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Definition of an offence: mens rea
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Strict liability and transferred malice
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Principal offender
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Accomplices
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Joint enterprise
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Inchoate offences and attempts to commit an offence
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Attempts
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Common assault and battery
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Assault and battery
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s. 47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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ABH, GBH and wounding (ss.47, 20, 18 OAPA 1861)
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s. 20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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s. 18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
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s. 1 Theft Act 1968
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s. 8 Theft Act 1968
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Theft and robbery
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s. 9 Theft Act 1968
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Burglary and aggravated burglary
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s. 10 Theft Act 1968
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Simple criminal damage
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Criminal damage and arson
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Aggravated criminal damage
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49
Arson
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50
Murder
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51
Voluntary manslaughter
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52
Involuntary manslaughter
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Manslaughter by gross negligence
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54
Unlawful act manslaughter
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55
Fraud by false representation
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56
Fraud offences
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57
Fraud by abuse of position
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58
Fraud by failing to disclose
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59
Defences: intoxication
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60
Self-defence and the prevention of crime
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61
General defences
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Defence of another
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Partial defences: loss of control
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Partial defences to murder
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Partial defences: diminished responsibility
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Right to legal advice
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Right to have someone informed of arrest
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68
Applying for a representation order
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69
Police powers and suspect rights
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70
Reviews and detention time limits under PACE 1984, Code C
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Identification procedures
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Different types of identification procedure
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Identification evidence
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Procedure for carrying out an identification procedure PACE 1984, Code D
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When an identification procedure must be held
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Advising a client, including vulnerable clients, whether to answer police questions
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Right to silence and adverse inferences
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78
Role of appropriate adult and who can be an appropriate adult
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79
Procedure for interviewing a suspect under PACE 1984
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Role and appropriate conduct by defence legal representative solicitor including representation of vulnerable
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81
Bail
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82
Further applications for bail
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83
Procedure for applying for bail
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84
Appeals against decisions on bail
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85
Absconding and breaches of bail
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Conditional bail
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The right to bail and exceptions
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Classification and allocation of offences
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Procedural overview – what will happen at the hearing
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90
The role of the defence solicitor at the hearing
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91
Definition of an offence: classification
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Classification of offences
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Procedure on defendant entering plea
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Advising the client on trial venue
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Procedure ss. 19–20 and s. 22A Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
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Sending without allocation s. 50A Crime and Disorder Act 1998
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Magistrates' court case management directions
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Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing
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Disclosure – prosecution, defence and unused material
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100
Disclosure obligations
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101
Burden and standard of proof
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102
Burden and standard of proof (criminal trial)
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103
Visual identification evidence and Turnbull guidance
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104
Inferences from silence ss. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
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Hearsay evidence and grounds for admitting hearsay evidence
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Confession evidence and challenging admissibility ss. 76 and 78 PACE 1984
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Confession evidence
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Bad character evidence and the 7 gateways s. 101(1) Criminal Justice Act 2003
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Bad character evidence
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Procedure for admitting bad character evidence
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Court’s powers to exclude bad character evidence
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s.78 PACE applications to exclude evidence
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113
Stages of a criminal trial, including submission of no case to answer
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114
Capacity to commit a crime
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Insanity, automatism and intoxication as defences
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Summary and Crown Court trial procedure
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Modes of address and court room etiquette
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Difference between leading and non leading questions
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119
Competence and compellability
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120
Special measures
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Solicitor’s duty to the court
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122
Role of sentencing guidelines
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Determining seriousness: aggravating and mitigating facts
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Concurrent and consecutive sentences
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125
Mitigation
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Sentencing guidelines and types of sentence
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Community orders
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128
Suspended sentences
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129
Custodial sentences
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130
Newton hearings
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131
Appeal against conviction and or sentence from the magistrates' court
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132
Appeals
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Appeal to the High Court by way of case stated
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134
Procedure for making the appeal
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Appeal against conviction and or sentence from the Crown Court
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Grounds of appeal
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137
Powers of the Court of Appeal
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Powers of the Crown Court
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Jurisdiction and grave crimes
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Allocation and youths jointly charged with adult
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Youth court procedures and sentencing
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Role of the Sentencing Children and Young People – definitive guidelines
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Detention and training orders
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Referral orders
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Youth rehabilitation orders
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Preliminary considerations for the use of the Welsh language in criminal proceedings
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 3 Public Law (DL404)
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Parliament and parliamentary sovereignty
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148
Central government and accountability
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149
Status of the devolved institutions and their relationship with Westminster
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150
Devolved institutions
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151
The monarch and the Crown
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152
The Monarch, Crown and prerogative power
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The role of constitutional conventions
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Constitutional conventions and parliamentary privilege
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155
Prerogative power
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Parliamentary privilege
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Powers and procedures for enactment
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Primary and secondary legislation
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Implementation and repeal of primary and secondary legislation
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Processions
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Public order law
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Assemblies
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Breach of the peace
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The nature, process and limits of judicial review
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Supervisory nature
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Judicial review: nature, process and limits
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Judicial review remedies
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Remedies, standing and time limits
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Grounds for judicial review
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Decisions which may be challenged
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Standing
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Time limits
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Grounds: illegality
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Grounds: irrationality
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Grounds: procedural impropriety
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Grounds: legitimate expectation
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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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EU retained law in the UK constitution
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Parliamentary sovereignty and retained EU law
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Sources of retained EU law
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Categories status interpretation of retained EU law
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Modification withdrawal of retained EU law
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Legitimacy, separation of powers and the rule of law
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 4 Property Practice — additional SQE subject
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Title investigation: registered and unregistered
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Purpose and process of reporting to the client
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Pre-contract searches and enquiries
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Law Society Conveyancing Protocol
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Finance: sources of finance for a property transaction; types of mortgage
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Acting for a lender: lender's requirements; purpose of a certificate of title
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Exchange of contracts
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Special conditions: purpose and matters covered
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Methods of holding a deposit: stakeholder and agent
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Insurance and risk
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VAT and CGT on property
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198
Timing for issuing certificate of title to a lender
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199
Completion and post-completion
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200
Remedies for delayed completion: common law damages, contractual compensation, notice to complete, rescission
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Lease grants and assignments
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202
Lease covenant breaches
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203
Termination of a lease: effluxion of time, surrender, merger
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Security of tenure (LTA 1954 Part II)
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Core principles of planning law: statutory definition of Development; what does and does not constitute Development; matters not requiring express permission
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206
Building regulations control
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207
Planning enforcement: time limits and local planning authority powers
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208
SDLT and Land Transaction Tax
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 5 Dispute Resolution (DL403)
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Preliminary considerations: parties, causes of action, applicable law
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210
Limitation periods and pre-action protocols
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211
Practice Direction — preliminary considerations for the use of the Welsh language in civil proceedings
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212
High Court vs county court allocation
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213
Specialist court jurisdiction
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214
Claim form issuance and service
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215
Party addition, removal and substitution
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216
Service within and outside jurisdiction
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Alternative service methods
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Admission, acknowledgment, defence and counterclaim
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Jurisdiction disputes
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Default judgment
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Discontinuance and settlement
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Claim form and particulars of claim
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223
Defence and Part 20 claims
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Further information requests and amendments
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225
Application procedures
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Summary judgment
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Interim payments and interim injunctions
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228
The overriding objective
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229
Track allocation
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230
Case management directions and compliance
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231
Cost management and budgeting
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232
Relevance, hearsay and admissibility
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233
Burden and standard of proof in civil claims
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234
Expert evidence
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235
Witness evidence
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236
Standard and specific disclosure
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237
Pre-action and non-party disclosure
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238
Electronic disclosure
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239
Privilege and waiver
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240
Witness summoning
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241
Pre-trial checklists and trial bundles
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242
Trial procedure and judgment
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Inter-partes costs orders
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Costs: non-party costs
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245
Part 36 offers
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246
Security for costs
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247
Fixed and assessed costs
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248
Permission, destinations and grounds for appeal
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249
Enforcement of money judgments: oral examination
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Enforcement methods
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 6 Alternative Dispute Resolution (DL403)
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Characteristics of arbitration, mediation and litigation
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Arbitration
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Expert determination
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Negotiation
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Early neutral evaluation
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Mediation
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 7 Legal System of England and Wales (DL403)
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The judiciary: independence and constitutional role
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258
The senior judiciary and who sits in which court
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259
Court hierarchy, appeal system and jurisdiction
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260
Routes of appeal: the civil and criminal ladders
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261
Rights of audience
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262
Doctrine of precedent
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Parliament Acts and Senedd Cymru Acts
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264
The literal rule
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265
The golden rule
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266
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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270
Aids to statutory interpretation and construction
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Statutory interpretation rules
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272
The application of legislation made by Senedd Cymru and Westminster to England and to Wales
Module Assessment
Take AssessmentModule 8 Legal Writing and Mooting Skills (DL403)
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Mooting: structure, roles and etiquette
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Presenting information orally in a legal context
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Responding to judicial questioning