Unit 1: Company and Partnership Law

Company Formation and Structure

• Types of companies
• Incorporation process
• Company constitution
• Legal personality

Corporate Governance

• Roles and responsibilities of directors
• Shareholders’ rights and responsibilities

Corporate Finance

• Share capital
• Debt financing
• Dividends and profit distribution

Corporate Insolvency

• Insolvency procedures
• Liquidation and administration
• Directors’ duties in insolvency

Partnership Law

• Formation and types of partnerships
• Partnership agreements
• Rights and duties of partners
• Dissolution of partnerships

Unit 2: Contract Law

Formation of Contracts

• Offer and acceptance
• Consideration
• Intention to create legal relations

Contractual Terms

• Express and implied terms
• Conditions, warranties, and innominate terms
• Exclusion clauses

Vitiating Factors

• Misrepresentation
• Duress and undue influence
• Mistake

Discharge of Contracts

• Performance
• Agreement
• Frustration
• Breach

Remedies for Breach of Contract

• Damages
• Specific performance
• Injunctions
• Rescission

Unit 3: Criminal Law

General Principles of Criminal Liability

• Actus reus and mens rea
• Strict liability offenses
• Causation

Offenses Against the Person

• Assault and battery
• Actual bodily harm (ABH) and grievous bodily harm (GBH)
• Sexual offenses

Offenses Against Property

• Theft
• Burglary
• Fraud

Defenses

• Self-defense
• Insanity
• Automatism
• Intoxication

Sentencing and Punishment

• Types of sentences
• Factors influencing sentencing
• Young offenders

Unit 4: Land Law

Interests in Land

• Freehold and leasehold estates
• Easements and profits
• Covenants

Registration of Land

• The land registration system
• First registration
• Registration of dealings

Co-Ownership

• Joint tenancy and tenancy in common
• Rights and obligations of co-owners
• Severance of joint tenancy

Leases

• Creation and termination of leases
• Rights and duties of landlords and tenants
• Remedies for breach of lease

Mortgages

• Creation and nature of mortgages
• Rights of mortgagors and mortgagees
• Remedies for default

Unit 5: Employment Law

Employment Contracts

• Formation and terms
• Implied terms
• Variation of contracts

Rights at Work

• Discrimination and equality
• Health and safety
• Working time regulations

Termination of Employment

• Dismissal (fair and unfair)
• Redundancy
• Constructive dismissal

Employee Representation

• Trade unions
• Collective bargaining
• Industrial action

Employment Tribunals

• Procedure and jurisdiction
• Remedies
• Appeals

Unit 6: Civil Litigation

Pre-Action Considerations

• Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
• Pre-action protocols
• Limitation periods

Commencement of Proceedings

• Issuing a claim
• Service of documents
• Pleadings

Interim Applications and Case Management

• Interim remedies
• Case management conferences
• Directions

Trial Process

• Evidence
• Examination of witnesses
• Judgment

Enforcement of Judgments

• Methods of enforcement
• Insolvency proceedings
• Contempt of court

Unit 7: Family Law

Marriage and Civil Partnerships

• Formation and dissolution
• Legal consequences

Children

• Parental responsibility
• Child arrangements orders
• Adoption and surrogacy

Domestic Violence

• Protection orders
• Legal remedies

Financial Orders

• Maintenance
• Division of assets
• Pre-nuptial agreements

Cohabitation

• Legal status
• Rights and obligations

Unit 8: Probate Practice

Wills

• Validity and revocation
• Construction and interpretation

Intestacy

• Rules of intestacy
• Distribution of estates

Grants of Representation

• Probate and administration
• Applying for grants

Estate Administration

• Duties of personal representatives
• Collecting and distributing assets
• Taxation issues

Contentious Probate

• Will disputes
• Claims under the Inheritance Act
• Resolving disputes

Unit 9: Law of Tort

Negligence

• Duty of care
• Breach and causation
• Defenses

Occupiers’ Liability

• Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 and 1984
• Duties to lawful visitors and trespassers

Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher

• Private and public nuisance
• Rule in Rylands v Fletcher

Defamation

• Libel and slander
• Defenses

Remedies in Tort

• Damages
• Injunctions
• Compensation orders

Unit 10: Employment Practice

Employment Tribunal Process

• Preparing for tribunal hearings
• Representation

Dispute Resolution

• Mediation and conciliation
• Negotiating settlements

Unit 11: Conveyancing

Residential Property Transactions

• Sale and purchase process
• Mortgages

Commercial Property Transactions

• Lease negotiations
• Business tenancies

Regulatory Compliance

• Land Registry requirements
• Money laundering regulations

Unit 12: Criminal Litigation

Criminal Procedure

• Pre-trial process
• Trial preparation

Advocacy Skills

• Representing clients in court
• Examination and cross-examination techniques

Sentencing Advocacy

• Mitigation
• Sentencing guidelines

Unit 13: Law of Evidence

Relevance and Admissibility

• Types of evidence
• Rules of admissibility
• Hearsay and opinion evidence

Witnesses

• Competence and compellability
• Examination and cross-examination
• Expert witnesses

Privilege

• Legal professional privilege
• Public interest immunity
• Spousal privilege

Character Evidence

• Propensity evidence
• Bad character evidence
• Similar fact evidence

Burden and Standard of Proof

• Civil and criminal standards
• Shifting burdens

Unit 14: Equity and Trusts

Equitable Remedies

• Specific performance
• Injunctions
• Rectification and rescission

Trusts

• Creation and types of trusts
• Trustees’ duties and powers
• Beneficiaries’ rights

Equitable Principles

• Doctrine of notice
• Fiduciary relationships
• Estoppel