About Course
Are you interested in becoming a solicitor? Do you want to practise law in the UK?
Our 12-month diploma in law course will teach you everything you need to know! It’s taught by our skilled team of solicitors, and it includes a first-year bachelor’s degree in law accreditated by the UK Government’s regulator – OfQual.
What Will You Learn?
- Our Diploma in Law (Solicitor Training) course is designed for aspiring solcitors who want to qualify as a solicitor using the new SQE route to practice and also gain a first-year bachelors degree award.
- This course will ensure you’re fully prepared for your career as a solicitor, as well as success in the SQE exams.
Course Content
Legal System
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The Legal System of England and Wales and Sources of law.
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Constitutional and Administrative law and EU law.
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Legal services.
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Property Practice
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Freehold Real Estate Law and Practice
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Leasehold Real Estate Law and Practice
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Security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Part II.
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Taxation of Property Transactions
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Land Law
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Registered and unregistered land.
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Freehold and leasehold estates, and legal and equitable interests in land.
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Co-ownership.
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Landlord and tenant.
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Solicitors Account
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Transactions involving client money and money belonging to the authorised body.
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Operation of ledgers and bank accounts; the payment of interest.
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Breaches of the SRA Accounts Rules.
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Accounting entries required; bills; obtaining and delivery of accountants’ reports; obligations regarding record-keeping.
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Trusts
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Express and implied trusts.
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The fiduciary relationship.
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Trustees’ duties, powers and liability.
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Equitable remedies.
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Criminal Law and Practice
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The core principles of criminal liability including actus reus and mens rea, specific and general defences, and participation.
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The law, procedure and processes involved in advising a client at the police station.
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The law, procedure and processes involved in pre-trial considerations.
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The law, procedure and processes involved to meet the client’s objectives.
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The law, procedure and processes involved in magistrates’ court and Crown Court trials, including sentencing and appeals.
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Trusts
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Express and implied trusts.
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The fiduciary relationship.
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Trustees’ duties, powers and liability.
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Equitable remedies.
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Tort
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Negligence.
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Remedies and Defences.
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Occupiers’ Liability.
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Product Liability.
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Nuisance and the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher
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Contract
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Existence/formation of a contract.
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Contents of a contract.
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Causation and remoteness
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Vitiating elements.
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Discharge of contract and remedies.
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Unjust enrichment.
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Wills and the Administration of Estates
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The validity of a will and interpretation of the contents of a will. The distribution of testate, intestate and partially intestate estates.
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The law and practice in connection with an application for a grant of representation.
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The law and practice of Inheritance Tax in the context of lifetime gifts and transfers on death.
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The planning, management and progression of the administration of an estate including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
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The law and practice relating to personal representatives and trustees in the administration of estates and consequent trusts. The rights, powers and remedies of beneficiaries of wills and consequent trusts.
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Business Law and Practice
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Starting a new business through the vehicle of a company, partnership, LLP or as a sole trader.
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The management of a business and company decision making to ensure compliance with statutory and other legal requirements.
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The interests, rights, obligations and powers of stakeholders in a business.
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Financing a business.
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Taxation of a business and its stakeholders.
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The termination of a solvent business, corporate insolvency and personal bankruptcy.
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Dispute Resolution
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Analysis of merits of claim or defence.
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Arbitration, mediation and litigation as an appropriate mechanism to resolve a dispute.
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Pre-action considerations and steps.
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Commencing, responding to or progressing a claim.
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Case management and any interim applications relevant to a claim.
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The evidence needed and disclosure steps required in commencing, responding to, progressing or defending a claim.
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Preparation of a case for a trial, the trial and any post trial steps.
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Procedures and processes relevant to costs involved in dispute resolution.
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