Postgraduate Course: Private Client (LAWS11253)
Course Outline
School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | To develop the practical skills of taking instructions, preparing wills, administering executries and trusts and dealing with those suffering from adult incapacity. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 12,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 28,
Summative Assessment Hours 20,
Revision Session Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
18 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Classwork 30%, Exam 70% |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Private Client | 5:00 | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Private Client | 5:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:-
¿ Understand the Law of Intestate succession and be able to explain the implications
¿ Draft Intestate documents
¿ Draft testamentary documents and understand the tax implications of such documents
¿ Understand the Law of Testate Succession and be able to explain the tax implications
¿ Understand the law on Trusts, their uses and applications, and be able to explain their implications, including tax implications
¿ Understand the law on incapacity as it applies to the field
¿ Administer an executry
¿ Understand tax implications
¿ Understand the process of giving financial advice to companies and individuals, including the tax elements of this
¿ Demonstrate professional ethics and standards
¿ Interview
¿ Demonstrate appropriate writing and drafting
¿ Demonstrate professional communication
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Ms Rebecca Mackenzie
Tel: (0131 6)50 6524
Email: Rebecca.MacKenzie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk |
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