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Postgraduate Course: Private Client (LAWS11253)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryTo develop the practical skills of taking instructions, preparing wills, administering executries and trusts and dealing with those suffering from adult incapacity.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2)
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( 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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Classwork 30%, Exam 70%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Private Client5:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Private Client5:00
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
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Rebecca Mackenzie
Tel: (0131 6)50 6524
Email: Rebecca.MacKenzie@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk
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