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 Postgraduate Course: Private Client (LAWS11253)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law | College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 15 | ECTS Credits | 7.5 |  
 
| 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 | Not entered |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, 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:
150
(
 Lecture Hours 42,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 28,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 28,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
| Feedback | Not entered |  
| Exam Information |  
    | Exam Diet | Paper Name | Hours & Minutes |  |  
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Private Client Paper | 3:30 |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Private Client Paper | 3:30 |  |  
 
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 | Not entered |  
| Keywords | Not entered |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Rebecca Samaras Tel: (0131 6)50 6524
 Email: rebecca.samaras@ed.ac.uk
 | Course secretary | Ms Margaret Stewart Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
 Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk
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