Postgraduate Course: Private Client (LAWS11253)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To develop the practical skills of taking instructions, preparing wills, administering executries and trusts and dealing with those suffering from adult incapacity. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended 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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Assessment Information
| Classwork 30%, Exam 70% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Caroline Colliston
Tel: (0131 6)50 6301
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Course secretary | Ms Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
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