LAW5013 - Land Law and Property Practice

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module is intended to provide students with an appreciation of areas of key importance to legal practitioners in England and Wales relating to Property and Land law. To do so, students will be introduced to the process of analysis of the definition of land and practical application to the conveyancing process. The following indicative areas will then be covered:

1. Estates, legal and equitable interests, third party rights and the implications for the purchasers of land.

2. Unregistered and registered land and conveyancing processes for both checking title and essential searches.

3. Trusts of Land, Co-ownership, Estoppel, including introduction to Land Registry Forms.

4. Easements and Restrictive Covenants including drafting and registering, searching for those in existence and removal/modification.

5. Adverse Possession.

6. Mortgages, undue influence, representing the mortgagee, seller and buyer.

7. Conveyancing: Stages of the Process, ethics, money laundering, conflict of interest, confidentiality. Specific Issues: New Build properties, Leasehold, Commonhold.

This module is intended to be aligned with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) areas of fundamental knowledge; specifically, SQE topic 9,12,23 relating to Land Law and Property Practice.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops
Hours: 60
Intended Group Size: Full Cohort (50)

Guided independent study
Hours: 240

Further information relating to assessment

The summative assessment will be supplemented with formative assessment throughout the module. Weekly multiple-choice tests will be made available via the virtual learning environment, moodle, which will provide students with immediate feedback as to their understanding. The multiple-choice format has the added advantage of preparing students for progression to the SQE which is primarily assessed by multiple choice tests. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to engage with scenario and essay-based tasks and both tutors assessed feedback and peer assessed feedback will be provided ensuring students are fully prepared for their summative assessment.

The portfoliotfolio provides students the opportunity to use their legal, analytical, and problem solving tasks in a variety of ways by completing tasks throughout the course for submission at the end.

Assessment tasks are designed to measure the extent to which you have satisfied the Level Learning Outcomes for your programme. Some modules, for example where there are professional body (PSRB) requirements, will also test for module-specific skills and knowledge.

Further details of assessment are available in the Assessment Handbook for your programme and in Assessment Briefs provided by Module Tutors.

Assessment:

001 Exam; MCQ; 1 hour; end of semester 1 40%
002 Portfolio; up to 25 pages; end of semester 2 60%
201 Exam; MCQ; 1 hour; end of semester 1 40%
202 Essay; 2,000 words; end of semester 2 60%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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