Foundations for the LPC 2017-2018

Twenty-first edition

Clare Firth, Elizabeth Smart, Kathryn Wright, Lucy Crompton, Helen Fox, Frances Seabridge, and Susan Wigglesworth

Legal Practice Course Manuals

The essential elements of the law and the areas which impact upon legal practice are covered in detail, offering all of the information needed to enable students and lecturers to work through these compulsory areas with ease
Diagrams, flowcharts, examples, and specimen forms ensure that the law is put into context, enabling students to understand the practical application of the law
Checkpoints and summaries allow students to access the key points quickly and provide a useful reference tool for summarizing knowledge and revising the covered topics
Diagrams from the book are available to lecturers via the Online Resource Centre in a format that can be used both in the classroom and in handouts
Access to the digital version of this book comes with every purchase to enable a more flexible learning experience - 12 months' access to Law Trove must be redeemed by 30 June 2018

New to this Edition:

Consideration given to the anticipated changes to come into effect with the implementation of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination
Fully updated to take into account the effects of the 2017 Budget
Updated discussion of human rights issues, including the Investigatory Powers Act 2017 and the associated effects of the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union

New Edition

Foundations for the LPC 2017-2018

Twenty-first edition

Clare Firth, Elizabeth Smart, Kathryn Wright, Lucy Crompton, Helen Fox, Frances Seabridge, and Susan Wigglesworth

Description

Foundations for the LPC covers the compulsory foundation areas of the Legal Practice Course as set out in the LPC outcomes: professional conduct, tax and revenue law, and wills and administration of estates. The book also discusses human rights law, a topic now taught pervasively across the LPC course.

Using worked examples and scenarios throughout to illustrate key points, this guide is essential reading for all students and a useful reference source for practitioners. To aid understanding and test comprehension of the core material, checkpoints and summaries feature in every chapter.

New Edition

Foundations for the LPC 2017-2018

Twenty-first edition

Clare Firth, Elizabeth Smart, Kathryn Wright, Lucy Crompton, Helen Fox, Frances Seabridge, and Susan Wigglesworth

Legal Practice Course Manuals

1. Introduction
1: Professional conduct
2: Financial services
3: Money laundering
2. Revenue Law
4: An introduction to revenue law
5: Income tax
6: Capital gains tax
7: Inheritance tax
8: Corporation tax
9: Value added tax
10: Taxation of sole proprietors and partnerships
11: Taxation of trusts and settlements
3. Wills and Administration of Estates
12: Introduction to wills and administration of estates
13: Entitlement to the estate
14: Application for a grant of representation
15: Post-grant practice
4. Human Rights
16: Human rights

New Edition

Foundations for the LPC 2017-2018

Twenty-first edition

Clare Firth, Elizabeth Smart, Kathryn Wright, Lucy Crompton, Helen Fox, Frances Seabridge, and Susan Wigglesworth

Legal Practice Course Manuals

Author Information

Clare Firth, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice, Director of Legal Practice, University of Sheffield, Elizabeth Smart, Solicitor (non-practising), Principal Lecturer, Department of Law & Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University, Kathryn Wright, Solicitor (non-practising), Lucy Crompton, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, Helen Fox, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer (part time), Staffordshire University, Frances Seabridge, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University, and Susan Wigglesworth, Solicitor, former Lecturer in Law, Staffordshire University

Clare Firth, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice, formerly Director of Legal Practice, University of Sheffield

Elizabeth Smart, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising)

Dr Kathryn Wright, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising)

Lucy Crompton, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University

Helen Fox, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer (part time), Staffordshire University

Frances Seabridge, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University

Susan Wigglesworth, LLB, Solicitor, former Lecturer in Law, Staffordshire University