Foundations for the LPC 2019-2020

Twenty-third 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 resources in a format that can be used both in the classroom and in handouts
Access to a digital version of this book comes with every purchase to enable a more flexible learning experience - 12 months' access to this title on Law Trove will be available from 15 July 2019. Access must be redeemed by 30 June 2019

Foundations for the LPC 2019-2020

Twenty-third 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.

Online Resources

Online resources accompanying the text include useful web links, forms, and diagrams.

Previous publication dates

June 2018, June 2017, June 2016

Foundations for the LPC 2019-2020

Twenty-third edition

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

Legal Practice Course Manuals

Part 1: Introduction
1. Professional conduct
2. Financial services
3. Money laundering
Part 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
Part 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
Part 4: Human Rights
16. Human rights

Foundations for the LPC 2019-2020

Twenty-third 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), National Teaching Fellow, Head of Law, Sheffield Hallam University, Kathryn Wright, Solicitor (non-practising),Lucy Crompton, Solicitor (non-practising),Helen Fox, Solicitor (non-practising), former Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University,Frances Seabridge, Solicitor (non-practising), Teaching Fellow in Law, Aston University,Susan Wigglesworth, Solicitor, Freelance Lecturer in Law