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Semester 2

Succession and Trust Law (LAWS08130)

Subject

Law

College

CAHSS

Credits

10

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course, with no exceptions. Semester 2 Law exchange students who wish to take this course must have previously completed courses equivalent to Contract & Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127), Family Law Ordinary (LAWS08126) and Property Law Ordinary (LAWS08133). **Please see Additional Restrictions**

Course Summary

This course provides an introduction to the law of succession and the law of trusts under the law of Scotland. Succession introduces students to the legal rules regulating the distribution of property upon death, and the principles informing those rules. Trust law introduces students to the legal institution of trusts whereby property is handed to a trustee to administer, and ultimately distribute to beneficiaries, in accordance with the instructions of the truster (the person creating the trust). Both subjects form part of the legal knowledge outcomes required by the Law Society of Scotland for admission to practice as a solicitor in Scotland.

Course Description

Assessment Information

Written Exam 100%, Coursework 0%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Full Year Law exchange students who wish to enrol in this course must also enrol in three other courses alongside this one: Contract & Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127) and Family Law Ordinary (LAWS08126) in Semester 1, and Property Law Ordinary (LAWS08133) for the Full Year. **This course is only open to visiting students who are nominated to study with us on a Law exchange agreement. Exchange students outside of Law and study abroad students are not eligible to enrol on this course, with no exceptions.

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