UWL LLB (Hons)
Law

This module is designed to enable students to develop an understanding of the English and European Legal Systems.

The aims of the module are as follows:

– Understand the basic structure of the European Union
– Develop an understanding of the sources of law in Europe
– Understand the various roles performed by key law-making institutions in Europe
– Understand the key principles of EU law, including supremacy, direct effect, indirect effect and state liability
– Understand the Court of Justice of the EU and references under Art 267 TFEU
– Understand EU law relating to freedom of movement of goods and of workers

Land law is the area of law that focuses on the various forms of ownership in real property (land) and personal property. Thus, property refers to legally protected claims to land and personal property.

This module explores the respective concepts of Land law in English Law, including Equity. We shall explore and critically consider the way in which people – often several at the same time – acquire rights over land, and how disputes over these rights can be avoided, and if not, avoided then resolved. The principles of the Land Registration Act 2002 will be a key part of
the module.

The aims of the module are to:

– equip students with appropriate and relevant substantive and contextual knowledge of the rules, principles and policy factors underpinning the development and application of Tort Law in England and Wales;
– enable students to conduct research using appropriate information technology (IT), including statistics and other numerical data, in order to resolve problems caused by breaches
of Tort related obligations and to maintain and update their expertise;
– help students to develop an understanding of how interpersonal interests are affected and protected by the Law of Torts; and
– facilitate the active development of skills in order to be able to make use of the process by which disputes involving Tort law are resolved.

This module includes the study of both Equity and the law of Trusts in English Law. It introduces the concept of equity and explores the creation of equitable interests and the rules applicable to their transfer.

It provides students with a knowledge and understanding of the trust mechanism and the rules which apply to its creation and operation. This module enables students to identify and analyse the different types of trust, examining the distinctions between express and implied trusts and the circumstances in which Trusts are expressly created and the circumstances in which implied trusts arise, together with the importance of such trusts and their application.

This module will deal with the main principles of Land Law. Land law deals with the rights to use, alienate, or exclude others from land. We shall focus on the creation and determination of leases, encumbrances over land, in particular easements, the law of mortgages and the creation and passing of freehold restrictive covenants.

The module aims to enable students to undertake effective undergraduate study of law whilst instilling them with the skills required in the areas of oral presentation skills, advocacy and mooting.

Students will be provided with opportunities to become familiar with a range of legal research skills and drafting skills in the context of advocacy
and mooting.