Law revision - LLB - GDL

Revision Seminars Syllabuses

The seminars will cover the subject areas listed below. It may not be possible to give equal emphasis to all the topics in the seminar.

LLB and GDL REVISION April and May 2011

The next QED LAW revision seminars for LLB and GDL / CPE students take place in April and May 2011 at University College London. For more information - click here

Criminal Law

• Homicide: Murder and manslaughter including voluntary manslaughter - loss of control and diminished responsibility
• Offences contrary to the Theft Acts 1968 and 1978 and the Fraud Act 2006
• General principles including automatism and intoxication.
• Criminal damage
• General defences including self-defence, necessity and duress.
• Accomplice liability, conspiracy and attempt
• Non fatal offences: Offences contrary to the Offences Against the Person Act 1861

"I will recommend the seminars to others as I found them very useful and helpful. The lecturers were very clear, easy to understand and easy to approach. I am extremely pleased I decided to attend them and they have made me feel more confident about the exams! I will definitely be coming back again next year." Caroline Brooker, LLB, University of Kent

English Legal System (CLRI)

• The doctrine of precedent
• Statutory interpretation
• The jury
• Civil and criminal justice systems including the Woolf civil justice reforms/
• The judiciary
• Elements of PACE

The revision seminars were extremely useful and they helped consolidate the year's work into manageable revision blocks. Diane Jackson, LLB, Birkbeck College

Law of Contract

• Formation of contracts: offer and acceptance, consideration and estoppel
• Contents: terms; conditions/ warranties/innominate terms
• Exclusion and limitation clauses
• Misrepresentation and mistake
• Restraint of trade
• Discharge, particularly frustration.
• Remedies for breach of contract, particularly damages.

"At the start of the courses I felt a million miles away from the subject and by the end, I felt that I knew where I was going and what I had to do in order to cope with the exams. The courses were brilliant; energetic and focused and got me on the right track. I definitely plan to take advantage of this year's courses as well." Joanie Solaini, LLB, Southampton University

Public (Constitutional) Law

• Rule of Law
• Separation of Powers
• Sovereignty of Parliament
• The impact of EU Law.
• Human Rights Act 1998 and Civil Liberties
• Prerogative powers / aspects of judicial review

"Never have I learned so much in such a short space of time - I feel I gained a real understanding of the topics covered,an impressive number in the available time, as well as invaluable exam focus. For the first time I actually feel I know what examiners are looking for. The latest case briefings were invaluable & the course materials were of such quality & explanatory in nature that I (unusually for me) continue to retain the information." Tara McHale, GDL, BPP Law School

Land Law

• General rules on creation of interests and transmission of burden on sale (registered / unregistered land).
• Coownership (interests under express / resulting / constructive trusts) - nature, acquisition, transmission of burden on sale.
• Coownership (rights and duties of coowners) - severance, disputes as to occupation / sale.
• Leases - nature, acquisition, transmission of burden on sale.
• Leases – landlord & tenant rights and duties (types of covenants, remedies, transmission of benefit and burden of covenants).
• Easements / profits - nature, acquisition, transmission of burden on sale, rights and duties.
• Freehold covenants - nature, acquisition, transmission of benefit, transmission of burden on sale.
• Mortgages – borrower’s & lender’s rights and duties (enforceability of terms, powers of lender, undue influence / misrepresentation).

"I will certainly recommend these seminars - [Public Law, Law of Contract, Criminal Law and Land Law] - to fellow students for next year. They have been invaluable." Angela Dack, LLB, University of Essex

European Union Law

• EU Constitutional Reform
• Supremacy and Direct Effect of EC Law
• Damages for Breach of EC Law
• Free Movement of Goods and Workers
• EC Competition Law

"I was very impressed. It was great to be told HOW to answer questions - something that no-one has bothered to tell us. I really appeciated being taken through the answers step-by-step. Excellent!" Carol Thompson King's College London LLB

Law of Trusts

• The three certainties
• Constitution of a trust, including formalities
• Secret trusts
• Resulting trusts and constructive trusts, including breach of fiduciary duties
• Private purpose trusts and charitable trusts in outline
• Breach of trust and remedies

Attended Public Law, Criminal Law, Law of Contract, Law of Trusts, Law of Tort, Land Law: "I thought all the seminars were excellent." Mark Reckless, GDL, College of Law

Law of Tort

• Negligence - duty, including nervous shock, pure economic loss, breach and causation.
• Defences
• Vicarious liability
• Nuisance & Rylands v Fletcher
• Manufacturers Liability at Common Law and statute
• Occupiers Liability
• Defamation

"The revision sessions in Tort, EU and Law of Trusts were fantastic. I've genuinely never been taught it in such a coherent manner." Suzanne El Hawary, LLB, UEA

Commercial Law

• Agency

• What is an agency, why is it important?
• Creation of agency and authority
• Relationships with third party: disclosed agency
• Relationships with third party: undisclosed agency

• Sale of Goods

• What is a sale contract?
• Passing property in goods under sale contract
• Implied terms as to delivery and payment
• Implied term as to right to sell: s.12
• Implied term as to description: s.13
• Implied terms as to quality: s.14
• Implied term: sale by sample: s. 15
• Remedies for breach of sale contract
• Retention of title clause
• Nemo dat quod non habet

"I would certainly recommend the seminars (and I have done so!). They are helpful and provide one with that last minute insight in how to actually structure the exam script. Thank you for organising them!" Fizza Kadiwal, LLB, University of London International Programmes - (formerly the External LLB)

Law of Evidence

• Relevance and weight
• Burden and standard of proof
• Hearsay and hearsay exceptions
• Character of witnesses generally (including sex offence complainants)
• Character of the accused
• Expert evidence

I thoroughly recommend the QED revision lectures for anyone studying for the LLB and related courses.Fiona De La Cour, LLB, University of Hull (2009)

Jurisprudence

• Postivism: Austin, Command Theory and Hart's Concept of Law
• Liberalism and the Hart-Devlin debate
• Dworkin's theory of law as integrity
• Dworkin's criticism of positivism
• Feminist jurisprudence

I found the Tort revision seminar extremely useful. It summarised well all the major areas and the tutor kept it very interesting so that the 5 hours just flew by. Eliska Tomanova, BA Jurisprudence, University of Oxford

INFORMATION: For further information about QED Law Revision Seminars and /or Private Tuition please call 020 8144 2323 or 0844 3729813

The seminars were all geared toward what I was looking for. It can be unnerving to approach all of the GDL exams and not know exactly what's expected in the exam, so hearing directly from experienced examiners really helped. It was especially helpful going to another source and getting another perspective on the issues. I do thank you very much for offering the seminars and for calming my nerves! In terms of venue, time, etc., I found them to be very well organized, and the location was central, very easy to get to. I will recommend the seminars to anyone interested in this valuable exam preparation! Erica Griebel, GDL, City University

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