The module considers the various sorts of domestic partnership, and their birth, life, and death. Issues covered include:-

- Domestic Partnership Contracts
- Property Rights
- Family Homes & Domestic Violence
- Nullity & Judicial Separation
- Divorce
- Ancillary Financial Relief

WHOLE GROUP/LECTURE AND WORKSHOP SESSIONS -these will be used to introduce new topics in the programme and to disseminate general information as well as providing guidance for small group sessions. New topics introduced in these sessions will be developed further in the discussions and in the work undertaken in small group sessions.
12 HOURS

SMALLER GROUP SESSIONS - will be used as a forum in which specific topics and the results of preparatory study can be discussed , although they will also include other learning activities designed to improve research, presentational, and communication skills. The emphasis in these sessions is on student interaction.
4 HOURS

DIRECTED STUDY & SELF-MANAGED STUDY - this will play an important part in this module, and participants will be asked to undertake reading and study tasks prior to the small-group sessions, and to reflect on work done in those sessions as a major part of their preparation for the ass -
134 HOURS

TOTAL LEARNING HOURS - 150 HOURS

Herring J. (2009). Family Law. London, Longman.
Masson J.M, Bailey-Harris R. & Probert, P. (2008). Cretney?s Principles of Family Law, 7th Ed. London, Sweet & Maxwell.

The Study Guide and associated materials.
The module Blackboard page.
Appropriate texts, legislation, cases and journals.
Computing facilities (necessary to access materials on the web and specialist online databases.)

An Assignment, length 2500 WORDS, which will assess all Learning Outcomes.

To pass this module, students must obtain a mark of at least 40%.