Module Descriptors
PRACTICAL LEGAL RESEARCH (LIT)
LAWS70659
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 7
0 credits
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Leader: Susan Cunningham-Hill
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Module Details
Module Indicative Content
Students should understand the need for thorough investigation of the factual and legal issues involved in a client's matter, the need for preparation and the best way to undertake it.
Students should be able to :-
- identify the objectives of the employer or client
- identify and analyse the factual material
- identify the legtal context in which the factual issues arise
- identify appropriate sources for investigating the relevant facts
- determine when further facts are required
- identify and analyse the legal issues
- apply the relevant legal provisions to the facts
- relate the central legal and factual issues to each other
- identify the legal, factual and other issues presented by the documents
- analyse the client's instructions and be able to identify the legal, factual and other issues presented by them
- record and present the results of research in a clear, useful and reliable form
Students should be able to :-
- identify the objectives of the employer or client
- identify and analyse the factual material
- identify the legtal context in which the factual issues arise
- identify appropriate sources for investigating the relevant facts
- determine when further facts are required
- identify and analyse the legal issues
- apply the relevant legal provisions to the facts
- relate the central legal and factual issues to each other
- identify the legal, factual and other issues presented by the documents
- analyse the client's instructions and be able to identify the legal, factual and other issues presented by them
- record and present the results of research in a clear, useful and reliable form