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Note: This course is scheduled in teaching periods that occur between week 6 and week 10 in terms T1C and T3C.

This course focuses on the lawyer’s role in the management and resolution of civil disputes. It covers the relevant skills, values and competencies for property and commercial and corporate practice prescribed by the Legal Profession Admission Rules 2015, Schedule 2 (Practical legal training competencies for entry-level lawyers). 

This course provides the opportunity to build on, consolidate and apply your knowledge and understanding of property law, company law and commercial law attained during your law degree.  You will complete tasks and activities that reflect the transactions that lawyers commonly undertake in these areas of practice. It will use and further develop your writing, drafting, legal research, analytical and problem-solving skills in the context of representing a client in transactions such as the sale and purchase of land, a lease, advising on business structures, and the sale or purchase of a business.

This course is a mandatory course for the Graduate Diploma in Legal Professional Practice (GDLPP). This course can also be undertaken on a non-award basis.