Foundations for the LPC 2010-2011

Foundations for the LPC offers an excellent base for students who need to understand the key principles underlying the Legal Practice Course. As well as offering coverage of topics such as EU Law, human rights, and tax, the book illustrates the importance of professional conduct by including extracts from the Solicitors' Regulation Authority's Code of Conduct. The text includes worked examples and scenarios throughout to illustrate key points and aid understanding, and checkpoints and summaries to test comprehension of the core material. This guide is essential reading for all students and a useful reference source for practitioners.1: PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT; 1. Professional conduct; 2. Financial services; 2: EU LAW; 3. EU law; 3: REVENUE LAW; 4. An introduction to revenue law; 5. Income tax; 6. Capital gains tax; 7. Inheritance tax; 8. Corporation tax; 9. Value added tax; 10. Introduction to the taxation of sole proprietors and partnerships; 11. Introduction to the taxation of trusts and settlements; 4: PROBATE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES; 12. Introduction to probate and administration of estates; 13. Entitlement to the estate; 14. Application for a grant of representation; 15. Post-grant practice; 5: HUMAN RIGHTS; 16. Human Rights; Appendix 1: Answers to self-test questions; Appendix 2: Investments; Appendix 3: Solicitors' Financial Services (Scope) Rules 2001; Appendix 4: Solicitors' Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules 2001