CLP Legal Practice Guides: Legal Foundations 2024/25

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Legal Foundations provides a practical introduction to five subjects that are an intrinsic part of legal practice and which must be clearly understood by all practitioners: Revenue Law, Professional Conduct, EU Law, Human Rights, and Probate and Administration. Worked examples illustrate how these topics are applied in practice. Part II (Professional Conduct) has been rewritten to reflect the SRA Standards and Regulations due to come into effect in November 2019.

Revenue Law:

Value Added Tax

Income Tax

Capital Gains Tax

Inheritance Tax

Tax-Efficient Investments

Professional Conduct:

The Legal Profession

Regulating the Profession

The Principles

Obtaining Instructions

The Retainer

Client Care and Costs

Confidentiality

Conflicts of Interests

Undertakings

Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Duties Owed to the Court and Third Parties

Financial Services

Requirements of Practice

EU Law:

Sources of EU Law

The Institutions

The Relationship between EU Law and National Law

Seeking a Remedy in National Courts

Free Movement of Workers

Freedom of Establishment and Provision of Services

Free Movement of Goods

Competition Law

Human Rights:

The European Convention on Human Rights

The Human Rights Act 1998

Probate and Administration:

Succession to Property on Death

Probate Practice and Procedure

Administration of an Estate

Part I – Revenue Law
Value Added Tax
Income Tax
Capital Gains Tax
Inheritance Tax
Tax-Efficient Investments

Part II – Professional Conduct
The Legal Profession
Regulating the Profession
The Principles
Obtaining Instructions
The Retainer
Client Care and Costs
Confidentiality
Conflict of Interests
Undertakings
Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Duties Owed to the Court and Third Parties
Financial Services
Requirements of Practice

Part III – EC Law
Sources of EU Law
The Institutions
The Relationship between EU Law and National Law
Seeking a Remedy in National Courts
Free Movement of Workers
Freedom of Establishment and Provision of Services
Free Movement of Goods
Competition Law

Part IV – Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights
The Human Rights Act 1998

Part V – Probate and Administration
Succession to Property on Death
Probate Practice and Procedure
Administration of an Estate