Foundations for the LPC 2012-13

• The essential elements of law and the areas which impact upon legal pratice are covered in detail, offering all of the information needed to enable students and lecturers to work through these compulsory areas with ease
• Diagrams, flowcharts, examples, and specimen forms ensure that the law is put into context, enabling students to understand the practical application of the law
• Checkpoints and summaries allow students to access the key points quickly and provide a useful reference tool for summarising knowledge and revising the covered topics
• Diagrams from the book are available to lecturers via the Online Resource Centre in a format that can be used both in the classroom and in handouts

New to this edition

• The content of Chapter 1 (Professional Conduct) has been amended to reflect the implementation of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Code of Conduct in October 2011.
• The Solicitors' Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules 2001 and Solicitors' Financial Services (Scope) Rules 2001 are reproduced as appendices.
• The chapters on Revenue Law take into account the proposals contained in the Budget introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in March 2012.

Readership: Trainee solicitors studying on the Legal Practice Course; recently qualified practitioners.

George Miles, Solicitor, and sometime Associate Dean, Head of Professional Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of the West of England, Clare Firth, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice, University of Sheffield, Paulene Denyer, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer at the Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, Zoe Ollerenshaw, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice at the University of Sheffield, Pauline Laidlaw, Solicitor, Deputy Director of Legal Practice at the University of Sheffield, Elizabeth Smart, Solicitor, Director of Legal Practice, BPP Law School, Leeds, and Kathryn Wright, Senior Lecturer, BPP Law School, Leeds

Professional Conduct
1: Professional conduct
Financial Services and Money Laundering
2: Financial services
3: Money laundering
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: Taxation of sole proprietors and partnerships
11: Taxation of trusts and settlements
Wills and administration of estates
12: Introduction to wills and administration of estates
13: Entitlement to the estate
14: Application for a grant of representation
15: Post-grant practice
EU law
16: EU law
Human rights
17: Human rights