LLB Regulations 2014-2015

Programme Specification
and Regulations
20142015

Important document please read.
This document contains important information that governs your
registration, assessment and programme of study.
LLB, Diploma in Law and related individual
courses (Revised Regulations)
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Programme Specification and Regulations for the LLB, Diploma
in Law and related individual courses (Revised Regulations)

Registration for the History of English Law [LA3012] course has been discontinued and no new registrations
for this course will be accepted. The last examinations, including resits, under these Regulations for this
course, will be held in 2017.
Contents
Important information regarding the
Programme Specification and Regulations ...... 3
Programme Specification 2014-15 ..................... 5
Entrance requirements ....................................... 9
Educational aims and outcomes of the
programmes ................................................ 11
Educational aims and learning outcomes for
the Awards .................................................. 11
Learning, teaching and assessment
strategies ..................................................... 13
Assessment methods ....................................... 15
Student support and guidance ......................... 15
Quality evaluation and enhancement ............... 16
After Graduation ............................................... 16
Detailed Regulations 2014-15 ........................... 18
1 Structures of the programmes .................... 18
2 Credit transfer and accreditation of prior
learning ....................................................... 20
3 Registration ................................................. 23
4 Assessment for the programme .................. 25
5 Number of attempts permitted at an
examination ................................................. 29
6 Assessment offences and penalties ........... 30
7 Progression within the programme ............. 31
8 Schemes of award ...................................... 39
9 Final diploma and diploma supplement ...... 40
10 Fees and refunds ........................................ 42
11 Transferring your registration ...................... 43
12 Specific access requirements or
disabilities .................................................... 45
13 Complaints, suspension and termination
of registration .............................................. 46
Programme specification for individual
courses 20142015 ............................................ 47
Brief summary of provision for individual
courses ........................................................ 47
Brief summary of provision for individual
courses ........................................................ 47
Entrance requirements ..................................... 48
Detailed Regulations for the provision of
individual courses ............................................. 50
1 Individual courses available for study on a
stand-alone basis ........................................ 50
2 Registration ................................................. 51
3 Assessment for the programme ................. 53
4 Number of attempts permitted at an
examination ................................................ 56
5 Assessment offences and penalties........... 57
6 Progression from individual courses .......... 58
7 Marks .......................................................... 58
8 Receiving the final diploma and diploma
supplement ................................................. 59
9 Fees and refunds ....................................... 59
10 Specific access requirements or
disabilities ................................................... 60
11 Complaints, suspension and termination
of registration .............................................. 61
Appendix A Structure .................................... 62
Scheme A ........................................................ 62
Scheme B ........................................................ 63
Decisions for students seeking a Qualifying
Law Degree ................................................ 64
Graduate Entry Route A .................................. 65
Graduate Entry Route B .................................. 66
Diploma in Law ................................................ 67
Appendix B Syllabuses ................................. 68
Administrative law [LA3008] ............................ 68
Civil and criminal procedure [LA3004] ............ 69
Commercial law [LA3017] ............................... 70
Common law reasoning and institutions
[LA1031] ..................................................... 71
Company law [LA3021] ................................... 71
Conflict of laws [LA3014] ................................. 72
Criminal law [LA1010] ..................................... 72
Criminology [LA3025] ...................................... 73
Elements of the law of contract [LA1040] ........ 74
EU law [LA3024] .............................................. 74
Evidence [LA3007] .......................................... 74
Family law [LA3019] ........................................ 75
History of English law [LA3012] ....................... 75
Intellectual property [LA3026].......................... 75
International protection of human rights
[LA3029] ..................................................... 76
Introduction to Islamic law [LA3028]................ 77
Jurisprudence and legal theory [LA3005] ........ 77
Labour law [LA3018] ....................................... 78
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Land Law .......................................................... 78
Law of tort [LA3001] ......................................... 78
Law of trusts [LA3002] ..................................... 79
Laws Dissertation course option [LA3200]....... 79
Laws Skills Portfolio ......................................... 79
Property law [LA3003] ...................................... 80
Public law [LA1020] .......................................... 80
Public international law [LA3013] ..................... 81
Succession [LA3016] ....................................... 81
Appendix C Transfers and Credits (within
LLB and Diploma in Law) .................................. 82
Appendix D Scheme of Award ...................... 84
Appendix E Assessment Criteria .................. 86
LLB ................................................................. 86
Diploma in Law ................................................. 87
Glossary of terms .............................................. 89
Related documents and other sources of
information ......................................................... 95
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Important information regarding the Programme Specification
and Regulations
Last revised 22/07/2014
This Programme Specification and Regulations document is presented in support of our commitment to the
nationally agreed reference points for assuring the quality and standards of higher education, known as the
UK Quality Code for Higher Education. Further information can be found at:
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuringstandardsandquality/Pages/default.aspx
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This document contains all the regulations for a specific programme(s) and the associated regulations for
individual modules that can be taken on a stand-alone basis as follows:
The programme regulations are divided into the Programme Specification and the Detailed Regulations (which
includes relevant Appendices). The Programme Specification gives the core regulatory information about the
programme and is supplemented by the Detailed Regulations.
Regulations concerning provision for individual modules is divided in to a Summary of provision for individual
modules and the Detailed regulations for the provision of individual modules (which may include relevant
Appendices).
The document also contains a Glossary which defines certain terms used within the document and a section
with details about related documents and sources of information to which a student is likely to need to refer at
different times in their studies.
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Some regulations are general regulations, which mean that they apply to all University of London International
Programmes at a given level of study. These regulations are marked with (GR) next to the paragraph number.
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Students registered for any of the programmes covered by this Programme Specification and Regulations
must follow the procedures, deadlines and instructions issued by the University, including the University of
London Regulations. The University is not responsible for anything that happens if a student does not follow
the regulations, procedures, deadlines or instructions.
See the section on related documents and sources of information.
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On all matters where the regulations need to be interpreted, or where there is no regulation that exactly covers
your situation, the Universitys decision is final.
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For the whole time of a students registration for a specific programme, core elements (set out in the
Programme Specification) of that programme will remain unchanged unless appropriate consultation with
students has taken place. However, the Programme Specification and Regulations are reviewed and
published annually, and certain programme details may change. Each years Programme Specification and
Regulations replace those of the previous year, and students must make sure that they always refer to the
current version.
Changes for registered students will be introduced as follows:
Two years notice will be given when a course is withdrawn, when a syllabus is substantially
amended, when a prerequisite for a course is introduced, and when the assessment method for a
course is changed.
Five years notice will be given if the University decides to withdraw the programme.
All other regulations may be amended without notice. If a change to the regulations is considered to
have a negative effect on students, appropriate student consultation will take place before introducing
the change to a current student cohort. Normally, major changes to a programme will only be
introduced for a new cohort of students.
Examples of changes to the regulations which can be considered to have a negative effect for registered
students are significant changes to the structure of the programme, changes to the progression rules in the
programme, changes to the weighting of courses and changes to pass marks or the classification of the
award.

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Students registered for the programmes covered by this Programme Specification and Regulations are
registered with the University of London International Academy. The Colleges of the University of London and
the University of London International Academy work together to deliver the University of London International
Programmes.
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All University of London International Programmes adhere to the Universitys agreed policies for academic
programmes and awards.
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Every effort is taken to make sure the material produced by the University of London International
Programmes is accurate. This document contains links to the websites of other organisations. The University
of London International Programmes is not responsible for the content of these sites and does not recommend
nor necessarily agree with opinions expressed and services provided at those sites.

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Programme Specification 201415

For prospectus details about the programme, please see
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/prospectus/intercollegiate-prospectus.pdf
Title and name of awards
See Glossary for an explanation of terms.
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Diploma in Law
Diploma of Higher Education in Laws (offered as an exit award only)
Certificate of Higher Education in Laws (offered as an exit award only)
There is also the provision for individual courses of the LLB to be studied on a stand-alone basis.
Students graduating with a University of London award will be sent two documents: a final diploma
parchment, and a diploma supplement. The final diploma will indicate registration with the University of
London and the award of a University of London Degree or Diploma, incorporating the University of London
logo and signature of the Vice-Chancellor, and indicating that the Undergraduate Laws Consortium was the
Lead College involved. The diploma supplement will describe the nature, level and content of the programme
that has been successfully completed, including a transcript of modules taken and marks achieved as well as
the overall classification. It also provides further information about the role of the Lead College and method of
study.
Level of the programmes
The FHEQ forms part of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education of the Quality Assurance Agency for
Higher Education (QAA).
The awards are placed at the following Levels of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ):
LLB degree Level 6
Diploma in Law Level 4
Diploma of Higher Education in Law Level 5
Certificate of Higher Education in Law Level 4
Relevant QAA subject benchmarks group(s)
See the QAA website for information.
Law
www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-satatement-Law-2007.aspx
Awarding body
University of London
Registering body
www.londoninternational.ac.uk
University of London International Academy
Lead College
See Glossary for an explanation.
The following Colleges contribute to the programme: Birkbeck; Kings College London; London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE); Queen Mary, University of London; School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS) and University College London (UCL).

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Accreditation by professional or statutory body
Students wishing to become lawyers are advised to contact the legal professional body in the jurisdiction
where they hope to practise to find out if these programmes will satisfy, or contribute to, their requirements for
the academic stage of legal training.
In England and Wales, a prospective solicitor or barrister must have a Qualifying Law Degree to be
exempted from the academic stage of qualification. The Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards
Board both recognise the University of London International Programmes LLB as a Qualifying Law Degree
subject to the time limits for each pathway and the requirement that the graduate has passed the
assessments in the foundation subjects (including EU law) in not more than three attempts. Where a student
has been permitted to transfer credits from another degree programme, the transferred credits must have
formed part of a Qualifying Law Degree. Students registered after 1 September 2007 must also satisfactorily
complete a Laws Skills Portfolio in the final year of their studies.
A student may apply for credit and/or accreditation of prior learning for up to four Year 1 courses under
Scheme A and Scheme B. Credit transfer or accreditation of prior learning is not permitted under Graduate
Entry Routes A and B.
Details of credits and accreditation of prior learning are to be found in section 2 of the Detailed Regulations.
Accreditation of prior learning will be considered only for students who have gained Level 6 of the Professional
Higher Diploma in Law or the Professional Higher Diploma in Law and Practice of the Institute of Legal
Executives, to a maximum of four (120 credits) Year 1 courses.
Students who have passed examinations specified by the University are eligible to apply for credit transfer in
respect of study equivalent to the Year 1 examinations for the LLB degree under Scheme A or Scheme B.
Applications for credit transfer will be considered only where students satisfy the general entrance
requirements for the LLB degree.
Credit transfer requests will be considered from students who have successfully completed (within three years
before the date of application) the Year 1 or equivalent examination of an appropriate degree at a university
acceptable to the University of London provided that:
the student has successfully passed all the necessary assessments and examinations in any full year
of study for which credit is transferred; and
the student has passed all courses on any part of the degree programme on which transfer is based.
Full details are in section 11 of the Detailed Regulations.
Language of study and assessment
See also section 4 of the Detailed Regulations.
English
Mode of study
Find further details about student support in the Student Guide and Programme Handbook and VLE.

Information on Teaching Institutions can be found here: www.londoninternational.ac.uk/onlinesearch/institutions
Study is by distance and flexible learning. For the Diploma in Law, students are required to attend a full or part
time course of instruction at an institution that is recognised to teach the Diploma by the University.
Programme structures and requirements
LLB degree
The LLB degree is offered under four schemes of examination, as follows:
Scheme A consists of 12 courses (360 credits) examined in three parts, each of four courses.
Scheme B consists of 12 courses (360 credits) examined in four parts, each of three courses.
Graduate Entry Route A consists of nine courses (270 credits) examined in two parts, the first of four
courses and the second of five courses.
Graduate Entry Route B consists of nine courses (270 credits) examined in three parts, each of three
courses.
See full details in section 1 of the Detailed Regulations.
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The maximum and minimum periods of registration, from a students effective date of registration, are:
LLB degree Minimum Maximum
Scheme A Three years
(Two years where maximum accreditation
of prior learning has been granted)
Eight years
Scheme B Four years
(Three years where maximum accreditation
of prior learning has been granted)
Eight years
Graduate Entry Route A Two years Eight years
Graduate Entry Route B Three years Eight years
Study materials are made available after registration and on payment of the applicable fee.
Registration may be extended, subject to approval and payment of applicable fees.
Full details are in section 3 of the Detailed Regulations.

The LLB is awarded according to the following classes:
Mark range Classification
70 and over First Class Honours
60 to 69 Second Class Honours (Upper Division)
50 to 59 Second Class Honours (Lower Division)
40 to 49 Third Class Honours
0 to 39 Fail
To be considered for the award of the LLB degree, a student must have attempted all the examinations
required under the scheme for which they are registered. One compensated pass in a course (30 credits) will
be awarded after a student has attempted and failed a course three times and where the mark gained at one
of the attempts is between 35-39%.
For Scheme A and Scheme B the class of degree awarded is determined on the basis of the students
performance in the eight Finals courses. The students aggregate mark is also taken into account.
For Graduate Entry Routes A and B, the class of degree awarded is determined on the basis of the students
performance in all courses. The students aggregate mark is also taken into account.
All courses that count towards the class of degree are weighted equally.
To obtain a degree with a given class of Honours a student will normally be required to achieve passes in at
least half the courses at or above that class, and to achieve an aggregate mark at or above that class, but the
Examiners will take into account a students overall performance.
The LLB as a Qualifying Law Degree
The University of London International Programmes LLB is recognised in many jurisdictions as satisfying, or
partially satisfying, the requirements for the academic stage of legal study. In England and Wales the
University of London International Programmes LLB is recognised as a Qualifying Law Degree fulfilling the
requirements of the academic stage of legal training subject to certain conditions determined by the Solicitors
Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board. These conditions include the requirements that a
Qualifying Law Degree must be completed within six years and limit the number of examination attempts at a
foundation subject to a maximum of three. Students on the University of London International Programmes
LLB must ensure that they include EU law in their programme of study (EU law is the only foundation subject
which is not compulsory on the University of London International Programmes LLB) and satisfactorily
complete a Laws Skills Portfolio during their programme of study.
In order to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales the successful LLB graduate holding a Qualifying Law
Degree must go on to complete the Legal Practice Course at a validated institution. In order to practise at the
Bar of England and Wales an LLB student must graduate with at least a Second Class Honours degree, must
continue onto the Bar Professional Training Course at a validated institution and must undertake a period of
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The LLB degree provides training not only for students wishing to develop careers in the legal profession but
also for many other professions; for example government, journalism and business. Those students who
successfully complete the LLB may be able to progress to the Masters of Law or a related Masters
programme in the field or a related area.
Diploma in Law
The Diploma in Law consists of four compulsory courses (120 credits).
Find full details in section 1 of the Detailed Regulations.
No accreditation of prior learning or credit can be awarded from, or for, any course of the Diploma in Law.
From a students effective date of registration, the maximum and minimum periods of registration are:
Minimum Maximum
Diploma in Law One year if the student is attending a full-time
course of instruction or

Two years if attending a part-time course of
instruction
Five years,
whether
studying full-
time or part-time
Study materials are made available after registration and on payment of the applicable fee.
Registration may be extended, subject to approval and payment of applicable fees.
Find full details in section 10 of the Detailed Regulations.
The Diploma in Law is awarded according to the following classes:
Mark range Class
70 and over Distinction
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail
To be awarded the Diploma in Law A student must have achieved a pass in four courses (120 credits).
The Diploma in Law will be awarded with the grading Distinction, Merit, Credit or Pass. To obtain a Diploma in
Law with a given classification a candidate is required to achieve three marks of the class. Additionally, the
Examiners must be satisfied that there is sufficient strength in the fourth paper.
Students who have been awarded the Diploma in Law and transfer to the LLB degree Scheme A, Scheme B
or Scheme F will be credited with all four courses passed in the Diploma in Law.
Students who meet the entrance requirements for the LLB degree and who have not been awarded the
Diploma in Law but have reached the pass mark in three courses may transfer to the LLB degree Scheme B
or Scheme F and will be credited with those three courses.
Exit Awards
The Diploma of Higher Education in Law consists of eight courses. The Diploma of Higher Education in Law is
offered to students as an exit award only, at the discretion of the University.
To be awarded the Diploma of Higher Education in Law a student must have achieved a pass in eight courses
(240 credits). The final mark is determined by an average of all eight marks, weighted equally. The Diploma of
Higher Education will be awarded with the grading Distinction, Merit, Credit or Pass. To obtain a Diploma of
Higher Education with a given classification a candidate is required to achieve a final mark within the range as
follows:
Mark range Class
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail
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The Certificate of Higher Education in Law consists of four courses and is offered to students as an exit award
only, at the discretion of the University.
To be awarded the Certificate of Higher Education in Law a student must have achieved a pass in four
courses (120 credits). The final mark is determined by an average of all four marks, weighted equally. The
Certificate of Higher Education will be awarded with the grading Distinction, Merit, Credit or Pass. To obtain a
Certificate of Higher Education with a given classification a candidate is required to achieve a final mark within
the range as follows:

Mark range Class
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail
Credit value of courses
Where credits are assigned to each course of a programme, credit indicates the amount of learning carried
out in terms of the number of study hours needed, and a specified credit level indicates the depth, complexity
and intellectual demand of learning involved.
Each course of the LLB and the Diploma in Law has been assigned a credit value of 30 at either FHEQ Level
4 or 6.
Further information about the credit systems used by universities in the UK and Europe is available in:
The Higher Education Credit Framework for England,
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Academic-Credit-Framework.pdf
The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England,
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Framework-Higher-Education-Qualifications-08.pdf
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System,
http://ec.europa.eu/education/tools/ects_en.htm
Entrance requirements
You must meet the relevant entrance requirements given in this section. To be considered for admission as an
International Programmes student, you must also submit an application no later than 1 October in the year in
which you intend to start studying and according to the procedures and deadlines set out on our website.
See www.londoninternational.ac.uk/applications-and-admissions for details on the application process.
Students with specific access requirements should refer to section 12of the Detailed Regulations.
To be considered for registration for an undergraduate degree or Diploma in Higher Education as an
International Programmes student, you must normally satisfy both the University of Londons general entrance
requirements and the additional programme specific entrance requirements as follows:
General Entrance Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees
Age:
You must normally be at least 17 years of age on or before 30 November in the year of registration.
Qualifications:
For Degrees and Diplomas of Higher Education you must have passed qualifications that satisfy
category G in the Qualifications for Entrance schedule.

The Qualifications for Entrance schedule can be found here:
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/entrance_qualifications.pdf
General Entrance Requirements for LLB Degree
Age
You should check your programme requirements which are given on our website.
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General Entrance Requirements for Diploma in Law
Age
Specific requirements
Students must have passed an entrance test administered by a recognised teaching institution with Diploma
Teaching Status and be in attendance at an appropriate course of instruction. Each institution will have their
own admissions criteria. Contact the institution directly for this information.
For further details refer to the prospectus and www.londoninternational.ac.uk/onlinesearch/institutions
Programme specific entrance requirements for graduate entry
The following are eligible to apply for graduate entry:
Graduates holding a full First degree from a state University in the United Kingdom or another
European country or in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa or the West Indies.
Graduates holding a full First degree from a regionally accredited institution in the USA.
Graduates holding a full First degree from an Indian Institute of Technology or a four year full-time
First degree from a recognised university or a three year full-time First degree from a limited number
of acceptable universities in India.
Graduates holding a four-year full-time First degree from a limited number of acceptable universities
in Vietnam.
Professional qualifications cannot be considered for graduate entry. Students with other degrees not listed
above should seek advice from the Admissions Office at the address in the prospectus. Degrees not listed
above will be considered at the discretion of the University.
English language requirements
You must satisfy the English language requirements for your programme.
These can be found by clicking on your programme and then clicking on the Requirements tab:
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/courses/search/?solrsort=sort_title asc&filters=%20tid%3A557
Internet access
All students are required to have regular internet access, allowing them to access the following resources:
The student portal
University of London email address
Details of their student records
Programme resources on the VLE (as applicable)
Programme resources on the University of London International Programmes website
The Programme Specifications and Regulations for their programme of study
The University Regulations and the University of London International Programmes Student Charter
Students with specific access requirements
Students with specific access requirements should refer to section 12 of the Detailed Regulations.
The University of London International Programmes welcomes applications from students with disabilities
and/or specific access requirements. It aims to provide the appropriate support to enable students with
specific access requirements to have the same chance as all other students to successfully complete their
studies.
Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that both the application procedure and the programme itself
are organised and delivered to offer all students the opportunity to participate fully. Students with a disability or
others who may need special arrangements to assist in taking examinations (such as separate room or
special aids) should complete the relevant section of the application form, or contact the Inclusive Practice
Manager. Requests will be considered by a University panel, which aims to ensure that students with specific
access requirements are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged when compared with other students.

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For further information, see Inclusive Practice Policy
Sources of funding and scholarships
Information about potential sources of funding and scholarships is updated annually and available on the
website.
For information, please see www.londoninternational.ac.uk/distance-and-flexible-learning/funding-your-study.
Educational aims and outcomes of the programmes
The aims of the Laws Programme are to:
provide flexible access to common law legal study world-wide;
promote independent learning;
support that learning through providing a resource-rich online learning environment;
support the development of transferrable intellectual skills;
enable the development of critical awareness;
facilitate an understanding of the language of law;
provide an opportunity to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree (as defined by the Solicitors Regulation
Authority and Bar Standards Board for England and Wales).
Educational aims and learning outcomes for the Awards
Diploma in Law
The Diploma in Law must be studied at an institution which has been recognised by the University to teach the
Diploma in Law. You are required to attend a full or part-time course of instruction at a Diploma teaching
institution and comply with the institutions attendance requirements.
Subject knowledge
Students will have knowledge of:
the essential features of the legal system studied, including general familiarity with its institutions and
procedures.
the core principles of Public Law, Contract and Criminal Law.
Subject application/problem solving
Students will be able to:
identify the relevant legal issues arising from factual situations.
identify and apply case law and statutes relevant to the identified legal issues.
draw on these sources to address defined and/or routine problems in a legal context.
Subject sources and research
Students will:
be able to identify and use primary and secondary legal sources relevant to the specific topics
studied.
use the customised resources available on the VLE.
Analysis, evaluation, critical judgement and synthesis
Students will:
be able to collect and synthesise legal materials and use them in a focused and coherent manner.
be able to rank identified issues and related facts in terms of their relevance and apply knowledge
gained from identified sources to analyse relatively straightforward issues.
formulate and articulate an argument addressed to the identified issues supporting it with relevant
legal principles.
Autonomy
act independently in planning and managing tasks with guidance in the areas which they have
studied.
provide some reflection on their learning experiences.
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Key skills
Communication and literacy
write fluently, using legal terminology correctly.
read legal cases and summarise the arguments in them.
Other key skills
use standard applications to present information.
demonstrate basic competence in retrieving information from the VLE and on-line library.
Certificate of Higher Education in Law offered as an exit award only
Subject knowledge
Students will have knowledge of:
the essential features of the legal system studied, including general familiarity with its institutions and
procedures.
the core principles of Public Law, Contract and Criminal Law.
identify the relevant legal issues arising from factual situations.
draw on these sources to address defined and/or routine problems in a legal context.
Students will:
be able to identify and use primary and secondary legal sources relevant to the specific topics
studied.
use the customised resources available on the VLE.
collect and synthesise legal materials and use them in a focused and coherent manner.
rank identified issues and related facts in terms of their relevance and apply knowledge gained from
identified sources to analyse relatively straightforward issues.
legal principles.
Autonomy
act independently in planning and managing tasks with guidance in the areas which they have
studied.
provide some reflection on their learning experiences.
Key skills
write fluently, using legal terminology correctly.
read legal cases and summarise the arguments in them.
Other key skills
use standard applications to present information.
demonstrate basic competence in retrieving information from the VLE and on-line library.

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Diploma of Higher Education in Law offered as an exit award only
Subject knowledge
Students will have knowledge and understanding of:
the essential features of the legal system including familiarity with its institutions and procedures.
the key principles and values of legal areas extending beyond the core.
the core principles of Public Law, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Law of Trusts, Law of
Tort and Jurisprudence.
identify the relevant legal issues arising from particular factual situations.
apply their knowledge in a logical and coherent way to address routine legal issues arising over a
range of legal areas.
identify and use primary and secondary legal sources relevant to the topic under study.
evaluate information and demonstrate its relevance to the intended audience.
collect and synthesise legal materials and use them in a focused and coherent manner.
rank identified issues and related facts in terms of their relevance and apply knowledge gained from
identified sources to analyse legal issues.
legal principles, at the same time recognising potential alternative arguments.
Autonomy
Students will demonstrate sustained ability to plan and manage their learning to achieve established
objectives. Students will be able to provide some reflection on their learning experiences.
Key Skills
communicate effectively in writing, using legal terminology correctly.
read a range of legal materials and summarise their arguments accurately. Students will be able to
demonstrate techniques of legal argument.

Other key skills
Students will be able to demonstrate competence in retrieving information from the VLE and on-line library.
Learning, teaching and assessment strategies
The University of London Diploma in Law and LLB by distance learning is currently offered to over 18,000
students situated in over 50 countries. As a result, students come from very diverse backgrounds and
cultures, and their learning is affected by a number of factors. These factors include previous educational
experience, student orientation to study, and whether students study independently or through local
institutions.
The strategy of the Laws Programme is to promote learning environments which encourage meaningful and
active student centred learning, but which acknowledge the existence of diverse perspectives and approaches
to teaching and learning, is sensitive to the time and place constraints of students, communicates high
expectations, and is delivered via (print and electronic) media that are accessible, reliable and effective in
terms of promoting the learning outcomes that have been identified for the Diploma in Law and the LLB.
Because the Diploma in Law was established to widen access and is available to students without standard
entry qualifications, students who are studying for the Diploma in Law must register through, and be studying
at, a teaching institution that has been recognised for this purpose by the University. LLB students may also
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attend locally based teaching institutions. The distance learning study materials complement the face-to-face
learning support provided by these institutions.
All students are supported in their learning by provision of the book Studying Law, which provides a general
introduction to the nature of law and justice and a guide to the fundamental knowledge, skills and techniques
that the study of law demands.
Subject guides
These are intended to guide students through the courses as well as to introduce them to particular topics
within the syllabus. Each subject guide sets out the learning outcomes for that course as well as providing
advice on approaching the study of that course. This includes the essential reading, preparation for the
examination, and a series of self-test activities and general feedback together with sample examination
questions, designed to enable students to test their understanding. Subject guides for each course are
supplemented each year with Recent Developments in Law, available on the VLE.
Study packs
Supplementing the subject guides, these provide essential and further readings that are not available through
the VLE or the on-line library.
Course textbooks and statute books
On initial registration, for each of the Diploma/Intermediate level courses and the compulsory Finals courses
students receive a text book and statute book (where relevant).
Online study resources
As well as the study materials outlined above, the Laws Programme also provides a wide range of online
resources to support student learning. These are available through the International Programmes student
portal, accessible using a single username and password through a secure website:
my.londoninternational.ac.uk
You are required to have internet access.
The Online e-Induction
This provides an interactive step-by-step e-Induction to all the resources provided by the Laws Programme,
demonstrating how to use the materials, identifying how they are integrated in the process of learning, and
introducing students to the knowledge and skills required in order to successfully complete the programme.
The online e-induction can be found here: http://bit.ly/TYXS5F
The Laws Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
The Laws VLE provides one centralised location where the following resources are provided:
Law course pages with news and updates, provided by legal academics associated with the Laws
Programme.
complete versions of subject guides and study packs.
online Audio Presentations these supplement the subject guides and are being rolled out
incrementally for Compulsory courses and optional courses with large numbers.
annual recent developments in law.
past examination papers and reports.
discussion forums where students can debate and interact with other students.
computer Marked Assessments multiple choice questions with feedback which allow students to test
their knowledge and understanding of the key topics.
online Legal Research Exercises exercises which are designed to build and enhance the ability to
find legal materials using electronic sources and to conduct legal research more generally.
The Online Library
The Online Library provides access to:
The professional legal databases LexisNexis and Westlaw.
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cases and up-to-date statutes.
key academic law journals.
law reports.
links to important websites such as the Law Commission.
Assessment methods
Both the Diploma in Law and the LLB provide for formative as well as summative assessment. Formative
assessment is designed to provide students with feedback on progress and inform development but does not
contribute to the overall assessment of achievement. Formative assessment is provided through computer
marked assignments accessed via the Laws virtual learning environment, and the online legal research
exercises undertaken in the Common Law Reasoning and Institutions course.

Summative (formal) assessment is provided in each subject by a three-hour unseen written paper examination
(plus 15 minutes reading time). The exceptions to this are: the Common Law Reasoning and Institutions
course of the LLB and Diploma in Law, and, the Laws Dissertation optional course and the Laws Skills
Portfolio of the LLB degree. For Common Law Reasoning and Institutions students are required to use the
online library, complete online legal research exercises, in addition to taking the written paper examination.
The Laws Dissertation is assessed by a 10,000 word dissertation and a one-hour 40 minute unseen written
paper examination. The Laws Skills Portfolio is assessed by a Laws Skills Portfolio and a one hour 40 minute
unseen written paper examination.

All summative assessment is set and marked by UK based academics appointed by the International
Programmes as Chief Examiners/Examiners, and is marked to the same standards as for students studying in
the UK at one of the colleges of the University of London. There is no local setting or marking of summative
assessments. As well as ensuring that students on the distance learning programmes meet the same rigorous
standards as students studying at the Colleges this also ensures the security of the assessment process and
protects the very high reputation of the University of London qualification.
Find full details of the assessment and the scheme of award at sections 4 and 8 of the Detailed Regulations.
Further information on the Laws Skills Portfolio can be found at section 1.
The written paper examinations take place in late May/early June each year. Additional examination sessions
are held in September and in late October/early November for students in certain circumstances.
Student support and guidance
There is further information on support and guidance in the Student Guide and Programme Handbook and
VLE.
The following summarises the support and guidance available to students in addition to the support suggested
above:
Recent developments in Law booklet available on-line:
Student Guide and Programme Handbook:
o Programme Handbook includes information about the resources available and how to access
them and procedures for assessment and examinations. Handbooks also give study skills
advice.
o Student Guide gives information which is common to all International Programmes. It reflects
the student life cycle and gives information about matters of importance from the start of
students' relationship with the International Programmes through to their graduation. This
guide also puts the Regulations in context for the student.
A University of London email account and web area for personal information management.
University of London library - registered students may use the resources located within the Senate
House library (for a small additional fee).
Programme Specification and Regulations, containing full details of syllabuses, programme structure,
assessment regulations, degree classification criteria etc.
The Student Charter is intended to state key mutual obligations between the University of London
International Programmes and its students.
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Quality evaluation and enhancement
Refer to the International Programmes website for its policies and procedures in quality assurance.
The Colleges of the University of London and the University of London International Academy work together to
deliver the University of London International Programmes. The policies, partnerships and systems are
defined within our key documents: The Quality Framework, the Quality Assurance Schedules, Guidelines for
Examinations and Detailed Regulations for each programme.
Parity of award standards
Every programme of study is developed and approved by a Lead College, or Consortia, to the same
standards and requirements as would be applied in the Lead College(s);
Learning materials are written and examinations are set and marked by academic staff employed or
chosen by the Lead Colleges, who are required to apply the Universitys academic standards.
Review and evaluation mechanisms
Procedures are in place to assure the quality of the programme development, delivery, management,
systematic monitoring and ongoing review and enhancement of all University of London International
Programmes. Improvements are made as necessary to ensure that systems remain effective and rigorous.
Every year we prepare annual programme reports in order to improve individual programmes and to
plan ahead;
We carry out periodic programme reviews every 4-6 years to review how a programme has developed
over time and to make sure that it remains current and up-to-date;
Every year independent external examiners prepare reports to confirm that a programme has been
assessed properly and meets the appropriate academic standards;
Every year we review the student information statistics and include the results in all systematic
reporting within the University of London International Academy.
Student feedback mechanisms
Student experience surveys, carried out annually, collect programme-level feedback according to the student
lifecycle and the stages students have reached in their learning. Also, some lead colleges schedule their own
programme surveys.
Virtual learning environments (VLEs) provide the opportunity for informal feedback and discussion.
University of London International Academy committees and subcommittees include student membership
where appropriate. Some programmes recruit their own student representatives at the programme level.
The website provides further information on the governance structure, including terms of reference, agendas
and papers. Visit www.londoninternational.ac.uk/our-global-reputation/governance
After Graduation
Possible routes to further study
Successful completion of the programme may serve as preparation for students who wish to go on to take
further study in the subject area. This may be undertaken at the University of London International Academy
or elsewhere.
Possible graduate employment routes
A Qualifying Law Degree fulfils the requirements of the Academic Stage of legal training for the purposes of
proceeding to the Vocational Stage of training for legal practice in England and Wales. A number of other
jurisdictions internationally also recognise it as at least partial fulfilment of the Academic Stage requirements.
We strongly advise you to contact the legal professional bodies in the jurisdiction where you intend to practise
to find out the specific requirements, and the extent to which the University of London LLB by distance
learning satisfies them, before you register. A legal qualification opens the door to a variety of career paths
where the skills and knowledge students will have acquired are highly valued. The types of organisations
included are financial institutions and accountancy firms, governmental and nongovernmental organisations,
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Careers advice and resources
The University of Londons Careers Service can provide confidential advice and guidance appropriate to the
diverse needs of students, at any stage of their career. Advisers can assist on an individual basis (including
help with career planning, CV writing and interview technique), in small groups or online, through the e-Advice
service. Students may also make use of the dedicated careers library.
For further information, please see www.thecareersgroup.co.uk/ or www.c2careers.com/
The Alumni Association
Membership of the International Programmes Alumni Association is free and open to all graduates of the
University of London International Programmes. This is a diverse community of over 150,000 alumni in more
than 190 countries, including local groups and social networking groups, and with regular events,
communications and opportunities to meet fellow alumni in many different parts of the world. The Association
aims to provide past students with lifelong links to the University of London International Programmes and
each other, and is keen to foster a vibrant and active alumni community. All alumni are encouraged to register
their details and participate further.
For further information, please see www.londoninternational.ac.uk/alumni, www.facebook.com/londonualumni
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Detailed Regulations 201415
Throughout the Regulations, we us and our mean the University of London; you and your mean
the student, or where applicable all students.
1 Structures of the programmes
Appendix A and Appendix B give the full structure and content of the programmes.
LLB Degree
1.1
The LLB degree under these Regulations is offered under four schemes of examination, as follows:
Scheme A consists of 12 courses (360 credits), examined in three parts, each of four courses.
Scheme B consists of 12 courses (360 credits) examined in four parts, each of three courses.
Graduate Entry Route A consists of nine courses (270 credits) examined in two parts, the first of four
courses and the second of five courses.
Graduate Entry Route B consists of nine courses (270 credits) examined in three parts, each of three
courses.
For how to progress through the degree see section 7.
1.2
You may apply for credit and/or accreditation of prior learning for up to four Year 1 courses under Scheme A
and Scheme B. Credit transfer or accreditation of prior learning is not permitted under Graduate Entry Routes
A and B.
Find details on credits and accreditation of prior learning in section 2.
1.3
You must attempt all the necessary examinations in line with the structure for the Scheme or Graduate Entry
Route for which you are registered. See Section 7 for further information.
1.4 (GR)
You are responsible for making sure that your choices of course(s) are in line with the current regulations.
1.5 (GR)
You can only select from available courses. Not all courses are available every year.
Details of courses offered are available through the student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk.
1.6
Providing you meet the provisions in Section 7 and Appendix A, you may apply to change your choice of
optional courses except where you have sat an examination for that course. If you have sat an examination
for an optional course you may not apply to change that choice of optional course until after the examination
results for that session have been published.
1.7
You may apply to transfer between certain Schemes and Routes, as indicated in Appendix C. An application
to transfer which is given in after you have entered for any examination will not be considered until after the
examination results have been published.
Find full details in section 11.
Students wishing to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree
1.8
In England and Wales, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB) requires
that you meet the following requirements for the final LLB degree to be a Qualifying Law Degree:
the entire course of study, including any study for which credit transfer or accreditation of prior
learning has been awarded, must not exceed the limit of six years and
the degree programme from which credits were transferred must have formed part of a Qualifying Law
Degree and
you have a maximum of three examination attempts at any foundation subjects course and
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Foundation subjects credits transferred in and the remaining foundation subjects courses taken for
the degree must total at least 180 credits (90 European Credit Transfer System Credits) and
you must satisfy the requirements for subject specific and transferable skills, as agreed between us
and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Bar Standards Board (BSB),, by selecting a
Laws Skills Portfolio via either Laws Skills Pathway 1 or Laws Skills Pathway 2 and
you are required to satisfy the examiners in EU law.
Laws Skills Portfolio
1.9
If you wish to earn a Qualifying Law degree as detailed in paragraph 1.8, you must successfully complete a
Laws Skills Portfolio.
Laws Skills Pathway 1
1.10
You will complete a Laws Dissertation optional course as one of your final-year courses and you will also
submit evidence of your dissertation research process for the Laws Skills Portfolio. You must also
demonstrate evidence of achievement in the other skills areas. You will also sit a short Laws Dissertation final
examination.
1.11
The Laws Dissertation optional course is available only if you are;
a. in your final year of the LLB degree and
b. are seeking a Qualifying Law Degree, as indicated by past or concurrent registration for EU law.
1.12
As well as your final-year courses, you will take on a small-scale independent research project as the
evidence base for the Laws Skills Portfolio, along with evidence of achievement in the other skills areas.
1.13
Research for the Laws Skills Portfolio may be on a topic in a previously or concurrently studied law course;
the topic must be one not otherwise treated in depth in the normal course of studies.
Diploma in Law
1.14
The Diploma in Law is made up of four compulsory courses (120 credits in total) as follows:
Common law reasoning and institutions (30 credits)
Criminal Law (30 credits)
Elements of the law of contract (30 credits)
Public law (30 credits)
More information on how to progress through the Diploma in Law is shown here: section 7
1.15
No accreditation of prior learning or credit can be awarded from any course of the Diploma in Law.
1.16
A student may choose to take the examination for all four courses of the Diploma in Law on the same
occasion, or take all the examination in two stages, each consisting of two courses.
Attendance requirements
1.17
A Diploma in Law student is required to attend a full or part-time course of instruction at a recognised Diploma
teaching institution, and keep to the institutions attendance requirements. Attendance records are submitted
to us by the institution each year. We may refuse you permission to sit an examination if your attendance is
unsatisfactory. You do not have to attend a teaching institution if you are only resitting an examination.
Refer to the Glossary for the definition of Diploma teaching institutions.
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The list of institutions recognised to teach can be found online at www.londoninternational.ac.uk/teaching-
institutions
1.18 (GR)
If it is a requirement of the programme for you to attend an institution, we may not assess you or consider you
for an award, if you have not met the requirement.
Transfer from the Diploma in Law to the degree
1.19 (GR)
If you gain an award at level 4 or 5, you will have satisfied the entrance requirements for certain FHEQ level 6
award programmes and you may transfer your registration to the higher award and receive appropriate
credits.
The Diploma in Law is placed at Level 4 of the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ).
For details of transfers, please see section 11 and information on progression within the programme in section
7.
Individual Courses
1.20
We offer individual courses from the LLB and Diploma in Law as non-credit bearing courses.
1.21
You must satisfy the entrance requirements to be accepted on an individual course.
1.22
You may take up to two individual courses.
1.23
If you already hold the LLB degree or Diploma in Law as an International Programmes Student, you may
apply to register for individual courses. The mark(s) obtained in any individual course(s) will not alter the
classification or mark for the degree or diploma already awarded (see section 8 of the Detailed Regulations).
1.24
The minimum period of registration for an individual course is one year and the maximum period of
registration is two years from the effective date of registration.
1.25
A certificate of achievement will be presented to students who successfully complete the assessment of an
individual course.
1.26
The completion of a non-credit bearing individual course will not be taken into account for admission, or for
credit, to the LLB degree or Diploma in Law or Diploma in the Common Law nor will the accumulation of
passes in relevant courses count towards those awards.
2 Credit transfer and accreditation of prior learning
See the Glossary for definition of credit transfer and accreditation of prior learning.
2.1 (GR)
We have the right to review the credit transfer and accreditation of prior learning (APL) policy for all awards
each year.
2.2
No credit or accreditation of prior learning will be granted for any course of the Diploma in Law or Graduate
Entry Routes A or B.
2.3 (GR)
We will not award any credit transfers or APL unless you make an application by following the instructions on
our website. You may need to pay the credit transfer or APL application fee when you make an application.

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Procedures and deadlines for applying for accreditation of prior learning and credits can be found in the
Student Guide and Programme Handbook
2.4 (GR)
All applications are considered on an individual basis and credits and APL are awarded at our discretion.
2.5
The appropriate sections of the Guide to Academic Stage of Training issued by the professional bodies in
respect of qualifying as a Barrister or a Solicitor in England and Wales is taken into account when considering
applications for credit transfer and accreditation of prior learning.
2.6 (GR)
If you make a successful application for credit transfer or APL, you will normally only receive the award for
which you originally registered, upon successful completion of all assessments.
2.7 (GR)
If you withdraw from your registered programme before completing it, you will normally only receive a
transcript detailing the number and level of credits undertaken with us.
2.8 (GR)
To maintain the relevance of your learning, we will normally only accept credit for prior learning awarded
within the last five years from other providers.
Credit transfer
2.9 (GR)
You may be considered for credit transfer in specific subjects if you are appropriately qualified and satisfy the
entrance requirements for the award. An application cannot be considered after you have entered the
examination in the subject(s) concerned.
2.10 (GR)
If you are awarded credit, the mark you received for the subject previously studied may be carried forward to
your record and will contribute towards your award, in accordance with the scheme for award.
2.11 (GR)
If you transfer your registration, you may receive credit for the courses already passed.
2.12 (GR)
We will decide if you may be awarded credit for any credit bearing individual courses or individual modules
that you have successfully completed. You must apply for credit transfer within three years of completing the
individual courses or individual modules.
2.13 (GR)
You will not receive any credit for the successful completion of a non-credit bearing individual course or
module.
2.14
If you wish to transfer to us from another institution acceptable to us you may be considered for credit transfer
in Scheme A and Scheme B subject to the requirements set out in paragraph 2.10.
2.15
If you are to be considered for credit transfer you must have successfully completed, within three years prior
to the date of application, the Year 1 or equivalent examination of an appropriate degree at a university
acceptable to us. You must:
have passed all the necessary assessments and examinations in any full year of study for which you
wish credit to be transferred and
have not failed any part of the degree programme on which the credit transfer application is based.
2.16
Under Scheme A, if you have received credits for the equivalent of three or four Year 1 courses you may
apply to take, as a Finals course, a Year 1 course which has not previously been studied, in lieu of any Finals
course previously passed as part of the examinations on which credit transfer was based. All such
applications will be considered on an individual basis by us. An application will not be considered after you
have made an examination entry which includes a Finals course. Where such permission is granted, the Year
1 level course will be treated as a Finals course for degree classification purposes.
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2.17
Under Scheme B, if you have received credit for the equivalent of four Year 1 courses you will be credited with
the three courses of the Year 1 examination and one course of the Year 2 examination.
2.18
If you apply for credit transfer and wish to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree you should also refer to the
conditions specified in paragraphs 1.7 and 1.8.

Find full details about transferring your registration in section 11. You can also find further information about
transfers and credits (within LLB and Diploma in Law) in Appendix C.
2.19 (GR)
We will produce a final transcript for you that will detail the subjects that you received credit for and the year in
which this credit was awarded.
Accreditation of prior learning (APL)
See http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/applications-and-admissions for procedures and deadlines for
applying for accreditation of prior learning
2.20 (GR)
You may be considered for APL for specific subjects if you are appropriately qualified and satisfy the entrance
requirements for the award. An application will be considered on the basis of successfully completed studies
at an appropriate level.
2.21 (GR)
We will award APL at our discretion as it may not be permitted for all programmes. Where APL is permitted, it
can only be awarded for up to one third of your programme.
2.22 (GR)
APL can only be awarded for whole named courses, not for part of a course.
2.23
If you have achieved Level 6 of the Professional Higher Diploma in Law or the Professional Higher Diploma in
Law and Practice of the Institute of Legal Executives, you may be considered for APL for up to a maximum of
four (120 credits) Year 1 courses of Scheme A or Scheme B.
2.24 (GR)
APL is normally only awarded for whole courses equivalent to FHEQ Level 4, but may be considered for
courses at FHEQ Levels 5, 6 or 7
2.25 (GR)
The offer of APL is valid only for the period of time indicated in your confirmation letter. If you do not sit an
examination within the stated period, the offer of APL will end and you will need to make a new application for
APL.
2.26 (GR)
The offer of APL is only valid for the course and programme of study stated in your confirmation letter. APL
will no longer be valid if the programme is withdrawn before you register. If you transfer your registration to
another programme, you may need to submit another application for APL.
2.27 (GR)
You are not allowed to register for a course for which you have been awarded APL.
2.28 (GR)
You are not allowed to sit an examination for a course for which you have been awarded APL unless you
request that the APL is retracted before entering for the examination.
2.29 (GR)
Applications for APL cannot be considered after you have entered the examination for the relevant course.
2.30 (GR)
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2.31 (GR)
The mark you obtained for a course for which APL has been awarded, will not be carried forward to your
record and will not contribute towards the classification of your award.
3 Registration
Initial registration
3.1 (GR)
You must complete your initial registration by the deadlines on our website.
This is normally 30 November in the year in which your programme starts, however some programmes have
an earlier deadline.
3.2 (GR)
You will only be allowed to complete initial registration after the deadline in exceptional circumstances and for
a limited time. You will also have to pay a late registration fee.
A late registration fee must be paid by those students who miss the initial registration deadline.
Effective date of registration
See Glossary for the definition of Effective date of registration.
3.3 (GR)
There will be an effective date of registration of 30 November for all undergraduate students.
3.4 (GR)
You will be eligible to enter for examination at the first opportunity following your effective registration date of
30 November.
Period of registration
3.5 (GR)
The normal maximum and minimum periods of registration for awards are as follows:
Minimum Maximum
Undergraduate Degree Three years* Eight years
Diploma of Higher
Education
Two years

Five years
Diploma One year Five years
Diploma for Graduates One year Five years
Certificate of Higher
Education
One year Five years
Access Route One year Three years
Access programme One year Two years
* This may be two years if the maximum accreditation of prior learning has been granted.
See Programme Specification for the minimum and maximum periods of registration applicable to this
programme.
3.6 (GR)
If you transfer from an Access Route or Access programme you will have a new eight year period of
registration effective from 30 November in the year that you progress.
3.7 (GR)
If you progress from an award at level FHEQ level 4 or 5 to a higher award, we will grant you the maximum
period of registration to complete the award, counted from the effective date of registration for the FHEQ level
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Both the Certificate of Higher Education in Law and the Diploma in Law are at FHEQ level 4.
3.8 (GR)
We will not allow you to reduce your minimum period of registration.
3.9 (GR)
If you have not completed all the requirements of an award within the maximum period of registration, you
may apply to renew your registration for a further maximum period specified by the programme for which you
are registered. Our decision whether to allow you to extend or renew your registration will depend on your
progress during your previous period of registration. If we approve your application, you must keep to the
regulations that apply during the new period of registration and you must pay the initial registration fee and
any other fees that apply.
3.10 (GR)
Where renewal or extension of registration is permitted, the credit awarded for courses successfully
completed will be at our discretion.
Confirmation of continuing study
The continuing registration procedure is sent out annually to students. See
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/fees for the deadline by which the continuing registration fee is due.
3.11 (GR)
To maintain your registration with us, you must complete the annual continuing registration process and pay
any appropriate fees, by 1 November each year.
Undergraduate Laws students taking resit examinations can confirm their continuing study up to 11 January.
No extensions will be considered.
3.12 (GR)
Your registration will end if you do not pay the continuing registration fee by the deadline for your programme.
Once your registration has ended, you will not receive new study materials, you will not be allowed to use the
VLE, and you will not be allowed to enter for an examination.
3.13 (GR)
You will only be allowed to complete your continuing registration after the deadline in exceptional
circumstances and for a limited time. You will also have to pay a late continuing registration fee.
If you do not maintain your registration and want to continue your studies, you should contact us through the
student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk. All cases will be considered on an individual basis.
Cancellation of registration
3.14 (GR)
You can cancel your registration at any time.
Section 10 gives refund information.
3.15 (GR)
If you have entered for an examination, your cancellation of registration will only be effective after the release
of the examination results for your programme.
3.16 (GR)
If you are or have been registered with us you can apply to cancel your registration and register again for a
programme in the same subject or field of study as long as you have never attempted an examination with us
or you have not attempted an examination with us within the previous two years.
3.17 (GR)
We will consider all applications for registering again for a programme on an individual basis.
3.18 (GR)
If we allow you to re-register for a programme in the same subject or field of study, you will have to pay a new
registration fee and will receive a new maximum registration period for the new programme. The previous
period of registration will end. You will normally only be able to re-register for a programme once.
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Registration of our former students
3.19 (GR)
If you were previously registered with us, or enrolled on a programme of study at a college of the University of
London, you will only be allowed to register as a new International Programmes student if you meet the
entrance requirements for your programme and have paid us all fees and accounts that were due. If you do
not meet this condition you will not be allowed to register again as an International Programmes student.
3.20 (GR)
If you have previously received a University of London award, or if we cancelled your registration because you
had taken an examination the maximum number of times allowed without success, you may be allowed to
register again as an International Programmes student for a programme of study in a different subject or field
of study.
3.21 (GR)
had taken an examination the maximum number of times allowed without success, you can only register for a
programme of study in the same subject or field of study if we agree to this. We may not allow this for all
programmes. We will consider all applications individually and we will decide whether to award any credit for
courses you have previously passed.
3.22
Under 3.20, applications will only normally be considered after a period of at least two years has passed since
the student graduated or their registration was terminated.
3.23 (GR)
If we allow you to register again, you must pay a new registration fee. You will receive a new maximum period
of registration relevant to that programme.
4 Assessment for the programme
4.1 (GR)
When sitting an examination you must keep to the rules given in the Notice to Candidates, which you will
receive with the Admission Notice, as well as the regulations given in this section.
Assessment methods
See Glossary for the definition of examination and written paper examination.
4.2
Each course of the LLB degree and Diploma in Law is examined by a three-hour unseen written paper
examination (plus 15 minutes reading time). The exceptions to this are the Laws Dissertation optional course
and the Laws Skills Portfolio of the LLB degree; and the Common Law Reasoning and Institutions course of
the LLB and Diploma in Law. The Laws Dissertation is assessed by a 10,000 word dissertation and a one-
hour 40 minutes unseen written paper examination, which will be weighted on the scale 90:10. The Laws
Skills Portfolio is assessed by a Laws Skills Portfolio and a one hour 40 minutes unseen written paper
examination. For Common Law Reasoning and Institutions you are required to use the online library and
complete the online legal research exercises, in addition to taking the written paper examination.
4.3 (GR)
All examinations will be based on the syllabuses that are current for the year of the examination concerned.
You must make sure that you have studied the correct syllabuses.
4.4 (GR)
Examinations are governed by the regulations in force at the time of the examination and not at the time you
initially registered or first attempted the examination concerned, except where the conditions for changing
regulations with notice apply.
See Important Information in this booklet for information on changing regulations.
4.5
You should be familiar with developments in the law occurring up to 15 February in the year of the
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4.6 (GR)
Where necessary, examiners may change the format or the rubric of a written paper examination without
giving notice.
4.7 (GR)
Written paper examinations are held at authorised examination centres worldwide. In countries where there is
an authorised examination centre, you must use the facilities provided by that centre. We will not set up an
alternative centre in those countries but, where possible, we will try to help if you need special examination
arrangements.
See the website for the list of examination centres.
4.8 (GR)
All examinations are held at the discretion of the examination centre and you must keep to any conditions they
may set.
4.9 (GR)
Oral (speaking) and aural (listening) examinations, if these apply, are normally held only in London. We may
give an examination centre outside London permission to hold oral or aural examinations as long as we are
satisfied with their arrangements for carrying out the examinations. If it is not possible for you to take the oral
or aural examinations outside London, you can apply for permission to take these examinations in London and
the written paper examinations elsewhere in the United Kingdom or Ireland or overseas.
Date of examinations
4.10
Written paper examinations take place in May each year. Resit examinations are held in October.
4.11
A research proposal for the Dissertation (LLB only) must be handed in by 15 November in the academic year
in which the course is being taken. We will send our response to your proposal in electronic form. If we
approve your proposal, you may continue. If we decide that your proposal is approved: revision needed, then
you are advised to make the necessary revisions, but you do not need to re-submit your proposal. If we
respond that your proposal is not approved, you cannot continue with the Dissertation option and must
choose a different course.
4.12
The Dissertation must be submitted electronically via the VLE by 1 May in the academic year in which the
course is being taken.
4.13
The Law Skills Portfolio (LLB only) must be submitted to us electronically via the VLE by 15 May in the final
academic year of study.
4.14 (GR)
At any examination session, all students will sit the same written paper examination, on the same date, at the
same local time, except where there are unavoidable delays in the arrangement. However, we have the right
to set different papers in the same subject in separate countries and in different time zones.
4.15 (GR)
Where delays cannot be avoided in countries other than the United Kingdom, the examination centre will
arrange for the relevant examinations to be taken with as little variation as possible from the original dates and
times we have assigned to them. You must keep to these revised arrangements. We have the right not to
mark an examination taken at a different time from the time we set.
4.16
The resit examination in October is only open to you if you sat in the May/June examination of the same
calendar year. The resit examinations will be held only in those countries where the Examination Centre is
prepared to conduct them; it is possible that only one centre in each country will be chosen for this purpose.
4.17
The October resit examinations are governed by the same regulations as those in the May/June
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Sitting examinations
4.18 (GR)
If you want to sit an examination in any given year, you must have:
registered with us for the relevant programme of study, with an effective date of registration of 30
November of the previous year or earlier; and
entered for the examination in line with our and the appropriate examination centres instructions and
deadlines and paid all relevant fees.
4.19
As a Diploma in Law student you must have completed the relevant course of instruction and satisfied the
attendance requirements of an institution recognised to teach for this purpose, in the twelve months prior to
the examination, unless they are resitting an examination.
The full examination entry procedure is in the Student Guide and Programme Handbooks
4.20 (GR)
You must apply to the relevant examination centre for permission to sit the examination with them. We cannot
accept responsibility for making local examination arrangements for you. The examination centre will decide
whether to accept or refuse your application to sit an examination with them.
4.21 (GR)
All examination centres normally charge a local examination centre fee which is separate to any examination
entry fee that is paid to us. You must pay this fee direct to the centre each time you enter an examination.
We are only responsible for local examination centre fees charged at University of London centres in London.
For all other examination centres, we are not responsible for the examination fee and cannot set the level of
examination fee charged.
4.22 (GR)
You must provide the answers to all examinations in English, except where the syllabus or rubric for an
examination states otherwise.
4.23 (GR)
When sitting a written paper examination, the examination centre has the right to ask you to stay in the
examination room for the whole time allowed for the relevant examination.
4.24 (GR)
We own all examination scripts and we will not return them to students. We will keep all question papers.
4.25 (GR)
If the markers cannot read your script, they will pass it to the Chair of the Board of Examiners and the External
or Intercollegiate Examiner. If the Board of Examiners and the External or Intercollegiate Examiner cannot
read your script, you will be assigned a mark of zero for the illegible parts and this may result in a fail. This
will count as an examination attempt.
If you find handwriting difficult due to medical or learning difficulties, you should apply to us for special
arrangements to be made. Further information is available on the website
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sar
Materials and aids allowed in the examination room
See section 6 for assessment offences and penalties
4.26 (GR)
You must complete examinations without aids, unless stated otherwise in the individual course descriptions or
any permitted materials list provided with your admission notice.
4.27 (GR)
You must not take electronic communication devices into the examinations. These include, but are not limited
to, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.
4.28 (GR)
The use of calculators in the examination is strictly controlled. You may only use a calculator in examinations
if this is stated in the course description, noted on the permitted materials list or noted on the examination
question paper.
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4.29 (GR)
We will not provide calculators. You are responsible for providing your own calculator and for making sure
that it meets the conditions set out below and it is in working order for the examination. You should make sure
that you have a spare calculator (which must also meet the conditions set out below) in case your calculator
fails during the examination, or you must be prepared to continue the examination without a calculator. You
are not allowed to borrow another students calculator during the examination. If you use an electronic
calculator in an examination, you must write on your examination script the name and type of calculator you
used.
4.30 (GR)
If you are allowed to use a calculator in an examination, you must keep to the conditions listed below, unless
the course description or the information provided with your admission notice tells you otherwise.
Calculators must:
be hand-held, compact and portable;
be quiet when in use;
have no external wires;
be non-programmable; and
not be capable of receiving, storing or displaying user-supplied non-numerical data.
You must not use a calculator that communicates or displays textual, graphical or algebraic information (other
than error messages).
4.31 (GR)
If you use a calculator that does not meet the above conditions, you will have committed an assessment
offence and the rules governing such offences will apply.
4.32 (GR)
It is an examination offence to take into, or use in, the examination room any unauthorised materials or aids.
You must not take into the examination room, or consult during the examination, any books, notes,
instruments or other materials or aids that are not allowed. You must give any of these items to the invigilator
before the examination starts.
4.33
If you are working on a dissertation with a supervision or Law Skills Portfolio, feedback and teamwork are not
examination offences. However, the dissertation or Portfolio work must be written only by you.
Mitigating circumstances during the examination sessions
4.34 (GR)
Mitigating Circumstances are any serious circumstances beyond your control which may have adversely
affected your academic performance. You must contact us with details of any mitigating circumstances you
wish to be considered within three weeks of the last examination in the session concerned. We will not
normally consider mitigating circumstances if you do not contact us within this period. You will be asked to
provide any formal certification you may have in relation to your circumstances.
Further details on mitigating circumstances are available on the website.
Administrative re-check of marks
Students can request an administrative re-check of marks online. See the resources section in the student
portal: my.londoninternational.ac.uk/.
4.35 (GR)
You may apply to us to recheck your results if you think a mark you have received is due to an administrative
error.
4.36 (GR)
If you want to apply for an administrative recheck of your marks, you must do so by specific deadlines and by
following the procedure set out on the student portal.
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4.37 (GR)
If you want to apply for an administrative recheck of your marks, you must pay an administrative fee. If we find
that there was a mistake in your mark, we will refund the administrative fee.
4.38 (GR)
We will not consider appeals against examination results that are made on academic grounds.
Further information on the Procedure for Consideration of Representations Concerning Decisions of Boards of
Examiners is available on the website http://www.london.ac.uk/976.html.
5 Number of attempts permitted at an examination
5.1 (GR)
If you fail an examination, and you have not yet met the conditions to be considered for the relevant award,
you may be allowed or required to resit the examination up to a maximum number of attempts as long as your
registration has not expired.
5.2
The maximum number of examination attempts permitted at any course of the LLB or the Diploma in Law is
three.
5.3 (GR)
As soon as you enter an examination hall to attempt a written paper examination this counts as an
examination attempt. If you do not turn up for an examination, this will not normally count as an attempt.
5.4 (GR)
You will not be allowed to enter for an examination that you have already passed or for which credit has been
awarded.
5.5
If you are absent from all the papers for which you have made an examination entry, your entry will not count
as an attempt.
5.6
If you are absent from one or more papers, but not all the papers, for which you have made an examination
entry, you will be deemed to have made an attempt at the papers for which you have been absent.
Refer to Sections 4 and 7 for resit arrangements and the rules of progression
5.7 (GR)
The result you get for your most recent attempt at an examination will replace any mark or grade you were
previously awarded for that examination unless the programme regulations state otherwise. However, all your
marks will appear on the diploma supplement.
5.8 (GR)
If you fail an examination for any course on the final attempt, your registration for that programme
will end unless the Board of Examiners, or programme regulations, recommend otherwise
5.9
If, on the third attempt at the examination for any course, a student receives the result Fail, their registration
will cease unless the Board of Examiners exceptionally permits an additional attempt or, in the case of the
LLB, awards a compensated pass .
LLB Degree
5.10
If you receive a fail for the Dissertation examination, you will have failed the Dissertation course in its entirety.
5.11
If you receive a fail for the 10,000 word dissertation, but the mark is higher than 30%, and you have passed
the Dissertation examination you may submit a revised version of the dissertation, at a new date set by us.
5.12
You must choose a different research topic if you fail the Dissertation and choose to re-take it.

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5.13
The Laws Skills Portfolio and examination paper are assessed as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
5.14
If you receive an unsatisfactory for the Portfolio only, you may re-submit by the date we give you.
5.15
The Laws Skills Portfolio does not count towards the final degree classification.
6 Assessment offences and penalties
6.1 (GR)
Allegations of assessment offence will be considered under the Procedures for the Consideration of
Allegations of Assessment Offence, unless it is deemed more appropriate to refer them for consideration
under University of London Ordinance 17: Code of Student Discipline. If you are subject to an allegation of
assessment offence you will have all pending results withheld until your case is settled. If there is evidence
that you have broken the regulations, a penalty may apply.

6.2 (GR)
All work which you submit for assessment must be your own, expressed in your own words and include your
own ideas and judgements. If you make use of somebody elses work it must always be clearly attributed to
them.
For fuller details on assessment offences and how to avoid them, see the Student Guide and Programme
Handbook.
Examination related offences
6.3 (GR)
Unless you are told otherwise, the only materials you must enter the examination room with are your
Admission Notice and pens. You will be informed in advance by us if any further materials (for example,
statute books or calculators) are permitted. It is an assessment offence for you to take into, or use in, the
examination room any materials or aids which are not permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, notes,
mobile phones, tablets or electronic devices and materials that are allowed but which have been amended or
annotated.
For more rules on the materials and aids that are allowed in the examination, see section 4.
6.4 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to fail to act on a routine instruction or reasonable request from an invigilator, or to
engage in conduct that causes a disturbance in the examination room. Violent, indecent, disorderly,
threatening or offensive behaviour or language used during an examination may be treated as a disciplinary
matter under Ordinance 17: Code of Student Discipline.
6.5 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to exchange any information with another student during an examination. This
includes, but is not limited to, speaking, gesturing, passing notes, copying or allowing your work to be copied.
6.6 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to reveal any details of an examination paper in such a way that a student who is
yet to sit that paper may be advantaged. This includes, but is not limited to, online discussions.
6.7 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to take stationery or other materials from the venue in which the examination is
held. This includes, but is not limited to, question papers and supplementary answer books.
Plagiarism
6.8 (GR)
Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional use of somebody elses work, when it is not properly referenced
and is therefore presented as your own. Another persons work includes any source that is published or
unpublished, including words, images, diagrams, formulae, audio recordings, computer code, ideas and
judgements, discoveries and results. Plagiarism is an assessment offence.
6.9 (GR)
Direct quotations from the published or unpublished work of any person must always be clearly identified and
you must provide a full reference to the source in a proper form. Equally, if you summarise any persons ideas
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or judgements, you must credit that person in the text and give full details of the work you have summarised in
a proper form.
For details on how to reference correctly and avoid plagiarism, see Student Guide and Programme handbook.
6.10 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to submit work which has been written jointly by two or more people unless
explicitly stated otherwise in section 4. If two people submit identical or substantially similar pieces of work,
this will be treated as plagiarism. You are responsible for protecting your own work and for preventing other
students from copying from you.
6.11 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to submit assignments, essays, projects, reports, dissertations and other work
more than once to satisfy different requirements of the same course, or which you have submitted previously
to another course or institution, or for publication, unless the detailed regulations or programme specification
state otherwise, or you have been given permission to do so. Submitting the same piece of work twice (or a
significant part of the same piece of work) is an offence of self-plagiarism.
6.12 (GR)
You must sign a declaration for all work you submit, stating that you understand what is meant by plagiarism
and confirming that the work is entirely your own and that you have acknowledged any published or
unpublished work of other people that you have referred to, in line with our requirements.
For further information on Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations see www.london.ac.uk/975.html.
6.13
We will give the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board details of proven examination
offences.
6.14
Assignments, essays, projects, reports, dissertations and other similar work must be your own work and must
be written without the assistance of other people, except where expressly permitted in section 4 of the
Detailed Programme Regulations. You will be required to submit a signed declaration for all such work
submitted, stating that you understand what is meant by plagiarism, and confirming that the work submitted is
entirely your own and that the use of published or unpublished works of other people has been acknowledged
in accordance with our requirements...
For information on working under supervision, through team work, or with other types of feedback, refer to
paragraph 4.33 of the Detailed Programme Regulations.
7 Progression within the programme
See Appendix A for courses available at each level of Scheme A or Graduate Entry Route A and Year of
Scheme B or Graduate Entry Route B and the Diploma in Law.
7.1
You do not need to make an examination entry every year but you may only enter examinations as prescribed
under the Scheme or Route for which you are registered.
See section 4 for method of assessment.
7.2
At the first examination entry for any Year of study an LLB student must attempt all the courses under the
Scheme or Route for which they are registered (as per the table below):

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Scheme A
4 courses 4 courses 4 courses
Scheme B
3 courses 3 courses 3 courses 3 courses
Graduate Entry
Route A
4 courses 5 courses
Graduate Entry
Route B
3 courses 3 courses 3 courses

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7.3
An LLB student is only permitted to attempt the examinations (including resits) for one Year per academic
year.
7.4
A Diploma in Law student may choose to attempt all four courses at their first examination attempt or in two
stages (Stage I and Stage II) where they must attempt two courses at each stage.
7.5
The Board of Examiners has the discretion to permit a resit in one course only. You will not be permitted to sit
more than one course in the resit examination session.
7.6
Attempting resits in the resit examination session is not compulsory and you may choose instead to resit the
examination in the following May/June examination session.
7.7
At any subsequent examination entry to the same Year, an LLB student may only attempt those courses
which they have failed at the first examination entry. A resit attempt will count towards the maximum number
of attempts allowed. If you resit one failed course in the resit examination and fail that attempt, you must make
a third and final attempt at that course along with any remaining resit courses for the particular Year for which
you are registered.
7.8
If you reached a third and final attempt at a course, you will not be permitted to transfer to any other Scheme
or Route unless that course is passed.
7.9
If you fail an Intermediate or Compulsory Finals course at the first or second attempt, you must make a further
attempt at that course.
7.10
If you fail an Optional Finals course at the first or second attempt you may make a further attempt at that
course or register for and attempt an alternative course.

7.11
You cannot make a further examination attempt at a course that you have passed.
7.12
The Board of Examiners shall where possible award a compensated pass to an LLB student who has failed a
course three times. There are no compensated passes for the Diploma in Law.
7.13
You may only receive a compensated pass for one course (30 credits) and only where the mark achieved was
35%-39% at one of the attempts.
Rules of Progression Scheme A
7.14
In Year 1 you must register for four Intermediate courses. You must pass all four Year 1 Intermediate courses
before progressing to Year 2.
7.15
In Year 2 you must register for four courses; at least two Compulsory Finals courses and no more than two
Optional Finals courses (Group 1). You must pass those four Year 2 Finals courses before progressing to
Year 3.
7.16
In Year 3 you must register for four courses; the remaining Compulsory Finals courses and Optional Finals
courses.
7.17
If you pass three courses and fail one course in Year 1 you may:
resit the failed course in the resit examination;
or
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resit the failed course in the next May/June examination;
or
transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B. If you transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B you must include the failed
Intermediate course.
7.18
or
or
transfer to Year 3 of Scheme B. If you transfer to Year 3 of Scheme B you must include any failed
Finals course.
7.19
resit the failed course at the resit examination;
or
resit the failed course in the next May/June examination.
7.20
If you pass two courses and fail two courses in Year 1 you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and one failed course in the next May/June
examination;
or
resit both failed courses in the next May/June examination.
If you resit and pass one course in the resit examination you may transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B. If you
transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B you must include the failed Intermediate course.
7.21
resit one failed course in the resit examination and one failed course in the next May/June
examination;
or
resit both failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
transfer to Year 3 of Scheme B. If you transfer to Year 3 of Scheme B you must include any failed Finals
courses.
7.22
resit one failed course in the resit examination and one failed course in the next May/June examination;
or
7.23
If you pass one course and fail three courses in Year 1 you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
resit all three failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
Intermediate course.

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7.24
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed courses in the next May/June examination
or
resit all three failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B. If you transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B you must include one of the failed
Finals courses.
7.25
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
resit all three failed courses in the next May/June examination.
7.26
If you fail all four courses in Year 1 you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and three failed courses in the next May/June
examination;
or
resit all four failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
Intermediate courses.
7.27
examination;
or
resit all four failed courses in the next May/June examination
or
transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B. If you transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B you must include any failed Finals
courses.
7.28
examination;
or
resit all four failed courses in the next May/June examination.
7.29
If you are given credit /accreditation of prior learning from the four Year 1 Intermediate courses you may
progress to Year 2.
7.30
If you are given credit /accreditation of prior learning from only three of the Year 1 Intermediate courses you
may:
sit the examination for the remaining Intermediate course at the next available May/June examination;
or
transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B.
7.31
If you transfer from Scheme A to Scheme B, all examination attempts made under Scheme A will count
towards the maximum number of three attempts.
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Rules of Progression Scheme B
7.32
In Year 1 you must register for three Intermediate courses, one of which must be Common Law Reasoning
and Institutions. You must pass three Year 1 Intermediate courses before progressing to Year 2.
7.33
In Year 2 you must register for three courses; the remaining Intermediate course and two Compulsory Finals
courses. You must pass three Year 2 courses before progressing to Year 3.
7.34
In Year 3 you must register for three courses; at least one Compulsory Finals course and no more than two
Optional Finals courses (Group 1). You must pass three Year 3 courses before progressing to Year 4.
7.35
In Year 4 you must register for three courses; the remaining Compulsory Finals courses and Optional Finals
courses.
7.36
If you pass two courses and fail one course in any Year you may resit the failed course in the resit
examination or in the next available May/June examination session.
7.37
If you pass one course and fail two courses in any Year you may:
resit one course in the resit examination and the remaining failed courses in the next May/June
examination;
or
resit both courses in the next May/June examination.

7.38
If you fail all three courses in any Year you may:
resit one course in the resit examination and the remaining failed courses in the next May/June
examination;
or
resit all three courses in the next May/June examination.
7.39
If you are given credit/accreditation of prior learning for three or four Year 1 courses, you may progress to
Year 2.
Rules of Progression Graduate Entry Route A
7.40
In Year 1 you must register for four Intermediate courses. You must pass all four Year 1 Intermediate courses
before progressing to Year 2.

7.41
In Year 2 you must register for five courses; the three Compulsory Finals courses and two Optional Finals
courses.
7.42
If you pass four courses and fail one course in Year 2 you may:
or
resit the failed course in the next May/June examination.

7.43
or
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or
transfer to Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route B. If you transfer to Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route B you
must include the failed Intermediate course.

7.44
If you pass three courses and fail two courses in Year 2 you may:
or
7.45
or
If you resit and pass one course in the resit examination, you may transfer to Year 2 of Graduate Entry
Route B.

7.46
If you pass two courses and fail three courses in Year 2 you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed course in the next May/June examination;
or
7.47
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed courses in the May/June examination:
or
resit the three failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
must include the failed Intermediate courses.

7.48
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed courses in the May/June examination;
or
resit three courses in the next May/June examination.
7.49
If you pass one course and fail four courses in Year 2 you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and three courses in the May/June examination;
or
resit four courses resit in the next May/June examination.
7.50
examination;
or
resit all four failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
transfer to Year 1 of Graduate Entry Route B. If you transfer to Year 1 of Scheme B you must include
the failed Compulsory finals courses.
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7.51
If you fail all five courses in Year 2 you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and four failed courses in the next May/June
examination;
or
resit all five failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
must include the failed Compulsory finals courses.
Rules of Progression Graduate Entry Route B
7.52
In Year 1 you must register for three Intermediate courses, one of which must be Common Law Reasoning
and Institutions. You must pass three Year 1 Intermediate courses before progressing to Year 2.
7.53
In Year 2 you must register for three courses; the remaining Intermediate course and two Compulsory Finals
courses. You must pass three Year 2 courses before progressing to Year 3.
7.54
In Year 3 you must register for three courses; the remaining Compulsory Finals course and Optional Finals
courses.
7.55
If you pass two courses and fail one course in any Year, you may resit the failed course in the resit
examination or in the next May/June examination session.
7.56
If you pass one course and fail two courses in any Year, you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and one failed course in the May/June examination;
or
7.57
If you fail all three courses in any Year you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and two failed courses in the May/June examination:
or
Rules of Progression Diploma in Law
7.58
In Year 1 you must register for two or four Intermediate courses, one of which must be Common Law
Reasoning and Institutions.
7.59
You may choose to be examined in all four courses in the same May/June examination or to be examined in
two stages (Stage I and Stage II) each consisting of two courses.
7.60
If you sit four courses in the same May/June examination and pass three of those four courses you may:
or
or
transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B.

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7.61
If you sit four courses in the same May/June examination and pass two of those courses you may:
resit one failed course in the resit examination and one failed course in the next May/June examination:
or
If you resit and pass one course in the resit examination you may transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B.
7.62
If you sit four courses in the same May/June examination and pass one of those courses you may resit the
three failed courses in the next May/June examination.
7.63
If you sit four courses in the same May/June examination and fail all four courses you may:
resit the four failed courses in the next May/June examination;
or
resit the four failed courses in two stages (each of two courses), sitting Stage I in the next May/June
examination.
7.64
If you sit two courses in the same May/June examination at Stage I or Stage II and pass one course and fail
one course you may resit the failed course in the next May/June examination.
7.65
If you sit two courses in the same May/June examination at Stage I or Stage II and fail both courses you may
resit the failed courses in the next May/June examination.
7.66
If you have an effective date of registration before 1 September 2010 and have failed one course at Stage I
you will be given the opportunity to resit the course in the resit examination or in the next available May/June
examination with the remaining Stage II courses.
7.67
If you have an effective date of registration before 1 September 2010 has and have failed Stage I you will be
given the opportunity to resit one of the failed courses in the resit examination or both failed courses in the
next available May/June examination. If you resit and pass one course from Stage I you may resit the second
Stage I course with the remaining Stage II courses in the next available May/June examination.
7.68
If you have an effective date of registration before 30 November 2011 and have failed one course at Stage II
you will be given the opportunity to resit the course in the resit examination session or in the next available
May/June examination.
7.69
If you have an effective date of registration before 30 November 2011 and have failed Stage II you will be
given the opportunity to resit one of the failed courses in the resit examination session or both failed courses
in the next available May/June examination.
Progression to the degree
7.70 (GR)
If you have successfully completed an Access Route, Access programme, FHEQ Level 4 or FHEQ Level 5
award, you may normally progress to a relevant higher FHEQ Level Undergraduate award.
See Levels of the programme in the programme specification for details of FHEQ levels.
The Diploma in Law is placed at Level 4 of the FHEQ.
7.71 (GR)
If you have already attempted examinations in a FHEQ Level 4 or 5 award, then these may count towards the
number of attempts allowed for the higher FHEQ Level award that you are progressing to, subject to the
programme regulations.

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7.72 (GR)
If we allow you to transfer your registration to a higher FHEQ Level award without completing the
requirements for the lower FHEQ award, Access Route or Access programme, then you will not receive the
lower award, Access Route or Access programme.
For details regarding transfers within the LLB programme or from the Diploma in Law, please see section 11.
For details regarding transfers to LLB degree Scheme F, please refer to the Scheme F Detailed Regulations.
8 Schemes of award
LLB Degree
8.1
Mark range Classification
70 and over First Class Honours
60 to 69 Second Class Honours (Upper Division)
50 to 59 Second Class Honours (Lower Division)
40 to 49 Third Class Honours
0 to 39 Fail
See Appendix E for information on how to achieve a particular mark.
8.2
You must have attempted all years of the degree (depending on the scheme of examination followed) to be
awarded the LLB degree. One compensated pass in a course will be awarded after a student has attempted
and failed a course three times and where the mark gained at one of the attempts is between 35-39%.
8.3
The Board of Examiners will classify any award accordingly once the criteria for the award have been
satisfied.
8.4
For Schemes A and B, the class of degree awarded is determined on the basis of your performance in all
eight Finals courses (but refer also to the Credit Transfer rules, under Section 2, of the Detailed Regulations).
Your aggregate mark is also taken into account.
8.5
For Graduate Entry Routes A and B, the class of degree awarded is determined by your performance in all
courses. Your aggregate mark is also taken into account.
8.6
8.7
To receive a degree with a given class of Honours, you will normally have to pass at least half the courses at
or above that class, and to achieve an aggregate mark at or above that class. The Examiners will also
consider your overall performance.
Diploma in Law
8.8

Mark range Class
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail
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8.9
To earn the Diploma in Law, you must pass all four examination papers.
8.10
To earn the Diploma in Law with a given class, you must achieve three marks in or above that mark range, but
the Examiners must also be satisfied that there is sufficient strength in the fourth paper.
Exit awards
Diploma of Higher Education in Law
8.11
The Board of Examiners may award a Diploma of Higher Education in Law to a student who has completed
eight courses, comprising courses from Years 1, 2 and/or 3 provided that the Board is satisfied that these
constitute a coherent programme of study suitable to the title of the award. A student who is awarded the
Diploma of Higher Education in Law (exit award) may not subsequently be awarded the Diploma in Law or the
LLB.
8.12
You must have achieved a pass in eight courses to be awarded the Diploma of Higher Education in Law. The
final mark is worked out by an average of all eight marks, weighted equally. The Diploma of Higher Education
will be awarded with the grading Distinction, Merit, Credit or Pass. To earn a Diploma of Higher Education with
a given classification you must achieve a final mark within the range as follows:
Mark range Class
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail
Certificate of Higher Education in Law
8.13
The Board of Examiners may award a Certificate of Higher Education in Law if you have completed four
courses, comprising courses from Year 1 and/or Year 2 as long as the Board is satisfied that these constitute
a coherent programme of study suitable to the title of the award. A student who is awarded the Certificate of
Higher Education in Law (exit award) may not subsequently be awarded the Diploma in law, the Diploma of
Higher Education in Law or the LLB.
8.14
To earn the Certificate of Higher Education in Law you must pass four courses. The final mark is worked out
by an average of all four marks, weighted equally. The Certificate of Higher Education is awarded with the
grading Distinction, Merit, Credit or Pass. To earn a Certificate of Higher Education with a given classification
you must achieve a final mark within the range as follows:
Mark range Class
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail

9 Final diploma and diploma supplement
Final diploma and diploma supplement
9.1 (GR)
If we grant you an award you will receive the following documents under our seal.
A final diploma certificate;
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A diploma supplement, which is a detailed record of your studies.
See Glossary for a further explanation of a diploma supplement. It may take three to six months to receive the
above documents.
Who is eligible for an award
9.2 (GR)
To be eligible for an award, you must have:
registered with us for the relevant programme of study;
met the requirements for the relevant award and kept fully to the regulations for the programme
concerned; and
paid all fees and accounts that are due.
We have the right to withhold the award if you fail to meet any of these conditions.
Aegrotat degree provisions
9.3 (GR)
An aegrotat degree is a degree without classification.
You may apply for an aegrotat degree or a classified degree if
you are absent for an examination that would have entitled you to be considered for the award of your
degree, or
if you have attempted all examinations for your award but consider that your examination performance
was adversely affected by illness or another cause.
See Glossary for the definition of an aegrotat degree and classified degree.
9.4 (GR)
You may only be considered under these provisions if it is the Board of Examiners opinion that you would be
unable to enter for further examinations to complete your degree.
See also Mitigating circumstances during examination sessions in section 4, and further information on the
website.
9.5 (GR)
You must submit your application for an aegrotat degree or classified degree within three weeks of your last
examination. Your application must be accompanied by a medical certificate or other supporting evidence.
9.6 (GR)
Your application for an aegrotat degree or classified degree will be considered by the Board of Examiners on
the basis of the standard you reached in the examinations that you attempted.
9.7 (GR)
The Board of Examiners will recommend the award of a classified degree if you have reached the standard
required for the classified degree. The Board of Examiners will not recommend a classified degree of a higher
level than the overall level you achieved in the examinations that you attempted. If the Board of Examiners
offers you a classified degree, and if you accept it, you will not be allowed to re-enter examinations at a later
date.
9.8 (GR)
The Board of Examiners may recommend the award of an aegrotat degree if you have not reached the
standard required for a classified degree. If you accept the aegrotat degree, you will not be allowed to re-
enter the examination at a later date.

9.9 (GR)
If you decide to re-enter the examination rather than accept the aegrotat degree, you will not be eligible to
apply for the aegrotat degree award at a later date.

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10 Fees and refunds
Fees
10.1 (GR)
Where they apply, you must pay all fees for your programme in full and in line with our deadlines.
Details are provided on the website, http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/applications-admissions/costs
10.2 (GR)
We have the right to change our published fees and to make extra charges. We may change our fees every
year.
10.3 (GR)
If we allow you to transfer your registration to a higher award from a level 3 programme you may be required
to pay a new registration fee for the higher award, or the appropriate continuing registration fee or the
appropriate remaining course fees, whichever apply.
10.4 (GR)
If you are registered for individual courses, and we allow you to progress to an award at the same or a
different level, you will have to pay the relevant registration fee and the fees for the remaining courses.
10.5 (GR)
If we allow you to transfer your registration to an alternative programme, you must pay the full fees for the new
programme. We will decide if you must also pay administrative fees. Any unallocated fees that you have
previously paid will be applied to your new programme.
10.6 (GR)
If we allow you to renew your registration after your first period of registration ends, you must pay the new
registration fee in full. If your programme of study is being phased out, you will be charged a proportion of the
full registration fee, depending on the number of years remaining before the last examination for your
programme. You must also pay either the continuing registration fees or the appropriate remaining course
fees under the regulations in force at that time.
Refunds
10.7 (GR)
There are statutory regulations in the UK relating to the refund of fees paid for services rendered. These
regulations state that fees should be refunded where a cancellation request is received within seven days of
the original delivery of that service. You can request a cancellation of any service and a full refund of the
corresponding fees paid to us. All authorised refunds are refunded back to the payee.
A request for a refund should be submitted through the student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk
10.8 (GR)
After the seven working day period described in 10.7, application handling fees, accreditation of prior learning
application fees and examination entry fees, as applicable, are not refundable. Examination entry fees cannot
be transferred from one examination to another. If a request for a refund is not submitted within seven
working days as described in 10.7 fees are not refundable and cannot be transferred to other services. In
exceptional circumstances a request may be considered for a refund at our discretion and a proportion of the
fees paid may be refunded. In these instances an additional administration fee will be deducted.
10.9 (GR)
If we decide to withdraw a programme, and you have not yet registered, we will give you a full refund of any
pre-paid fees within 30 days of receiving your request for a refund. If you have already registered for the
programme, we will allow you to complete the programme according to the regulations on the notice period
that applies for withdrawing all University of London International Programmes.
10.10 (GR)
If you have registered for a programme for the first time and you are affected by a subsequent change in
regulations or a new set of regulations, you may be considered for a full refund of any fees you have paid. All
requests must be submitted within three weeks of the publication of the new programme specification and
regulations.
See paragraph 5 in Important Information regarding the Programme Specification and Regulations.
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10.11 (GR)
If there is a maximum number of students that we can admit to a programme, we will refund your registration
fees and course fees (if these apply) in full if you try to register but cannot because we have already reached
the maximum number.
11 Transferring your registration
Details of how to apply to transfer are in the Student Guide and Programme Handbook.
11.1 (GR)
We will consider all applications to transfer your registration on an individual basis. We will decide:
whether to allow you to transfer your registration
whether you must pay any extra fees and
how long the new registration period will last for.
You will need to pay a fee if you transfer between programmes more than once. If we decide to refund any
fees, the conditions in section 10 will apply.
11.2 (GR)
If you apply to transfer your registration after you have entered for any examination, we will not consider your
application until after we have published the result of that examination. In deciding whether to allow you to
transfer, we will take into account your examination record.
11.3 (GR)
If you are not allowed to transfer to a particular programme but you want to join that programme anyway, you
must cancel your existing registration and apply to register afresh. You must already meet the entrance
requirements for the programme. If you register again in this way for any programme, you will not be
permitted to carry credit for any courses previously passed or any failed attempts at courses from your
previous registration.
Transfer from the Diploma in Law to the LLB
11.4
You may progress from the Diploma in Law to the LLB by transferring your registration.
11.5
A student who has been awarded the University of London Diploma in Law may apply to transfer their
registration as an International Programmes Student to the LLB under Scheme A, Scheme B or Scheme F.
11.6
A student who has been awarded the Diploma in Law is not permitted to transfer to Graduate Entry Routes A,
B or F.
11.7
A student who has been awarded the Diploma in Law and transfers to Scheme A will be credited with all four
Intermediate courses and proceed to Year 2.
11.8
A student who has been awarded the Diploma in Law and transfers to Scheme B will be credited with all four
Intermediate courses and proceed to Year 2 and register for the two remaining Year 2 courses.
11.9
A student who has not been awarded the Diploma in Law but who has passed three courses may transfer to
the LLB Scheme B or Scheme F and receive the appropriate credits.
11.10
Where a student transfers to Scheme A, Scheme B or Scheme F, all examination attempts made under the
Diploma in Law will count towards the maximum number of three attempts.
11.11
A student who has not completed the requirements for the Diploma in Law but is permitted to transfer to the
LLB will not subsequently receive the award of the Diploma in Law under any circumstances.
For further details regarding transfer to LLB degree Scheme F, please refer to the Scheme F Detailed
Regulations
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Transfer from the LLB to the Diploma in Law
11.12
If you are registered for the LLB degree and have passed the Year 1 (Intermediate level) courses you cannot
transfer your registration to the Diploma in Law and be awarded that qualification.
Transfer from the LLB and Diploma in Law Old Regulations to the Revised
Regulations
11.13
If you are registered for the LLB and Diploma in Law (Old Regulations) you may transfer your registration to
the LLB and Diploma in Law (Revised Regulations) depending on conditions listed below.
11.14
If you registered for the Diploma in Law or LLB degree (Old Regulations) you may apply to transfer to the
Diploma in Law or LLB degree (Revised Regulations) as long as you meet the requirements in paragraphs
11.14-11.18
11.15
If you registered under the Old Regulations for the Intermediate examination of Scheme A or the First Year
examination of Scheme B or the Diploma in Law you may transfer if you:
have never made an examination entry or have made an examination entry and only received the
overall result Not Up or Not to Count;
or
have, within the last three years and at the first attempt, passed the Intermediate examination of
Scheme A or the First Year examination of Scheme B or the Diploma in Law.
11.16
If you registered under the Old Regulations for the Part I examination of Scheme A or the Second Year
examination of Scheme B or if you are a Diploma in Law student who has transferred and are registered for
the Part I or the Second Year examinations of the LLB degree, you can only transfer if you:
have never made an examination entry at that Part or Year or have made an examination entry and
only received the overall result Not Up or Not to Count;
and
have, within the last three years and at the first attempt, passed the Intermediate examination of
Scheme A, First Year examination of Scheme B or the Diploma in Law.
If you have failed one subject of either the Intermediate examination of Scheme A or the Diploma in Law and
later registers for/transfers to the Second Year examination of Scheme B, having been credited with the First
Year examination, you are not permitted to transfer to the Revised Regulations.
11.17
If you are within your period of registration under the Old Regulations, and have transferred between
Schemes and/or Graduate Entry Routes, you will not normally be allowed to transfer to the Revised
Regulations.
11.18
If you registered for the LLB degree (Old Regulations) on Graduate Entry Route A or Graduate Entry Route B
you may apply to transfer if you have never made an examination entry under the Old Regulations or if you
have made an examination entry at Level 1 or the First Year only and received the result Not Up or Not to
Count at that Level or Year.
11.19
You are not permitted to transfer to the Revised Regulations where credit for courses passed under the Old
Regulations would be taken into account in the classification of the award under the Revised Regulations.
11.20
If you are permitted to transfer to the Revised Regulations, having passed courses under the Old Regulations,
you will be credited with the same courses passed. You cannot resit a course for which you have received
credit.
11.21
If you transfer from the Old Regulations to the Revised Regulations, you will carry your period of registration
with you.
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11.22
If transferred to the Revised Regulations, you will continue on the same Scheme, Route or Diploma for which
you were registered under the Old Regulations.
However, you may be able transfer to Scheme F or Route F. See Scheme F Regulations for further details.
11.23
If you have transferred from the Old Regulations to the Revised Regulations, you will not be permitted to later
transfer back to the Old Regulations.
11.24
If you have transferred from the Old Regulations to the Revised Regulations and wish to transfer between
Schemes or Routes of the LLB degree, you will be required to follow the rules for transfer and credit given in
Appendix C.
If you wish to transfer to the Revised Regulations you must complete a transfer request form.
Transfer to LLB Scheme F
11.25
If you are registered for Scheme A, Graduate Entry Route A, Scheme B or Graduate Entry Route B of LLB,
the Diploma in Law or the Diploma in the Common Law we may allow you to transfer to Scheme F of the LLB.
See Scheme F Programme Specifications and Regulations.
Transferring your registration to programmes at level 4, 5 and 6 of the FHEQ
See Glossary for definition of FHEQ.
The Diploma in Law is placed at Level 4 of the FHEQ.
11.26 (GR)
You can apply to transfer your registration to another programme at the same or a different FHEQ level. You
must satisfy the entrance requirements and any transfer regulations for the programme to which you want to
transfer. You may also be required to cancel your registration and register afresh.
Transferring your registration to programmes at level 7 of the FHEQ
11.27 (GR)
If you are registered for an Access Route, Access programme or award at FHEQ Levels 4, 5 or 6, you are not
allowed to transfer your registration to a programme at level 7 of the FHEQ. Instead, you will have to cancel
your existing registration and submit a fresh application for registration and keep to the regulations for the
programme concerned.
Transfer of College based students
11.28 (GR)
If you are studying as a College-based student of the University of London, you may apply to complete your
studies for the same or similar award by transferring and registering as an International Programmes student.
12 Specific access requirements or disabilities
12.1 (GR)
We operate an Inclusive Practice Policy.
12.2 (GR)
If you have specific access requirements, we will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs. This may
include providing study materials in a different format (for example, large print) or by making special
arrangements for examinations. If we are unable to provide the study materials in the format you have asked
for, we will suggest an alternative where possible.

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Special examination arrangements
12.3 (GR)
We will consider applications for you to use special aids or for extra time in written paper examinations if you
have a disability or specific access requirements.
12.4 (GR)
A panel will consider requests to use special aids or for extra time in written paper examinations, and ensure
that you are neither disadvantaged nor advantaged by any arrangements made when compared with other
students. We cannot guarantee that special examination arrangements will be possible in every case.
12.5 (GR)
In very exceptional circumstances we may make special arrangements for you to take written paper
examinations at a temporary examination centre, where this is an option. This may require an additional fee
payment. We cannot arrange for you to take oral or practical examinations in a temporary examination centre
although (in exceptional cases) we may allow you to use special aids during these exams. It is not normally
possible to take written paper examinations in your home.
Students requiring special examination arrangements are strongly advised to apply for such arrangements
well in advance. Further details are available on the website, http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sar.
13 Complaints, suspension and termination of registration
Complaints
13.1 (GR)
If you have a complaint against us you should follow the Procedure for University of London International
Programmes Student Complaints.
Procedure for University of London International Programmes Student Complaints is available on the website,
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/complaints.
Suspension and termination of your registration by us
13.2 (GR)
If you fail to pay the appropriate fees or breach any relevant disciplinary or conduct code, we reserve the right
to apply the Code of Student Discipline and Suspension and Termination of Registration of Students in Debt
process as described in the University of London Ordinances (Ordinance 17 and 18 respectively).
13.3 (GR)
Your registration may be terminated if you are found to have obtained an offer of registration on the basis of a
fraudulent, dishonest or incomplete statement.

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Programme specification for individual courses 20142015
For prospectus details about the programme, please see
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/prospectus/intercollegiate-prospectus.pdf
Brief summary of provision for individual courses
A Programme Specification is a concise description of the intended learning outcomes of a programme, and
the means by which the outcomes are achieved and demonstrated. It gives a concise description of the key
parameters of the programme concerned. The Programme Specification is regulatory in nature and is
supplemented by the Detailed Regulations.
Brief summary of provision for individual courses
See Glossary for an explanation of terms.
The University offers courses from the LLB degree as individual courses.
You cannot register for more than two courses from the list of individual courses.
All individual courses will accommodate a minimum of 50 study hours.
See Detailed individual course regulations.
Individual courses offered under these regulations will not be taken into account for admission (or credit) to
the LLB degree, Diploma in Law or Diploma in the Common Law.
Each individual course will be examined by one three hour unseen written paper examination.
For Common Law Reasoning and Institutions, in addition to taking the written paper examination, a student is
required to use the online library, and complete the online legal research exercises.
Level of individual courses
The FHEQ forms part of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education of the Quality Assurance Agency for
Higher Education (QAA).
The LLB individual courses are placed at the following levels of the Framework for Higher Education
Qualifications (FHEQ):
Level 4
Level 6
Relevant QAA subject benchmarks group(s)
See the QAA website for information.
Law
www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-satatement-Law-2007.aspx
Awarding body
Individual courses do not automatically lead to a University of London award
University of London
Registering body
www.londoninternational.ac.uk
Lead College
See Glossary for an explanation.
The following Colleges contribute to the programme: Birkbeck; Kings College London; London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE); Queen Mary, University of London; School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS) and University College London (UCL)
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Language of study and assessment
English
Mode of study
Study is by distance and flexible learning
Find further details about student support in the Student Guide and Programme Handbook and VLE.
Entrance requirements
An applicant must meet the relevant entrance requirements given in this section. To be considered for
admission as an International Programmes student, applicants must also submit an application according to
the procedures and deadlines set out on our website.
See www.londoninternational.ac.uk/applications-and-admissions for details on the application process.
If you have a specific access requirement, you should refer to section 12 of the Detailed Regulations.

To be considered for registration as an International Programmes student, applicants must normally satisfy
both the University of Londons general entrance requirements and the additional programme specific
entrance requirements as follows:
Entrance requirements for individual courses
Age:
Qualifications:
For individual courses in EMFSS programmes, Undergraduate Laws or Creative Computing
and Computing and Information Systems you must have passed qualifications that satisfy category G
in the Qualifications for Entrance schedule.
For individual courses in English, Theology, Philosophy, you should check your programme
requirements which are given on our website.
Programme requirements can be found by clicking on your programme and then clicking on the
Requirements tab: www.londoninternational.ac.uk/courses/search/?solrsort=sort_title
asc&filters=%20tid%3A557
The Qualifications for Entrance schedule can be found here:
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/entrance_qualifications.pdf

The University may, at its discretion, accept other qualifications in place of those above.
English language requirements:
You must satisfy the English language requirements for your programme.
These can be found by clicking on your programme and then clicking on the Requirements tab:
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/courses/search/?solrsort=sort_title asc&filters=%20tid%3A557
Internet access
All students are required to have regular internet access, allowing them to access the following resources:
The student portal
The University of London email address
Details of their student records
Programme resources on the VLE (as applicable)
Programme resources on the University of London International Programmes website
The Programme Specification and Regulations for their programme of study
The University Regulations and the University of London International Programmes Student Charter.

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Students with specific access requirements
Students with specific access requirements should refer to section 10 of the Detailed Regulations.
We welcome applications from students with disabilities and/or specific access requirements. We aim to
provide the appropriate support to allow you the same chance as all other students to successfully complete
your studies.
Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that both the application procedure and the programme itself
are organised and delivered to offer you the opportunity to participate fully. If you have a disability or if you
need special arrangements to help you to take examinations (such as separate room or special aids) you
should fill in the relevant section of the application form, or contact the Inclusive Practice Manager. A panel
will consider such requests and ensure that you are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by any
arrangements made when compared with other students.
Sources of funding and scholarships
Information about potential sources of funding and scholarships is updated annually and available on the
website.
For information, please see www.londoninternational.ac.uk/distance-and-flexible-learning/funding-your-study.
Progression and credit
Refer to section 6 of the Detailed Regulations for the provision of individual courses.
Further information about the credit systems used by universities in the UK and Europe is available in:
The Higher Education Credit Framework for England,
www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Pages/Higher-education-credit-framework-for-England-
guidance-on-academic-credit-arrangements-in-higher-education-in-England-Augu.aspx
The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England,
www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/FHEQ08.pdf
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System,
http://ec.europa.eu/education/tools/ects_en.

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Detailed Regulations for the provision of individual courses
Throughout the Regulations, we us and our mean the University of London; you and your mean
the student, or where applicable all students.
1 Individual courses available for study on a stand-alone basis
Appendix A gives short course outlines.
1.1
The following courses are available as individual courses within the Undergraduate Laws programme:
Criminal law
Public law
Common law reasoning and institutions
Elements of the law of contract
Law of tort
Law of trusts
Property law
Jurisprudence and legal theory
Civil and criminal procedure
Evidence
Administrative law
History of English law
Public international law
Commercial law
Labour law
Family law
Company law
EU law
Criminology
Introduction to Islamic law
International protection of human rights
Conflict of laws
Succession
Intellectual property
1.2
All individual courses will consist of a minimum of 50 study hours.
1.3
You may register for no more than two courses from the list of individual courses without being registered for
an award at FHEQ Level 4, 5 or 6.
1.4 (GR)
You can apply to take any course that is available unless you have already received a related award. In this
case you may not normally take a course which is the same as, or equivalent to a course you have already
passed.
1.5 (GR)
You can only select from available courses. Not all courses are available every year.
Details of courses offered are available through the student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk.
1.6
If you are registered for an Undergraduate Laws individual course or courses may apply to register for a
certificate, diploma or degree provided they satisfy the entrance requirements for the certificate, diploma or
degree concerned. Such students may be required to cancel their existing registration and submit a fresh
application for registration and comply with the Programme Regulations for the certificate, diploma or degree.

Full details are in Section 6

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2 Registration
Initial registration
2.1 (GR)
You must complete your initial registration by the deadlines on our website.
This is normally 30 November in the year in which your programme starts; however some programmes have
an earlier deadline.
2.2 (GR)
You will only be allowed to complete initial registration after the deadline in exceptional circumstances and for
a limited time. You will also have to pay a late registration fee.
2.3
You may only register for an Undergraduate Laws individual course if you have made a successful
application.
2.4
You may take individual courses at the same time as the LLB degree.
2.5
An International Programmes Student currently registered for the Diploma in Law cannot register concurrently
for an individual course.
2.6
An International Programmes Student currently registered for the LLB degree cannot take a compulsory
course as an individual course, or take an optional course, as part of the LLB.
2.7
You may register for an individual course which you have already failed at the second attempt or a course that
you have passed whilst registered for the LLB or Diploma in Law. The mark gained in the individual course will
not alter the mark obtained for the LLB or Diploma in Law, nor will it alter the classification or grading for those
awards.
2.8 (GR)
There will be an effective date of registration of 30 November for all undergraduate students.
See Glossary for the definition of Effective date of registration
2.9 (GR)
You will be eligible to enter for examination at the first opportunity following your effective registration date of
30 November.
Period of registration
2.10
The maximum and minimum periods of registration will be:
Minimum Maximum
Undergraduate Laws
individual courses
1 year 2 years

2.11 (GR)
If you progress from a credit bearing individual course to the related award, we will grant you the maximum
period of registration to complete the award, counted from the effective date of registration for the related
course. This maximum period of registration will be the same as the maximum registration period for other
students who are registered for the same award.
2.12 (GR)
A student who has not completed all the requirements of an award within the maximum period of registration
as given in the programme specification, may apply to extend their registration for a specified period or may
apply to renew their registration for a further full maximum period for the programme for which they are
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registered. Extension and renewal of registration is at the discretion of the University, which will take into
account the progress made by the student during any previous period registration. The regulations that apply
to a students subsequent registration will be confirmed with the student and a fee for a subsequent
registration will be payable.
2.13 (GR)
If you have not completed all the requirements of an award within the maximum period of registration, you
may apply to renew your registration for a further maximum period specified by the programme for which you
are registered. Our decision whether to allow you to extend or renew your registration will depend on your
progress during your previous period of registration. If we approve your application, you must keep to the
regulations that apply during the new period of registration and you must pay the initial registration fee and
any other fees that apply.
2.14 (GR)
Where renewal or extension of registration is permitted, the credit awarded for courses successfully
completed will be at our discretion.
2.15
Where renewal or extension of registration is permitted, the credit awarded for courses or modules
successfully completed will be at the discretion of the University.
Confirmation of continuing study
The continuing registration procedure is sent out annually to students. See
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/fees for the deadline by which the continuing registration fee is due.
2.16 (GR)
To maintain your registration with us, you must complete the annual continuing registration process, and pay
any appropriate fees, by 1 November each year.
2.17 (GR)
You will only be allowed to complete your continuing registration after the deadline in exceptional
circumstances and for a limited time. You will also have to pay a late continuing registration fee.
If you do not maintain your registration and want to continue your studies, you should contact us through the
student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk. All cases will be considered on an individual basis.
Cancellation of registration
2.18 (GR)
You can cancel your registration at any time.
Section 9 gives refund information.
2.19 (GR)
If you have entered for an examination, your cancellation of registration will only be effective after the release
of the examination results for your programme.
2.20 (GR)
If you are, or have been, registered with us you can apply to cancel your registration and register again for a
programme in the same subject or field of study as long as you have never attempted an examination with us
or you have not attempted an examination with us within the previous two years.
2.21 (GR)
We will consider all applications for registering again for a programme on an individual basis.
2.22 (GR)
If we allow you to re-register for a programme in the same subject or field of study, you will have to pay a new
registration fee and will receive a new maximum registration period for the new programme. The previous
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Registration of our former students
2.23 (GR)
If you were previously registered with us, or enrolled on a programme of study with or enrolled at a college of
the University of London, you will only be allowed to register as a new International Programmes student if
you meet the entrance requirements given in the programme specification for your programme and have paid
us all fees and accounts that were due. If you do not meet this condition you will not be allowed to register
again as an International Programmes student.
2.24 (GR)
had taken an examination the maximum number of times allowed without success, you may be allowed to
register again as an International Programmes student for a programme of study in a different subject or field
of study.
2.25 (GR)
If you have previously received a University of London award, or if we cancelled your registration with us
because you had taken an examination the maximum number of times allowed without success, you can only
register for a programme of study in the same subject or field of study if we agree to this. We may not allow
this for all programmes. We will consider all applications individually and we will decide whether to award any
credit for courses you have previously passed.
2.26 (GR)
If we allow you to register again, you must pay a new registration fee. You will receive a new maximum period
of registration relevant to that programme.
3 Assessment for the programme
3.1 (GR)
When sitting an examination you must keep to the rules given in the Notice to Candidates, which you will
receive with the Admission Notice, as well as the regulations given in this section.
Assessment methods
See Glossary for the definition of examination and written paper examination.
3.2 (GR)
All examinations will be based on the syllabuses that are current for the year of the examination concerned.
You must make sure that you have studied the correct syllabuses.
3.3 (GR)
Examinations are governed by the regulations in force at the time of the examination and not at the time you
initially registered or first attempted the examination concerned, except where the conditions for changing
regulations with notice apply.
See the Important Information on changes to regulations.
3.4 (GR)
Where necessary, examiners may change the format or the rubric of a written paper examination without
giving notice.
3.5 (GR)
Written paper examinations are held at authorised examination centres worldwide. In countries where there is
an authorised examination centre, you must use the facilities provided by that centre. We will not set up an
alternative centre in those countries but, where possible, we will try to help if you need special examination
arrangements.
See the website for the list of examination centres:
3.6 (GR)
All examinations are held at the discretion of the examination centre and you must keep to any conditions they
may set.
3.7 (GR)
If you choose to be formally assessed for an individual course, you will be examined to the same standard as
students who sit examinations for the related degree, diploma or certificate.
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3.8 (GR)
Credit bearing individual courses will be assessed using the forms of assessment associated with the degree,
diploma or certificate.
3.9 (GR)
Oral (speaking) and aural (listening) examinations, if these apply, are normally held only in London. We may
give an examination centre outside London permission to hold oral or aural examinations as long as we are
satisfied with their arrangements for carrying out the examinations. If it is not possible for you to take the oral
or aural examinations outside London, you can apply for permission to take these examinations in London and
the written paper examinations elsewhere in the United Kingdom or Ireland or overseas. Date of examinations
3.10 (GR)
At any examination session, all students will sit the same written paper examination, on the same date, at the
same local time, except where there are unavoidable delays in the arrangement. However, we have the right
to set different papers in the same subject in separate countries and in different time zones.
3.11 (GR)
Where delays cannot be avoided in countries other than the United Kingdom, the examination centre will
arrange for the relevant examinations to be taken with as little variation as possible from the original dates and
times we have assigned to them. You must keep to these revised arrangements. We have the right not to
mark an examination taken at a different time from the time we set.
3.12
Each individual course will be examined by one three hour unseen written paper examination.
For Common Law Reasoning and Institutions, in addition to taking the written paper examination, you must
use the online library, and complete the online legal research exercises.
See the Glossary for the definition of examination and written paper examination.
3.13
For all examinations, questions may be set on recent legislation and current proposals for law reform within
the scope of the syllabus. You must be familiar with developments in the law happening up to 15 February in
the examination year.
Date of examinations
3.14
Written paper examinations take place in May/June each year.
Sitting examinations
3.15 (GR)
If you want to sit an examination in any given year, you must have:
registered with us for the relevant programme of study, with an effective date of registration of 30
November of the previous year or earlier; and
entered for the examination in line with our and the appropriate examination centres instructions and
deadlines and paid all relevant fees.
3.16 (GR)
You must apply to the relevant examination centre for permission to sit the examination with them. We cannot
accept responsibility for making local examination arrangements for you. The examination centre will decide
whether to accept or refuse your application to sit an examination with them.
3.17 (GR)
All examination centres normally charge a local examination centre fee which is separate to any examination
entry fee that is paid to us. You must pay this fee each time you enter an examination. We are only
responsible for local examination centre fees charged at University of London centres in London. For all other
examination centres, we are not responsible for the examination fee and cannot set the level of examination
fee charged.
3.18 (GR)
You must provide the answers to all examinations in English, except where the syllabus or rubric for an
examination states otherwise.
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3.19 (GR)
When sitting a written paper examination, the examination centre has the right to ask you to stay in the
examination room for the whole time allowed for the relevant examination.
3.20 (GR)
We own all examination scripts and we will not return them to students. We will keep all question papers.
3.21 (GR)
If the markers cannot read your script, they will pass it to the Chair of the Board of Examiners and the External
or Intercollegiate Examiner. If the Board of Examiners and the External or Intercollegiate Examiner cannot
read your script, you will be assigned a mark of zero for the illegible parts and this may result in a fail. This
will count as an examination attempt.
If you find handwriting difficult due to medical or learning difficulties, you should apply to us for special
arrangements to be made. Further information is available on the website
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sar
Materials and aids allowed in the examination room
See section 5 for assessment offences and penalties
3.22 (GR)
You must complete examinations without aids, unless stated otherwise in the individual course descriptions or
any permitted materials list provided with your admission notice.
3.23 (GR)
You must not take electronic communication devices into the examinations. These include, but are not limited
to, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.
3.24 (GR)
The use of calculators in the examination is strictly controlled. You may only use a calculator in examinations
if this is stated in the course description, noted on the permitted materials list or noted on the examination
question paper.
3.25 (GR)
We will not provide calculators. You are responsible for providing your own calculator and for making sure that
it meets the conditions set out below and it is in working order for the examination. You should make sure that
you have a spare calculator (which must also meet the conditions set out below) in case your calculator fails
during the examination, or you must be prepared to continue the examination without a calculator. You are not
allowed to borrow another students calculator during the examination. If you use an electronic calculator in an
examination, you must write on your examination script the name and type of calculator you used.
3.26 (GR)
If you are allowed to use a calculator in an examination, you must keep to the conditions listed below, unless
the course description or the information provided with your admission notice tells you otherwise.
Calculators must:
be hand-held, compact and portable;
be quiet when in use;
have no external wires;
be non-programmable; and
not be capable of receiving, storing or displaying user-supplied non-numerical data.
You must not use a calculator that communicates or displays textual, graphical or algebraic information (other
than error messages).
3.27 (GR)
If you use a calculator that does not meet the above conditions, you will have committed an assessment
offence and the rules governing such offences will apply.
3.28 (GR)
It is an examination offence to take into, or use in, the examination room any unauthorised materials or aids.
You must not take into the examination room, or consult during the examination, any books, notes,
instruments or other materials or aids that are not allowed. You must give any of these items to the invigilator
before the examination starts.
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Mitigating circumstances during the examination session
3.29 (GR)
Mitigating Circumstances are any serious circumstances beyond your control which may have adversely
affected your academic performance. You must contact us with details of any mitigating circumstances you
wish to be considered within three weeks of the last examination in the session concerned. We will not
normally consider mitigating circumstances if you do not contact us within this period. You will be asked to
provide any formal certification you may have in relation to your circumstances.
Further details on mitigating circumstances are available on the website.
Administrative re-check of marks
3.30 (GR)
You may apply to us to recheck your results if you think a mark you have received is due to an administrative
error.
3.31 (GR)
If you want to apply for an administrative recheck of your marks, you must do so by specific deadlines and by
following the procedure set out in your student portal.
Details are available through the student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk
3.32 (GR)
If you want to apply for an administrative recheck of your marks, you must pay an administrative fee. If we find
that there was a mistake in your mark, we will refund the administrative fee.
3.33 (GR)
We will not consider appeals against examination results that are made on academic grounds.
Further information on the Procedure for Consideration of Representations Concerning Decisions of Boards of
Examiners is available on the website http://www.london.ac.uk/976.html.
Non-credit bearing individual courses
3.34 (GR)
Non-credit bearing individual courses are not formally assessed. However, you may choose whether or not to
enter for the assessment for the non-credit bearing individual courses that you are registered for.
4 Number of attempts permitted at an examination
4.1 (GR)
If you fail an examination, and you have not yet met the conditions to be considered for the relevant award,
you may be allowed or required to resit the examination up to the maximum number of attempts, as long as
your registration has not expired.

4.2 (GR)
As soon as you enter an examination hall to attempt a written paper examination this counts as an
examination attempt. If you do not turn up for an examination, this will not normally count as an attempt.
4.3 (GR)
You will not be allowed to enter for an examination that you have already passed or for which credit has been
awarded.
4.4
If you do not attempt all elements of a course in the same academic year and do not apply for deferral, you
may be considered to have made an attempt at an examination for the course unless we decide that there are
extenuating circumstances.
Refer to section 3 for further information.

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4.5 (GR)
The result you get for your most recent attempt at an examination will replace any mark or grade you were
previously awarded for that examination unless the programme regulations state otherwise. However, all your
marks will appear on the diploma supplement.
4.6 (GR)
If you fail an examination for any course on the final attempt, your registration for that programme will end
unless the Board of Examiners, or programme regulations, recommend otherwise.
5 Assessment offences and penalties
5.1 (GR)
Allegations of assessment offence will be considered under the Procedures for the Consideration of
Allegations of Assessment Offence, unless it is deemed more appropriate to refer them for consideration
under University of London Ordinance 17: Code of Student Discipline. If you are subject to an allegation of
assessment offence you will have all pending results withheld until your case is settled. If there is evidence
that you have broken the regulations, a penalty may apply.

5.2 (GR)
All work which you submit for assessment must be your own, expressed in your own words and include your
own ideas and judgements. If you make use of somebody elses work it must always be clearly attributed to
them.
For fuller details on assessment offences and how to avoid them, see the Student Guide and Programme
Handbook.
Examination related offences
5.3 (GR)
Unless you are told otherwise, the only materials you must enter the examination room with are your
admission notice and pens. You will be informed in advance by us if any further materials (for example, statute
books or calculators) are permitted. It is an assessment offence for you to take into, or use in, the examination
room any materials or aids which are not permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, notes, mobile phones,
tablets or electronic devices and materials that are allowed but which have been amended or annotated.
For more rules on the materials and aids that are allowed in the examination, see section 4.
5.4 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to fail to act on a routine instruction or reasonable request from an invigilator, or to
engage in conduct that causes a disturbance in the examination room. Violent, indecent, disorderly,
threatening or offensive behaviour or language used during an examination may be treated as a disciplinary
matter under Ordinance 17: Code of Student Discipline.
5.5 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to exchange any information with another student during an examination. This
includes, but is not limited to, speaking, gesturing, passing notes, copying or allowing your work to be copied.
5.6 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to reveal any details of an examination paper in such a way that a student who is
yet to sit that paper may be advantaged. This includes, but is not limited to, online discussions.
5.7 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to take stationery or other materials from the venue in which the examination is
held. . This includes, but is not limited to, question papers and supplementary answer books.
Plagiarism
5.8 (GR)
Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional use of somebody elses work, when it is not properly referenced
and is therefore presented as your own. Another persons work includes any source that is published or
unpublished, including words, images, diagrams, formulae, audio recordings, computer code, ideas and
judgements, discoveries and results. Plagiarism is an assessment offence.
5.9 (GR)
Direct quotations from the published or unpublished work of any person must always be clearly identified and
you must provide a full reference to the source in a proper form. Equally, if you summarise any persons ideas
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or judgements, you must credit that person in the text and give full details of the work you have summarised in
a proper form.
For details on how to reference correctly and avoid plagiarism, see the Student Guide and Programme
Handbook
5.10 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to submit work which has been written jointly by two or more people unless
explicitly stated otherwise in section 3. If two people submit identical or substantially similar pieces of work,
this will be treated as plagiarism. You are responsible for protecting your own work and for preventing other
students from copying from you.
5.11 (GR)
It is an assessment offence to submit assignments, essays, projects, reports, dissertations and other work
more than once to satisfy different requirements of the same course, or which you have submitted previously
to another course or institution, or for publication, unless the detailed regulations or programme specification
state otherwise, or you have been given permission to do so. Submitting the same piece of work twice (or a
significant part of the same piece of work) is an offence of self-plagiarism.
5.12 (GR)
You must sign a declaration for all work you submit, stating that you understand what is meant by plagiarism
and confirming that the work is entirely your own and that you have acknowledged any published or
unpublished work of other people that you have referred to, in line with our requirements.
For further information on Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations see www.london.ac.uk/975.html.
6 Progression from individual courses
A student who is registered for an individual course and wishes to register for a related award should submit
an online application for the related award
Credit bearing individual courses
6.1
The completion of an Undergraduate Laws individual course or courses will not be taken into account for
admission or for credit, to a related undergraduate degree or diploma.
6.2 (GR)
If you do not complete the formal assessment for an individual course, you will still be allowed to progress to
an award as long as you satisfy the entrance requirements for the award that you are progressing to.
6.3 (GR)
All applications for progression from an individual course to a related award will be considered on an individual
basis. We will decide if you are allowed to progress.
See Glossary for definitions of related and unrelated awards.
Non-credit bearing individual courses
6.4 (GR)
The completion of non-credit bearing individual courses will not be taken into account for admission, or for
credit, to a related or unrelated award.
6.5 (GR)
If you are registered for a non-credit bearing individual course, you can apply to register for an award as long
as you satisfy the entrance requirements for that award.
7 Marks
7.1
The pass mark for an individual course is 40.
See Appendix E for information on how to achieve a particular mark.

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8 Receiving the final diploma and diploma supplement
8.1 (GR)
If you are registered with us for an individual course, you will receive a certificate of registration if you have:
complied with the Regulations in all respects
paid all due fees to the University
8.2 (GR)
We will present you with a certificate of achievement if you have:
successfully completed the assessment for an individual course that you are registered for
successfully completed any study requirements for the individual course
kept fully to the regulations for the programme concerned; and
paid all fees and accounts that are due
See Glossary for a further explanation of a diploma supplement. It may take three to six months to receive the
above documents.
8.3 (GR)
We have the right to withhold the certificates you if you fail to meet any of these conditions.
Receiving related awards
8.4
You are only allowed to complete a maximum of two courses taken on an individual basis. Therefore, you may
not study the equivalent to the structure of the LLB degree, Diploma in Law or Diploma in the Common Law
and claim these awards.
8.5
If you have passed courses as part of the LLB degree or Diploma in Law or Diploma in the Common Law,
which you have not successfully completed, you cannot claim credit for these courses as individual courses.
8.6
If you have taken a course as part of the LLB degree or Diploma in Law which you have not successfully
completed, you may cancel your registration for that programme and apply to retake the course as an
individual course.
9 Fees and refunds
Fees
9.1 (GR)
Where they apply, you must pay all fees for your programme in full and in line with our deadlines.
9.2 (GR)
We have the right to change our published fees and to make extra charges. We may change our fees every
year.
9.3 (GR)
If you are registered for individual courses, and you are allowed to progress to an award at the same or a
different level, you will have to pay the relevant registration fee and the fees for the remaining courses.
9.4 (GR)
If we allow you to transfer your registration to an alternative programme, you must pay the full fees for the new
programme. We will decide if you must also pay administrative fees. Any unallocated fees that you have
previously paid will be applied to your new programme.
9.5 (GR)
If we allow you to renew your registration after your first period of registration ends, you must pay the new
registration fee in full. If your programme of study is being phased out, you will be charged a proportion of the
full registration fee, depending on the number of years remaining before the last examination for your
programme. You must also pay either the continuing registration fees or the appropriate remaining course
fees under the regulations in force at that time.
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Details of the programme fees payable and other costs are available on the website,
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/fees
Refunds
9.6 (GR)
There are statutory regulations in the UK relating to the refund of fees paid for services rendered. These
regulations state that fees should be refunded where a request to cancel a service is received up to seven
days after the original delivery for that service. You can request a cancellation of any service and a full refund
of the corresponding fees paid to us by sending a request in writing by accessing your student portal. The
request must be received by us within seven working days of the original delivery for that service. All
authorised refunds are refunded back to the payee.
A request for a refund should be submitted through the student portal, my.londoninternational.ac.uk
9.7 (GR)
After the seven working day period described in 9.8, application handling fees, accreditation of prior learning
application fees and examination entry fees, as applicable, are not refundable. Examination entry fees cannot
be transferred from one examination to another. If a request for a refund is not submitted within seven
working days as described in 9.8 fees are not refundable and cannot be transferred to other services. In
exceptional circumstances a request may be considered for a refund at our discretion and a proportion of the
fees paid may be refunded. In these instances an administration fee will be deducted.
9.8 (GR)
If we decide to withdraw a course, and you have not yet registered, we will give you a full refund of any pre-
paid fees within 30 days of receiving your request for a refund. If you have already registered for the course,
we will allow you to complete the programme of study according to the regulations on the notice period that
applies for withdrawing all University of London International Programmes.
9.9 (GR)
If you have registered for a programme for the first time and you are affected by a subsequent change in
regulations or new set of regulations, you can request to be considered for a full refund of any fees you have
paid. All requests must be submitted within three weeks of the publication of the new programme specification
and regulations.
9.10 (GR)
If there is a maximum number of students that we can admit to a course, we will refund your registration fees
and course fees (if these apply) in full if you try to register but cannot because we have already reached the
maximum number.

10 Specific access requirements or disabilities
10.1 (GR)
We operate an Inclusive Practice Policy.
10.2 (GR)
If you have specific access requirements, we will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs. This may
include providing study materials in a different format (for example, large print) or by making special
arrangements for examinations. If we are unable to provide the study materials in the format you have asked
for, we will suggest an alternative where possible.
Special examination arrangements
10.3 (GR)
We will consider applications for you to use special aids or for extra time in written paper examinations if you
have a disability or specific access requirements.

10.4 (GR)
A panel will consider requests to use special aids or for extra time in written paper examinations, and make
sure that you are neither disadvantaged nor advantaged by any arrangements made when compared with
other students. We cannot guarantee that special examination arrangements will be possible in every case.

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10.5 (GR)
In very exceptional circumstances we may make special arrangements for you to take written paper
examinations at a temporary examination centre, where this is an option. It is not normally possible to arrange
for you to take written paper examinations in your home. We cannot arrange for you to take oral or practical
examinations in a temporary examination centre although (in exceptional cases) we may allow you to use
special aids during these exams. You may have to pay extra fees if we arrange for you to take an
examination at a temporary examination centre.
Students requiring special examination arrangements are strongly advised to apply for such arrangements
well in advance. Further details are available on the website, http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sar.
11 Complaints, suspension and termination of registration
Complaints
11.1 (GR)
If you have a complaint against us you should follow the Procedure for University of London International
Programmes Student Complaints.
Procedure for University of London International Programmes Student Complaints is available on the website,
http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/complaints.
Suspension and termination of registration by the University
11.2 (GR)
If you fail to pay the appropriate fees or breach any relevant disciplinary or conduct code, we reserve the right
to apply the Code of Student Discipline and Suspension and Termination of Registration of Students in Debt
process as described in the University of London Ordinances (Ordinance 17 and 18 respectively).
11.3 (GR)
Your registration may be terminated if you are found to have obtained an offer of registration on the basis of a
fraudulent, dishonest or incomplete statement.

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Appendix A Structure

Note: You should note that the course code is given next to the course title in Appendix B of the Programme
Specification and Detailed Regulations. Course codes are new from the 2011-12 academic year and replace
any previous examination numbers. This change does not impact on the syllabus or content of the course. An
overview of how old examination numbers are mapped to new course codes can be found on the University of
London International Programmes website: www.londoninternational.ac.uk/new_codes
Structures outline the course and progression available for each scheme and route.
Scheme A
Scheme A: 12 courses
Year 1* (four Intermediate courses 120 credits) Common law reasoning and institutions [LA1031]
(30 credits)
Criminal law [LA1010] (30 credits)
Elements of the law of contract [LA1040] (30 credits)
Public law [LA1020] (30 credits)

Year 2* (four Finals courses 120 credits)
At least two Compulsory Finals courses and no more than two Optional Finals courses from Group 1.

Year 3* (four Finals courses 120 credits)
Any remaining Compulsory Finals courses not already taken plus Optional Finals courses from Group 1 or
Group 2 to make up four courses.
Compulsory Finals courses
Property law [LA3003] (30 credits)
Law of tort [LA3001] (30 credits)
Law of trusts [LA3002] (30 credits)
Jurisprudence and legal theory [LA3005] (30 credits)
Optional Finals courses (Group 1)
Administrative law [LA3008] (30 credits)
Civil and criminal procedure [LA3004] (30 credits)
Commercial law [LA3017] (30 credits)
Company law [LA3021] (30 credits)
Criminology [LA3025] (30 credits)
EU law [LA3024] (30 credits)
Evidence [LA3007] (30 credits)
Family law [LA3019] (30 credits)
History of English law [LA3012] (30 credits)
International protection of human rights [LA3029] (30 credits)
Introduction to Islamic law [LA3028] (30 credits)
Labour law [LA3018] (30 credits)
Public international law [LA3013] (30 credits)
Conflict of laws [LA3014] (30 credits)
Intellectual property [LA3026] (30 credits)
Succession [LA3016] (30 credits)
Dissertation [LA3200] (30 credits)
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Notes
In England and Wales, the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board require students
to pass EU law in order to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree.
Registration for the History of English Law [LA3012] course has been discontinued and no new
registrations for this course will be accepted. The last examinations, including resits, under these
Regulations for this course, will be held in 2017
this option is available only to students who wish to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree, as indicated by
previous or concurrent registration for EU law.
* Year in the description of Scheme A does not mean that Scheme A has to be completed in four
years. A student has up to eight years to complete their degree
Students must read this Appendix in conjunction with Section 1 of the Detailed Regulations and with Appendix
B.
The examination codes are appended to the course titles and these codes should be used when completing
examination entry forms.

Scheme B
Scheme B: 12 courses
Year 1* (three courses 90 credits)
Common law reasoning and institutions [LA1031] (30 credits)
Plus any two of the following courses:

The remaining course from the Year 1 list not already taken plus two Compulsory Finals courses.

At least one Compulsory Finals course plus two Optional Finals courses from Group 1.

The remaining Compulsory Final courses not already taken plus two Optional Finals courses from Group 1 or
Group 2.

Compulsory Finals courses
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Dissertation [LA3200] (30 credits)
Notes
this option is available only to students who wish to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree, as indicated by
previous or concurrent registration for EU law.
* Year in the description of Scheme B does not mean that Scheme B has to be completed in four
years. A student has up to eight years to complete their degree
B

Decisions for students seeking a Qualifying Law Degree
Students who wish to gain a Qualifying Law Degree need to complete their studies within six years and
register for EU law and complete a Laws Skills Portfolio.
Scheme A Scheme B Graduate Entry Route A Graduate Entry Route B
2
nd
or 3
rd
year of study 3
rd
or 4
th
year of study 2
nd
year of study 3
rd
year of study
Register for the optional
course, EU Law
course, EU Law
course, EU Law
course, EU Law
3
rd
year of study 4
th
year of study

Choose pathway to
complete Laws Skills
Portfolio*
Choose pathway to
Portfolio*
Choose pathway to
Portfolio*
Choose pathway to
Portfolio*
* Laws Skills Pathway 1: register for the Dissertation from Optional Finals (Group B) and complete the Laws
Skills Portfolio.
Laws Skills Pathway 2: undertake a small-scale separate research project and complete the Laws Skills
Portfolio

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Graduate Entry Route A
Year 1* (four courses 120 credits)

Year 2* (five course 150 credits)

Plus any two of the following:
Laws Dissertation course option [LA3200] (30 credits)
Notes
Currently this option is available only to students who wish to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree, as
indicated by previous or concurrent registration for EU law.
* Year in the description of Graduate Entry Route A does not mean that Graduate Entry Route A has
to be completed in three years. A student has up to eight years to complete their degree.
B.

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Graduate Entry Route B
Plus any two of the following courses:

The remaining course from the Year 1 list not already taken plus two of the following courses:

The remaining course from the Year 2 list not already taken plus two of the following:
Laws Dissertation course option [LA3200] (30 credits)
Notes
Currently this option is available only to students who wish to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree, as
indicated by previous or concurrent registration for EU law.
* Year in the description of Graduate Entry Route B does not mean that Graduate Entry Route B has
to be completed in three years. A student has up to eight years to complete their degree.
B.
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Diploma in Law
Common law reasoning and institutions [LA1031] (30 credits)*
Your teaching institution will also provide classes in study skills and, where necessary, additional English
language support. You will be expected to have undertaken research exercises and made extensive use of
Online Library resources.
* Compulsory course at Stage 1

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Appendix B Syllabuses
Statutes and other documents
The University will not provide statutes or other documents in the examination room. A student will, however,
be permitted to bring into the examination room the statutes and other materials listed in the course
syllabuses. A student is permitted to use any edition of the permitted statutes, although they are strongly
advised to use the most recent one.
Where statutes or statutory instruments are listed at the end of individual syllabuses this means a Queens
Printer copy of the statute or statutory instrument or a photocopy of a Queens Printer copy or a Print (PDF)
copy (but not a Web (HTML) copy downloaded from the Office of Public Sector Information website and a
Queens Printer copy of any later statute amending or repealing those statutes. Queens Printer copies must
be of the full original statute or statutory instrument and not of the statute or statutory instrument as reprinted
in a case book or statute book.
A student may only underline and/or highlight passages with a coloured pen in the materials, but all other
forms of personal annotation on statutes and other materials permitted to be taken into the examination room
are strictly forbidden. A student may highlight different passages with different coloured pens. A student is
forbidden to attach self-adhesive notelets or index tags or any other paper to the pages of statute books or
other permitted materials.
The details of statutes and other documents given in this Appendix are subject to revision by the Board of
Examiners and will be superseded by the consolidated list of statutes and other materials which will be
circulated to students with the timetable.
A student must comply with the rules governing the use of these materials given in section 4 of the Detailed
Regulations.
Syllabuses
Details of individual syllabuses may change from year to year. Examinations in any given year are governed
by the Regulations and syllabuses for that year. A student is therefore strongly advised to consult the current
version of the course syllabus.
Where minor changes have been made to a syllabus this is indicated by the sub-heading Amended syllabus.
Where changes have been made only to the materials permitted in the examination room, this is indicated by
the sub-heading Amended materials.
A student is advised to refer to the learning outcomes provided in the subject guides.
Note: Students should note that the course code is given next to the course title in Appendix A and Appendix
B of the Programme Specification and Detailed Regulations. Course codes are new from the 2011-12
academic year and replace any previous years examination numbers. This change does not impact on the
syllabus or content of the course. An overview of how old examination numbers are mapped to new course
codes can be found on the University of London International Programmes website:
www.londoninternational.ac.uk/new_codes/

Administrative law [LA3008]
a) The nature and scope of administrative law.
b) The legal status and powers of administrative authorities; the Crown; ministers; civil service including
executive agencies; local authorities; regulatory agencies; other public authorities, e.g. the National
Health Service.
c) Processes in public administration: legislation and delegated legislation; discretion; rule-making;
policies; adjudication; consultation. Allocation of functions.
d) Procedures and remedies of judicial review of administrative action under section 31 Supreme Court
Act 1981 and RSC Order 53.
e) The grounds upon which judicial review may be obtained including illegality, procedural impropriety,
irrationality and legitimate expectation. Exclusion of judicial review.
f) Ombudsmen: the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration; the Health Service
Commissioner; the Local Commissioners for Administration.
g) Tribunals. The function, constitution and procedure of tribunals. The Council on Tribunals.
h) Inquiries: the origin and function of inquiries; public local inquiries in relation to land-use control; other
types of inquiries.
i) Contract and tort liabilities and duties of public bodies. Estoppel. Restitution. Crown Proceedings Act 1947.
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j) The impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on the development of English
administrative law.
k) The impact of EC general principles of law on English Administrative law, especially procedural
fairness, legitimate expectations, proportionality and fundamental human rights.
Civil and criminal procedure [LA3004]
This course will require a student to demonstrate an ability to analyse the substantive issues that underpin
civil and criminal procedure. Civil and criminal procedure operates within broadly stated legal rules but this
course will also consider the legal issues raised by particular areas of concern. The course will be divided
equally between civil and criminal procedure. A student will be expected to compare and contrast civil and
criminal procedure and will need to have a good working knowledge of the court system and the way in which
civil and criminal justice is organised and dispensed.
(a) Introduction
Aims and values of the civil process
Civil court structure
Aims and values of the criminal process
Criminal court structure
Civil procedure
(b) Civil process before trial
Limitations
Funding
Court jurisdiction
Parties and joinders - interpleaders
(c) Commencement of proceedings
Issuing and serving proceedings
Renewal of process
Service outside the jurisdiction
(d) Responding to a claim
Default judgments
Statement of cases
Track allocation
Small claims track
Fast track
Multi-track
(e) Case Management
Requests for further information
Additional claims
Part 8 claims and petitions
Interim applications
(f) Summary disposal
Summary judgment
Striking out, discontinuance and stays
Interim payments
Security for costs
(g) Aspects of civil trial I
Sanctions
Disclosure
Experts
Witness statements and affidavits
Hearsay evidence
Admissions and documentary evidence
Injunctions
(h) Aspects of civil trial II
References to ECJ
Judgment and orders
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Part 36 orders and payments
Costs
Enforcement
Appeals
Criminal Procedure
(i) Police powers and bail
Arrest
Detention
Search and Seizure
Questioning
Police Practices
Remedies for abuse of police powers
(j) Charging and bail
Formulation and amendment of charges
Bail
(k) Commencement of Proceedings
Transfers
Indictments
Preparation for trial
Discovery and disclosure
ID evidence
(l) Aspects of criminal trial I
Pleas and plea bargaining
Juries
Costs
(m) Aspects of criminal trial II
Sentencing
Criminal Appeals
A student is permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified documents: one copy) of the
Codes of Practice issued under Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and one copy of Blackstones Statutes
on Criminal Justice and Sentencing (OUP).
Commercial law [LA3017]
(a) Agency
define the term agent
explain how an agency is created
discuss the scope of the agents authority
explain the rights and obligations owed by the principal and by the agent to the third party
explain the rights and obligations owed by the third party to the principal and to the agent
(b) Sale of goods
discuss the approach taken to interpretation of the Sale of Goods Act 1979
analyse the components of the definition of a contract of sale
explain the circumstances in which property in goods is passed
identify how risk is passed
understand the nemo dat rule
discuss and illustrate the exceptions to nemo dat rule
explain the duties of the seller to deliver and the buyer to accept goods
discuss the implied terms in ss.1215 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979
discuss the relationship between the different implied terms
outline the limits imposed on attempts by the seller to exclude or restrict liability for breach of the
implied terms
understand and discuss the rules on acceptance
explain the remedies available to the buyer and the seller where there is a breach of the sale contract
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(c) International sale contracts
identify the key characteristics of cif and fob contracts
analyse the distinctions between cif and fob contracts
discuss the duties of the seller and buyer under cif and fob contracts
explain the remedies available to the seller and buyer under cif and fob contracts
understand the general issues involved in the use of electronic documentation and the effect of
international agreements on the terms of international sale contracts
(d) Payment
define and identify the characteristic features of a documentary credit
explain the significance of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP)
identify the different types of documentary credit
explain the steps involved in the opening of a credit
analyse the various contractual relationships
discuss the strict compliance and autonomy of the credit rules
explain the rights and obligations of the parties.
A student is permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified documents: one copy of each
of the following: Factors Act 1889; Misrepresentation Act 1967; Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973;
Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977; Sale of Goods Act 1979; Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; Consumer
Protection Act 1987; Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994; Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995 and one
copy of Blackstones Statutes on Commercial & Consumer Law (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on
Commercial and Consumer Law (Palgrave Macmillan).
Common law reasoning and institutions [LA1031]
(a) The nature of the common law tradition with particular reference to human rights.
(b) Sources of law and principles of legal research with an emphasis on case noting, reading
cases/statutes and essay writing.
(c) Conduct of legal research and retrieval of legal information, with particular reference to the use of the
London online library and web based resources in finding cases, statutes and journal articles.
(d) The doctrine of precedent and the principles of statutory interpretation
(e) Judicial reasoning in relation to (i) cases, and (ii) statutes
(f) The judiciary with particular reference to the role of the judges and the Human Rights Act
(g) The criminal justice process (in outline) and the role of rights in the process with particular attention
to the jury and the impact of the Human Rights Act.
The civil justice process (in outline) with particular attention to reform and the role of rights. A student is
required to use the online library, and complete the online legal research exercises.
The assessment of this course by an unseen written paper will consist of two parts, with the first part (Part A)
being a compulsory question on legal research. A student must pay close attention to the relevant chapters in
the subject guide, study pack and the learning objectives therein. The compulsory question may contain short
questions based on the exercises on legal research, citation of legal information, and library use.
Company law [LA3021]
(a) The nature of legal personality and lifting the veil of incorporation. Incidents of corporate personality;
differences between incorporated and unincorporated associations. The rule in Salomon v
Salomon & Co Ltd and its development.
(b) The formation of the company. The memorandum and articles of association. Pre-incorporation
contracts. The duties and liabilities of promoters. The requirements for prospectuses and listing
particulars and liabilities for defective prospectuses and listing particulars. Different types of
companies.
(c) The relations between the company and outsiders. The growth and decline of the doctrines of ultra
vires and constructive notice; the Turquand rule and the application of principles of agency. The
commission of crimes and torts by the company. Vicarious liability and the Alter Ego doctrine.
(d) The relations between the company and its members and among the members inter se. The nature of
and principles governing the contract between the company and its members. Different capacities
of members and the relations between one member and another. Alteration of the contract and
remedies for breach.
(e) Management of the company. Directors and other officers. Appointment, retirement, dismissal,
disqualification. Meetings, voting, resolutions. Division of functions among officers and organs of
the company
(f) Directors duties and the protection of Minority Shareholders. Statutory duties of directors - including
criminalisation of insider trading - and their enforcement. Common law duties of directors
(fiduciary duties and duty of care and skill) and their enforcement. The rule in Foss v Harbottle.
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Statutory remedies for the protection of minority shareholders. Company disclosure and
investigations by the Department of Trade and Industry.
(g) Corporate Governance. Corporate accountability (stakeholder v shareholder issues), The corporate
governance committees (Cadbury, Greenbury, Hampel, Turnbull). The Government responses
(Higgs and the Company Law Review Steering Group).
(h) Shares and Debentures. Differences between shares and debentures. Registration. Different classes
of shares. Rights of different classes and the variation of share rights.
(i) Capital. Raising, maintaining and reducing the capital of the company. Discounts, premiums, payment
of dividends and purchase by the company of its shares. Financial assistance for the purchase of
its shares.
(j) Winding-up. Types of winding-up; the powers and duties of the liquidator.
A student is permitted to bring into the examination room two of the following (this could include two editions
of the same publication): either Blackstones Statutes on Company Law (OUP) or British Companies
Legislation (Sweet & Maxwell, previously published by CCH editions) or Core Statutes on Company Law
(Palgrave Macmillan) and one copy of each of the following: Companies Act 1985; Business Names Act 1985;
Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985; Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985
(S.I. 1985 No. 805); Insolvency Act 1986; Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986; Financial Services Act
1986; Companies Act 1989; Companies (Single Member Private Limited Companies) Regulations 1992 (S.I.
1992 No. 1699); Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; Criminal Justice Act 1993; Insolvency Act 1994;
Insolvency (No 2) Act 1994.; Public Offers Of Securities Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995 No. 1537); Companies
Act 2006
Conflict of laws [LA3014]
The nature of private international law
Fundamental conceptions: classification; renvoi; public policy; evasion of the law; the incidental question; time
factor.
Connecting factors, in particular domicile and habitual residence; comparison with nationality.
The rules relating to the jurisdiction of English courts in cases involving a foreign element. Staying foreign
actions: the forum non conveniens doctrine.
The principles of English private international law relating to the following matters:
Persons: status and capacity; corporations.
The family: validity and effects of marriage: divorce: nullity of marriage: maintenance obligations:
legitimacy.
Contracts: form; interpretation; illegality; discharge.
Torts.
Property: movables and immovables; transfer of tangible and intangible property. Intestacy; wills;
administration of estates; Trusts.
Procedure and evidence: proof of foreign law: recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and
decrees.

Note: The syllabus does not include bankruptcy, negotiable instruments, the equitable doctrines of election,
satisfaction and performance.
A student is permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: one copy of each
of the following: Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982; Family Law Act 1986; Contracts (Applicable Law)
Act 1990; Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991; Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1995 and one copy (or photocopy) of the Official Journal of the European Community of: Council Regulation
(EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in
Civil and Commercial Matters.
Criminal law [LA1010]
Aims: To develop a sound understanding of the general principles of criminal liability and an ability to critically
analyse the rules of substantive criminal law.
Objectives: On completion of this course, students should have an awareness of the principles of criminal
law, a sound working knowledge of the main criminal offences and defences and the factors affecting criminal
liability. Students will be expected to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and an ability to apply the rules
which make up the criminal law to problem situations of some legal complexity. In addition, they will be
expected to show that they are able to express their considered views on whether the aims and objectives of
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1. General Principles of Criminal law
2. Actus reus, including act requirements, liability for omissions and situational ability
3. Causation
4. Mens Rea , including intention recklessness and negligence
5. Coincidence of actus reus and mens rea
5 General defences1: insanity, automatism, intoxication,
6 General defences 2, necessity, duress, self-defence, consent
7. Murder and voluntary manslaughter
8. Involuntary manslaughter
9. Non-fatal offences 1: section 39 Criminal Justice Act 1988.
10. Non-fatal Offences 2, sections 18,20,47 OAPA 1861
11. Rape
12. Theft, fraud, burglary
13. Criminal damage
14. Secondary participation;
15. Inchoate offences: including assisting and encouraging crime and criminal attempts.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: one copy of one
of the following: Blackstones Statutes on Criminal Law (OUP) or Sweet and Maxwells Statute Series:
Criminal Law or Butterworths Student Statutes: Criminal Law or Core Statutes on Criminal Law (Palgrave
Macmillan)
Criminology [LA3025]
1. Objectives and methods of criminology:
The idea of a science of criminology; basic dichotomies/controversies on nature and scope of
criminology;
defining crime (legal and sociological conceptions);
Historical development of criminology (in outline only), classical and positivist schools, criminology
beyond the nation state.

Sources of data: Official statistics and alternatives (e.g. self-report studies and victimisation
surveys); uses, defects and limitations of official data for purposes of research; Measures of
success in law enforcement.
2. Criminological Theory
a) Crime as an individual phenomenon: legacies of classicism and positivism, rational choice,
biological, psychological and psychiatric explanations (including idea of psychopathy).
b) Crime as a social phenomenon: Anomie theory, Durkheim and Merton; social disorganisation and
social ecology; concept of spatial justice; Matza, techniques of neutralization and drift;
interactionist perspectives; labelling theory; control theories; Marxism; Feminism, Foucault and
technologies of the self.
c) Crime as a cultural phenomenon: cultural criminology, moral panics and the media, Katz and
seductions of crime, existentialism.
3. Institutional Framework of Law Enforcement
a) Philosophy and aims of punishment (including deterrence, treatment, justice, communicative and
restorative models). Whether actual systems of punishment cane be explained by philosophical
justifications or sociological approaches (in outline); community and official attitudes to punishment
and treatment of offenders. Role of imprisonment and its consequences, conditions in prison,
alternatives to prison, sanctions in the community.
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Elements of the law of contract [LA1040]
(a) The formation of contracts. Offer and acceptance. Consideration. Certainty of agreement. Intention to
create legal relations
(b) The content of the contract. Conditions, warranties and intermediate terms. Exemption clauses.
Implied terms at common law. Collateral contracts. Statutory implied terms with regard to the quality
of goods sold and goods or services supplied.
(c) Vitiating factors. Mistake. Misrepresentation. Duress and undue influence.
(d) Illegality and public policy (excluding gaming and wagering). Contracts illegal at common law.
Consequences of illegality. Contracts in restraint of trade.
(e) Capacity to contract, with particular reference to the capacity of minors
(f) Privity of contract (excluding agency and assignment)
(g) Performance and breach. Substantial performance. Repudiation and anticipatory breach. Discharge
by breach. Discharge under the doctrine of frustration.
(h) Remedies for breach of contract. General principles governing the assessment of damages.
Remoteness of damage. Damages for non-financial loss. Mitigation. Restitutionary remedies.
Liquidated damages and penalties. Specific performance.
[Note: The course will also take account of relevant European Union legislation and how this is
applied in the UK.]
A student is permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: either one copy of
Blackstones Statutes on Contract, Tort & Restitution (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Contract, Tort &
Restitution (Palgrave Macmillan).
EU law [LA3024]
In England and Wales, the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board require students who
registered in or after September 2001 to pass EU law in order to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree.
1. Introduction
2. The Treaties and their significance
3. The institutions of the European Union
4. EU law making and sources of laws
5. The Constitutional principles of EU law
6. Free movement of goods
7. Services and Establishment
8 Free Movement of Capital
9. Trade Harmonisation
10. Competition policy
11 Free movement of persons and citizenship
12. EU Human Rights Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified
document: either Blackstone's EU Treaties and Legislation (OUP) or Rudden & Wyatt's (OUP) EU Treaties
and Legislation (formerly Basic Community Law) or one copy of Core EU Legislation (Palgrave Macmillan).
Evidence [LA3007]
a) Basic concepts of relevance, admissibility and weight. Nature and classification of various types of
evidence. Objectives of evidence law.
b) Burden of Proof: Legal and evidential burdens; allocation of the legal burden in criminal and civil trials; the
standard of proof.
c) Confessions and improperly obtained evidence: defining, using and excluding confessions; using and
excluding improperly obtained evidence; entrapment.
d) The right to silence and adverse inferences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
e) Hazardous witness testimony and judicial warnings: makanjuola warnings; directions about a defendants
lies; eyewitness identification: dangers and pre-trial identification procedures, directions to the jury and
withdrawal of the case/evidence.
f) Evidence of a complainants extraneous sexual behaviour in trials of sexual offences: legislative
background; Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, sections 41-43 and its interpretation in the case-
law.
g) Character Evidence.
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h) The Rule Against Hearsay: the rule (its definition, scope and rationale); the definition of hearsay in the
Criminal Justice Act 2003; exceptions to the rule; the impact of Article 6(3)(d) of the European Convention on
Human Rights
i) Expert Evidence: admissibility, evaluation and judicial directions.

Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified documents:
one Queens Printer copy (or one photocopy of a Queens Printer copy) of the Codes of Practice issued
under Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and either one copy of Blackstone's Statutes on Evidence
(OUP) or one copy of Palgrave Macmillans Core Statutes on Evidence.
Family law [LA3019]
a) Marriage, civil partnership, and divorce. Requirements of a valid marriage or civil partnership: form and
capacity. Nullity. Divorce. Dissolution of civil partnerships. Judicial separation. Differences between
married and unmarried relationships.
b) Domestic violence. Remedies for violence and molestation and orders relating to occupation of the
matrimonial home.
c) Financial provision. The powers of the superior courts concerning financial provision for spouses and
children, during marriage and on divorce. Types of order available and their duration and variation.
Matrimonial proceedings in the magistrates courts.
d) The law relating to children. Parent and child; proof of parentage. Legal aspects of developments in
assisted reproduction. Childrens rights and parental responsibilities. Orders under the Children Act 1989
regulating aspects of parental responsibility. The powers and duties of local authorities under the Children Act
1989. Adoption of children.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: either one copy of
Blackstone's Family Law Statutes (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Family Law (Palgrave Macmillan).
History of English law [LA3012]
Registration for the History of English Law [LA3012] course has been discontinued and no new registrations
for this course will be accepted.
The last examinations, including resits, under these Regulations for this course, will be held in 2017
Outline of the Anglo-Saxon legal system: Anglo-Saxon laws and charters, the role of the royal Witan, local
courts and local justice.
Courts of the Common Law: the Kings council, the Kings bench, the common bench or common pleas, the
court of exchequer, the court of chancery, prerogative or conciliar courts (Admiralty, Marshal, Requests, Star
Chamber, Privy Council). The various appellate tribunals.
Mercantile, seigniorial and ecclesiastical courts and their jurisdictions (excluding details of remedies and
substantive rules).
Procedure: writs and bills, the forms of action, the modes of proof (ordeal, battle, jury, compurgation),
witnesses and evidence, methods of execution of judgements, review of verdicts and judgements.
Property law: Feudalism and tenures, estates for life (dower, courtesy), conditional fees, the entail (creation
and barring), the term of years (including ejectment), uses, trusts and future executory interests, perpetuities
and settlements (in outline only and excluding the history of the law of wills).
Contract and Tort: actions of debt, detinue and covenant; trespass and case; assumpsit, conversion, deceit
and defamation; equitable remedies for breach of contract; doctrine of consideration; rise of negligence.
Criminal law: appeals and indictments, the nature of felony, trespass and misdemeanour, benefit of clergy,
sanctuary.
Note: Questions will not be set on the history of constitutional and administrative law nor upon substantive
topics in the common law not indicated above. Questions will not require a knowledge of the period after 1907.
Intellectual property [LA3026]
a) Categories of intellectual property rights: the subject matter of intellectual property; the justification for
each type of right; absolute and relative monopolies; absence of common law protection against unfair
competition.
b) Sources of intellectual property law: international conventions, EU Directives, statute, EU and UK
case law, decisions of the EPO and UK Patent Offices, decisions of OHIM and the UK Trade Marks
Registry.
c) Remedies: for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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d) Confidential information: the theoretical basis of the action for breach of confidence; the requirements
for liability; the position of employees, ex-employees and involuntary recipients; defences and
remedies.
e) Copyright: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988: the definition of copyright and the
idea/expression dichotomy; nature and types of protected works; originality; creation and ownership of
works; qualification for protection under the Act; duration of rights; infringement; defences to
infringement; the authors moral rights.
f) Industrial designs: historical context; the exclusion of certain artistic works from copyright protection;
creation and content of the unregistered design right; relationship with Registered Designs Act 1949.
g) Common law protection for trade marks: the tort of passing off; requirements for liability; forms of
passing off; character, personality and image merchandising; the position of the foreign claimant.
h) Registered trade marks: the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the First Trade Marks Directive 1989;
definition, nature and functions of a trade mark; obtaining registration; absolute and relative grounds
for refusal of registration; revocation and invalidity; licensing of trade marks; infringement and
defences, including comparative advertising and exhaustion of rights.
i) Patents: impact of the European Patent Convention on the interpretation of the Patents Act 1977;
applying for a patent; the role of the specification and claims; the skilled addressee; types of patent
(process and product patents); requirements of patentability, including novelty, inventive step,
industrial application; exceptions to and exclusions from patentability; ownership of patents and
employee inventions; revocation; infringement, including categories of infringing act, defences and
claim interpretation.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: the following specified document: either one copy
of Blackstones Statutes on Intellectual Property (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Intellectual Property
(Palgrave Macmillan)
International protection of human rights [LA3029]
Human Rights and International law
The nature of international law/ the relationship between international law, human rights and domestic law/ the
status of the Universal Declaration/ the sovereign state and international law/ the individual international law.
Philosophies of Human Rights
The nature of human rights/universalism, cultural relativism and other theories/ rights in Islam/ the Bangkok
Declaration/ rights and social transformation/ rights and identity.
Human Rights and the International Legal and Economic Order
Human Rights and the United nations/ The transformation of human rights in the post war period/ Human
rights and the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO/ the New International Economic Order and the right to
development/ International civil society.
The UN system for the Protection and Enforcement of Human Rights
The UN Charter and the Institutions of the UN/ The Universal Declaration/ Enforcement mechanisms in the
UN system/ The Treaty bodies/ The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights/ The two Optional
Protocols/ The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights/ The Reporting system
relating to the Covenants.
The Human Rights of Women
The nature of womens rights/ The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women/ The Optional Protocol/ The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women/ The Special
Rapporteur on violence against Women.
The Human Rights of Children
The Convention on the Rights of the Child/ Child labour/ Child soldiers/ Children, healthcare and HIV/ Children
in the criminal justice system.
Race and Rights
Colonialism/ Apartheid and Racial Segregation/ The International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination/ South Africa: from Apartheid to Democracy.
The Rights of the Refugee
The nature of refugee rights/ the recent history of the refugee/ the Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees and the 1967 Protocol/ Women and Girls as Refugees/ The Convention and National Law/ The
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Torture, Terrorism and the Rule of Law
The Convention against Torture/ Domestic law and torture/ Torture and the War against Terror/ The English
courts and torture.
Human rights and its relationship to humanitarian law, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Military Intervention and Human Rights
International law and military intervention/ The United Nations and the use of force/ Failed states and the war
against terrorism: from Kosovo to Iraq.
The European System for the Protection of Human Rights
The European Convention/ The European Union and Human Rights/ Freedom of Speech and Religion in
Europe.
The Inter-American System
The American Convention on Human Rights/ the Jurisprudence of the Inter American Court/ Country Reports
and the Human Rights Commission.
The African System
The Organisation of African Unity/ The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights/ The Protocol on the
Rights of Women/The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child/ The protection of Refugees
Rights.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: one copy of Blackstones International Human
Rights Documents (OUP) or Core Documents on EU and International Human Rights (Palgrave Macmillan)..
Introduction to Islamic law [LA3028]
Part I
a) Introductory: Islamic law in the modern age, influence and extent, importance as a source of law in
Malaysia and Pakistan, meaning of Shari a.
b) Historical basis: Pre-Islamic Arabia, tribal law. The life of Muhammed and his family and tribe (the
Quraysh). The Arrashidun caliphs. The Ummayyads and the Abbasids. The ahl-ray and the ahl al-
hadith
c) The sources of Islamic law: The Quran as a law text. The Sunna of the Prophet. Hadith material. The
controversy of authentication (Schachts and Coulsons approach). Subsidiary sources of law: ijma,
qiyas, istihsan, istislah, istishab, ray.
d) The development of the schools of law: Sunni versus Shii. The Shii schools: Ithna Asharis, Ismailis,
Zaydis. The Sunni Schools: Hanafi, Maliki, Hanbali, Shafii.
e) The courts and procedure: The Qadis court and Islamic rules of procedure and evidence. The oaths
and witnesses.
f) Criminal law: The Hadd offences. The Taazir offences. Homicide: the blood feud and blood money.
Pakistans Huddood Ordinances.
g) International law: Rules on laws of war, treatment of prisoners, treaty making powers. Dealings with
non-Muslims (Dimmis).
h) Civil law: Contracts and tort.
Part II
a) Family law: Marriage, guardianship, legitimacy, custody, maintenance, dissolution of marriage in
traditional and modern law.
b) Succession.
Jurisprudence and legal theory [LA3005]
The nature of jurisprudence: subject matter, philosophical method and analytical philosophy, Marxist and
feminist legal theory
Natural law theory and its critics: the history of natural law, the natural law theories of Fuller and Finnis; the
moral theory of law of Dworkin
Legal positivism and its critics: imperative and sanction theories of law including the theories of Austin and
Kelsen, Harts theory of law, the Hart-Fuller debate, the Hart-Dworkin debate, Razs theory of law, practical
reason, and authority
Moral interpretitivist theories of law and their critics: Dworkins theory of law as integrity; critiques of
interpretitivist theory by Raz, Green, Leiter
Legal reasoning: Razs theory of practical reason and norms, Hohfelds theory of legal norms; theories of
adjudication in particular those of the American Legal Realists and of Dworkin
Liberalism and law
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Marxist theories of law and state
Feminist jurisprudence
A study in depth of a text prescribed by the examiners on which there will be one compulsory question in the
examination. From 2014 the prescribed text will be Hart, HLA, The Concept of Law, (third edition).
Labour law [LA3018]
Definition of employment. Terms of the contract of employment, with particular reference to the effect of
collective agreements and common law implied terms. Variation of the contract of employment.
Dismissal, with particular reference to wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal and redundancy.
Equal pay and sex discrimination. Race discrimination. Disability discrimination. Sexual orientation and
religion or belief discrimination. Miscellaneous statutory employment rights.
Impact of EU law with particular reference to discrimination.
The right of trade unions to recognition. The nature and legal effect of collective agreements. Legal support for
the practice of collective bargaining.
The law relating to strikes and other forms of industrial action: common law torts and statutory defences;
liability of trade unions to be sued; picketing; employers, trade union members and others rights to challenge
industrial action.
The rights of trade union members, with particular reference to the right to be a member of a trade union and
rights in respect of wrongful or unreasonable discipline and expulsion and exclusion from membership.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified documents, which must be a
2012 or later edition: one copy of Blackstone's Statutes on Employment Law (OUP) or one copy of Core
Statutes on Employment Law (Palgrave Macmillan)Students are permitted to bring into the examination room
the following specified documents, which must be a 2003 or later edition: one copy of Blackstone's Student
Statutes on Employment Law (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Employment Law (Palgrave Macmillan).
In addition, students are permitted to bring into the examination room one copy of the following: Employment
Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations, Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, 2003
Race Relations Act Amendment Regulations and the Employment Relations Act 2004.
Land Law
Note: This course is replaced by Property Law.
Law of tort [LA3001]
Introduction to Law of Tort

The nature and function of tort law: the scope of tort, historical development and relation to other
branches of the common law, human rights principles and European Law.

Part One: Organising Concepts

The idea of causation, the concept of damage and the idea of vicarious liability.

Part Two: Negligence and the duty of care

The duty of care: general principles, key cases

Elements of the duty test examined: Foresight, proximity (focus on nervous shock and pure economic
loss), just, fair and reasonableness (focus on liability of public bodies).

Part Three: Negligence: breach of duty, Causation and remoteness of damage, Defences

Part Four: Critical Review Topics

Defamation

Confidential Information.

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Law of trusts [LA3002]
a) Definition and distinction from other legal concepts. Classification of trusts. Equitable rights and
remedies.
b) Express private trusts. Statutory requirements for creation. Secret trusts. Incompletely constituted
trusts. Certainties of a trust. Protective trusts. Discretionary trusts. Purpose trusts.
c) Charitable trusts. Definition. Distinctions from private trusts. Classification of charitable trusts. Doctrine
of cy prs.
d) Implied and resulting trusts. Purchase in the name of another. Joint purchase and joint accounts.
Contributions to purchase price. Adding value to anothers property. Mutual wills - both types.
Beneficial interest not completely disposed of.
e) Constructive trusts. General nature. Comparison with proprietary estoppel. The contractual vendor as
a constructive trustee. The express trustee as a constructive trustee. Trustee profiting from trust.
Remuneration of trustees.
f) The appointment, retirement and removal of trustees. Delegation of trustees powers and discretions.
g) Trustees powers and duties. Investment of trust funds. Maintenance and advancement. Accumulation
of income
h) Variation of trusts.
i) Remedies for breach of trust. Personal and proprietary remedies. Tracing
j) Trustees liability for breach of trust. Trustees right of indemnity or contribution.
Note: Questions will not be set on apportionments (e.g., the rule in Howe v Lord Dartmouth) or on the
application of the perpetuity rule but they may be set on the application of the rules against accumulation of
income.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: either one copy
of Blackstones Statutes on Property Law (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Property Law (Palgrave
Macmillan).
Laws Dissertation course option [LA3200]
The Laws Dissertation course option is open to a student in their final year of study who is seeking a
Qualifying Law Degree (as determined by having already successfully taken the examination in EU law or
being currently registered for EU law). Research may be on a topic in a previously or concurrently studied law
subject area not otherwise treated in depth in the normal course of studies.
A Dissertation research proposal must be submitted online by 15 November of the year of study. A student
must have received an approved response from the University as a condition of the Dissertation being
marked.
Assessment: 10,000 word dissertation submitted to the University in electronic form by 1 May (90%) and a
one hour 40 minutes unseen written examination (10%).
Anti-plagiarism software will be used.
While a student is free to undertake the Laws Dissertation course option as autonomous study, a student is
encouraged to work with supervisors at local teaching institutions.
Laws Skills Portfolio
Satisfactory completion of the Laws Skills Portfolio is a requirement for the LLB as a Qualifying Law Degree.
The Laws Skills Portfolio involves a student in their final year providing evidence and reflective commentary
demonstrating that they have attained skills in five areas: 1) legal research; 2) autonomy of learning; 3)
information technology; 4) oral communication; and 5) team working. The portfolio is submitted online and is
assessed as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. Anti-plagiarism software will be used. There is also a short Laws
Skills Portfolio examination. There are two methods by which a student may attain the research skills (and
demonstrate the other skills around that): Laws Skills Pathway 1 or Laws Skills Pathway 2.
A students who is registered for the Laws Dissertation course option [LA3200] submit information about the
research processes they used in researching for their Dissertation (and associated activities) as evidence for
the Laws Skills Portfolio [LA3201]. (This code number is used for the Laws Skills Portfolio submitted on Laws
Skills Pathway 1.)
A student undertakes a small independent research project in addition to their existing course options and
submit their evidence for the Law Skills Portfolio [LA3202] on the basis of this research (and associated
activities). (This code number is used for the Laws Skills Portfolio submitted on Laws Skills Pathway 2.)
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Property law [LA3003]
(Note: Property Law replaces the course formerly known as Land Law)

1. General principles. The concept of property. The nature of ownership. Definition of different types of
property with particular reference to land. Doctrine of tenures and estates. Freehold and Leasehold estates.
Legal and equitable rights. Principles of the 1925 legislation. Brief overview of personal property including
choses in possession & action and the doctrine of bailment.

2. Transfer of property with particular reference to the conveyance of registered and unregistered titles in
land. Formalities and proprietary estoppel. Doctrine of notice. Land Charges Act 1972. Law of Property Act
1925. Land Registration Acts 1925 & 2002. Sale of Goods Act 1979. Concept of overreaching.

3. Ownership of land. Trusts of land under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Co-
ownership of land. Native title to land.

4. Landlord and tenant. The term of years absolute. Its nature, creation, assignment and forfeiture.
Enforceability of leasehold covenants. The lease/licence distinction. The similarities and distinctions between
a leasehold estate in land and a bailment of goods.

5. Licences. Bare licences. Contractual licences, their revocability and enforceability against third parties.
Estoppel licences and their enforceability against third parties.

6. Easements. Characteristics, extinguishment and extent. Creation of express and implied easements but
excluding easements arising by prescription.

7. Non-Leasehold Covenants of land. The common law and equitable rules relating to the running of the
burden and benefit of covenants between neighbouring estate holders.

8. Mortgages & charges with particular reference to land. Nature and creation. Position and rights of the
mortgagor. Rights and remedies of the mortgagee.

9. Adverse possession.

10. The Law of Finding. An additional question may be asked on the application of the rules against
perpetuities and accumulations at common law and under the Perpetuities & Accumulations Act 1964 & 2009.

Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: either: one copy
of Blackstone's Statutes on Property Law (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Property Law (Palgrave
Macmillan)
Public law [LA1020]
I The Conceptual Framework of Public Law
Introducing Public Law
The UK Constitution & Its Core Institutions
Parliamentary Supremacy
The Rule Of Law

II Executive and Legislative Functions
Limited Government and the Separation Of Powers
Ministerial Accountability
Crown and Prerogative Powers
UK Primary Legislation
UK Delegated Legislation
Constitutional Conventions: Case study

III Multi-layered Governance
EU Legal and Governmental Order
EU Law and UK Constitutional Law
Devolution

IV Courts and the Constitution
Judicial Independence and Accountability
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Principles of Judicial Review I: Illegality
Principles of JR II: Procedural Fairness
Principles of JR III: Irrationality and Proportionality

V Human Rights
Human Rights Protection
HRA Jurisprudence
HRA and Terrorism Students are permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified
document: either one copy of Blackstones Statutes on Public Law & Human Rights (OUP) or one copy of
Core Statutes on Public Law & Civil Liberties (Palgrave Macmillan)
Public international law [LA3013]
a) The nature and significance of public international law.
b) The sources of public international law.
c) International law and municipal law.
d) International personality: states, international organisations and others.
e) Legal criteria of statehood.
f) Principles of state jurisdiction.
g) Immunities.
h) Human rights.
i) International criminal law.
j) Peaceful settlement of disputes.
k) Use of force.
l) Treaties.
m) State responsibility.
n) State succession.
o) Law of the sea.
p) International environmental law.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: one copy of Blackstones International Law
Documents (OUP) or one copy of Core Documents on Public International Law (Palgrave Macmillan).
Succession [LA3016]
a) Introduction. Outline of the history of Succession; testate and intestate. Theory and context of
inheritance in modern family property law.
b) Intestate Succession. Historical introduction. Twentieth century legislation. The rules relating to total
and partial intestacy.
c) Making Wills. The general nature and characteristics of wills. Capacity to make wills. Amimus
testandi. Knowledge and approval; effect of undue influence, suspicious circumstances, fraud,
mistake. Formalities required for making wills. Incorporation by reference. Alterations. Revocation,
revival and republication of wills.
d) Special Wills. Statutory wills for mental patients. Privileged wills. Nominations. Donatio mortis causa.
mutual wills. Conditional wills.
e) Family provision. The concept of testamentary freedom: arguments for and against. Historical and
comparative aspects. Fixed rights versus discretion. The Inheritance (Provision for Family and
Dependants) Art 1975.
f) Construction. General principles of construction, common law and statutory. Descriptions of persons
and property. Class closing rules. Rectification. Extrinsic evidence.
g) Entitlement. Types of testamentary gift. Characteristic features of legacies and devises. Failure of
gifts: ademption, lapse, uncertainty, forfeiture, disclaimer, witnessing a will, commorientes.
A student is permitted to bring into the examination room the following specified document: either one copy of
Blackstones Statutes on Property Law (OUP) or one copy of Core Statutes on Property Law (Palgrave
Macmillan) and one copy of Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

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Appendix C Transfers and Credits (within LLB and Diploma in
Law)
Transfer and credits General
1. The general rules applying to transfers are given in section 11 of the Detailed Regulations. This
section should be read alongside section 7 of the Detailed Regulations.
2. An application to transfer which is submitted after a student has made an examination entry will not be
considered until after the result of that examination is published.
3. An examination attempt made at any course under any Scheme or Graduate Entry Route or the
Diploma in law will count towards the maximum number of three attempts permitted at that course.
4. A student registered under any Scheme or Graduate Entry Route who has never made an
examination attempt under that Scheme or Graduate Entry Route may apply to transfer to another
Scheme or Graduate Entry Route subject to satisfying the relevant entry requirements.
Transfer from Scheme A to Scheme B
5. A student registered under Scheme A who has (i) passed at least three Intermediate courses and (ii)
never made an examination attempt at a Finals course under Scheme A may apply to transfer their
registration to Year 2 of Scheme B and register for two Compulsory Finals courses in that year.
6. A student registered under Scheme A who has passed the four Intermediate courses and two Finals
courses may apply to transfer their registration to Year 3 of Scheme B and register for three Finals
courses in that year.
7. A student registered under Scheme A who has passed the four Intermediate courses and three Finals
courses may apply to transfer their registration to Year 3 of Scheme B and register for two Finals
8. A student registered under Scheme A who has, at the first attempt, passed only one course or failed
all four courses, may apply to transfer to Scheme B.
Transfer from Scheme B to Scheme A
9. A student registered under Scheme B will not be permitted to transfer to Scheme A if they have made
an examination attempt under Scheme B.
Transfer from Scheme A to Graduate Entry Route A or Graduate Entry Route B (see
the Programme Specification for graduate entry specific entrance requirements)
10. A student registered under Scheme A who (i) before making an attempt at any examination has
satisfied the Graduate entry requirements and (ii) has passed the four Intermediate courses may
apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route A or Graduate Entry Route B. A
student transferring to Graduate Entry Route B would register for two Compulsory Finals courses in
Year 2.
11. A student registered under Scheme A who (i) before making an attempt at any examination has
satisfied the Graduate entry requirements and (ii) has passed three Intermediate courses may apply
to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route B.
12. A student who has made an examination attempt at a Finals course under Scheme A will not be
permitted to transfer to a Graduate Entry Route.
Transfer from Scheme B to Graduate Entry Route B (see the Programme
Specification for graduate entry specific entrance requirements)
13. A student registered under Scheme B who (i) before making an attempt at any examination has
satisfied the Graduate entry requirements and (ii) has passed three Intermediate courses may apply
to transfer their registration to the Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route B.
14. A student who has made an examination attempt at a Finals course under Scheme B will not be
permitted to transfer to a Graduate Entry Route.
Transfer from Graduate Entry Route A to Graduate Entry Route B
15. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route A who has passed three Intermediate courses may
apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route B.
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16. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route A who has passed four Intermediate courses may
apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Graduate Entry Route B and register for two
Compulsory Finals courses in that year.
17. A student who has made an examination attempt at a Finals course under Graduate Entry Route A
will not be permitted to transfer to Graduate Entry Route B.
Transfer from Graduate Entry Route B to Graduate Entry Route A
18. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route B will not be permitted to transfer to Graduate Entry
Route A if they have made an examination attempt under Graduate Entry Route B.
Transfer from Graduate Entry Route A to Scheme A or Scheme B
19. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route A who has passed all four Intermediate courses
may apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Scheme A.
20. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route A who has passed all four Intermediate courses
may apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Scheme B and register for two Compulsory Finals
21. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route A who has passed three Intermediate courses may
apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Scheme B.
22. A student who has made an examination attempt at a Finals course under Graduate Entry Route A
will not be permitted to transfer to Scheme A or Scheme B.
Transfer from Graduate Entry Route B to Scheme B
23. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route B who has (i) passed three Intermediate
examinations and (ii) not made an examination attempt at a Finals course under Graduate Entry
Route B may apply to transfer their registration to Year 2 of Scheme B.
24. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route B who has (i) passed the four Intermediate courses
and two Finals courses may apply to transfer their registration to Year 3 of Scheme B.
25. A student who has made an examination attempt in the final year under Graduate Entry Route B will
not be permitted to transfer to Scheme B.
Transfer from Graduate Entry Route B to Scheme A
26. A student registered under Graduate Entry Route B will not be permitted to transfer to Scheme A if
they have made an examination attempt under Graduate Entry Route B.
Transfers to the Diploma in Law
27. A student registered under any Scheme or Graduate Entry Route of the LLB will not be permitted to
transfer to the Diploma in Law if they have made an examination attempt.
Transfer from the Diploma in Law to the LLB degree
28. A student who has been awarded the University of London Diploma in Law may apply to transfer their
registration to Year 2 of Scheme A or Year 2 of Scheme B and receive the appropriate credit.
29. A student who has been awarded the University of London Diploma in Law is not permitted to transfer
to a Graduate Entry Route.
30. A student who has made an examination attempt at all four courses of the Diploma in Law on the
same occasion and passed three courses may apply to transfer to Year 2 of Scheme B.
31. A student who has not been awarded the Diploma in Law but who has passed three courses may
transfer to the LLB Scheme B or F and will receive the appropriate credits.
32. A student whose registration for the Diploma in Law has been terminated because they have
exhausted the permitted number of attempts at an examination for the Diploma in Law will not be
permitted to transfer to or register for the LLB degree. (Refer to cancellation of registration rules at
Section 3).

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Appendix D Scheme of Award
Mark range Class
70 and over 1st Class Honours
60 to 69 2nd Class Honours (Upper
Division)
50 to 59 2nd Class Honours (Lower
Division)
40 to 49 3rd Class Honours
0 to 39 Fail
1
To be considered for the award of the LLB degree, a student must have attempted all years of the degree
(depending on the scheme of examination followed).
2
An LLB student who fails a course three times is eligible for a compensated pass in respect of one course
only provided that they have achieved a mark of 35%-39% at one of the attempts. There are no compensated
passes for the Diploma in Law.
3
The Board of Examiners will classify a student accordingly once the criteria for the award have been satisfied.
For Schemes A and B, the class of degree awarded is determined on the basis of a students performance in
all non Year 1 courses (but refer also to the Credit Transfer rules under Section 2 of the Detailed Regulations).
A students aggregate mark is also taken into account. For Graduate Entry Routes A and B, the class of
degree awarded is determined on the basis of the students performance in all courses. The students
aggregate mark is also taken into account.
4
5
To obtain a degree with a given class of Honours a student will normally be required to achieve passes in at
least half the courses at or above that class, and to achieve an aggregate mark at or above that class, as
illustrated below, but the Board of Examiners will take into account a students overall performance.
6
Where a mark is obtained on a referred mark, it will be a negative factor when the Board of Examiners
decides on the classification of an award.
Scheme A (8 Courses)
1
st
Class Honours An aggregate mark of at least 560
2nd Class Honours (Upper Division) An aggregate mark of at least 480 with a minimum of
3 marks in the range of 60 to 69 or an aggregate
mark of at least 450 with a minimum of 4 marks in the
range of 60 to 69
2nd Class Honours (Lower Division) An aggregate mark of at least 400 with a minimum of
range of 50 to 59
3rd Class Honours An aggregate mark of at least 320.

Graduate Entry Route A (9 Courses)
1
st
range of 60 to 69
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range of 50 to 59
3rd Class Honours An aggregate mark of at least 360

Scheme B (8 Courses)
1
st
range of 60 to 69
range of 50 to 59
3rd Class Honours An aggregate mark of at least 320

Graduate Entry Route B (9 Courses)
1
st
range of 60 to 69
mark of at least 425 with 5 marks in the range of 50
to 59
3rd Class Honours An aggregate mark of at least 360.


Mark range Class
60 to 69 Merit
50 to 59 Credit
40 to 49 Pass
Below 40 Fail

To obtain the Diploma in Law, a student is required to pass the examination in all four papers. All papers are
weighted equally.

To obtain a Diploma in Law with a given class a student will be required to achieve three marks in or above
that mark range, as illustrated below, but the Board of Examiners must also be satisfied that there is sufficient
strength in the fourth paper.
Diploma in Law
Distinction

3 marks above 70 and close 4th mark
Merit
Credit
Pass
All marks above 40

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Appendix E Assessment Criteria
Assessment criteria provide information about what is required to be awarded a particular mark.
LLB
These assessment criteria are intended to be indicative and not all the criteria listed are necessarily relevant
to the award of Honours in individual programmes. In programmes where the final result is calculated by
aggregate or other mathematical formula, these criteria apply to the individual components of the degree.
First class (70% +)
A first class answer has a thoughtful structure and follows a clear argument displaying personal reflection
informed by wider reading, and an excellent grasp of detail (as evidenced by the choice of relevant examples
which are integrated into the answers structure).
First class answers are ones that are exceptionally good for an undergraduate and which demonstrate several
(though not necessarily all) of the following criteria in addition to the qualities expected of an upper second
class answer:
A thorough understanding of the relevant principles and concepts.
An extensive range and consistent accuracy of information and knowledge.
Fluent argument demonstrating independent thinking or critical insight.
Evidence of study outside the prescribed range of the programme.
Outstanding presentation, structure and standard of written communication
Problem questions:
(In addition to the above)
Awareness and understanding of more subtle and complex aspects of the question and/or the ability
to consider the issues in the broader context of the discipline
Identification and application of the legal rules and the case law to the facts in question will be both
accurate and insightful
A conclusion that accurately and persuasively provides specific advice on, or analysis of, the legal
position of the relevant party/ies
Second class honours, division 1 (60 69%)
An upper second class answer shows a good understanding of the subject, supported by examples which are
demonstrably well understood and which are presented in a coherent and logical fashion. The answer should
be well presented and structured and display very good analytical ability.
Upper second class answers will demonstrate most or all of the following:
A good understanding of the relevant principles and concepts.
Wide and accurate range of information and knowledge deployed.
Clear argument which may demonstrate a degree of independent thinking or critical insight.
Good quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication
Problem questions:
Clear and well reasoned application of the principles and concepts to the facts in questions (e.g. the
candidate has demonstrated that s/he can both distinguish cases on their facts and argue by analogy)
A conclusion that provides comprehensive and accurate advice on, or analysis of, the legal position of
the party/ies.
Second class honours, division 2 (50 59%)
A lower second class answer is one which is a substantially correct answer that demonstrates most or all of
the following:
A sound knowledge and understanding of the relevant principles and concepts.
A standard but largely accurate range of information deployed.
May rely more on knowledge than on argument or analysis.
Satisfactory quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication.
Problem questions:
Evidence of ability to apply relevant principles and concepts to address the facts in question
A conclusion that provides clear and competent advice on, or analysis of, the legal position of the
party/ies.
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Third class honours (40- 49%)
An answer that shows an adequate level of knowledge and understanding of the subject matter that meets the
minimum requirements necessary to communicate intelligently on the topic and demonstrates some or all of
the following
An adequate knowledge and understanding of the basic principles and concepts.
Adequate argument with some evidence of analytical and evaluative skills.
Adequate quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication.
Problem questions:
Limited evidence of problem-solving skills (e.g. the answer is descriptive only but demonstrates an
adequate knowledge of basic principles and concepts relevant to the question)
Fail (0-39%)
Fails to meet the minimum requirements of the assessment criteria.
Such answers typically contain some or all of the following:
Inadequate knowledge of principles and concepts
Little or no evidence of ability to construct coherent arguments
Little or no evidence of analytical and evaluative skills
Little or no evidence of having read key texts and materials
Rudimentary quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication
Problem questions:
In addition to the above a fail answer to a problem question is one that demonstrates:
Little or no evidence of problem solving skills (e.g. the answer is descriptive only and contains
significant errors or omissions)
Diploma in Law
Distinction* level (70% +)
A Distinction-level answer has a thoughtful structure and follows a clear argument displaying personal
reflection informed by wider reading, and an excellent grasp of detail (as evidenced by the choice of relevant
examples which are integrated into the answers structure).
Distinction-level answers are ones that are exceptionally good for an undergraduate and which demonstrate
several (though not necessarily all) of the following criteria in addition to the qualities expected of a Merit-level
answer:
A thorough understanding of the relevant principles and concepts.
An extensive range and consistent accuracy of information and knowledge.
Fluent argument demonstrating independent thinking or critical insight.
Evidence of study outside the prescribed range of the programme.
Outstanding presentation, structure and standard of written communication
Problem questions:
Awareness and understanding of more subtle and complex aspects of the question and/or the ability
to consider the issues in the broader context of the discipline
Identification and application of the legal rules and the case law to the facts in question will be both
accurate and insightful
A conclusion that accurately and persuasively provides specific advice on, or analysis of, the legal
position of the relevant party/ies
Merit* level (60 69%)
A Merit-level class answer shows a good understanding of the subject, supported by examples which are
demonstrably well understood and which are presented in a coherent and logical fashion. The answer should
be well presented and structured and display very good analytical ability.
Merit-level answers will demonstrate most or all of the following:
A good understanding of the relevant principles and concepts.
Wide and accurate range of information and knowledge deployed.
Clear argument which may demonstrate a degree of independent thinking or critical insight.
Good quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication
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Problem questions:
Clear and well reasoned application of the principles and concepts to the facts in questions
(e.g. the candidate has demonstrated
that s/he can both distinguish cases on their facts and argue by analogy)
A conclusion that provides comprehensive and accurate advice on, or analysis of, the legal position of
the party/ies.
Credit* level (50 59%)
A Credit-level answer is one which is a substantially correct answer that demonstrates most or all of the
following:
A sound knowledge and understanding of the relevant principles and concepts.
A standard but largely accurate range of information deployed.
May rely more on knowledge than on argument or analysis.
Satisfactory quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication.
Problem questions:
Evidence of ability to apply relevant principles and concepts to address the facts in question
A conclusion that provides clear and competent advice on, or analysis of, the legal position of the
party/ies.
Pass (40-49%)
An answer that shows an adequate level of knowledge and understanding of the subject matter that meets the
minimum requirements necessary to communicate intelligently on the topic and demonstrates some or all of
the following:
An adequate knowledge and understanding of the basic principles and concepts.
Adequate argument with some evidence of analytical and evaluative skills.
Adequate quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication.
Problem questions:
Limited evidence of problem-solving skills (e.g. the answer is descriptive only but demonstrates an
adequate knowledge of basic principles and concepts relevant to the question)
Fail (0-39%)
Fails to meet the minimum requirements of the assessment criteria.
Such answers typically contain some or all of the following:
Inadequate knowledge of principles and concepts
Little or no evidence of ability to construct coherent arguments
Little or no evidence of analytical and evaluative skills
Little or no evidence of having read key texts and materials
Rudimentary quality of presentation, structure and standard of written communication
Problem questions:
In addition to the above, a fail answer to a problem question is one that demonstrates:
Little or no evidence of problem solving skills (e.g. the answer is descriptive only and contains
significant errors or omissions)
Notes:
* The terms Distinction, Merit and Credit apply only to the final classification of the Diploma in Law as a
whole (see Schedule C). Distinction-level, Merit-level and Credit-level are used above to indicate the class
equivalence of the mark ranges applied to individual examination papers.

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Glossary of terms
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, W
Throughout the glossary, we us and our mean the University of London; you and your mean the
student, or, where applicable, all students.
Accreditation of prior learning (APL)
Accreditation of prior learning (APL) is defined as the recognition of previously acquired learning which can be
mapped against particular learning outcomes of courses or modules within a programme. If you are awarded
APL you will be exempt from study and assessment of the course/module for which APL was awarded. This
means that you are considered to have completed the course/module for the purposes of progression within
the programme. The mark obtained for the course/module for which APL was awarded will not be carried
forward to your record and will not contribute towards the award classification.
Your transcript will indicate any course/module for which APL has been granted.
Admission Notice
You will receive an Admission Notice whenever you enter for an examination. It is the document which allows
you to enter the Exam Hall, and it lists your contact details, candidate number and the dates and times of your
examinations. You will receive the Notice to Candidates with this document.
Aegrotat degree
This is an honours degree awarded without classification (i.e. an unclassified degree). You may apply for a
degree under the aegrotat provisions if, due to mitigating circumstances, you are unable to sit an examination
or your performance was adversely affected. The aegrotat provisions would only normally be applied if your
mitigating circumstances are serious and are likely to prevent you from returning to complete your studies in
the usual way. The aegrotat provisions allow the Board of Examiners to award a classified degree using the
marks already attained if they feel it is appropriate to do so.
Appendices
Any Appendices are part of the regulations and supplement the Detailed Regulations.
Assessment
Assessment is the means by which your ability, progress and achievement are measured against criteria. The
purpose of assessment is for you to demonstrate that you have achieved the standard required for the award
you seek and have met the intended aims and learning outcomes of the programme of study.
Assessment criteria
The assessment criteria describe what is required to achieve a particular mark or result. Assessment criteria
are based on the knowledge, understanding and skills you need to evidence in the work being assessed and
through which the intended learning outcomes are demonstrated. You will find the assessment criteria in an
Appendix to the Detailed Regulations.
Award
An award is a qualification. It may be a degree, diploma of higher education or certificate of higher education
with a specific title. The different awards and their qualification level are defined within the Framework for
Higher Education Qualifications.
Awarding body
The awarding body refers to the institution that awards your degree. An International Programmes Student
receives a University of London award, and therefore the University of London is the awarding body.
Board of Examiners
A Board of Examiners is appointed for each programme or for each group of related programmes. The Lead
College nominates Board members and these are then contracted to the University for their services. The
Board of Examiners follows guidelines and regulations laid down by the University. It ensures that
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assessment is, and can be demonstrated to be, fair and impartial. A Boards responsibilities include the setting
of papers, marking of scripts and determining final results.
Classified degree
Degrees are classified as first class, upper second class, lower second class or third class. Classification will
be based on marks awarded in all the required modules and as outlined in the Scheme of award for each
programme.
Compulsory course/module
A compulsory course/module is an individual unit of study which must be taken (i.e. the examination must be
attempted) as part of the requirements for the programme concerned.
Course
Individual units of a programme are called courses at undergraduate level and modules at postgraduate level.
Each unit is a self-contained, formally structured learning experience with a coherent and explicit set of
learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
Credit
The credit value of a course/module indicates how much learning is expected. You are awarded credit after
you have successfully completed a course/module to which credit has been assigned. Each course/module to
which credit has been assigned has only one level for its credit; qualifications/awards may include
courses/modules with credit at more than one level.
One credit represents 10 notional study hours.
A bachelors degree with honours normally includes the equivalent of a minimum of three years full-time study
which would be expressed as 360 credits, or 3,600 notional study hours.
If mapped to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), the 360 credits would be
equivalent to 180 ECTS credits.
For more information on academic credit in higher education in England, see www.qaa.ac.uk
Credit bearing individual courses/modules
These are individual courses or modules that may be taken into account for admission, and for credit, towards
a related or unrelated degree or diploma provided the formal assessment of the course/module has been
successfully completed.
(See also Individual course/module).
Credit transfer
Credit transfer allows you to use the mark that you gained from a course or module completed during a
previous registration with us, or with a College or Institute of the University of London, to contribute towards
your final award. Not all programmes are able to accept credit transfer. Where it is accepted it will be subject
to the classification rules for the programme you wish to study.
Diploma Supplement (see also Final diploma)
On successful completion of your programme you will be awarded with the final diploma and a Diploma
Supplement. The purpose of the supplement is to provide sufficient independent data to improve the
international transparency and fair academic and professional recognition of awards. It provides a description
of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that you followed and successfully completed
and includes a transcript of courses taken and marks achieved, as well as the overall classification, where
applicable. The model used was developed by the European Commission, Council of Europe and
UNESCO/CEPES.
You will be notified of your effective date of registration. The effective date of registration indicates the point
when your registration began. It determines the year in which you may first enter an examination and when
your registration expires. The effective date of registration may differ from the date on which you actually
registered. Some programmes have more than one effective date of registration.
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Examination
The term examination refers to any method used to examine you in a particular course/module. Methods
include, but are not limited to, a written paper examination, coursework, project, dissertation, or online
participation requirements. (See also assessment.)
Examination attempt
If you enter an examination room to sit a written paper examination this will count as an examination attempt.
Examination centre
The University has authorised examination centres worldwide. An examination centre is a place where you go
to sit your written paper examinations. You must sit any written paper examinations at one of these centres.
Examination entry
This is the process you follow in order to register, and pay, for your examinations. Making an examination
entry does not refer to entry into the examination centre, but rather to the administrative procedure you are
required to follow before 1 February in order to sit for examinations in May/June.
Exclusion
Where courses/modules may not be taken together under any circumstances, normally because there is an
overlap in content.
Exit Award
If you are unable to complete your programme of study you may apply for an exit award. Exit qualifications
are awarded at the discretion of the Board of Examiners and are based on the number of credits and the type
of course or module you have successfully completed. The qualifications equate to the intermediate levels of
the target award, for example, you may apply for a Diploma of Higher Education if you are unable to complete
an honours degree programme.
Extension of registration
Where your registration is extended by a specified length of time.
Final diploma
The final diploma is the certificate (or parchment) that you receive from the University of London when you
have successfully completed a programme of study leading to an award of the University.
Formal assessment
This is the means by which credit bearing individual courses/modules are examined. The forms of assessment
may vary according to the learning outcomes being examined.
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)
The FHEQ forms part of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education published by the Quality Assurance
Agency for Higher Education (QAA). University of London awards are identified as being at one of the levels
contained within the FHEQ.
General regulations
General regulations establish threshold rules upon which programme-specific regulations are based.
Guidelines for Examinations
The Guidelines for Examinations contain the details of the responsibilities and conduct of examinations for
University of London International Programmes.
Individual courses/modules
For some programmes, you may register for individual courses/modules (also referred to as short courses or
career and personal development study in some instances).
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Individual courses/modules do not lead to an award but may be considered for entry and/or credit towards, a
programme of study leading to an award. There are separate regulations governing provision of individual
courses/modules.
Institutions with Diploma teaching status For some named Diploma awards you are required to attend an
institution that has been recognised by the University of London International Academy to teach the diploma.
Institutions with Diploma teaching status have been approved to do so by the Lead College and the University
of London, in accordance with a set of agreed criteria.
Intermediate award
Some programmes have a number of exit points at intermediate levels of the target award. At various stages
in your studies, you may become eligible for an intermediate award, such as the Certificate of Higher
Education or the Postgraduate Diploma. You do not receive intermediate awards from us unless you
terminate your studies without proceeding further. Should you decide, following receipt of an intermediate
award, to return to your studies at a later date, you will be asked to surrender the intermediate award.
International Programmes Student
When you register with the University of London International Academy to undertake a programme of study.
Laws Consortium
The group of University of London Colleges that has responsibility for the academic management and
development of the undergraduate Laws programme.
Lead College
A single College or Institute that has responsibility for the academic management and development of
individual programmes of study and related student matters.
Learning outcomes
Statement of what you are expected to know, understand and /or be able to demonstrate after completion of a
process of learning.
Module
Individual units of a programme are called modules at postgraduate level and courses at undergraduate level.
Each unit is a self-contained, formally structured learning experience with a coherent and explicit set of
learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
Non-credit bearing individual courses/modules
These are individual courses/modules that do not have a credit value assigned to them. Their completion will
not contribute to an award, or count as entry requirements
Notice to Candidates
The Notice to Candidates is the rules of conduct for examinations, together with some more general advice on
the exam process. You will receive this document with the Admissions Notice.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presentation of another persons thoughts or words as if they were your own: for example,
copying from text books and other sources (including the Internet) without due acknowledgement that the
passages quoted are copied and without giving the source of those passages.
Prerequisite
A prerequisite is a specified course/module that must be passed before you are permitted to attempt the
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Programme or programme of study
A programme or programme of study is a structured pathway (or pathways) of learning designed to equip you
with knowledge, understanding, subject specific skills and key skills relevant to the level of study. A
programme of study can lead to a qualification, award of credit, or certificate of completion.
Programme Handbook
The Programme Handbook will provide academic guidance to help you progress through your studies,
including how your programme is structured, the support you will receive from your Lead College and advice
on assessment and how to prepare. See also Student Guide.
Programme Specification
This is the published statements about the intended learning outcomes of programmes of study, containing
information about teaching and learning methods, support and assessment methods, and how individual units
relate to levels of achievement.. The Programme Specification is regulatory in nature and is supplemented by
the Detailed Regulations.
Progression
Progression is the term given to the process by which you proceed within a particular programme of study. In
order to progress you must satisfy certain conditions, usually involving attempting and passing a certain
number of courses/modules.
Related/unrelated programme
Where an individual course/module is associated with a particular degree, diploma and/or certificate, these
are referred to as related programmes. Unrelated programmes are those which have no association with the
individual courses/modules.
Scheme of award
The scheme of award shows how marks are awarded and how your results are calculated both for individual
courses/modules and for the award as a whole.
Short courses
See Individual courses/modules
Syllabus
The syllabus (also referred to as course/module outline) gives a detailed description of the content of a
course/module and its intended learning outcomes. All Programme Specifications and Regulations have an
Appendix with a detailed syllabus for the respective courses/modules.
Student Guide
This annually updated guide provides essential information about the University of London International
Programmes and provides a useful summary of where to go for advice and information at every stage of your
student life cycle.
Subject benchmark
Subject benchmarks set out expectations about standards of degrees in a range of subject areas, as defined
by the Quality Assurance Agency. They describe what gives a discipline its coherence and identity, and define
what can be expected of a graduate in terms of the abilities and skills needed to develop understanding or
competence in the subject.
Temporary examination centre
This is a venue which we have agreed can be used by students with specific access requirements. It may not
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Transcript
The University will issue an official transcript which shows the courses/modules you have studied and the
marks you have obtained for each course/module. The transcript will be issued as part of the diploma
supplement document (see diploma supplement). If further transcripts are required, these can be obtained
from the transcripts office and these will be certified using the signature of the Chief Operating Officer of the
University of London International Programmes and his official Seal. There is a charge for additional copies.
Transfer
Transfer is the process by which you may move between programmes in accordance with specific rules.
Where the transfer is from diploma (or access route) to degree this is sometimes referred to as 'progression'
as you are considered to be moving from one level of award to another level.
University
Refers to the University of London, which is a federation of independent Colleges and Central Academic
Bodies
A Central Academic Body of the University of London collaborating with twelve Lead Colleges. The product of
this collaboration is the University of London International Programmes
University of London International Programmes
The Colleges of the University of London and the University of London International Academy collaborate to
deliver the University of London International Programmes.
Written paper examination
A written paper examination is an examination which you write in a controlled environment. These are the
examinations that are taken at examination centres worldwide. A time limit is given and you are not permitted
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Related documents and other sources of information
Guidelines for Examinations
These guidelines contain the details of the responsibilities and conduct of University of London International
Academy Boards of Examiners
See: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sites/default/files/magazine/guidelines_for_examinations_11_12.pdf
Inclusive Practice Policy
The University has a policy by which the needs of students with disabilities and/or specific access
requirements are considered in terms of both their studies and their examinations.
More information can be found on: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/sar
List of examination centres
An examination centre is a place where a student goes to attempt their written paper examinations. The
University has authorised examination centres worldwide. Students are required to sit any written paper
examinations at one of these centres.
See: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/exams
List of institutions with Diploma Teaching status
For some undergraduate diplomas, registered students are required to attend a teaching institution that has
Diploma Teaching status. Diploma Teaching status is granted to a teaching institution through application by
the institution and inspection by the Lead College (or Undergraduate Laws Programme) against its
established criteria.
See http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/onlinesearch/institutions
See also How you study http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/distance-and-flexible-learning/how-you-study
Programme Handbook
Each programme handbook is written by the academic staff at the Lead College for your programme. It will
include academic guidance about how to study, the support and learning resources that are available to you
and how to study and prepare for examinations.
The handbook/manual is either sent to students when they register, made available on the Virtual Learning
Environment or via the web.
See: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/community-support-resources/current-students/handbooks
Quality Framework
The Quality Framework outlines the key principles on which the quality assurance partnership between the
central University and the Lead Colleges/Consortia is based
See: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/our-global-reputation/governance/quality-schedules
Student Charter
The University has a Student Charter which is intended to state key mutual obligations between the University
of London International Programmes and its International Programmes Students
See: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/distance-flexible-learning/student-charter
Student complaints procedure
The University has a procedure for considering complaints made by International Programmes Students. The
objective is to solve problems quickly, simply and fairly.
See: http://www.londoninternational.ac.uk/complaints
Student Guide
The Student Guide is produced for the benefit of all students. It includes information, advice and guidance on
the different stages and different demands of the student life cycle. It will be a valuable point of reference
throughout your studies.

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