The Legal System of England and Wales

We will be teaching the following parts of the SQE1 Assessment Specification:

• The courts:
  • Judicial function
  • Court hierarchy and jurisdiction
  • Rights of audience
• Development of case law: the doctrine of precedent
• Primary legislation: the structure of an Act of Parliament
• Statutory interpretation:
  • The literal rule
  • The golden rule
  • The mischief rule
  • The purposive approach
  • Presumptions
  • Aids to statutory interpretation and construction

We will finish by practising MCQs on what we have covered.

The Session will be recorded.