BPTC

Helps students understand the practice of advocacy which they should be capable of conducting during pupillage and as a barrister. Provides the skills necessary to prepare, present and respond to a case or legal argument before a court or other tribunal.

This module provides students with knowledge and understanding the theory underpinning the application of the skills of a conference, making them sensitive to issues of client care, and emphasising the importance of an associated awareness of professional ethics

This module provides key knowledge, understanding and the conceptual/analytical skills necessary to draft a variety of documents including, inter alia, Claim Forms, Statements of Case and Witness Statements, Indictment, Grounds and Advice on Appeal in a criminal case.

This module is provided to develop opinion writing skills. Including providing written advice to the instructing solicitor and lay client. Providing written advice in the forms of opinions is an important part of professional activity. Opinions must be practical, reliable, clear and well-presented.

This module provides knowledge and understanding of the various alternative methods of dispute resolution outside of the usual judicial process before courts or tribunals which may be executed prior to court hearing, during the litigation process, or prior to appeal, including mediation, negotiation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, expert determination, and other alternative dispute resolution processes.

This module will help build a sound understanding and knowledge of the progress of civil litigation from initial considerations through trial to appeals.

This module aims to educate on the core professional values which underpin practice at the Bar of England and Wales. Instils essential qualities of ethical behaviour at the Bar. 

This module looks to prepare students for pupillage and the early years of practice at the Criminal Bar, focuses upon the fundamental principles, key rules and core elements of criminal litigation.

The course builds on the foundations laid by the compulsory Criminal Litigation course, then deals with proceedings in the Youth Court.

This module teaches methods of resolving disputes with a focus on mediation. Mediation is a process which encourages parties to think creatively about the settlement of disputes.

This optional module teahces content including but not limted to: The challenging of a will Advocacy Disputes over restrictive covenants Landlord and tenant disputes Contentious probate Mortgage possessions Drafting for residential possession order Chancery procedure Equitable remedies and interpretation of trust, and Advice and drafting on the legislation protecting business tenants Rights of way and boundaries Claim for breach of trust