Foundations for the LPC covers the compulsory foundation areas of the Legal Practice Course as set out in the LPC Outcomes: Professional Conduct, Tax/Revenue Law, and Wills & Administration of Estates. The book also features content on EU and human rights law, two topics now taught pervasively through the LPC course.

Using worked examples and scenarios throughout to illustrate key points, this guide is essential reading for all students and a useful reference source for practitioners. To aid understanding and test comprehension of the core material, checkpoints and summaries feature in every chapter.

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Online resources accompanying the text include useful web links, forms, and diagrams.

George Miles, Solicitor, and sometime Associate Dean, Head of Professional Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of the West of England,Paulene Denyer, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer at the Bristol Institute of Legal Practice,Clare Firth, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice, University of Sheffield,Zoe Ollerenshaw, Solicitor, Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice at the University of Sheffield,Elizabeth Smart, Solicitor (non-practising),Kathryn Wright, Solicitor,Lucy Crompton, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University,Helen Fox, Solicitor (non-practising), LPC Award Director, Staffordshire University,Frances Seabridge, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University,Susan Wigglesworth, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University

George Miles, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), sometime Associate Dean, Head of Professional Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of the West of England, Bristol.

Paulene Denyer, LLB, LLM, Solicitor (non-practising), formerly Senior Lecturer, Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, University of the West of England, Bristol.

Clare Firth, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer in Legal Practice, formerly Director of Legal Practice, University of Sheffield.

Zoe Ollerenshaw, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield.

Elizabeth Smart, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising).

Kathryn Wright, LLB, Solicitor.

Lucy Crompton, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University.

Helen Fox, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), LPC Award Director, Staffordshire University.

Frances Seabridge, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University.


Susan Wigglesworth, LLB, Solicitor (non-practising), Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University.

1. Professional Conduct
1. Professional conduct
2. Financial services
3. Money laundering
2. Revenue Law
4. An introduction to revenue law
5. Income tax
6. Capital gains tax
7. Inheritance tax
8. Corporation tax
9. Value added tax
10. Taxation of sole proprietors and partnerships
11. Taxation of trusts and settlements
3. Wills and Administration of Estates
12. Introduction to wills and administration of estates
13. Entitlement to the estate
14. Application for a grant of representation
15. Post-grant practice
4. EU Law and Human Rights
16. EU law
17. Human rights