This course develops an enquiring mind which seeks to discover the law relating to succession and provides for an awareness of the social context in which succession law operates. It also provides an understanding of the legal rules governing the distribution of property upon death and furnishes students with a working knowledge of the administration of estates. This course is one of a group of courses which enable students to study a series of courses which focus on issues of family law, gender, property law, taxation and trust.

Grading of Student Achievement: Standard (A+, A, A-...F). Grading is based on student performance in assessment tasks / activities.

To pass this course student must obtain an aggregate mark of 40% and a minimum of 30% in each of the coursework/ in class test and the examination elements of the assessment. Coursework/ In class test for this purpose means those ways in which students are assessed otherwise than by the end of session examination.

The portion of the overall mark allocated to performance/participation in inter-active in class activities will be assessed on the quality of the participation. Assessment criteria for those activities, their nature and their timing will be set out in the study guide/course manual and will be further expanded upon by the course leader.

The duration of the examination will be at the discretion of the course leader. The course leader will announce the duration of the examination in the first week of the course. Similarly the course leader will announce whether the examination will be closed book or open book.

To enable the full benefit to be obtained from this course, students should attend all of the classes and activities.

Assessment will be formative to enable students to demonstrate their capacity to understand, analyse and apply rules and principles and summative to assess ability to synthesise primary and secondary material to solve novel problems.