Modules

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, learning and teaching activities on campus as described in the module descriptors are currently restricted. Learning and teaching will be enabled through a mixture of scheduled online activity where you will be able to engage with your tutor and classmates in real-time and unscheduled guided activity where you will be required to complete activities and tasks at a time which best suits you. Teaching will take place on campus, wherever possible, and where this is safe to happen.

Definitive information on module delivery during 2020/21 will be provided on Module Moodle Sites. For specific enquiries please contact the module leaders directly.

Core Module Information
Module title:	Construction and Property Law (GA)
SCQF level:	07:
SCQF credit value:	20.00
ECTS credit value:	10
Module code:	BSV07402
Module leader:	Jeremy Strang
School	School of Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group:	Building and Surveying

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

Description of module content:

Scots Law and the Scottish Legal System
Fundamentals of the Common Law; Law of Contract and Delict/Reparation including
professional negligence Aspects of Business Law including business formats and insolvency
Employment Law in the construction and property sector
Contractual arrangements for property transactions
Governance including professional ethics and dispute resolution
Introduction to workplace health and safety law

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

LO1: demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the structure, institutions and principle sources of law in the Scottish Legal System;
LO2: understand and apply knowledge of property and construction business law
LO3: understand and apply a knowledge of the law relating to property acquisition and disposal
LO4: understand and advise on conflict avoidance and dispute resolution procedures
LO5: identify and explain the choices available in establishing a business and its legal implications for the participants and their exposure to risk;

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment

2020/1, Trimester 3, Face-to-Face,
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Occurrence:	001
Primary mode of delivery:	Face-to-Face
Location of delivery:	MERCHISTON
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module:	Jeremy Strang
Module Organiser:

Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activity	Learning & Teaching Activity	NESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face	Lecture	24
Face To Face	Tutorial	12
Independent Learning	Guided independent study	164
	Total Study Hours	200
	Expected Total Study Hours for Module	200

Assessment
Type of Assessment	Weighting %	LOs covered	Week due	Length in Hours/Words
Report	100	1-5	10	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2500
Component 1 subtotal:	100
Component 2 subtotal:	0
Module subtotal:	100

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