BU5032 - Property Law & Instituitons

Credit Points: 15

Course Co-ordinator: Professor N E Hutchison

Pre-requisite(s): None

Co-requisite(s): None

The legal environment of property. Basic business law. Legal basis of land tenure, land registration, property ownership, landlord and tenant relationships, obligations and restrictions. Scottish planning law and policy including; the meaning of development; the need to apply for planning permmission; planning policy at national and local level; material considerations; planning conditions; planning agreements/obligations and appeals. Planning law and policy in England in overview. Planning by zoning. Professioal institutions and regulation. Ethics and professional codes of conduct.

3 one hour lectures plus one tutorial per week

1 two hour written examination (50%); continuous assessment (50%)
The continuous assessment will comprise of : Two written asignments, up to 1500 words each (25%).