University of Salford: Construction Law and Practice
| Institution | University of Salford |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Science, Engineering and Environment |
| Web | http://www.salford.ac.uk |
| enquiries@salford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0161 295 4545 |
| Study type | Taught |
LLM
Summary
Construction law and practice affects stakeholders working across the international construction sector. Gain the necessary legal knowledge and commercial awareness to perform your current role more effectively, or make the career move into this field, with our LLM Construction Law and Practice degree.
This postgraduate course is designed to help you examine the responsibilities of employers, contractors and construction professionals together with the problems raised by the complexities of construction, design liability and insurance. You will explore construction contracts and the law underpinning them, together with a wide range of standard form contracts to assess and manage risk.
During your studies, you will also study the complex issues arising from the multiparty nature of the construction process and the particular challenges of international construction, together with the uncertainties that can arise from the passage of time and latent defects.
The full LLM award is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), allowing exemption from their academic entry requirements, as well as ensuring that you are educated to the highest industry standards.
We also offer this course as MSc Construction Law and Practice.
**You will:**
- Learn how to conduct and communicate legal analysis with confidence and accuracy in relation to any aspect of mainstream professional construction practice
- Learn how to examine construction practice from a legal perspective, to include detailed consideration of construction contracts, tortious and multi-party liability, insurance, dispute resolution, procurement, and the environment
- Be able to assist individuals in taking effective roles in specialist construction law departments or firms
- Learn how to promote high quality research in areas of law relating to construction, including a high level of legal analysis
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A second class undergraduate honours qualifying law degree, or |
Fees
| England | 1440 GBP for Module |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 1440 GBP for Module |
| Scotland | 1440 GBP for Module |
| Wales | 1440 GBP for Module |
| International | 1890 GBP for Module |
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