LQ7007 - SQE Employment Law and Practice (2025/26)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2025/26, but may be subject to modification | |||||||||||||||
| Module title | SQE Employment Law and Practice | |||||||||||||||
| Module level | Masters (07) | |||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| School | Guildhall School of Business and Law | |||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 150 | |||||||||||||||
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| Running in 2025/26(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
The Employment Law and Practice Module covers most aspects of contentious employment law including unfair dismissal, redundancy and equality law. It also includes the procedural steps to bring or defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
The module aims to teach students how to act for clients who want to bring or defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
Prior learning requirements
• The Contract of Employment
• Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy
• Discrimination Law and Practice
Module aims
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to do the following:
• appreciate the nature of Employment Law and Practice
• be able to locate and use electronic and paper sources of employment law
• understand the different institutions and individuals in employment law and practice and their interrelationship
• be able to identify and perform the steps required to bring and defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
• appreciate the essential terms of the contract of employment
• be able to advise on the contents and controls on the contract of employment including statutory controls
• appreciate the difference between wrongful and unfair dismissal
• analyse facts, identify issues and apply the law relating to unfair dismissal and redundancy in a transaction based context
• advise the client on the law relating to unfair dismissal and redundancy including advice on remedies.
• draft the documents necessary to bring and defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal
• advise the client on the possible methods of funding litigation in the Employment Tribunal
• identify the appropriate methods of resolving disputes in the employment tribunal including advice on the role of ACAS, Early Conciliation,
• demonstrate an understanding of the Tribunal’s case management powers and the procedure to be followed at the Tribunal hearing
• analyse facts, identify issues and apply the law relating to discrimination law in a transaction based context
• advise the client on the law relating to discrimination including advice on remedies
• draft the documents necessary to bring and defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
Overview
You will be taught by a combination of on-campus and online lectures, interactive seminars, one-to-one supervision, and self-study, and will be encouraged to read from specified case law, practitioners’ text books and legal journals. (Evening students will study entirely by distance learning.)
You will be given the opportunity to discuss theoretical issues as well as practical problem solving. You will be supported in undertaking on-line research using electronic law databases and encouraged to use on line legal resources on a regular basis. There is a virtual learning environment containing handbooks, lecture notes, weblinks, discussion groups, study skills materials and assessment criteria.
Experiential Learning
You will be encouraged to respond to realistic case-studies relating to the sector in the style of a professional legal advisor. You will also be able to participate in the extracurricular experiential learning offered within the Law School, including the Pro Bono Clinic and the Mooting Club.
Study Support
You will have regular access to module tutors in person, by email and by one-to-one video conferences to support their studies. You will also engage with one formative assessment for each module, which will be marked promptly with opportunities for feedback either by email or individual discussion.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to do the following:
1. demonstrate your knowledge and understanding and employ the applicable skills in employment law and practice;
2. use the legal knowledge, skills, procedures and behaviours appropriate to each client;
3. identify the overall nature of a matter pertaining to employment law, then plan and progress the matter through a series of steps and decisions including, where appropriate, drafting documentation;
4. identify the client's goals and alternative means of achieving those goals, and deal appropriately with client care;
5. investigate and identify the relevant facts, research and identify the relevant employment law issues, and advise the client on the legal consequences;
6. recognise and act within the rules of professional conduct.