Law
Sir John Leman Sixth Form
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG
GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent
Level 3
Available start dates
Available start dates
Tuesday, 01 September 2026
Sir John Leman Sixth Form
2 Year(s)
Full time
Daytime/working hours
Application Instructions
Level 3 Pathway - In order to enrol onto our Level 3 courses, students must have achieved a minimum of 5 grade 4s at GCSE Level across 4 different subject areas; this should ideally include a Grade 4 for English Language and Mathematics.
It is important that students also pay attention to any individual subject entry requirements.
It may be that a small number of students are recommended to sit AS qualifications at the end of Year 12 in order to inform decisions about progression into Year 13, however these AS examinations are standalone and do not contribute to the overall A Level qualification.
Course Details
Why?
The course will provide a good grounding in the main principles of the English legal system, as well as criminal and contract law. You will analyse and solve problems by applying legal rules to scenarios and by developing the ability to clearly communicate legal arguments and conclusions. You must have good English skills to be successful on this course.
Course Structure:
English Legal System:
- Civil courts and other forms of dispute resolution
- Criminal courts and lay people
- Legal Personnel
- Access to justice
Criminal Law:
- Rules and theory
- General elements of criminal liability
- Fatal offences against the person
- Non-fatal offences against the person
- Offences against property
- Mental capacity defences
- General defences
- Preliminary offences
Law Making:
- Parliamentary law making
- Delegated legislation
- Statutory interpretation
- Judicial precedent
- Law reform
- EU Law
Tort Law:
- Rules and theory
- Liability in negligence
- Occupiers’ liability
- Torts connected to land
- Vicarious Liability
- Defences
- Remedies
The Nature of Law
- Law and Morality
- Law and Justice
- Law and Society
- Law and Technology
Contract Law
- Rules and Theory
- Formation of Contract Law
- Terms within contracts
- Vitiating Factors
- Remedies and Damages
Extended Learning
The course content will need to be revised regularly in order to be able to recall the correct law or cases in an exam. You will need to commit to memory what we have learnt in class.
Entry requirements
Ideally Grade 5 GCSE in Englishn Language
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