How long does the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts take to complete?

The Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts runs 15 to 18 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. Part-time study extends the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts where work commitments require it.

Can I study the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts online?

Yes. The Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts is delivered on-campus in central London, online and by distance learning, and each mode shares the same weekly seminar and moot schedule.

Is the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts UK recognised?

The Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts is a UK Level 5 award aligned with SRA and Bar Standards Board trusts requirements, with confirmed credit transfer into an LSLPE LLB top-up.

What are the entry requirements for the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts?

Applicants need a Level 4 Diploma, Advanced Diploma or comparable qualification in law, GCSE English and Maths at grade 4/C, and IELTS 6.0 where required. Private client work experience supports the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts application.

How much does the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts cost and is funding available?

Tuition varies by mode. LSLPE admissions publishes current fees at offer stage and discusses instalment plans and employer sponsorship for the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts on request.

Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts at LSLPE is a UK Level 5 programme running 15 to 18 months across on-campus, online and distance modes. It is a technician-to-graduate route that reads equity as a working system of doctrine, remedies and duties still operating in the modern UK courts. The syllabus is aligned with SRA and Bar Standards Board foundation-of-legal-knowledge expectations for the trusts core, and it carries confirmed credit transfer into an LSLPE LLB top-up.

By graduation you will have drafted express trust deeds, analysed constructive and resulting trust arguments in live case bundles, produced advice notes on breach of fiduciary duty, argued moot points at Chancery-style benches, and completed a supervised capstone applying equity to a real UK trust dispute.

Key Features

Curriculum aligned with SRA and Bar Standards Board (BSB) trusts core requirements.
Confirmed credit transfer into an articulated LLB top-up at LSLPE.
Chancery-style moot practice judged by practising barristers.
Live case bundles from Chancery Division and Business and Property Court reports.
Weekly small-group tutorials with named programme-tutor support.
Guest sessions with practitioners from Chancery chambers and City private client teams.

What You Will Learn

Foundations of equity: maxims, doctrines and the historical Court of Chancery.
Express trusts: the three certainties, formalities and constitution.
Resulting and constructive trusts, including quantifying beneficial interests.
Trusts of the family home and the modern cohabitation cases.
Charitable trusts and the Charities Act 2011 framework.
Trustees' duties, powers and liabilities.
Breach of trust, tracing and proprietary remedies.
Equitable remedies: injunctions, specific performance and rescission.

Who This Course Is For

Paralegals and legal executives in private client, litigation or property teams.
Junior trust officers and probate assistants building doctrinal foundations.
Diploma holders in law progressing toward a UK LLB top-up.
International applicants studying equity and trusts as a UK-distinctive tradition.
Working professionals studying part-time through the distance route.

Career Pathways

Paralegal in a Chancery or private client team.
Legal Executive on the CILEX private client route.
Trust Administrator or trust officer in a bank or trust corporation.
Legal Adviser at a charity supporting trust and governance matters.
In-house Counsel support in a family office or wealth manager.
Legal Researcher at a Chancery chambers.
Contract Lawyer working on settlements and fiduciary structures.

The LSLPE careers service links Higher Diploma students to Chancery chambers, private client firms and wealth-management legal functions through the careers day programme.

Entry Requirements

A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Advanced Diploma or comparable qualification in law.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
One academic or professional reference.
Working professionals moving from paralegal, trust officer or private client support roles are welcomed.

Why Study at LSLPE

LSLPE is a specialist division of Harold International College of London that treats law as a working craft argued against evidence. The Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts is delivered in small, tutor-visible cohorts using the case-room and Inns of Court moot tradition, and every case is argued in public rather than absorbed in a lecture.

Central London places the Rolls Building, the Chancery Division, the Inns of Court and City private client teams within a short tube ride of every classroom. Online and distance students join the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support, so the Higher Diploma in Equity and Trusts is available without relocation.

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