LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution

Study family-business disputes as academic procedure—not a call to any GCC bar.

Online & New Capital Campus

4 Semesters (2 Years)30 creditsEnglish and Arabic (bilingual assessment; academic Arabic required for AR-medium tracks)

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Overview

Family-business disputes in the Arab world are not London litigation with palm trees. They are constitutions, labour files, and Sharia-compliant share classes colliding in a majlis. This LLM starts with procedure as a file: who may speak, what is minuted, and when a title is used without a practising certificate. You will treat GCC labour mobility of family executives, attestation of overseas law degrees that is not evaluation, and Vision 2030 professionalisation as dispute context. English and Arabic drafting is assessed because the settlement that is signed in English and explained in Arabic is how families later fight again. The award is academic. It is not a call to the bar, not a notary appointment, and not United Nations peacebuilding employment. It is for people who must keep dispute files honest when the founder still believes silence is governance. You will minute a family deadlock without performing court, draft a settlement paragraph that is identical in meaning in English and Arabic, and map when an in-house title impersonates a practising certificate. GCC labour files of family executives sit beside share-class fights. Tuition-free online academic LLM. No law-firm, court, or LAS logos in the photo brief. LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 4 Semesters (2 Years), and the credit total is 30. Students move from Family Deadlock as a File through Family Deadlock as a File; Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties; Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline; Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre; Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice; Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation, and finish on Comparative Family Procedure Notes. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation. Reading is a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. The artefact a marker expects is a consulting brief a manager could use. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Map a family dispute pathway without claiming a bar call Draft EN+AR settlement notes that match Design council procedure that can be minuted Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Thirty credits: dispute maps, family procedure, bilingual drafting, and a settlement-file capstone. Academic LLM only. Tuition-free online. No law-firm or LAS logos.

Who This Programme Is For

In-house counsel in family enterprises (academic study)
Family council secretaries
Shareholder-relations officers
Advisors to closely held GCC and Levant firms

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What You Will Learn

Map a family dispute pathway without claiming a bar call
Draft EN+AR settlement notes that match
Design council procedure that can be minuted
Treat law-degree attestation as not evaluation
Refuse mediator-licence and UN branding

Curriculum

Module 1: Dispute maps

Code	Course	Credits · hours
IUC2201	Family Deadlock as a File Family Deadlock as a File (IUC2201) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Family Deadlock as a File as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2201-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Family Deadlock as a File IUC2201-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Family Deadlock as a File IUC2201-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Family Deadlock as a File IUC2201-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Family Deadlock as a File IUC2201-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Family Deadlock as a File IUC2201-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Family Deadlock as a File	3 · 30 h
IUC2202	Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties (IUC2202) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2202-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties IUC2202-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties IUC2202-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties IUC2202-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties IUC2202-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties IUC2202-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties	3 · 30 h
IUC2203	Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline (IUC2203) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2203-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline IUC2203-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline IUC2203-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline IUC2203-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline IUC2203-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline IUC2203-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

IUC2201

Family Deadlock as a File

Family Deadlock as a File (IUC2201) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Family Deadlock as a File as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2201-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Family Deadlock as a File
IUC2201-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Family Deadlock as a File
IUC2201-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Family Deadlock as a File
IUC2201-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Family Deadlock as a File
IUC2201-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Family Deadlock as a File
IUC2201-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Family Deadlock as a File

3 · 30 h

IUC2202

Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties

Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties (IUC2202) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2202-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties
IUC2202-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties
IUC2202-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties
IUC2202-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties
IUC2202-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties
IUC2202-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Share Classes, Labour, and Related Parties

3 · 30 h

IUC2203

Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline

Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline (IUC2203) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2203-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline
IUC2203-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline
IUC2203-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline
IUC2203-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline
IUC2203-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline
IUC2203-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Silence, Majlis, and Minute Discipline

3 · 30 h

Module 2: Procedure

Code	Course	Credits · hours
IUC2205	Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre (IUC2205) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2205-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre IUC2205-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre IUC2205-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre IUC2205-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre IUC2205-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre IUC2205-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre	3 · 30 h
IUC2206	Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice (IUC2206) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2206-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice IUC2206-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice IUC2206-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice IUC2206-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice IUC2206-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice IUC2206-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice	3 · 30 h
IUC2207	Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation (IUC2207) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence. IUC2207-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation IUC2207-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation IUC2207-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation IUC2207-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation IUC2207-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation IUC2207-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

IUC2205

Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre

Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre (IUC2205) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2205-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre
IUC2205-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre
IUC2205-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre
IUC2205-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre
IUC2205-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre
IUC2205-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Council Procedures Short of Court Theatre

3 · 30 h

IUC2206

Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice

Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice (IUC2206) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2206-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice
IUC2206-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice
IUC2206-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice
IUC2206-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice
IUC2206-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice
IUC2206-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Unlicensed Title Use in Dispute Advice

3 · 30 h

IUC2207

Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation

Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation (IUC2207) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can read a set of figures, build a small case, and state which assumption moves the result, using Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses financial statements, a recognition note, and a risk report. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a recommendation that separates the decision, the numbers, and the risk. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer an accounting, audit, or financial-services licence.

IUC2207-M1 · Statements: income, position, and cash — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation
IUC2207-M2 · Recognition, ratios, and what the numbers cannot show — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation
IUC2207-M3 · Cash flows, discount rates, and sensitivity — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation
IUC2207-M4 · Market, credit, and operating risk — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation
IUC2207-M5 · Controls, exceptions, and reporting — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation
IUC2207-M6 · An investment or operating recommendation — Attestation of Law Degrees versus Evaluation

3 · 30 h

Module 3: Drafting

Code	Course	Credits · hours
IUC2209	EN+AR Settlement Notes EN+AR Settlement Notes (IUC2209) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using EN+AR Settlement Notes as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2209-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — EN+AR Settlement Notes IUC2209-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — EN+AR Settlement Notes IUC2209-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — EN+AR Settlement Notes IUC2209-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — EN+AR Settlement Notes IUC2209-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — EN+AR Settlement Notes IUC2209-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — EN+AR Settlement Notes	3 · 30 h
IUC2210	Ethics of Founder Pressure Ethics of Founder Pressure (IUC2210) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Ethics of Founder Pressure as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2210-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Ethics of Founder Pressure IUC2210-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Ethics of Founder Pressure IUC2210-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Ethics of Founder Pressure IUC2210-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Ethics of Founder Pressure IUC2210-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Ethics of Founder Pressure IUC2210-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Ethics of Founder Pressure	3 · 30 h

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Course

Credits · hours

IUC2209

EN+AR Settlement Notes

EN+AR Settlement Notes (IUC2209) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using EN+AR Settlement Notes as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2209-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — EN+AR Settlement Notes
IUC2209-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — EN+AR Settlement Notes
IUC2209-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — EN+AR Settlement Notes
IUC2209-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — EN+AR Settlement Notes
IUC2209-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — EN+AR Settlement Notes
IUC2209-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — EN+AR Settlement Notes

3 · 30 h

IUC2210

Ethics of Founder Pressure

Ethics of Founder Pressure (IUC2210) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Ethics of Founder Pressure as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2210-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Ethics of Founder Pressure
IUC2210-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Ethics of Founder Pressure
IUC2210-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Ethics of Founder Pressure
IUC2210-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Ethics of Founder Pressure
IUC2210-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Ethics of Founder Pressure
IUC2210-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Ethics of Founder Pressure

3 · 30 h

Module 4: Capstone

Code	Course	Credits · hours
IUC2213	Dispute Incident Pack Dispute Incident Pack (IUC2213) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Dispute Incident Pack as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2213-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Dispute Incident Pack IUC2213-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Dispute Incident Pack IUC2213-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Dispute Incident Pack IUC2213-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Dispute Incident Pack IUC2213-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Dispute Incident Pack IUC2213-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Dispute Incident Pack	3 · 30 h
IUC2214	Comparative Family Procedure Notes Comparative Family Procedure Notes (IUC2214) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Comparative Family Procedure Notes as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. IUC2214-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Comparative Family Procedure Notes IUC2214-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Comparative Family Procedure Notes IUC2214-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Comparative Family Procedure Notes IUC2214-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Comparative Family Procedure Notes IUC2214-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Comparative Family Procedure Notes IUC2214-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Comparative Family Procedure Notes	3 · 30 h

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Course

Credits · hours

IUC2213

Dispute Incident Pack

Dispute Incident Pack (IUC2213) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Dispute Incident Pack as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2213-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Dispute Incident Pack
IUC2213-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Dispute Incident Pack
IUC2213-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Dispute Incident Pack
IUC2213-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Dispute Incident Pack
IUC2213-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Dispute Incident Pack
IUC2213-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Dispute Incident Pack

3 · 30 h

IUC2214

Comparative Family Procedure Notes

Comparative Family Procedure Notes (IUC2214) is a 3-credit course on LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation, using Comparative Family Procedure Notes as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a consulting brief a manager could use. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

IUC2214-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Comparative Family Procedure Notes
IUC2214-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Comparative Family Procedure Notes
IUC2214-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Comparative Family Procedure Notes
IUC2214-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Comparative Family Procedure Notes
IUC2214-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Comparative Family Procedure Notes
IUC2214-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Comparative Family Procedure Notes

3 · 30 h

Career Paths

Family dispute-file coordinator
Council procedure officer
In-house legal operations (academic LLM)
Shareholder relations specialist
Bilingual settlement-pack editor

Programme Highlights

Tuition-free online
30-credit academic LLM
Family majlis as file
EN+AR drafting
Not a bar call

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution (minimum 2:2 / GPA 2.5/4.0 or equivalent national scale)
Identity document for remote identity-checked assessment enrolment
Preferred: family enterprise, in-house legal operations, or council secretariat experience

English language

English and/or Arabic according to the track: IELTS 5.5 / TOEFL 46 or equivalent for English-medium study (waived for prior English-medium HE); Arabic-medium or bilingual tracks require evidence of academic Arabic (university study in Arabic, or an IUC Arabic placement). GCC applicants may submit attested documents per usual practice; attestation does not replace academic evaluation.

Documents

Statement of Purpose (500 words minimum) stating goals, professional context, and fit
Two academic or professional references with verifiable contact details
CV or résumé covering education and relevant work
Official transcripts (digital copies accepted at application; certified copies before award)

Programme questions

How long is the LLM Family Business Dispute Resolution?

The published duration is 4 Semesters (2 Years). Teaching language: English and Arabic (bilingual assessment; academic Arabic required for AR-medium tracks). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at IUC. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Imperial University in Cairo publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@iucairo.co.uk.

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