MLP219 - Contract B

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*
Trimester 3: Online

Credit point(s): 1
Previously coded as: MLL111, MLL219
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only

Prerequisite:

Students must have passed MLP119 (previously MLL119)

Corequisite:

Students enrolled before 2019: MLL110
Students commencing from 2019: MLL110 and MLL113

Incompatible with: MLL219
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. The unit will be taught through a combination of online resources, including written materials, pre-recorded video content, activities and problem-based exercises, and 2 face-to-face or online contact hours each week (1 x 2 hour seminar).

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

Online independent and asynchronous collaborative learning up to a maximum of 2 hours each week which includes lecture pre-recordings and 1 x 2 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week 

Scheduled learning activities - online

Online independent and asynchronous collaborative learning up to a maximum of 2 hours each week which includes lecture pre-recordings and 1 x 2 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week 

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only.

Content

This unit introduces students to vitiating factors that can result in avoidance of a contract, including: misrepresentation; misleading or deceptive conduct; mistake; duress; illegality; undue influence; unfair terms; and unconscionable conduct. This unit also covers performance of a contract, termination of a contract by agreement, for breach and by frustration, as well as remedies available at common law and in equity for breach of contract.

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