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2022 unit information
For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only
MLL327
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 3 hour class and 1 x 1 hour seminar per week
1 x 3 hour class (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week
The unit aims to familiarise students with the law relating to the creation and transfer of rights and interests in land. It is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the statutory schemes of registration applicable in Victoria. Topics include: the definition of land and limits of ownership; legal and equitable interests; legal and equitable remedies; purchasing and selling land; Deeds Registration system and priorities in general land law; Torrens system of land registration and electronic conveyancing, indefeasibility of title; statutory and non-statutory exceptions to indefeasibility of title; disputes involving unregistered interests; paramount interests; assurance fund and concurrent ownership of land.
Analyse the common law and statutory schemes relating to the creation and transfer of ownership and other interests in land and apply to authentic situations in the discipline
ULO2
Resolve priority disputes in relation to competing interests in land and analyse and apply the effect of ownership of land by more than one person
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Locate and appropriately reference primary and secondary resources relevant to contemporary problems in Land Law
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MLL325 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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