Overview
LAWS12066 Land Law has a specific focus on the law of real property in Queensland, covering the following themes: the concept of land; land registration systems with an emphasis on the Torrens system and the impact of e-technology pursuant to the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld); the principles for resolving priority disputes in Torrens title land under the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld); future interests and the rule against perpetuities under the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) and the general law; concurrent ownership; leases; mortgages; easements and aspects of ownership, tenancy and regulation of social housing in Queensland. This unit together with LAWS12065 Foundations of Property Law meets the LPAB requirements for property law.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: 24 credit points of law
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2022
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have your say
Assignment feedback. Feedback was too brief and did not explain how I could have improved. A suggested answer guide would have been useful where detailed individual feedback was too timely to provide. Comments regarding how the cohort generally could have done better would also have been useful.
A suggested general answer guide will be released following the release of student results.
Feedback from Have your Say
I did not like assessment 1 - it is too much work for the marks allocated. I create my summaries, then have to recreate them to meet the task requirment.
Additional assessment supports and instructions will devised and uploaded to moodle to assist students.
Feedback from Have your say
Dr Lambropoulos delivered a well structured unit, and provided timely feedback on assessments. The weekly content was pertinent and easy to follow.
The weekly content be retained subject to changes in the law.
Feedback from Have your say
Despite the occasional mistakes, the Q&A textbook was very helpful.
The Q&A textbook will be retained.
Feedback from Have your say
A really enjoyable and practical unit. The assessments are spread out great, and the feedback was returned quickly with good details. The textbook is helpful.
The timing of each assessment will be retained.
- Illustrate and discuss the conceptual characteristics of land under Australian land law
- Recognise, analyse and apply the Torrens system of land registration and the impact of e-technology pursuant to the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld)
- Explain and apply the provisions of the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) and the common law governing future interests and perpetuities in land in Queensland
- Recognise and analyse important interests and rights in land in relation to: concurrent ownership; leases under both the general law and specific legislation; mortgages and easements
- Identify and appraise aspects of the ownership, tenancy and regulation of social housing in Queensland.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Focus Land Law
Edition: 5th (2020)
Authors: Eileen Webb and Margaret Stephenson
LexisNexis
Chatswood Chatswood , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9780409348538
Binding: Paperback
Real Property Law in Queensland
Edition: 5th (2020)
Authors: Anne Wallace, Les McCrimmon, Michael We
Thomson Reuters
Pyrmont Pyrmont , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9780455242934
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Students have the option of accessing both of these books online through the CQU library website.
There are limited licenses however in previous years students were able to coordinate access with other students so most students still were able to access the books when they needed it.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom Conferencing (Webcam and Microphone)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 4th ed
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
v.lambropoulos@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Nature of Land
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Land Registration Part 2
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Land Registration Part 3
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Co-ownership
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Alienability of Land and the Rule Against Perpetuities
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Leases Part 2
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Easements, Restrictive Covenants and Profit a Prendres
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Mortgages
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Miscellaneous topics - review
This is a week where we are free to continue discussion of the final few topics.
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Miscellaneous topics - review
Chapter
See study guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review
Chapter
See Study Guide/Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Task Description: Students are asked to prepare their own checklist/ quick reference guide for Topics/Weeks 1 – 4 of the course content.
What is a checklist/quick reference guide? In essence, this is a checklist prepared by you, the student, for your own study purposes. It is part of the tools you have for your problem solving kit.
It is a condensed version of each topic.
It has two main purposes:
- To help you quickly identify the major principles of each topic/area. For example, if you were preparing a checklist for leases you would begin with (a) a description of general principle (b) list the essential elements which make up a legal lease at law (c) list remedies if lease is breached (d) anything else you feel is relevant such as different categories of leases, commercial/retail compared to residential leases etc.
- The second purpose is to list the major legislative and case authorities for each of these areas.
As noted above it must be brief and condensed. Therefore the use of bullet points is expected. However, you must use clear sub-headings throughout which identifies each topic you are looking at.
See for an example https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/categories/practice-area/jurisdiction-827/quick-reference-card-real-property-law-3rd-edition-sku9780409352047/details
You can be creative and have fun with the presentation. Use different colours, diagrams even pictures if it helps you learn and remember the content better.
**If you copy from the example from lexisnexis or any other examples you find online you must properly attribute this work or you will not meet standards of academic integrity
Remember, these are YOUR notes and they must make sense to you.
Further if a significant amount of your work is simply a copy of these examples even if you properly attribute the work you may fail. This is because you have not tailored the work to create your own checklist. There must be some originality in the final document.
This is an individual assignment.
Week 5 Monday (8 Aug 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Submitted via moodle
Week 7 Tuesday (30 Aug 2022)
Return via moodle
Students' work who fail this assessment will have generally displayed the following:
1. Did not cover content for all weeks 1-4.
2. Content is substantially incorrect and contains largely irrelevant content.
3. The paper is not an acceptable standard in relation to its presentation and expression because:
- (a) is not clear and succinct and the language is not appropriate for a law assessment due to its informality;
- (b) the structure is poor, it demonstrates little awareness of structure and purpose;
- (c) the paper has largely referenced material which is not primary and/or academically rigorous (for example, online summaries and blogs).
4. Overall has not complied with the AGLC.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Pass:
1. Covers content from weeks 1-4.
2. Relevant legal principles, cases and legislation identified and discussed but missed a significant number of them.
3. Grammar and written expression was satisfactory but there were a large amount of errors throughout.
4. Attempt to comply with AGLC but there were significant errors throughout.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Credit:
1. Covers content from topics 1-4.
2. Relevant legal principles, cases and legislation identified and discussed but missed a few issues that were significant in nature.
3. Grammar and written expression was satisfactory with some errors throughout.
4. Attempt to comply with AGLC but there were significant errors throughout.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Distinction:
1. Covers content from topics 1-4.
2. Relevant legal principles, cases and legislation identified and discussed. Any errors were few and were mostly minor.
3. Grammar and written expression was very good with some minor errors.
4. AGLC was followed with some minor errors.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a High Distinction:
1. Covers content from topics 1-4.
2. Relevant legal principles, cases and legislation identified and discussed.
3. Grammar and written expression was excellent.
4. Followed AGLC with no errors or almost no errors.
- Illustrate and discuss the conceptual characteristics of land under Australian land law
- Illustrate and discuss the conceptual characteristics of land under Australian land law
- Recognise, analyse and apply the Torrens system of land registration and the impact of e-technology pursuant to the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld)
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
The assessment will be a problem scenario and an essay style question.
Week 8 Monday (5 Sept 2022) 11:59 pm AEST
Submitted via moodle
Week 10 Tuesday (20 Sept 2022)
Returned via moodle
Students' work who fail this assessment will have generally displayed the following:
1. All the tasks have not been completed.
2. Did not adequately identify and discuss a relevant number of legal issues and apply these issues to the facts.
3. Did not adequately identify and discuss a relevant number of cases and legislation.
4. The paper is not an acceptable standard in relation to its presentation and expression because:
- (a) is not clear and succinct and the language is not appropriate for a law assessment due to its informality;
- (b) the structure is poor, the paper demonstrates little awareness of structure and purpose;
- (c) the paper has largely referenced material which is not primary and/or academically rigorous (for example, online summaries and blogs)
5. Overall has not complied with the AGLC.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Pass:
1. All of the tasks have been answered but not satisfactorily.
2. Identified and discussed relevant legal issues but missed a significant number of issues most if not all of which were important issues. There was some application to the facts but missed a significant number of factual issues to discuss.
3. Relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed but missed a significant number of them but not a majority of them.
4. Grammar and written expression was satisfactory but there were a large amount of errors throughout.
5. Attempt to comply with AGLC but there were significant errors throughout.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Credit:
1. All of the tasks were completed satisfactorily.
2. Identified and discussed relevant legal issues but missed some issues a minority of which were significant. Applied the legal issues to the facts but missed some important issues.
3. Relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed but missed a significant number of them but not a majority of them.
4. Grammar and written expression was satisfactory with some errors throughout.
5. Attempt to comply with AGLC but there were significant errors throughout.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Distinction:
1. All of the tasks were completed with few errors.
2. Identified and discussed relevant legal issues and applied them to the facts. Any errors were few and were mostly minor.
3. Relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed. Any errors were few and mostly minor.
4. Grammar and written expression was very good with some minor errors.
5. AGLC was followed with some minor errors.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a High Distinction:
1. All of the tasks were completed with no errors or almost no errors.
2. Identified and discussed all or almost all relevant legal issues and applied them to the facts with almost no errors.
3. All relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed with no errors or almost no errors.
4. Grammar and written expression was excellent.
5. Followed AGLC with no errors or almost no errors.
- Recognise, analyse and apply the Torrens system of land registration and the impact of e-technology pursuant to the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld)
- Recognise and analyse important interests and rights in land in relation to: concurrent ownership; leases under both the general law and specific legislation; mortgages and easements
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Take-home paper
More detailed instructions regarding the Take home paper will be uploaded to Moodle
Date and Time of paper to be advised during the term.
Certification of Grades.
Students' work who fail this assessment will have generally displayed the following:
1. All the tasks have not been completed.
2. Did not adequately identify and discuss a relevant number of legal issues and apply these issues to the facts.
3. Did not adequately identify and discuss a relevant number of cases and legislation.
4. The paper is not an acceptable standard in relation to its presentation and expression because:
- (a) is not clear and succinct and the language is not appropriate for a law assessment due to its informality;
- (b) the structure is poor, the paper demonstrates little awareness of structure and purpose;
- (c) the paper has largely referenced material which is not primary and/or academically rigorous (for example, online summaries and blogs).
5. Overall has not complied with the AGLC.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Pass:
1. All of the tasks have been answered but not satisfactorily.
2. Identified and discussed relevant legal issues but missed a significant number of issues most if not all of which were important issues. There was some application to the facts but missed a significant number of factual issues to discuss.
3. Relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed but missed a significant number of them but not a majority of them.
4. Grammar and written expression was satisfactory but there were a large amount of errors throughout.
5. Attempt to comply with AGLC but there were significant errors throughout.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Credit:
1. All of the tasks were completed satisfactorily.
2. Identified and discussed relevant legal issues but missed some issues a minority of which were significant. Applied the legal issues to the facts but missed some important issues.
3. Relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed but missed a significant number of them but not a majority of them.
4. Grammar and written expression was satisfactory with some errors throughout.
5. Attempt to comply with AGLC but there were significant errors throughout.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a Distinction:
1. All of the tasks were completed with few errors.
2. Identified and discussed relevant legal issues and applied them to the facts. Any errors were few and were mostly minor.
3. Relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed. Any errors were few and mostly minor.
4. Grammar and written expression was very good with some minor errors.
5. AGLC was followed with some minor errors.
Students at a minimum must have completed the following in order to obtain a High Distinction:
1. All of the tasks were completed with no errors or almost no errors.
2. Identified and discussed all or almost all relevant legal issues and applied them to the facts with almost no errors.
3. All relevant cases and legislation identified and discussed with no errors or almost no errors.
4. Grammar and written expression was excellent.
5. Followed AGLC with no errors or almost no errors.
- Illustrate and discuss the conceptual characteristics of land under Australian land law
- Explain and apply the provisions of the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) and the common law governing future interests and perpetuities in land in Queensland
- Recognise and analyse important interests and rights in land in relation to: concurrent ownership; leases under both the general law and specific legislation; mortgages and easements
- Identify and appraise aspects of the ownership, tenancy and regulation of social housing in Queensland.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
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