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LAWS12078 Equity and Trusts
Equity and Trusts
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General Information

Overview

In this unit you will examine the jurisdiction of Equity, which includes the law of Trusts. Weeks 1-3 focus on the history of Equity and its relationship with the common law, equitable rights and interests, equitable assignment, and fiduciary obligations. Weeks 4-8 focus on the law of Trusts, including types of trusts, trust creation and variation, trustee duties, rights and powers, breach of trust, beneficiary rights and remedies, resulting trusts, and constructive trusts. Weeks 9-12 focus on undue influence, unconscionable transactions, estoppel in equity and equitable remedies. This unit meets the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board requirements for Equity, including Trusts.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: 24 credit points of Law units including LAWS11057.

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 1 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

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Previous Student Feedback

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 Student evaluation 2023

Feedback

Useful feedback score lower

Recommendation

I will review my feedback processes for unit 1 2025.

Feedback from Unsolicited email feedback 2023 T1 student

Feedback

Courtesy email to thank you for your time and effort you have put into the unit, in particular the learning material. The shorter videos are great and the revise and reflect on your PP are fantastic, allowing students to learn the material in small bite size pieces before moving onto the next concept.

Recommendation

I will continue to develop resources using this approach.

Feedback from The exam content should be reduced for the 2.5hrs

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Student evaluation 2023 T3

Recommendation

I reviewed the complexity of exam questions following the 2023 T3 exams and implemented changes in 2024 T1.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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