LAWS12066 - Land Law

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit Land Law LAWS12066 meets the LPAB requirements for property law. It has a specific focus on the law of real property in Queensland. It covers 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) with a focus on legal vs equitable interests; future interests and the rule against perpetuities under the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) and the general law; concurrent ownership; leases; mortgages; easements; freehold covenants and profit a prendres. The unit also includes a discussion of native title; possession, seisin & title and enforcement of security interests in personal property under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth). Students are expected to have completed Foundations of Property Law - LAWS12065 first as the unit content assumes knowledge from that unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2023

Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 10%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Take Home Exam 50%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 90.91% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 26.99% response rate.

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.

Source: Have your say
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
A suggested general answer guide will be released following the release of student results.
Action Taken
A feedback video was released.
Source: Have your Say
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
Additional assessment supports and instructions will devised and uploaded to moodle to assist students.
Action Taken
It was discussed further in live zoom sessions which all students could access.
Source: Have your say
Feedback
Dr Lambropoulos delivered a well structured unit, and provided timely feedback on assessments. The weekly content was pertinent and easy to follow.
Recommendation
The weekly content be retained subject to changes in the law.
Action Taken
This was retained
Source: Have your say
Feedback
Despite the occasional mistakes, the Q&A textbook was very helpful.
Recommendation
The Q&A textbook will be retained.
Action Taken
A similar book was trialled instead of the Q&A book. However, in 2023 the Q&A book will be used again.
Source: Have your say
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
The timing of each assessment will be retained.
Action Taken
This was retained.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Consider changing the format of the feedback to audio
Recommendation
This will be considered in consultation with the marking team.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
Consider giving more exam preparation supports to students
Recommendation
The UC will review the unit content and the assessments to consider how the students can be better prepared for their exams.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator and SUTE
Feedback
Q&A property law and answer book to be prescribed again
Recommendation
This book will be prescribed.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the conceptual characteristics of land under Australian land law.
  2. Examine the principles and concepts in native title, possession, seisin and title, and the rule against perpetuities.
  3. Analyse and apply the Torrens system of land registration and the impact of e-technology pursuant to the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld).
  4. Analyse and apply the rights in land relating to concurrent ownership, leases, mortgages, and security interests in personal property under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth)


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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