LAW3111 · Equity

Overview

This unit introduces students to the nature and function of equity in the modern Australian legal system. Students learn about the relationship between equity and the common law, and study the key doctrines of equity. These include: breach of confidence, fiduciary relationships and breach of fiduciary duty, third party liability and tracing, personal and proprietary remedies in equity and equitable defences.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Articulate and critically analyse the key doctrines of equity, their relationship to common law, their development in Australia, and their theoretical underpinnings, with reference to international and comparative perspectives.
2. Engage in critical analysis and make reasoned and appropriate choices among alternatives.
3. Demonstrate cognitive skill, creativity and professional judgement to research and synthesise relevant legal and practical issues, to interpret and evaluate professional conclusions, and to formulate appropriate responses to complex legal problems.
4. Communicate and collaborate effectively orally and in writing.
5. Demonstrate and apply understanding of equity and its key principles in the modern Australian legal system.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.