School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Property Law II
  • Unit Code

    LAW2312
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Haydn James Robert RIGBY

Description

This unit further examines property law as it applies to real and personal property with particular focus on the interest in land. The role of encumbrances, including mortgages, leases, and land use planning by restrictive covenants, and easements in real property will be examined in detail. The nature of property ownershipwill be evaluated with particular regard to co-ownership.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW2102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the rights, obligations and liabilities which arise from the relationship of landlord and tenant, mortgagor and mortgagee, and concurrent ownership.
  2. Explain the nature of and interests arising by virtue of freehold covenants, easements and profits a prendre.
  3. Apply the current law in answers to practical problems to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant principles of property law.
  4. Analyse and apply law of retail tenancies to generate a legal solution which anticipates challenges.
  5. Work collaboratively with each other and with students from final year to produce the best possible outcome for a hypothetical client.

Unit Content

  1. Concurrent ownership.
  2. The Acquisition and transfer of proprietary interests in chattels.
  3. Leases and Licences.
  4. Mortgages.
  5. Freehold Covenants.
  6. Easements and Profits a prendre.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures are used to to introduce the central concepts of this unit and to guide students through key legal materials. Students have the opportunity to discuss and apply unit content and materials, present ideas and solutions through tutorial activities, analyse situations and outcomes in groups, and to develop critical perspectives from written sources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Quiz10%
AssignmentTeam Assignment15%
AssignmentMajor Assignment25%
ExaminationFINAL EXAMINATION50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Quiz10%
ExaminationFINAL EXAMINATION50%
AssignmentTeam Assignment 15%
AssignmentMajor Assignment25%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Property Law II
  • Unit Code

    LAW2312
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Haydn James Robert RIGBY

Description

This unit further examines property law as it applies to real and personal property with particular focus on the interest in land. The role of encumbrances, including mortgages, leases, and land use planning by restrictive covenants, and easements in real property will be examined in detail. The nature of property ownershipwill be evaluated with particular regard to co-ownership.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW2102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the rights, obligations and liabilities which arise from the relationship of landlord and tenant, mortgagor and mortgagee, and concurrent ownership.
  2. Explain the nature of and interests arising by virtue of freehold covenants, easements and profits a prendre.
  3. Apply the current law in answers to practical problems to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant principles of property law.
  4. Analyse and apply law of retail tenancies to generate a legal solution which anticipates challenges.
  5. Work collaboratively with each other and with students from final year to produce the best possible outcome for a hypothetical client.

Unit Content

  1. Concurrent ownership.
  2. The Acquisition and transfer of proprietary interests in chattels.
  3. Leases and Licences.
  4. Mortgages.
  5. Freehold Covenants.
  6. Easements and Profits a prendre.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures are used to to introduce the central concepts of this unit and to guide students through key legal materials. Students have the opportunity to discuss and apply unit content and materials, present ideas and solutions through tutorial activities, analyse situations and outcomes in groups, and to develop critical perspectives from written sources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Quiz10%
AssignmentTeam Assignment15%
AssignmentMajor Assignment25%
ExaminationFINAL EXAMINATION50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Quiz10%
ExaminationFINAL EXAMINATION50%
AssignmentTeam Assignment 15%
AssignmentMajor Assignment25%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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