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LAW 2502 - Equity

Career: Undergraduate Law
Units: 3
Term: Semester 1
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Restriction: Available to LLB and B.Criminology with B.Laws and BArts Advanced with B.Laws students only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: LAW 1503 or LAW 1510
Incompatible: LAW 2005
Assessment: To be advised, but likely to include an interim problem question essay (with a word limit of 2,500 words) worth 40% and a Take-Home Assignment of 6 hours duration (with a word limit of 4,000 words) worth 60%. This is provisional only.
Syllabus:

The course will begin by considering the historical basis and development of equity. The following areas will then be examined in detail: 1) equitable estoppel; 2) fiduciary obligations; 3) express trusts; (4) resulting and constructive trusts; (5) undue influence and (6) unconscionable conduct or ‘catching bargains’. Particular attention will be paid to the creation of express trusts, the rights, powers and duties of trustees, and remedies for breaches of trust and fiduciary obligation.

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Units
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3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
Semester 1 Tue 12/03/2024 Thu 21/03/2024 Fri 03/05/2024 Fri 07/06/2024


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Seminar
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10855 SE01 30 1 27 Feb - 2 Apr Tuesday 4pm - 5pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
23 Apr - 4 Jun Tuesday 4pm - 5pm Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
10857 SE06 30 1 27 Feb - 2 Apr Tuesday 10am - 11am Ligertwood, 214, Piper Alderman Room
23 Apr - 4 Jun Tuesday 10am - 11am Ligertwood, 214, Piper Alderman Room
10858 SE08 30 1 27 Feb - 2 Apr Tuesday 9am - 10am Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
23 Apr - 4 Jun Tuesday 9am - 10am Ligertwood, 314, Flinders Room
12027 SE03 30 FULL 29 Feb - 4 Apr Thursday 1pm - 2pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
25 Apr - 6 Jun Thursday 1pm - 2pm Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
12140 SE07 30 FULL 28 Feb - 3 Apr Wednesday 10am - 11am Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
24 Apr - 5 Jun Wednesday 10am - 11am Ligertwood, 216, Sarawak Room
14478 SE04 30 1 29 Feb - 4 Apr Thursday 3pm - 4pm Ligertwood, 316, Teaching Room
25 Apr - 6 Jun Thursday 3pm - 4pm Ligertwood, 316, Teaching Room
15310 SE10 30 1 29 Feb - 4 Apr Thursday 9am - 10am Ligertwood, 112, Teaching Room
25 Apr - 6 Jun Thursday 9am - 10am Ligertwood, 112, Teaching Room
15311 SE02 30 1 29 Feb - 4 Apr Thursday 12pm - 1pm Ligertwood, 112, Teaching Room
25 Apr - 6 Jun Thursday 12pm - 1pm Ligertwood, 112, Teaching Room
Related Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
11204 LE01 175 2 27 Feb - 2 Apr Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
28 Feb - 3 Apr Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
23 Apr - 4 Jun Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
24 Apr - 5 Jun Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Horace Lamb, 1022, Horace Lamb Lecture Theatre
16494 LEC0 66 2 This class does not have any timetabled face-to-face sessions. Please check MyUni or contact your Course Coordinator for details.
Note: Note: This Lecture can be viewed on the web via MyUni and so has no time or location allocated to it. Students enrolling in the Lecture can attend the live lecture if space permits.