HD Comprehensive Notes for Entire Course - LAWS2012/5008 Property and Commercial Law

Description

Extremely detailed and comprehensive notes covering all topics. Uses colour coding for simplicity; readily applicable to problem questions. Ready to print and take into the final exam. Includes table of contents with page references. Covers the following topics: Topic 1a: The concept and function of property (fixtures; Native Title) Topic 1b: Real property (legal and equitable interests in land; Old System Title vs Torrens Title; writing requirements) Topic 2: Choses in possession (gifts; possession; delivery; lost and found scaffold; Sale of Goods Act; bailment and liability of a bailee) Topic 3: Choses in action (trusts; interests in deceased estates; Livingstone rights; inability to assign certain rights) Topic 4: Assignment and disposition of interests (legal and equitable assignment of legal choses in action; equitable assignment of trusts and other equitable choses in action; the Vandervell exception; assignment of future property) Topic 5a: Priority regimes (Nemo dat and Sale of Goods Act exceptions; prior legal interest vs subsequent equitable interest; prior equitable interest vs subsequent legal interest; two competing equitable interests) Topic 5b: Commercial dealings as security interests over property (security under the common law; security under the PPSA) Includes certain bonus aspects not covered in other notes or covered comprehensively in the course, such as the interaction of future property and unascertained goods under Sale of Goods Act, which is a difficult topic often examined in the final exam. This will allow you to provide HD responses, especially in under-tested areas of the law.