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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
Must have completed LEGL1001 - Legal Research and Writing AND LEGL1004 - Australian Legal System OR LEGL1005 - Legal Process
Unit aim
Introduces the practical implications of the conveyancing transaction. Students will cover all areas involved in the preparation and completion of a conveyance of real property together with the preparation of leases and mortgages and the execution and registration thereof.
Unit content
Module 1: Introduction to Conveyancing Law
Module 2: The contract
Module 3: Vendor obligations at time if contract
Module 4: Matters that can affect a property
Module 5: The position of the parties pending completion
Module 6: Preparing for settlement
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | prepare a Contract for the Sale of Land that complies with the relevant legislative requirements |
| 2 | demonstrate an understanding of the statutory and case law governing the selling, purchasing, leasing and mortgaging of interests in land and businesses |
| 3 | draft the special conditions necessary to prepare a contract for the sale of land or of a business so as to suit the varying circumstances of these transactions |
| 4 | communicate effectively on the conveyancing, leasing and mortgaging of land and the sale of businesses, including possible conflicts of interest and the revenue implications of these transactions. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- prepare a Contract for the Sale of Land that complies with the relevant legislative requirements
- demonstrate an understanding of the statutory and case law governing the selling, purchasing, leasing and mortgaging of interests in land and businesses
- draft the special conditions necessary to prepare a contract for the sale of land or of a business so as to suit the varying circumstances of these transactions
- communicate effectively on the conveyancing, leasing and mortgaging of land and the sale of businesses, including possible conflicts of interest and the revenue implications of these transactions.
Prescribed texts
- Lane, P, Chapple, S and Coshott, D, 2018, Sale of Land in NSW: Commentary and Materials, 6th edn, Thomson Reuters, Australia. ISBN: 9780455233703.
A major source of information for this unit, additional to the study guide, is The Conveyancing Services NSW which is available on Lexis Nexis in the SCU Library database. In the study guide, the Service will be referred to as "the Conveyancing Service" and paragraph numbers will be shown as [10001] i.e. in square brackets.