This unit is a critical study of general commercial practice and conveyancing with an emphasis on practical exercises and drafting. It begins with an intensive course on plain English writing, using various areas of law as a vehicle to teach basic principles of legal writing. The unit includes a consideration of property transactions from inception to stamping, settlement and registration; securities (mortgages and charges); leases; formation, sale and purchase of business organisations (companies and partnerships); duties; and the general drafting of letters and documents in these areas. -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Tracey Atkins
Prerequisites: at least 114 points of law which must include LAWS1130 Legal Process, LAWS1101 Contract I, LAWS1102 Contract II, LAWS1107 Torts I, LAWS1108 Torts II, LAWS2204 Property I, LAWS2205 Property II and LAWS2203 Trusts
