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Level 5 Diploma in Law

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

LAW505 · Land Law — Week 13 of 16

CourseLAW505
Week13 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the nature of Land and what constitutes land.
  • 1.2 Explain how land can be 'owned' (historical origins and modern significance including estates in land).
  • 1.3 Evaluate different kinds of third-party rights in land.
  • 1.4 Analyse the difference between registered and unregistered land and the legal issues that arise.
  • 2.1 Explain proprietary estoppel.
  • 2.2 Explain different types of licences.
  • 2.3 Discuss how legal mortgages are created and how these are protected.
  • 2.4 Explain remedies a lender has where a borrower defaults.
  • 3.1 Explain the distinction between restrictive covenants and positive covenants.
  • 3.2 Analyse limitations on absolute ownership of land.
  • 3.3 Define characteristics of easements and how these can be created.
  • 3.4 Evaluate the impact of easements and enforcement of easements on absolute ownership of land.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamental property principles: what constitutes land; per…
  • Week 2: Estates in land, legal and equitable ownership and how equi…
  • Week 3: Third-party rights and their enforcement in the registered …
  • Week 4: Leases, licences and leasehold covenants; trusts; types of …
  • Week 5: Proprietary estoppel: establishing the estoppel and remedies
  • Week 6: Mortgages: historical development, creation of legal mortga…
  • Week 7: Freehold covenants: restrictive and positive covenants, cre…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Covenants as limits on absolute ownership; protection, brea…
  • Week 10: Easements: characteristics, contrast with other rights, exp…
  • Week 11: Impact and enforcement of easements on ownership; extinguis…
  • Week 12: Applying Land Law in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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