UTS Civil Litigation: Autumn 2010 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Civil Litigation, taught at UTS in Autumn 2010 semester.

Please note the year of the subject, as laws and content change.

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1. Lecture 1: Introduction
2. Lecture 2: Jurisdiction, Services and Rules
3. Lecture 3: Drafting 
4. Lecture 4: Commencing Proceedings
5. No lecture.
6. Lecture 6: Evidence in Proceedings
7. Lecture 7: Interlocutory Applications
8. No lecture.
9. Lecture 9: Costs
10. Lecture 10: Briefing Counsel and ADR

Tutorials:

1. Week 1 Quiz

Exercise 1: Statement of Claim

1. Instructions: Waters v Fullbrick
2. My Statement of Claim (Form 3A)
3. Statement of Claim (Form 3A) – Example 1
4. Statement of Claim (Form 3A) – Example 2

Exercise 2: Statement of Claim

1. Instructions: Stephen Gates
2. Proof Making Model
3. My Statement of Claim (Form 3A)
4. Statement of Claim (Form 3A) – Example 1
5. Statement of Claim (Form 3A) – Example 2

Exercise 3: Costs Disclosure and Agreement

1. Instructions: Frank Lira
2. My Cost Agreement
3. My Cost Disclosure

Exercise 4:

1. Instructions: Statement of Claim
2. My Statement of Claim
3. Instructions: Defence
4. Defence statement
5. My Defence
6. Instructions: Expedition
7. My Notice of Motion
8. My Affidavit in Support

UTS Federal Constitutional Law: Spring 2007 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Federal Constitutional Law, taught at UTS in Spring 2007 semester.

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NOTE: for this subject, I don’t remember (and didn’t record) what order the notes were taught in. But I’ve posted them in what I think was roughly the order.

1. The Fundamentals Of Australian Constitutional Law
2. Federal, State & Territory
3. Constitutional Interpretation and Characterisation of Federal Laws
4. Executive Powers
5. Judicial Power of the Commonwealth
6. Trade and Commerce
7. External Affairs
8. Corporations Power
9. Individual Rights and Freedoms
10. Inconsistency and Repugnancy of Laws
11. Indigenous People and the Constitution

UTS Commercial & Estate Practice: Spring 2010 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Commercial & Estate Practice, taught at UTS in Spring 2010 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Taxes and Duties for Small Business
2. Lecture 2: Business Structures
3. Lecture 3: Pre-Exchange
4. Lecture 4: Exchange, Post-Exchange and Settlement
5. Lecture 5: The Final Stage
6. Lecture 6: Corporations
7. Lecture 7: Industrial Relations
8. Lecture 10: Wills
9. Lecture 11: Probate & Letters of Administration
10. Lecture 12: Administration and Estate Planning
11. Lecture 13: Administration and Estate Planning – Part 2

UTS Ethics & Professional Conduct: Autumn 2010 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Ethics & Professional Conduct, taught at UTS in Autumn 2010 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Ethics
2. Lecture 2: Introduction to Legal Accounting
3. Lecture 3: Hierarchy of Accounting Records
4. Lecture 4: End of Month Procedures
5. Lecture 5: Lawyering as a Profession
6. Lecture 6: Duty of Court
7. Lecture 7: Duty to the Client
8. Lecture 8: Retainers, Disclosures, Costs and Liens
9. Lecture 9: Duties to Third Parties and Colleagues
10. Lecture 10: Discipline

UTS Equity & Trusts: Spring 2008 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Equity & Trusts, taught at UTS in Spring 2008 semester.

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Index to Equitable Interests and Assignments

1. Introduction to Equity
2. Equitable Estates & Interest, and Priorities
3. Assignments of Interests

Index to Estoppel and Unconscionable Concepts

1. Fiduciary Obligations
2. Estoppel 
3. Unconscionable Transactions

Index to Trust

1. Introduction to Trusts
2. Express Trusts
3. Charitable Trusts
4. Resulting Trusts
5. Constructive Trusts

Other Notes:

1. Injunctions
2. Equitable Remedies and Defences, and Specific Performance 

UTS Family Law: Autumn 2009 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Family Law, taught at UTS in Autumn 2009 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Marriage, De Facto, Non-Couple Relationships
2. Lecture 2: Marriage, Nullity and Divorce
3. Lecture 3: Violence, Dispute Resolution, Role of Lawyers
4. Lecture 4: Parents, Non-Parents and Surrogacy
5. Lecture 5: Parental Concepts
6. Lecture 6: Children
7. Lecture 7: Enforcement and Contravention, Relocation, Abduction
8. Lecture 8: Physical Violence & Sexual Abuse
9. Lecture 9: Property Issues
10. Lecture 10: Property – Contributions and Needs
11. Lecture 11: Financial Contributions and Third Party Interests
12. Extra: Child Support and Spousal Maintenance

UTS Evidence & Criminal Procedure: Autumn 2009 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Evidence & Criminal Procedure, taught at UTS in Autumn 2009 semester.

Please note the year of the subject, as laws and content change.

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1. Lecture 1: Intro, Bail, Search & Seizure
2. Lecture 2: Arrest
3. Lecture 3: Proof, Relevance and Exclusions
4. Lecture 4: Privilege
5. Lecture 5: Calling Witnesses
6. Lecture 6: Credibility and Real Evidence
7. Lecture 7: Hearsay
8. Lecture 8: Hearsay for Non-Hearsay Use and Admissions
9. Lecture 9: Opinion Rule
10. Lecture 10: Tendency and Coincidence
11. Lecture 11: Character Evidence, Exclusion of Evidence, Judicial Comments, Directions and Warnings
12. Lecture 12: Approaching Problem Solving

More materials:

• Flow Chart

UTS Corporate Law: Autumn 2009 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Corporate Law, taught at UTS in Autumn 2009 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Structures and Partnerships
2. Lecture 2: Contextual and Theoretical Issues of Corporate Law
3. Lecture 3: Corporate Insolvency
4. Lecture 4: Consequences of Incorporation
5. Lecture 5: Criminal and Contracts
6. Lecture 6: Replaceable Rules, Constitution, Management and Shareholders
7. Lecture 7: The General Meeting
8. No lectures.
9. Lecture 9: Directors and Other Officers
10. Lecture 10: Director’s Duty of Care
11. Lecture 11: Director’s Good Faith Obligations
12. Lecture 12: Conflict Avoidance
13. Lecture 13: Remedies
14. Lecture 14: Corporate Groups

Extra material:

• Replaceable Rules
• Research and Writing Assignment – question
• Research and Writing Assignment – answer

Tutorial Material:

• Tutorial Guide and Questions
• Tutorial Exercise 2
• Tutorial Exercise 4
• Tutorial Exercise 5
• Tutorial Exercise 6
• Tutorial Exercise 7
• Tutorial Exercise 8
• Tutorial Exercise 9
• Tutorial Exercise 11
• Tutorial Exercise 12
• Tutorial Exercise 13
• Tutorial Exercise 14

UTS Law of Torts: Spring 2007 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Torts, taught at UTS in Spring 2007 semester.

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Contents/ Index to Subject

1. Intentional Trespass to Person
2. Trespass to Land and Goods
3. Defences to Intentional Torts
4. Nuisance
5. Actions on the Case & Duty of Care
6. Breach of Duty of Care
7. Proof and Causation of Negligence
8. Remoteness
9. Defences to Negligence
10. Particular Areas of Duty
11. Pure Economic Loss and Defective Structures
12. Statutory Authorities and Omissions
13. Vicarious Liability, Non Delegable Duty, Concurrent Liability
14. Death and Relatives
15. Damages – Personal Injury and Property
16. Workers Compensation and Motor Accidents Compensation

UTS Real Property: Autumn 2008 – Notes

 

Here are all my notes for Real Property, taught at UTS in Autumn 2008 semester. Apologies, I did not keep track of what order the topics were done in – but I’ve ordered them as I think they were done.

Please note the year of the subject, as laws and content change.

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• Two Types of Land Ownership
• Old System Title
• Trespass to Land
• Fixtures and Waste
• Easements
• Covenants
• Unregistered Interests
• Co-ownership
• Mortgages
• Leases
• Case Notes