LPD & Events

LAWS6956 - Personal Property Securities

Objectives

Examine the proposed Personal Property Securities legislation, drawing attention to how it will change the existing law regulating the rights of the secured creditors.

Content

The concepts of attachment, perfection and security; the nature of security interests regulated by the legislation, together with the registration, priority and enforcement regimes; the conflict of law rules contained in the legislation; the Australian position compared with similar legislation in Canada and New Zealand.

Session

Semester 2 Intensive
8, 9 & 15, 16 August 2013

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

1 x 3000 Word Assignment (30%)
1 x Take-Home Exam (70%)

Legal Professional Development (LPD)

You can credit this unit towards Legal Professional Development (LPD). Units of study that are part of Sydney Law School’s Postgraduate Program meet the necessary Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) of the Law Society of New South Wales and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of the New South Wales Bar Association. You may complete this unit of study by enrolling on a non-degree basis or on an audit basis only with no assessment via Single Unit Enrolment.

Courses this unit is available in

The University of Sydney - Sydney Law School