This unit analyses the Personal Property Securities legislation drawing attention to how it has changed the pre-existing law regulating the rights of secured creditors. The unit focuses on the concepts of security attachment and perfection. It examines the nature of security interests regulated by the legislation together with the registration priority and enforcement regimes. In discussing the Australian position, the unit compares similar legislation in Canada and New Zealand.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Law |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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Unless approved by the Unit Coordinator students who do not hold a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Sheelagh McCracken, sheelagh.mccracken@sydney.edu.au |
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