LA4007 - Succession
| Credit points: |
3 |
| Year: |
2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: |
Band
3
|
| Administered by: |
School of Law Office |
This subject covers all aspects of Succession and Inheritance. It includes treatment
of (a) Testate succession - wills, testamentary capacity, personal representatives,
executors, grants of probate, administration of assets, legacies, payment of debts;
(b) Intestate succession - the rules applicable to total and partial intestacy; grants
of letters of administration; and (c) Testator's family maintenance - claims by family
and dependants for support from the estate of the deceased and the power of the court
to vary a will in such cases.
Learning Outcomes
- to introduce students to the law of succession, the problems associated with the branch
of the law and proposals for reform.
| Prerequisites: |
(LA1105 or LA2011) and (LA1106 or LA2012) and (LA3106 or LA3015) and (LA3013 or LA3014) |
Availabilities
|
| Townsville,
Block,
Study Period 7
|
| Census Date 07-Jul-2011 |
| Face to face teaching
(Teaching from 4 - 14 July. Exam to be held 25 July.)
|
| Coordinator: |
Professor Stephen Graw |
| Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 6 hours tutorials
|
| Assessment: |
end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%). |
|
|
| Cairns,
Block,
Study Period 7
|
| Census Date 07-Jul-2011 |
| Face to face teaching
(Teaching from 4 - 14 July. Exam to be held 25 July.)
|
| Coordinator: |
Professor Stephen Graw |
| Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 6 hours tutorials
|
| Assessment: |
end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%). |
|
|
Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.
