LPP114 Commercial
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| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Antirequisite(s): | LPZ114 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,184 |
| International unit fee | $4,140 |
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 03A 2025, Online (Start Date: 13 Jan 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 03A 2025, Gardens Point, Internal (Start Date: 10 Feb 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
| Coordinators: | Susan Blunt | s.blunt@qut.edu.au Allan Chay | a.chay@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 03A 2025, Online (Start Date: 10 Feb 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 05A 2025, Online (Start Date: 31 Mar 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 06A 2025, Online (Start Date: 05 May 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 08A 2025, Online (Start Date: 23 Jun 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 10A 2025, Gardens Point, Internal (Start Date: 18 Aug 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
| Coordinators: | Susan Blunt | s.blunt@qut.edu.au Allan Chay | a.chay@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 10A 2025, Online (Start Date: 18 Aug 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio
Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 11A 2025, Online (Start Date: 08 Sep 2025)
| Unit code: | LPP114 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Completion of a Bachelor of Laws Degree |
| Anti-requisite: | LPZ114 |
Overview
This unit provides you with opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the area of corporate and commercial practice as described in the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council's (APLEC) and the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners. Those standards have been adopted in Queensland as part of the admission rules for the legal profession. In this unit you will advise a client on aspects of setting up a proprietary company, draft conditions for a contract for the sale of a business and advised on due diligence and take other steps on behalf of a buyer of a business.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply appropriate legal and procedural knowledge, skills, values and creative thinking to the conduct of select commercial transactions (Course Learning Outcomes 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
- Communicate your advice on the legal, revenue and other aspects of proposed commercial transactions in language appropriate to clients and other legal professionals (depending on the situation) (CLOs 3.1, 3.2)
- Draft contract clauses (CLOs 1.1,1.2, 2.2, 4.4)
Content
- Setting up of private companies
- Acting for a buyer in the purchase of a business
- Effecting securities relating to the sale and purchase of a business
- Collaborating with another practitioner to settle the terms of a lease.
Learning Approaches
This unit engages you in your learning through a problem-based learning approach. The unit's content and its organisation are designed to facilitate your acquisition of relevant knowledge, skills and values in commercial law for professional admission.
The unit adopts a blended learning approach, which includes a fortnightly briefing or online briefing note and online problem solving activities for you to work on supported by online resources and 'authentic' problem materials. Such authentic tasks position the student in the role of the lawyer who advises the client. You will also have face-to-face or online access to peers and lectures to support you when working with problem material. The unit is conducted within the bounds of Laudrillard's conversational framework, utilising real-world assessment.
Specifically, the assessment tasks guide you through the major steps in a company formation and the sale and purchase of a business.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will find guidance for completing problems in the hints for the task. Some hints provide formative feedback in that they anticipate questions and responses that you may have or make in completing the problem.
- You can seek advice and assistance from staff during briefing sessions or online.
- You will receive progressive feedback on work as it is submitted. Some of this feedback will be formative as it will assist you to prepare subsequent related items of work.
- You may receive some generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
To pass this unit you must complete all assessment items to either a passing standard (for graded assessment items) or a satisfactory standard (for satisfactory/not satisfactory assessment items) in accordance with the relevant Criterion Referenced Assessment (CRA) rubric.
All assessment items are in the form of a practical task that a lawyer is likely to encounter in practice. The assessment items enable you to demonstrate competence in practice areas, skills and values relevant to professional admission. Assessment items will require you to synthesise and apply a range of knowledge, lawyering skills, values and thinking skills.
Some assessment items are assessed on a 'satisfactory/not satisfactory' scale. You must complete all those items to a satisfactory standard with reference to the relevant CRA rubric. If you do not complete an item to a satisfactory standard on your first attempt, you will be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
Some assessment items are assessed against criteria that will provide you with a mark for the assessment item. The marks that you receive on your first attempt for all assessment items will determine your overall grade for the unit. Marks will be awarded according to the relevant CRA rubric. If your attempt at such an assessment item (or any part thereof) is assessed at less than a grade of 4 on any criterion on the relevant CRA rubric, you may be asked to do further work on the item to demonstrate you can complete the work to a satisfactory standard for professional admission purposes.
You may be asked to participate in a verification of assessment process in relation to some assessment items in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
In this task you will provide advice to a client on the use of a company in a particular commercial transaction and you will draft selected documents that are required to carry out client instructions. This task has these elements:
' Advice letter (20%) Approximately 2000 words
' Incorporation application (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Portfolio
In this task you will apply your legal and procedural knowledge and your letter writing and drafting skills to completing a series of steps required in a complex commercial transaction for a client. This task has these elements:
- draft contract provisions (30%)
- identify due diligence inquires (10%)
- deed of assignment (10%)
- settlement figures (20%)
- duty calculation (Satisfactory/Not satisfactory).
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete all the tasks in this portfolio to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Assessment: Problem Solving Task
This task provides you with an opportunity to analyze critically a commercial lending transaction for a client and provide the client with oral advice on multiple aspects of the matter. In this task you further develop your ability to communicate complex legal matters in a way that is accessible to your client. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes of video.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Threshold Assessment:
You must complete this assessment item to a satisfactory standard to demonstrate competence in these tasks as described in the Law Admissions Consultative Committee's (LACC) standards for the pre-admission practical training of Australian legal practitioners.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no unusual risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.LP41 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Identify and apply relevant legal principles in the areas of practice that are required for admission to the Australian legal profession
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio - Apply the rules of practice and procedure in the areas of practice required for admission
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Analyse client problems to identify relevant legal, factual and contextual issues
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Apply legal research skills to identify the relevant legal principles and arguments
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Use critical and creative thinking to identify and evaluate possible solutions to practical legal problems
Relates to: ULO1, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Communicate complex legal concepts to clients and fellow practitioners in written and oral modes
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Assist clients to understand their options in complex legal matters in written and oral communications
Relates to: ULO2, Problem Solving Task, Portfolio, Problem Solving Task - Manage client work in a professional manner including risk management
Relates to: ULO3, Portfolio