LAWS205-25W (C) Whole Year 2025

Land Law

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 16 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 August 2025

Description

The history and principles of land law.

Land Law is one of the compulsory "core" subjects of the Law course. The primary aims of the course are:
• To develop your understanding of the main concepts and principles of Land Law in New Zealand, including some introduction to equitable concepts; and
• To develop your skills in applying these concepts and principles to solve problems;
• To develop your skills in the workplace;
• The course will also include a library research component.

Please note:  Related courses - LAWS393 Advanced Land Law, (offered every alternate year, and was offered in 2019); LAWS376 Resource Management Act 1991: Selected Issues, which is offered each year; LAWS314.

Learning Outcomes

  • Like other courses in the Law School, Land Law aims to develop skills considered important for lawyers, whether or not you choose to enter private legal practice. The skills include the capacity to:
  • Read and interpret legislation;
  • Read and analyse cases;
  • Solve problems by reasoned analysis;
  • Put forward arguments clearly and persuasively;
  • Evaluate critically, existing legal principles and institutions;
  • Develop skills in the workplace.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Biculturally competent and confident

      Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Prerequisites

Co-requisites

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 10:00 - 11:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 11:00 - 12:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 Rehua 102 (12/3)
Beatrice Tinsley 111 (21/5, 6/8)
Ernest Rutherford 141 (1/10)
10 Mar - 16 Mar
19 May - 25 May
4 Aug - 10 Aug
29 Sep - 5 Oct
02 Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Meremere 526 (13/3)
Rehua 102 (22/5, 7/8, 2/10)
10 Mar - 16 Mar
19 May - 25 May
4 Aug - 10 Aug
29 Sep - 5 Oct
03 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Rehua 528 (13/3)
Rehua 005 (22/5, 7/8, 2/10)
10 Mar - 16 Mar
19 May - 25 May
4 Aug - 10 Aug
29 Sep - 5 Oct
04 Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Meremere 526 (14/3)
Jack Erskine 340 (23/5, 8/8, 3/10)
10 Mar - 16 Mar
19 May - 25 May
4 Aug - 10 Aug
29 Sep - 5 Oct
05 Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 Rehua 102 (19/3)
Beatrice Tinsley 111 (28/5, 13/8)
Ernest Rutherford 141 (8/10)
17 Mar - 23 Mar
26 May - 1 Jun
11 Aug - 17 Aug
6 Oct - 12 Oct
06 Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Beatrice Tinsley 111 (20/3)
Rehua 102 (29/5, 14/8, 9/10)
17 Mar - 23 Mar
26 May - 1 Jun
11 Aug - 17 Aug
6 Oct - 12 Oct
07 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Rehua 528 (20/3)
Rehua 005 (29/5, 14/8, 9/10)
17 Mar - 23 Mar
26 May - 1 Jun
11 Aug - 17 Aug
6 Oct - 12 Oct
08 Friday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 340
17 Mar - 23 Mar
26 May - 1 Jun
11 Aug - 17 Aug
6 Oct - 12 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Toni Collins

Lecturers

Elizabeth Toomey and David Jefferson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Library Quiz 15 Mar 2024 10%
Term Participation Requirements x 4
Mid-Year Test 40%
Final Examination 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Toomey, E; New Zealand Land Law ; 3rd edition; Thomson Reuters, 2017.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,893.00

International fee $9,700.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 335

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS205 Occurrences

  • LAWS205-25W (C) Whole Year 2025