The course will explore the application of equitable doctrines and remedies in three broad categories:

  1. Commercial arrangements and the conscience of equity
  2. Equitable property in a commercial context
  3. Equitable remedies in a commercial context

Topics to be covered include –

  1. An overview of the nature and scope of equitable intervention in commercial dealings;
  2. The fiduciary obligations of directors, employees and partners in business arrangements;
  3. Commercially sensitive information and breach of confidence;
  4. Equitable property and commercial transactions;
  5. Issues arising from trading trusts;
  6. Penalties and relief against forfeiture in a commercial context;
  7. Tracing and the recovery of misappropriated property;
  8. Controversies relating to specific remedies in commercial contexts;
  9. Equitable set-off; and
  10. Limitation in equity.

Mr Sam WalpoleSam Walpole

Sam Walpole is currently a Legal Officer at the Australian Law Reform Commission. He was previously an Associate t Allsop AO of the Federal Court of Australia and to the Hon Justice Philippides of the Queensland Court of Appeal. Sam holds Bachelors of Arts and Laws (First Class Honours) degrees from the University of Queensland, from which he graduated as Law Valedictorian and with the University Medal in Law. He subsequently read for the Bachelor of Civil  Law at Wadham College, Oxford as an Oxford-Hackney Scholar, graduating with Distinction. Sam has published in a number of domestic and international journals, including the Law Quarterly ReviewLloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law QuarterlyAustralian Journal of Corporate Law and Australian Bar Review and has interests spanning all of private and regulatory law. He has particular interests in equity, restitution, shipping, legal history and corporate law. Sam is also a Director of the UQ Law Alumni Association.

Course information

Course code
LAWS7835

Course profile

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