Banking and Finance Law - LAWS410

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Table of Contents Week 1 – Australian Banking and Finance System and Regulation 1 Week 2 – Banker and Customer Duties and Responsibilities 12 Week 2 - The Duties of Bankers 15 Week 2 - Duties of the Customer 17 Week 3 – Different Types of Account; Bills of Exchange and Cheques 18 Week 4 – Payments and Payment Systems 26 Week 4 - Wrongful Payments 31 Week 4 - Consumer Protection 32 Week 4 – ePayments Code 35 Week 5 – General principles of lending; secured lending for real and personal property Documentary Credit 36 Week 5 - Secured Lending for Real Property 39 Week 5 - Secured Lending for Personal Property 40 Week 6 – Lending Guarantees 42 Week 6 – Bankers’ Lien 47 Week 6 – Documentary Credit 48 Week 7 – Contemporary Issues in Banking Law – Key Definitions 50 Week 7 – General Law Duty of Care 53 Week 7 – Fiduciary Duties 54 Week 7 – Regulation of Financial Service Providers 55 Week 7 – Regulation of Financial Products: Disclosure Requirements and General Consumer Protection 57 Week 7 – Prohibition of Unconscionable Conduct, Misleading or Deceptive Conduct and False or Misleading Representations 59 Week 7 – ASIC Enforcement 60 Week 8 – Bankruptcy Act and Insolvency Basics 61 Week 8 – Duties and Powers of Trustees and Effect of Bankruptcy 67 Week 8 – Acts of Bankruptcy 68 Week 8 – Doctrine of Relation Back 69 Week 8 – Bankrupt Transactions and Property 70 Week 8 – Payment of Debts 73 Week 8 – Annulment, Discharge and Alternative Options 74 Week 9 – Introduction to Insurance Law and the Regulatory Regime 77 Week 9 – Insurance Contracts and Formation 78 Week 9 – Basic Concepts of Insurance Law 82 Week 9 – The Insurance Policy and Its Terms 87 Week 9 – Insurance Agents and Brokers 91 Week 9 – Particular Classes of Insurances 92 Week 10 – Introduction to Superannuation and Basic Concepts 94 Week 10 – Types of Superannuation Structures 98 Week 10 – Contributing to Superannuation 101 Week 10 – Managing Superannuation 106 Week 10 – Superannuation and Taxation 111 Week 10 – Withdrawing Superannuation 112 Week 11 – Introducing Economic Crisis 115 Week 11 – The Global Financial Crisis 116 Week 11 – The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry 117 Tutor/ Lecturer: Konrad Bohleke