Exploring the Australian Legal System: A Focus on Property Law

This presentation provides an overview of the Australian legal system and its application to property law. It covers basic principles such as democracy, separation of powers, and the rule of law, as well as current statutes, common law, and equitable principles. The presentation explains how laws are enacted and interpreted, including the roles of key organizations, constitutional considerations, and the separation of powers. It also addresses tort law, specifically negligence and negligent misstatement, and outlines complaint handling and privacy procedures for bookkeepers. The content is designed to provide a clear understanding of the legal framework governing property law in Australia.

Australian Legal System

TABLE OF CONTENT
 Main information from task 1
 Jobs provided as bookkeeper
 Complaint handling procedure
 Privacy procedure

MAIN INFORMATION FROM TASK 1
 basic principles, current statute, common law and equitable principles
 the basic principle involves
 democracy
 separation of power
 rule of law
 Current statue involves the law made by the parliament and introduced in a bill.
 The common law involves the law which is being derived from the judicial decision and not the statues.
 The equitable principle involves work of equity that is general fairness and natural justice.

CONTINUED..
b) outline how laws are enacted, and their underlying policy aims
Answer: for enactment of law it is passed by majority of vote within the senate and also
house of representative. In case the vote will be high then law will be enacted otherwise not.
c) explain how those laws may be interpreted by existing common law and equitable
rules and applied to property laws
Answer: with help of common and equitable rules the law can be interpreted in proper
manner as it will provide some key terms relating to meaning of laws.

JOBS PROVIDED AS A BOOKKEEPER
 The various jobs provided as a bookkeeper involves the following-
 Financial supervision
 Financial analyst
 Financial manager

COMPLAINT HANDLING PROCEDURE
 The complaint handling procedure involves the following stages-
 Listening to complaint
 Recording details
 Checking all the facts
 Acting on the facts gathered
 Follow up

PRIVICY PROCEDURE
The principles to be followed for the privacy involves the following-
Collection
Use and disclosure
Information quality
Openness
Access and correction
Data security
Identifiers
Anonymity
Trans border data flaws
Sensitive information

REFERENCES
 Malsukhum, V., 2021. Differences Between the English and Australian Legal Cultures. In Legal Culture, Legality and
the Determination of the Grounds of Judicial Review of Administrative Action in England and Australia (pp. 31-91).
Springer, Singapore.
 Noone, M.A., 2018. Australian Community Legal Centres-The University Connection. In Educating for Justice: Social
Values and Legal Education (pp. 257-284). Routledge.