Priestley 11
Every Australian admitting authority requires the Priestley 11 — eleven compulsory subjects taught across all 39 CALD law schools. Below is each subject with the dominant casebook and key High Court / appellate authorities.
- Criminal Law and ProcedurePriestley
Common-law and code-state doctrine on actus reus, mens rea, defences, inchoate offences, homicide. Procedure splits state-by-state.
2 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - TortsPriestley
Negligence, intentional torts, vicarious liability, nervous shock, defamation. Civil Liability Acts overlay common-law negligence.
2 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - ContractsPriestley
Formation, terms, performance, vitiating factors, frustration, breach, remedies. Australian-specific statutory layer (ACL).
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - PropertyPriestley
Real property, personal property, leases, easements, mortgages, equitable interests. Torrens registration is the spine.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - Equity (incl. Trusts)Priestley
Express trusts, fiduciary duties, breach of confidence, equitable estoppel, equitable remedies, equitable defences.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - Administrative LawPriestley
Judicial review, ADJR Act grounds, merits review, procedural fairness, jurisdictional error, Migration-Act regime.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - Federal and State Constitutional LawPriestley
Heads of power, separation of powers, implied freedoms, federal structure, judicial federalism, executive power.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - Civil ProcedurePriestley
Pleadings, interlocutory applications, evidence in civil trials, costs, discovery, ADR, cross-vesting.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - EvidencePriestley
Uniform Evidence Acts (Cth, NSW, Vic, Tas, ACT, NT) plus common-law states. Hearsay, opinion, character, tendency, coincidence.
1 landmark cases · 1 casebooks → - Company LawPriestley
Incorporation, directors' duties, members' rights, takeovers, insolvency. Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is the primary text.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks → - Professional Conduct (Ethics)Priestley
Solicitors' conduct rules, barristers' rules, candour, confidentiality, conflict, costs disclosure, trust accounting.
1 landmark cases · 2 casebooks →