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.
Common-law and code-state doctrine on actus reus, mens rea, defences, inchoate offences, homicide. Procedure splits state-by-state.
Negligence, intentional torts, vicarious liability, nervous shock, defamation. Civil Liability Acts overlay common-law negligence.
Formation, terms, performance, vitiating factors, frustration, breach, remedies. Australian-specific statutory layer (ACL).
Real property, personal property, leases, easements, mortgages, equitable interests. Torrens registration is the spine.
Express trusts, fiduciary duties, breach of confidence, equitable estoppel, equitable remedies, equitable defences.
Judicial review, ADJR Act grounds, merits review, procedural fairness, jurisdictional error, Migration-Act regime.
Heads of power, separation of powers, implied freedoms, federal structure, judicial federalism, executive power.
Pleadings, interlocutory applications, evidence in civil trials, costs, discovery, ADR, cross-vesting.
Uniform Evidence Acts (Cth, NSW, Vic, Tas, ACT, NT) plus common-law states. Hearsay, opinion, character, tendency, coincidence.
Incorporation, directors' duties, members' rights, takeovers, insolvency. Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is the primary text.
Solicitors' conduct rules, barristers' rules, candour, confidentiality, conflict, costs disclosure, trust accounting.