Legal Studies – Australian context – Contract Law – Ending a tenancy and evicting tenants

A resource which I think Legal Studies / Civics teachers will find helpful. If you use it, and like it, please give me a positive star rating / review.

In my PPTs I get students to copy the underlined. The rest of the information is talking points and prompts for me.

The lesson begins with information about the procedures to be followed when ending a tenancy. There is info for if there is no dispute between the lessor and the tenant (including a flow chart). There is also information for if a disagreement has arisen between these two stakeholders. There is information about the responsibilities of both lessors and lessees for maintaining the premises (e.g. what happens when emergency repairs are required). There is also information about what happens if the landlord wants to end the tenancy (e.g. if the renter has breached the tenancy agreement). It also provides information about breaking the lease. There are also some dispute resolution tips and information about evicting a tenant (including warrants of possession).

This was designed to equip students with the knowledge to write a report for their assessment. They could either focus on a case study with bad renters or bad landlords.

NB: My lessons have been designed for use in Australian classrooms and will often feature examples from Queensland legislation.