Ms Jane Knowler |
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| Position: | Senior Lecturer: Law |
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| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Business | |
| School/Unit: | School of Law | |
| Campus: | City West Campus | |
| Office: | LB1-14 | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 27189 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 8302 7128 | |
| Email: | Jane_dot_Knowler_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Jane.Knowler | |
Jane Knowler holds a BA. LLB from the University of Natal (South Africa) and an LLM from the University of Adelaide. She is about to embark on a PhD at the University of Queensland looking at conflict of interest regulation in the private and public sectors.
Teaching interests
- Jane's research areas complement her teaching interests - namely Equity, Trusts, Property Law and Remedies.
I teach the following courses
| LAWS 2012 | Law of Trusts |
| LAWS 2013 | Principles of Equity |
| LAWS 1013 | Legal Research and Writing |
| LAWS 1008 | Contracts A |
Qualifications
1983: BA - University of Natal, South Africa
1986: LLB - University of Natal, South Africa
1990: GDLP - South Australian Institute of Technology
1995: LLM - University of Adelaide
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia on 17th December, 1990.
Admitted as a practitioner on the Roll of the High Court of Australia in February, 1991.
Research publications
Retail Tenancies: The Laws of Australia LBC Information Services Ltd 1999
Restrictive Covenants: The Laws of Australia LBC Information Services Ltd 2000
Davis and Knowler: “Astley v Austrust Ltd: Down But Not Out: Contributory Negligence, Contract, Statute and Common Law” Melbourne University Law Review 1999
Kaufmann, Sen and Knowler “Fishing Entitlements and Property Law” and “Quota Allocation” in “Fish Futures: Individual Transferable Quotas in Fisheries” 1999
Knowler and Rogers Volumes 13.1, 13.2 and 14.1 South Australian Planning and Environment Decisions 2002-2003
Knowler and Stewart, “When is an Agreement not a Contract? The uncertain status of heads of agreement and other preliminary commercial arrangements.” Commercial Law Quarterly 2004
Douglas and Knowler “Trusts in Principle” Law Book Company 2006
Petrie and Knowler Current Issues in Australian water law: Federal control versus states’ rights – power struggles in the pursuit of national water security (2006) 17 Water Law 210
Esmaeili and Knowler Easements: Forms and Precedents Lexis Nexis ( December 2007)
Davis and Knowler Framing a Damages Claim – Some practical issues –Fisher Jeffries – April 2001
Knowler Native Title – Principles, Processes and Recent Developments – Thomson Playford October 2001
Knowler Remedies for Breach of Fiduciary Duty – Fisher Jeffries – March 2002
Knowler Recent Developments in the Participatory Liability of Third Parties for Breach of Trust – Piper Alderman – August 2002
Knowler and Stewart When is an agreement not a contract? The Uncertain Status of Preliminary Agreements – Piper Alderman – June 2003
Knowler Conflicts of Interest and Corporate Counsel Meeting the Challenges of In-House Counsel – Legalwise Seminars – Brisbane March 2008 and Melbourne May 2008
Community Service
| Organisation Name: | Law Society of South Australia |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Organisation Name: | Law Society of South Australia |
| Section: | Human Rights Committee |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Year from: | 1999 |
| Year to: | 2000 |
| Comments: | Environment Sub-Committee |
| Organisation Name: | Law Society of South Australia |
| Section: | Property Law Committee |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Year from: | 2001 |
| Year to: | 2003 |
| Organisation Name: | Business SA |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Year from: | 2002 |
| Year to: | 2002 |
| Organisation Name: | Cancer Care Centre of SA Inc |
| Level of involvement: | Board Member |
| Year from: | 2002 |
| Year to: | 2003 |
| Organisation Name: | Women Lawyers' Association of South Australia Inc |
| Level of involvement: | President |
| Year from: | 2003 |
| Year to: | 2006 |
| Organisation Name: | Australian Women Lawyers Inc |
| Level of involvement: | Director, Vice President and Treasurer |
| Year from: | 2003 |
| Year to: | 2006 |
| Organisation Name: | AWL Inaugural Conference - Celebrating Excellence |
| Section: | Conference Organising Committee |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Year from: | 2005 |
| Year to: | 2006 |
| Organisation Name: | TAFE - Diploma of Professional English |
| Section: | Course Advisory Panel |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Year from: | 2006 |
| Year to: | 2006 |
| Organisation Name: | Women Lawyers' Association of South Australia Inc |
| Level of involvement: | Member |
| Year from: | 2007 |
| Organisation Name: | Issues Deliberation Australia (IDA) |
| Section: | Ethics Committee |
| Level of involvement: | Member & Facilitator |
| Year from: | 2003 |
| Year to: | 2007 |
| Comments: | Facilitator at deliberative polls conducted by IDA: South Australian Economic Growth Summit (Adelaide, April 2003) Constitutional Convention: South Australia Deliberates: The Future of Our Parliament (Adelaide, August 1003) Australia Deliberates: Muslims and Non-Muslims in Australia (Canberra, March 2007) |
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