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HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION HI6027 Business and Corporate Law Group Assignment T2 2019 Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T2 2019 Unit Code HI6027 Unit Title Business and Corporate Law Assessment Type Group Assignment Assessment Title Case Studies of Business Law and Corporations Law Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of the Group Assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment in solving two case problems by citing the relevant legal rules and cases and applying these to the facts of the case. In this Group Assignments, students are required to: - Critically analyse the ethical implications of legal decisions and how they impact on the business environment. (ULO 2) - Assess the obligations, rights and remedies available to parties in particular commercial relationships. (ULO 3) - Critically examine the foundations of Australian company law. (ULO 4) - Critically discuss and apply contract and tort law in business circumstances. (ULO 5) - Critically discuss and apply the legal framework that regulates a company’s dealings with outsiders. (ULO 7) Weight 20% of the total assessments Total Marks 20 (10% for the group report and 10% for the presentation) Word limit Group Written Report of maximum 2,000 words and a 10 minute presentation Due Date See attached guidelines Submission Guidelines All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style. Page 2 of 11 HI6027 Business and Corporate Law Group Assignment T2 2019 Assignment Specifications Purpose: The Group Assignment aims to provide students with an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment in solving two case problems by citing the relevant legal rules and cases and applying these to the facts of the case. Students are to form groups, with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 students per group. The assignment consists of 2 parts: a 2,000-word written report and a 10 minute (average) in-class or video presentation. Instructions: Please read and re-read carefully to avoid mistakes. Group Report 1. This group assignment consists of 2 parts. Part A is a question on Contract Law, and Part B is a question involving Corporations Law. Both questions must be answered. 2. The total word limit for the group report is 2,000 words (+/- 10% allowed) with each part having a maximum word count of 1,000 words. Word count limits are strictly enforced. A deduction of two (2) marks will be imposed for every 50 words over the word count for either part of the report. Anything over the word count will not be read by your lecturer. 3. The total word count for the report as well as each part must be clearly written on the cover sheet of the assignment. A paper will not be marked if the word counts are not written on the cover sheet. 4. The group report is worth 10% of total marks for this assignment. 5. Each group must submit a draft of their report on Blackboard according to the due dates below. If a draft is not submitted, the final report will not be marked. by week 8 if class is in the normal mode by week 4 if class is in block mode 1 by week 9 is class is in block mode 2 Part A: Contract Law Question i. Read the two alternative Contracts Law questions below and choose one question to answer. ii. In 1,000 words (+/- 10% is allowed), answer your chosen question using the IRAC method. iii. Your answer must be supported by relevant law and cases decided by Australian courts (preferably the High Court) and/or scholarly articles. A minimum of 3 references are required for this part of the report. iv. Your references must be listed in a Reference list at the end of the Part A question. Part B: Corporations Law Question i. Read the two alternative Contracts Law questions below and choose one question to answer. ii. In 1,000 words (+/- 10% is allowed), answer your chosen question using the IRAC method. iii. Your answer must be supported by relevant law and cases decided by Australian courts (preferably the High Court) and/or scholarly articles. A minimum of 3 references are required for this part of the report. iv. Your references must be listed in a Reference list at the end of the Part B question. Page 3 of 11 HI6027 Business and Corporate Law Group Assignment T2 2019 Group Presentation 1. Summarise your answers for Parts A and B of the group report. 2. Present and discuss the summary of your answers in 10 minutes (5 minutes for each part). 3. The Presentation will be done in class or video recording. Your lecturer will advise which is more appropriate. Whether in-class or video presentation, all members must present. The group will be marked down if not all members present. 4. Video link must be uploaded to a publicly-viewable video sharing platform (ex. Youtube, Dropbox, Google drive) and the video link uploaded on Blackboard. 5. A video presentation consists of both images and audio. For this reason, a plain Power Point presentation showing slides even with accompanying voice recording is not considered a video and, hence, not allowed. 6. The group presentation is worth 10% of total marks for this assignment. Important Reminders: You must email your lecturer your list of group members and chosen questions by week 4. All group report submissions must be de done online and run through SafeAssign. No hard copies are to be submitted. Only one group member needs to submit for the whole group. Please fill in the “Rubric Group Report” sheet (available in Blackboard under “Assignments and Due dates) and attach as a cover sheet to your group report and upload on Blackboard. Each team member also must also submit to their lecturer a “Peer Evaluation of Individual Participation in Group Assignment” sheet (available in Blackboard under “Assignments and Due dates) with their presentation/video. No submission of either the group report or video presentation link on Blackboard/SafeAssign (if doing a video presentation) is equivalent to non-submission, which will merit a mark of 0 (zero) for the group assignment. GROUPS OF LESS THAN 3 AND MORE THAN 5 PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE A PENALTY OF 10 marks (50%). Group report must be submitted via SafeAssign on Blackboard and show a similarity percentage figure. Any group report that does not show a SafeAssign similarity percentage will not be marked and be required to re-submit. Late submissions will be subject to Holmes Institute policy on student assessment submission and late penalties (please refer to subject outline and Student handbook). All reports are expected to observe proper referencing in accordance with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC). A copy of the AGLC may be read online for free via this link: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2877782/AGLC3.pdf In general, for written reports, a SafeAssign similarity percentage of 25% or below is acceptable. Regardless of the similarity figure, all group reports must use in-text citation and observe proper referencing rules. All assignments are expected to strictly follow Holmes Institute’s Academic Conduct and Integrity Policy and Procedures. A copy of the Policy is available on the Holmes Institute home page. (About Holmes > Policies) This policy is also explained in your Student Handbook. https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2877782/AGLC3.pdf Page 4 of 11 HI6027 Business and Corporate Law Group Assignment T2 2019 Plagiarism and contract cheating in any form will not be tolerated and will have severe consequences for the groups found committing the same, including receiving zero (0) for the entire assignment and possible failure in the entire unit. Marking criteria Weighting (%) Group Report - Identification of material facts involved in problem question 2% - Identification of legal issues / legal question and relevant law 2% - Thorough yet succinct application of law to material facts 3% - Citation and referencing 1.5% - Professional quality 1.5% Presentation - Group member participation and division of parts 1.5% - Depth of analysis and evidence of understanding of the issues presented and critical thinking in answers 4% - Level of professionalism in presentation 3% - Overall clarity of presentation 1.5% TOTAL Weight 20% Page 5 of 11 HI6027 Business and Corporate Law Group Assignment T2 2019 Part A: Contracts Law Questions – choose one only Option 1 SOO Burgers is a chain of hamburger restaurants operating in Australia and New Zealand. Sales across the restaurant chain were slow in the last financial year. In order to sell more hamburgers, SOO Burgers ran a competition Australia-wide, which was extensively promoted on radio, newspapers and online. The promotion is called “the Fair Dinkum deal”. According to promotion rules, a token would be attached to the wrapper of every “Double Decker Emu Burger”. If a customer collects 50 of these tokens, they could be redeemed at the counter for a golden scratch ticket. The promotion rules also stated: “Fair dinkum! Scratch the golden ticket. If it reveals a golden car, present your ticket to the SOO Burgers head office and win the grand prize of a brand new Mazda CX-9. Hurry!