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HI6027 Business and Corporate Law Group Assignment 2020
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T1 2020
Unit Code HI6027
Unit Title Business and Corporate Law
Assessment Type Group Assignment
Assessment Title Case Studies of Business Law and Business Structures
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 30% of the total assessments
Total Marks 30%
Word limit Group Written Report of maximum 2,000 words
Due Date Week 11
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 the AGLC style.
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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 4 students per group. The
assignment consists of a 2,000-word written report.
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 Business Structures. 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 30% of total marks in this unit.
Important Reminders:
• You must form your groups by self-enrolment in Blackboard. Please refer to the document “Group
Assessment Self Enrolment Tutorial”, that has been posted in Blackboard (under announcements
and also in “Assessments” folder). This document will assist you with the process of self-enrolling
in a group to undertake an assessment task in Blackboard Ultra.
• 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 “Ru
ic 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 lecture
tutor a “Peer Evaluation of Individual
Participation in Group Assignment” sheet (available in Blackboard under “Assignments and Due
dates) with their assignment.
• Group report must be submitted via SafeAfssign 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 has been posted in the Week 2 tutorial folder.
You may also download a copy for free via this link:
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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
eferencing 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.
• 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 unit.
• Any group assignment that is found to contain fake or bogus references or references that are
clearly i
elevant to the subject matter of the assignment will receive an automatic zero (0) mark.
• IMPORTANT: Identification of individual work. To ensure that all students participate
equitably in the group assignment and that students are responsible for the academic integrity of
all components of the assignment, each group must complete the following table which identifies
which student/students are responsible for the various sections of the assignment:
Assignment section Student/Students
This table needs to be completed and submitted with the assignment as it is a compulsory
component required before any grading is undertaken.
Marking criteria Weighting (%)
Group Report
- Identification of material facts involved in problem question 6%
- Identification of legal issues / legal question and relevant law 8%
- Thorough yet succinct application of law to material facts 8%
- Citation and referencing 4%
- Professional quality 4%
TOTAL Weight 30%
https:
law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2877782/AGLC3.pdf
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Assignment Questions
Part A: Contracts Law Question
• Read the Contracts Law question below.
• In 1,000 words (+/- 10% is allowed), answer your chosen question using the IRAC method.
• 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 genuine and relevant
eferences are required for this part of the report.
• Your references must be listed in a Reference list at the end of the Part A question.
Joey Joystick is a computer programmer. While he was in his final year of university studies,
he worked as an intern with a local electronic games producer, Great Games Pty Ltd. Joey
impressed his supervisors with his insightful comments and other input on design work. They
were so impressed with his work on one design, Crypt Force, that they gave him part credit
for it and paid him a general bonus for it. Crypt Force ultimately won an industry award and
proved to be a big seller for the company.
After Joey’s university graduation ceremony, he was ushered aside by a Great Games
executive who showed him a document and said:
“We’re very impressed by your work, Joey. We’d like you to join us permanently—
we’re sure you’ll be happy with the deal we can offer you.”
The document was a contract of employment which contained the following clauses:
1. The duration of the contract is three (3) years.
9. The employee (Joey) agrees that he will not for the duration of the employment
contract or for a period of one year after the conclusion of the employment
undertake design activities in Australia for the purposes of the production of
electronic games or any other form of entertainment.
The starting salary under the contract was that normally paid to a senior designer, which was
a position a new designer would not usually attain until he or she had worked with Great
Games for three years. Joey happily signed the agreement.
After two years with Great Games, Joey was approached by a film production company,
Computer Animated Films Inc (CAN). Joey agreed with CAN that, for a salary five times what
he was getting paid by Great Games, he would immediately start work as part of a team
producing Cosmic Armada, a feature-length computer animated film. As part of the deal, Joey
would also work on a spin-off Cosmic Armada electronic game.
Advise Great Games whether it can prevent Joey from working for CAN.
In answering this question, you are expected to draw on legal rules, principles and cases
discussed in the lectures from Weeks 1 to 4 and the co
esponding chapters from the
prescribed textbook.
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Part B: Business Structures question
• Read the questions below on Business Structures.
• In 1,000 words (+/- 10% is allowed), answer the chosen given question.
• A minimum of 3 genuine and relevant references are required for this part of the report. Examples
of relevant references for this question include the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); the Australian
and Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC) website (www.asic.gov.au), the website of
the Australian Business Register’s (ABR) website (www.a
.gov.au).
• Your references must be listed in a Reference list at the end of the Part B question.
You have graduated from Holmes Institute with a Master’s Degree in Professional Accounting,
and you’re employed as an accountant/financial advisor, for an accounting firm called Big
Business Accountants.
Ha
y is a client, and he has made an appointment to see you. Ha
y is keen in starting a
usiness. This business he is proposing to start is a bakery. Ha
y has qualifications in bakery
which includes making cakes,
ead,