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Late Assignments:
The penalty for late submission of the Assignment is 2 marks per day or part
thereof, including each weekend day and any public holiday.
Late assignments will not be accepted after the marked assessment tasks have
begun to be returned to students who submitted the task on time.
Submission Requirements:
a copy of all pages up to and including the 1st paragraph of the relevant case (to not more than 2
pages);
Failure to attach any or all of these items WILL result in a significant reduction in marks.
PLEASE DO NOT PLACE YOUR ASSIGNMENT IN ANY FOLDER OR PLASTIC COVER - Simply staple the assignment and attachments
securely in the top left corner of the pages.
Photocopy the completed assignment, including attachments, before submission for your records. Note: If you fail to submit any of the required
attachments together with the assignment marks will be deducted.
In the event of serious illness or serious misadventure that prevents you from submitting on the due date, you may submit a written
application for an extension of time prior to the due date.
You simply hand your assignment in with a medical certificate attached thereto; or
You are unable to print your assignment out on the day it is due. Computers have a terrible habit of crashing at such
times and you must organise your schedule to take account of such problems as may arise.
You must follow the instructions contained in the Learning Guide for this unit if you wish to apply for an extension/special
consideration.
Assessment Task: Instructions
You are required to find and review a newspaper article published on or after 1st February 2010 relating to one of the following substantive
business law topic as covered within the lectures of this unit. Topics:
1) Torts
2) Contracts
3) Consumer Protection
As well as locating a newspaper article, you will be required to locate an Australia case and a section of an Australian statute that relates to your
topic. Then you will need to complete a series of questions relating to the newspaper article, the case and the section from a statute. The questions
are contained in the proforma (entitled "Assignment Proforma") at the end of these instructions. Download the assignment proforma and enter your
responses, following the italicised instructions provided. DO NOT CHANGE THE PROFORMA IN ANY WAY. To assist you, a sample
assignment will be provided via vUWS.
The law librarian has prepared 3 pathfinders to assist you in locating newspaper articles, case law and legislation. These pathfinders are available via
vUWS. If you are having difficulty following the pathfinders, you may contact the law librarian, David Sinfield, on 9685 9101 or email on
d.sinfield@uws.edu.au or Joy Keast, Liaison Librarian, 4620 3615 or email j.keast@uws.edu.au
The article MUST (no exceptions possible) be selected directly from an edition of ONE of the following newspapers, excluding any
Sunday edition:
The Australian
(if using electronic editions of these newspapers be exceptionally careful of links to other sources. These would be unacceptable. It
must be as if the article would appear in the hard copy of the original publication.).
The article MUST be between 500 and 1200 words. You MUST provide an accurate word count for the article. Do not use an article
we have presented in the lectures or unit materials.
The UWS libraries subscribe to "hard copies" of each of the newspapers from which your article can be found.
Articles from the Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald can also be located using the UWS library’s "E-Resources".
You might find the name of a suitable case by reviewing the topic area for your article in your textbook.
If you have the case name, you can use it to search www.austlii.edu.au to locate the actual case.
If you do not have a case name, you will need to use one of the electronic databases.
By browsing the chapter related to your topic in the textbook, you should be able to find a section in an Australian statute (NSW or
Commonwealth only) related to your topic.
Remember, you can use www.austlii.edu.au to locate legislation or you can use www.comlaw.gov.au to search for Commonwealth
legislation or www.legislation.nsw.gov.au to search for NSW legislation.
Significant marks will be deducted if you do not follow the instructions precisely and accurately.
You will be allocated 0/20 if you submit an assignment based on a newspaper article published before 1 February 2010, therefore you
should check this requirement very carefully.
Assignment + Instructions
Insert the name of the person who wrote the article and the date on which it was
1.1 Author and Date /½
published.
Insert the name of the publication and the page number on which the article is located,
1.2 Publication and Page/URL path /½
or the full URL that leads to the article on the website.
With some detail, explain the method you used to find your article. Do not miss any steps
1.3 How did you locate this article? /2
you took in finding the article.
In your own words, write an overview of the main points of the article. This would
1.4 Summary of the article /4
normally include: who, what, when, where and why.
1.5 Why did you choose this article? With Work out which subject area the article’s topic falls within. To understand the
some detail, how does this article relate to a connection between your article and the topic, you should look at the relevant chapters /3
topic in Introduction to Business Law? of the textbook.
Find a case using Austlii or one of the databases in the Finding Case Law Pathway on
the vUWS site for IBL that deals with the same areas of law covered in the article. This
2.1 Add a case related to this article cannot be the same case as mentioned in the article. Make sure this is not a decision /1½
from a tribunal or a commission. Make sure you provide a proper legal citation for the
case
2.2 How does this case relate to the article? With some precision, explain how the case is connected to the article. /2
2.4 In what jurisdiction was this case heard? Identify the jurisdiction in which the case was heard and whether it was a decision at
/1
Was this an appellate decision or original? first instance or on appeal.
3.2 Explain how this section is connected to Explain how the section of the statute is relevant or related to the article. Make sure you
/2
the article? cite the legislation accurately.
Score: /20
Penalties: Part 1: (eg: Failure to meet the required word count for the article by any amount - 5 marks. Use of an inappropriate source - 5 marks.
Use of an inappropriate topic - 5 marks) Part 2: (eg: Use of an inappropriate case - 5 marks. Failure to provide a copy of the case - 2 marks.
Exceeding the two page limit for the case attachment - 2 marks) Part 3: (eg: Use of an inappropriate statute - 5 marks. Providing more than one
statute or section and/or failure to attach - 2 marks for each matter)
Final score: /20
Assignment Proforma
Score: /20
Penalties: Part 1: (eg: Failure to meet the required word count for the article by any amount - 5 marks. Use of an inappropriate source - 5 marks.
Use of an inappropriate topic - 5 marks) Part 2: (eg: Use of an inappropriate case - 5 marks. Failure to provide a copy of the case - 2 marks.
Exceeding the two page limit for the case attachment - 2 marks) Part 3: (eg: Use of an inappropriate statute - 5 marks. Providing more than one
statute or section and/or failure to attach - 2 marks for each matter)