ASSESSMENT ONE: PRESENTATION

Each student must complete a ten minute online presentation in a tutorial class (usually in the later half of the tutorial class) on any week between Week 2 (i.e. Monday, 2^nd August, 2021) and Week 12 (25^th October, 2021).

You can use power-point slides, but you must only present with a maximum of ten slides. You may also show a short video in your presentation if you wish, but keep the video to less than 2 minutes. You may also want to be creative and include a questionnaire at the end, or a quiz at the start (but this is entirely optional).

You must select a case on an interesting topic in Commercial Law. The case must be selected from the prescribed text.

There will be no more than 10 presentations per session. Each student must select a different case to another student (‘first come, first serve’). There will be a link and a list uploaded to iLearn, where you can insert the following:

        Name: John Lennon

        Case Name: E v Australian Red Cross Society (1992) 31 FCR 299.

         Case Topic: Meaning of acceptable quality

         Week Presenting: Week 7

Please do not present for more than 10 minutes. The usual structure of a presentation is: (i) facts of the case; (ii) legal issues; (iii) judgment; and (iv) any implications of the case (and why you consider it important or an interesting case to present on).

Questions will be asked by the Unit Coordinator at the end of your presentation, and from your colleagues in class.

Marking Criteria: Marks will be based on the quality of the presentation and how well you ’master’ the topic of the case, and how well you respond to questions from the Unit Coordinator and the class at the end of your presentation. Marks will not be awarded for reading off paper.

ASSESSEMENT TWO: RESEARCH ESSAY

Marking criteria: Further guidance on marking criteria will be provided on iLearn. A rubic will also be uploaded. 

ASSESSMENT THREE: HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM QUESTIONS

Information about the final assessment will be uploaded on iLearn in due course. The Unit Coordinator will upload an ‘Information and Hints Sheet’ in Week 13.

Marking criteria: Marks will be primarily awarded for issue identification and analysis and robust application of the law to the facts given. Marks will be ancillary awarded for structure, presentation and footnotes. Further guidance on marking criteria will be provided on iLearn. A rubic will also be uploaded. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENT

Unless a Disruption to Studies request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply - 10 marks out of 100 credit will be deducted per day for assessments submitted after the due date - and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline.

DELIVERY

Lectures are available for Week 1 to Week 12.

Lectures are pre-recorded and uploaded on iLearn each week.

Tutorials are on a weekly basis starting from Week 1 to Week 13. Tutorial times are 3pm to 4pm each week.

For the infrequent mode of teaching, tutorials are on Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. Tutorial times are 7pm to 9pm each week of teaching the infrequent mode.

Attendance is compulsory.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Prescribed Text: The required text is Clive Turner and John Trove, Australian Commercial Law (33rd Edition) (Thomson Reuter, Sydney, 2020). 

Recommended Material: Jurisprudentia, Commercial Law I and II (Student Guide Cards, Sydney, 2021) (Optional);

G. Pearson, Commercial Law - Commentary and Materials (4th ed) (Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2019) (Optional).

D. Parker and L Ward, Business and Law (3rd ed) (Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2020) (Optional).