LAWS20058 Australian Commercial Law Assessment:
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Marks: 40 per cent of total grade.
Due date: Week 7: before 11.00 pm AEST Friday 6 January 2023
Submission: Students must submit the assignment as a Word file (‘.doc’ or ‘.docx’) via the assignment submission link in the ‘Assessment’ tile in Moodle for LAWS20058.
Extensions: The CQUniversity extension policy will be strictly enforced. Late submissions without an approved extension may incur a penalty of 5 per cent of the total marks available per day. Extension requests must be made in Moodle before the due date and will only be considered if made in the online ‘Assessment Extension Request’ form in Moodle in exceptional circumstances and supported by appropriate documentation.
Word count: Assignments must not exceed a total of 1,600 words. The word count excludes citations and the reference list. Students may transfer unused words in a question’s recommended word count to another part of the assignment.
Content: The assignment examines unit content covered in Weeks 1 to 6.
Format: The student’s name and student identification number must appear on the first page of the assignment and in the footer of each page. The assignment is to be formatted in a clear size 12 font (Calibri, Cambria or Times New Roman), double-spaced and include page numbers. The total word count must be stated on the first page of the assignment.
There are three parts to this assessment and students must use the appropriate answer structure from the workshops to answer questions in each part. The answer for each part must start on a new page, clearly state the question number and include the word count for the part.
Plagiarism: LAWS20058 Australian Commercial Law Assessment task is an individual assignment. In completing the assignment students must comply with the CQUniversity academic integrity policies that can be accessed via Moodle. Breaching these policies will result in a student being subjected to the University’s student misconduct proceedings and related penalties.
Referencing: Students must use a consistent style of referencing and cite the relevant research source when appropriate. Students must use the American Psychological Association style guide (APA 7th ed). Note that footnotes may be appropriate to cite cases and legislation and students can refer to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th edition) for appropriate citation style. At the end of the assignment students must include a reference list of all research sources.
BACKGROUND FACTS
You work for the corporate services group at Globo Tech Pty Ltd. After your manager learned that you are studying LAWS20058 Australian Commercial Law Assessment you were assigned to the ‘Start-Up’ team as a business law specialist. You will assist clients to understand the legal requirements of establishing a new business.
Your first client is Ronald, a coffee roaster, who recently migrated to Australia from England. Ronald now lives in Sydney, where he is embarking on a new business venture. He established a coffee roasting company in Sydney’s suburbs called Backwards Pass Coffee Pty Ltd. The business will roast premium coffee that is sold to retail and wholesale clients. The business will also operate a café at its manufacturing premises. While Ronald is very experienced in the British hospitality industry, he knows little about the Australian legal system and its commercial laws.
YOUR TASK
You must write a business report for Ronald that provides advice on all business law questions in Parts A, B and C of this assignment. The report will be given to Ronald at your first meeting as a resource he can use in setting up and then operating his business. Ronald can use the report to seek further advice on any specific legal issues.
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
PART A – FINDING LAW
Ronald has many questions about running his business in Australia. Can he serve coffee in takeaway cups with plastic lids, or is there now a ban on single use plastics? If he runs his café on a Friday or Saturday night and wants to add beer, wine and cocktails to the menu, must he obtain a liquor license? How does he register his business as a company? If his trademark is a black-and-white image of steam coming out of a coffee cup, how can make sure that no one else uses that or a similar image? How can he dismiss staff for underperforming without being accused of unfair dismissal? If he wants to import coffee beans from Colombia, how much customs duty does he have to pay?
For start-up businesses, such as Ronald’s, finding the relevant law is essential to commence and operate a business successfully in Australia. There are now numerous online legal resources, many of which vary in quality. Therefore, business people need to be able to locate and evaluate the reliability of a vast array of legal materials. This allows the most suitable legal resource to be identified and used.
In Part A of your report you must:
- Identify any TWO legal issues that you think are important for Ronald to start and run his business in Australia, one of which must be a FEDERAL matter and the other must be a STATE or TERRITORY matter. You may select the issues among the list of questions Ronald has asked above or you can come up with your own. In addition to stating each issue clearly, identify whether each issue comes under (a) federal or (b) state/territory jurisdiction and give brief reasons why.
- Find the TWO relevant STATUTES that regulate the two issues you selected above. Identify the online resources you used and search techniques you adopted to find the applicable legislation on each issue.
- Find TWO CASES involving restaurants, cafes or food franchises decided within the last five years. One case must be a decision of a court exercising federal jurisdiction; the other, by a court exercising State or Territory jurisdiction. The legal issues can be on ANY topic potentially relevant to Ronald’s business; you are not restricted to the two issues you discussed in questions 1 and 2 above. Identify the online resources you used and the search techniques you adopted to find the two cases. Summarise the legal issue in the two cases (if there are many issues, choose just one key issue); briefly describe the legal outcome the court reached; and explain briefly to Ronald the implications of these cases to his business.
350 words – 10 marks
Part B – business, law AND THE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
Many entrepreneurs who start a small business possess limited knowledge of the Australian legal system and how legal rules and principles shape their daily operations. When undertaking the process to ‘start-up’ and then operate business, it is important for entrepreneurs and their staff to understand how the key features of Australia’s legal system will impact their activities.
In Part B of your report you must:
- Identify the key legal changes required by the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Describe the importance of the Uluru Statement in recognising indigenous peoples in the Australian legal system. Evaluate the Constitutional reforms needed to implement the key legal changes in the Uluru Statement.
- Describe the key features of the separation of powers doctrine. In your answer you need to also identify the purpose of the doctrine and how it is embedded in the Australian Constitution.
- Identify and describe the key features of the common law. Evaluate how the common law can change. In your answer provide one example of a common law that regulates business.
400 words – 10 marks
PART C – BUSINESS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACT LAW
In developing and implementing a business plan, your client needs to understand Australian contract law. To manage commercial and legal risks, business people need to recognise the legal obligations created by the common law of contract in creating a legally enforceable contract. Your answer in Part C must answer the following two questions.
1. Terms of a contract and remedies
Ronald requires advice on how to identify and manage the commercial and legal risk associated with entering business agreements as he is unfamiliar with Australian contract law. You must advise Ronald how contract terms and remedies impact business arrangements.
In Part C.1 of your report you must:
- Identify and describe the legal differences between the classification of a term of a contract as either a condition or a warranty. Evaluate the different commercial impact of breaching a condition or a warranty in relation to available remedies. Your answer must be supported by common law of contract legal principles and cases. Do not discuss statute law.
- Identify and describe three types of remedies available when a contract has been breached. In your answer identify whether each remedy is a common law remedy or equitable remedy. Identify the relevant dispute forum that would issue each type of remedy.
- There are multiple forms of dispute resolution for resolving commercial disputes. Identify and describe the key features of litigation and arbitration. Evaluate the benefits and limitations of each method of dispute resolution.
450 words – 10 marks
2. Employment practices and restraint of trade clauses
Ronald is a skilled coffee roaster but needs to employ at least two roasters so that he can develop and operate the business. He is very worried that he will pass on his knowledge and experience to his staff, who may then go and work for a competitor and share the coffee roasting secrets he learned in England. He did some online research on how to protect his business from such risks and identified as a potential solution a restraint of trade clause in employee contracts.
Ronald drafted the following clause for the contracts of all coffee roasters based on his internet research:
‘Upon the end of this agreement the employee agrees to not work in any capacity for any other coffee related business in Australia for a period of ten years.’
In Part C.2 of your report you must advise Ronald on the following matters:
- Describe the commercial purpose of a restraint of trade clause.
- Advise Ronald whether his proposed restraint of trade clause is enforceable. Your answer must be supported by common law of contract legal principles and cases. Do not discuss statute law.
- Propose to Ronald a new restraint of trade clause that is likely to meet the requirements of the common law restraint of trade doctrine.
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