Court assignment for Business course student

Case Study Narration

i. Visit the Local Magistrates’ Court in Melbourne (for Melbourne students) or the Local Court in Sydney (for Sydney students).

ii. Attend one hearing in the civil list involving a business.

iii. Submit a report including a discussion on the following matters:

• Your experience at Court (eg. How did the Court make you feel? What improvements would you make to Court?)
• The layout of the hearing room (eg. What physical features were in the room?)
• The personnel in the hearing (eg. What titles and roles were given to those in the hearing?)
• The types of cases heard by the civil list?
• How one commences and defends an action in the Court?
• The facts of the case you heard (eg. About what was the case?)
• The law governing the case (eg. Provide a discussion of the relevant Act(s)). You will need to research this point)
• How was the law applied in this case? (eg. Provide a discussion of the arguments raised by the parties.)
• The outcome of the case (eg. What was decided? Who won? Why?)
• Your view on the outcome (eg. Did you believe it was a fair decision? How would you have decided the matter and why?)

This will help scholar in understand two things first is law methodology and second, type of business cases that requires law methodology involvement.

A. Dossier 

Presentation, structure, clarity, spelling, grammar, and logic	20%
Concept/Subject defined	20%
Concept/Subject explained	20%
Use of legislation and case law	20%
Use of references	20%
TOTAL	100%

B. Court Assignment 

The student’s experience at court stated	10%
Hearing room layout outlined	10%
Hearing room personnel summarised	10%
Cases heard in the civil list described	10%
Commencing and defending an action discussed	10%
Facts of the case identified	10%
Laws relating to the case identified	10%
Arguments raised in the case identified	10%
Outcome of the case identified	10%
The student’s view on the case highlighted	10%
TOTAL	100%
TOTAL	/20%

C. Group Assignment

Group oral presentation and visual slides	50%
Written Assignment: Identify the facts of the case	10%
Written Assignment: Explain the relevant law relating to the case	10%
Written Assignment: Discuss the legal arguments raised by the parties in case	10%
Written Assignment: Summarise the judgement of the case	10%
Written Assignment: Illustrate the role, purpose and scope of the relevant court, or tribunal.	10%
TOTAL	100%
TOTAL	/20%

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