Company law - Group Assignment and Presentation
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this assignment, students will be able to:
- Recognise the laws relating to companies in Australia; and
- Examine the duties, rights and responsibilities of company officers
1. Form a group of 2 students.
2. A case below will be allocated to you. You must then
- Research and study the case.
- Prepare a power point presentation (see below for PPT instructions)
- You must also submit a fully written assessment of the case submitted via turn-it-in.
3. The length of the written assignment is to be approximately 1500-2000 Words. (Each member of the group must write 750-1000 words).
4. The written assignment and presentation slides must be in the IRAC method. Maximum 8 slides with around three short points per slide.
5. Each member of the group is to present two parts of the IRAC method (I= issues and facts; Relevant laws and principles; A= Arguments of the parties and analysis, C= conclusion and court outcome).
Power Point Presentation:
Your presentation guidelines-
- No more than 8 slides
- Be appropriately referenced
- No more than 10 minutes in duration
- Do not read your presentation. You are being marked on content, as much as presentation style
- A hard copy for the PP must be handed to the lecturer at the beginning of your presentation for marking purposes
Group topics
Group 1 - Lee v Lee's Air Farming Ltd (1961) AC 12
Group 2 - Macuara v Northern Assurance (1925) AC 619
Group 3 - Guildford Motor Co Ltd v Horne (1933) Ch 935
Group 4 - Hickman v Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders' Association (1915) 1 Ch 881
Group 5 - Eley v Positive Government Security Life Assurance Co Ltd (1875) 1 Ex D 88
Group 6 - Parke v Daily News Ltd (1962) Ch 927
Group 7 - Darvall v North Sydney Brick & Tile Co Ltd (1988) 6 ACLC 154
Group 8 - Vines v ASIC (2006)
Group 9 - ASIC v Adler (2002)
Group 10 - Furs v Tomkins (1936) 54 CLR 583
Group 11 - ASIC v Rich (2003)
Group 12 - Canadian Aero Services v O'Malley (1973) 40 DLR (3rd) 371
Group 13 - Cooks v Deeks (1916) 1 AC 554
Group 14 - ASIC v Vizard (2005) FCA 1037
*Group 15 - Daniels v Anderson (1995) 13 ACLC 614
Group 16 - Gambotto v WCP Ltd (1995)
Group 17 - Northside Developments Pty Ltd v Registrar-General (1990)
Group 18 - Briggs v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd (1989) 7 ACLC 841
(If there are more than 18 groups, begin allocation of the cases again from the top ie: Group 1 (B), Group 2 (B), Group 3 (B), ect.
Note: Its group 15 daneils v andreson 1995
You also need to prepare 8 slides of this presentation.