NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS

HIGHER NATIONALS
BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS (RQF)

Unit Code, Number and Title H/617/0736 - Unit 7: Business Law

Semester and Academic Year Semester 1, Academic year 2024-2025

Tran Van Nam / Cao Xuan Phong
Unit Assessor(s) Nguyen Thi Dan Phuong / Tran Nguyen Khanh

Assessment Number and Title BL A1.1: Individual assignment (Assessment 1 of 1)

Issue Date 4th November 2024

Submission Date 10.00 AM, Tuesday, 4rd December 2024

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This assignment (Assessment 1 of 1) covers Learning Outcome 1, 2, 3 and 4 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4).
This is an individual assignment.
The submission format is in the form of a case study written report.
The assignment should have a cover page that includes the assignment code, number, tittle,
assessors’ names and student’s name and ID. Attach all the pages of assignment brief with your
report and leave them blank for official use.
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Plagiarism is unacceptable. Students must cite all sources and input the information by
paraphrasing, summarising or using direct quotes. A Referral Grade is given when Plagiarism is
identified in your work. There are no exceptions.

Your evidence/findings must be cited using Harvard Referencing Style. Please refer to Reference
guiding posted on Moodle. The Reference page is compulsory to upload on Turnitin.

This assignment should be written in a concise, formal business style using Arial 11 or Times New
Roman 13 font size and 1.5 spacing.
The word limit is 3,500 words (+/- 10%). If you exceed the word limit (excluding references and
administrative sections) your grade will be penalised.
 You MUST complete and submit a softcopy of your work on the due dates stated on Assignment
brief. All late work is not allowed to submit. This rule is not waived under any circumstances. The
softcopy must be submitted to Turn-it-in via Moodle.

 Read ALL Instructions on this Page and review the Pass, Merit and Distinction criteria carefully. To
pass the assignment, you must achieve ALL the Pass Criteria outlined in the marking sheet. To
achieve a Merit, you must achieve ALL the Merit criteria (and therefore the Pass criteria). To
achieve a Distinction, you must achieve ALL the Distinction criteria (and therefore the Pass and
Merit criteria).

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1: Explain the nature of the legal system.

LO2: Illustrate the potential impact of the law on a business.

LO3: Examine the formation of different types of business organizations.

LO4: Recommend appropriate legal solutions to resolve areas of disputes.

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Assessment Brief and Guidance:

LO1:
1. Explain why equity developed and how it differs from the common law.
What is the present relationship between the two systems?

2. Read Food Safety Act 1990 and answer the following questions:
- Which organ in the UK made this Act, and when?
- In case the label attached to food contain both accurate information and false
information, would the seller be guilty of an offence (your answer should be based on a
concrete provision of the Act)?

3. Describe role/ participation of UK Cabinet (Government) in the making of law in UK (both

legislation and case law).
4. Suppose Smoking (Prohibition) Act 2004 - an Act that promotes public health by prohibiting
smoking in public buildings - contains the following provisions:
Section 1. It shall be an offence to smoke tobacco products in
(a) an aircraft, train, ship or other vessel, or public service vehicle;
(b) a cinema, theatre, concert hall or other place normally used for public entertainment;
(c) all or part of a licensed premises, or place of work.
Section 2. There shall be displayed at all times at all premises to which members of the
public have access, a sign indicating clearly that smoking is prohibited.
Use a rule of legislative interpretation of your choice, discuss whether the Act has been
breached in each of the following situations:
i) David is arrested while smoking a cigarette at an open-air rock concert and charged
with an offence under s 1(b). He claims that the Act is intended to deal with smoking
in the buildings and does not apply to smoking outside;
ii) Chuck is arrested while smoking cigarette in the college café. He believes he should
not be convicted because the college authorities had failed to display a “No smoking”
sign as required by s 2 of the Act, therefore, he was unaware that smoking was
prohibited in the café.

LO2:
5. On 11 April, Nobita wrote to Doraemon offering to sell him 200 bags of potatoes at £10 per
bag. On 13 April, Doraemon posted a reply accepting Nobita’s offer but adding that if he did
not hear from Nobita, he would assume that the price included delivery to his (Doraemon’s)
warehouse. The following morning, before Doraemon’s letter arrived, Nobita heard a rumour
that the price of potatoes was about to slump dramatically. Nobita immediately sent a fax to
Doraemon, stating that ‘the price includes delivery’. Doraemon received Nobita’s fax at 10
am on 14 April, whereupon he immediately posted a letter confirming his acceptance of
Nobita’s terms.

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 Over lunch, however, Doraemon also heard the news about a slump in the price of
potatoes, whereupon he sent Nobita a text message stating: ‘decline yr offr of pots’. The
price of potatoes has now fallen to £7 per bag and Doraemon refuses to accept delivery of
Nobita’s pricey potatoes.
Based on the theory and case law on Contract, please advise Nobita about the possible
solution to the situation.

6. Aladin, the owner of a London-based manufacturing company, has to attend an important

business meeting in Edinburgh on Monday. He is virtually certain to be awarded a
lucrative contract for his company if he keeps the appointment.

He books a flight on-line with FlyingCarpet. The booking conditions include the following
statement: ‘the company gives no guarantee that a seat will be available on a particular
flight and reserves the right to transfer customers to later or earlier flights and will not in
such circumstances be liable to pay compensation.’ Aladin books a taxi to take him to the
airport in London and overnight accommodation in Edinburgh for the Monday night. On
arrival at the airport for his flight, he is informed that the morning flight to Edinburgh is full
but he is allocated a seat on the Tuesday morning flight. He fails to keep his appointment
and as a result loses the contract for his company.

Based on theory and case law on Contract, please advise Aladin who wishes to claim
damages for the lost business deal, the cost of his taxi fare and the hotel booking.
7. Jicky and Jacky, employees of Centertown Council, carelessly erect a temporary
grandstand overlooking the finishing line at the council-owned sports arena. The grandstand
collapses during an athletics event, fatally injuring several spectators.
Discuss the civil liability of Jicky and Jacky and their employer for the accident.

LO3:

8. Cliff has been asked by his friends, Don and Eric, to help them set up an antiques
business. Don and Eric want Cliff to lend them £5,000 and they say they will give Cliff one-
third of the profits instead of interest on the loan. Based on your knowledge of business
organization, please discuss what are the dangers to Cliff in such an arrangement and
how can he overcome them?
9. Describe role and content of company’s Articles of Association.
10. Discuss similarities and differences of shared capital and loaned capitals.

LO4:
11. Please browse the following 4 situations and, for each situation, answer the question:
Which court or tribunal would hear the case?
(i) in a prosecution for murder;
(ii) in an undefended divorce;
(iii) in a claim for damages of £75,000 for negligence causing personal injury;

(iv) in an application for a late extension by the licensee of a public house;

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 (v) in a claim by an employee that he has been unfairly dismissed;
(vi) in a bankruptcy petition where the debts are £20,000;
(vii) in a claim by a resident that his local authority has failed to produce accounts for
public inspection as required by law;
(viii) in a claim for damages of £200 for breach of contract;
(ix) in an application by a social services department to take a child into care?
12. Compare dispute settlement by litigation and by arbitration to see advantages and
disadvantages of each of those method of dispute settlement.

According to Glossary of Command Verb by Pearson

1. Describe/Explain: Give an account, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities
and events.
2. Analyse: Present the outcome of methodical and detailed examination either:
 breaking down a theme, topic or situation in order to interpret and study the
interrelationships between the parts and/or
 of information or data to interpret and study key trends and interrelationships.
3. Critically analyse: Separate information into components and identify characteristics with
depth to the justification.
4. Assess: Evaluate in terms of advantages and disadvantages
5. Evaluate: work draws on varied information, themes or concepts to consider aspects,
such as:
 strengths or weaknesses
 advantages or disadvantages
 alternative actions
 relevance or significance.
Students’ inquiries should lead to a supported judgement showing relationship to its
context. This will often be in a conclusion.
6. Critically evaluate: Make a judgement taking into account different factors and using
available knowledge/experience/evidence where the judgement is supported in depth.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

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LO1 Explain the nature of the legal system D1 Provide a coherent and critical
evaluation of the legal system and
P1 Explain different M1 Evaluate the law, with evidence drawn from a
sources of law. effectiveness of the legal range of different relevant
system in terms of recent examples to support judgments.
P2 Explain the role of reforms and
government in law- developments.
making and how
statutory and common
law is applied in the
justice courts.

LO2 Illustrate the potential impact of the law

on a business

P3 Using specific M2 Differentiate between

examples illustrate how legislation, regulations
company, employment and standards to analyse
and contract law has a potential impacts upon
potential impact upon business.
business.

LO3 Examine the formation of different types of business organization

P4 Explore how different M3 Assess the D2 Critically evaluate the formation

types of business advantages and of different types of business
organizations are legally disadvantages of the organizations.
formed. formation of different
types of business
P5 Explain how business organizations.
organizations are
managed and funded.

LO4 Recommend appropriate legal solutions to resolve areas of disputes

P6 Recommend legal M4 Compare and D3 Evaluate the effectiveness of

solutions for resolving a contrast different sources legal solutions, legal advice and
range of disputes using of legal advice and support for dispute resolution.
examples to support for dispute
demonstrate how a resolution.
party might obtain legal
advice and support.

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