Business Law – Core

Scenario You have been lucky enough to have gain" rel="nofollow">ined work experience with a firm of solicitors. You are asked to carry out some background research for one of the partners and his clients. Client 1 Raj was movin" rel="nofollow">ing and decided to sell their car. They advertised the table in" rel="nofollow">in the local free paper which came out on a Tuesday. A day later Stu left a message on voicemail sayin" rel="nofollow">ing he was in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in the car his son, would pay £750 for it and collect it on Sunday. Stu arrived at Raj’s house on the Sunday to fin" rel="nofollow">ind the car had already been sold. Raj in" rel="nofollow">into a hotel for a short holiday and left their leather jacket in" rel="nofollow">in their room when they went for a swim. When they got back the jacket was missin" rel="nofollow">ing. As if that wasn’t bad enough Raj tripped on some loose carpet in" rel="nofollow">in a corridor and broke their leg. Any attempt to discuss the situation with the hotel always results in" rel="nofollow">in Raj bein" rel="nofollow">ing referred to a clause in" rel="nofollow">in their standard contract: S. Weller Ltd, proprietors of Pickwick Hall, cannot accept liability for personal in" rel="nofollow">injury to guests, loss or damage to guests’ property howsoever caused which might arise durin" rel="nofollow">ing the guests stay at this hotel. There was also a notice at the front desk carryin" rel="nofollow">ing the same wordin" rel="nofollow">ing. Raj owned a jewellers. A customer chose a diamond rin" rel="nofollow">ing and then asked if they could pay by cheque. Raj was happy to accept the cheque and chatted with the customer for a while. The customer left takin" rel="nofollow">ing the rin" rel="nofollow">ing with them. The customer then immediately sold the rin" rel="nofollow">ing to someone else. The cheque did not clear and Raj has decided to sue the person who had purchased the rin" rel="nofollow">ing from their customer. TASK Write a report advisin" rel="nofollow">ing Raj. The word count for the report is 1000 words and it must be fully referenced. Client 2 A country park owned by a local authority was popular with people livin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the area and on hot summers days the boatin" rel="nofollow">ing lake was always busy. Fred, aged 16, and her parents went to the lake and hired a boat. Once they were out on the lake Fred dived in" rel="nofollow">in to the water and hit her head on the uneven bottom of the lake. She broke her neck and became paraplegic. There were notices around the lake prohibitin" rel="nofollow">ing swimmin" rel="nofollow">ing but these were often ignored. The local authority knew this but took few steps to stop people swimmin" rel="nofollow">ing. On the day the accident happened there were a lot of people paddlin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the water Fred sues the local authority claimin" rel="nofollow">ing damages for her in" rel="nofollow">injuries. TASK Write a report advisin" rel="nofollow">ing Fred. The word count for the report is 1000 words and it must be fully referenced.