- Secondary Business Studies - All About Law 5/e

E-ACTIVITY: FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION (p. 508)

Activity: Prepare a Case Analysis

What happens if, for example, a salesperson tries to deceive a customer about a product? Can the customer take the salesperson or company to court?

Consider a case of fraudulent misrepresentation and make an analysis of it.

Visit the Web site of the Canadian Legal Information Institute to read about Bell v. Andreoli.

Prepare a case analysis for Bell v. Andreoli using the following case-analysis organizer. Click here if you would like to download the organizer.

CASE-ANALAYSIS ORGANIZER
Name of case—complete name indicating all parties; using appropriate format for civil case
Name of court—name and particular level of court where the case is heard
Citation—legal on-line case reference with a neutral citation; complete and accurate
Summary of key facts—key, relevant legal points and facts; concise; in 1-2 paragraphs
Applicable laws—e.g., negligence under common law
Issue—clear, concise identification of issue(s) to be decided by the court; written in question format (e.g., Was the victim owed a duty of care? Was the standard of care broken?)
Case decision or judgment—e.g., the appeal was allowed, a new trial was ordered
Reason for decision or judgment—clear summary of rationale for decision, with reference to factors and legislation considered

Unit 5: Contract Law