BUS503 : Principle of Commercial Law - Law assignment

Internal Code : MAS817

Law Assignment

Question : Christine operates yoga classes from the Maleny Country Women’s Association (CWA) hall. Christine is a part-time yoga instructor. She conducts one Tuesday night class and one Thursday night class each week. Although she holds a Certificate IV in Yoga Instruction from the Australian Yoga Institute, her regular job is as a physical education teacher at a local high school. She doesn’t offer her yoga classes during school holidays. Christine operates as a sole trader and she hires the hall in her own name. She has no insurance. Christine’s classes are very popular and well attended. Christine has 25 students in her Tuesday night class and an equal number of different students on Thursday night. Each student pays an upfront fee to Christine at the beginning of a course that lasts eight weeks to cover tuition and all associated costs. The CWA hall was originally constructed as a dance hall for US service men in 1943. It is of timber construction with a highly polished hardwood floor. Christine limited the numbers of students because the hall is physically too small to accommodate any larger groups. Initially, Christine conducted classes of 35. However, she found that she was not able to effectively supervise the students and after a series of minor sprains and injuries sustained by various students, she limited class numbers to 25. She has had no problems with this smaller number of participants. However she does make special provision for the floor, which, because it is highly polished, is very slippery for yoga standing exercises. Over time Christine has tried a number of strategies to overcome the slippery floor. She asked students to do the exercises standing on their exercise mats, but many found that they slipped on their mats. She purchased several large rolls of second hand carpet to put on the floor, but found that this approach added one hour to her time each class because she had to roll it out before and roll it up after each class. She asked the hall committee about laying vinyl flooring but the committee would not approve any change to the wooden floor because the building is heritage listed. Finally, to overcome the slipping problem, Christine purchased a large number of socks with rippled rubber soles. Christine gives these socks out to students at the beginning of each class, collects them at the end and takes them home to wash them before the next class.

1.Describe and apply the elements f Negligence and discuss the implications of Negligence to a given problem situation Requires: Accurate and clear statements, and discussion, of relevant legal issues, elements and principles

2.Demonstrate skills of communication relevant to critical thinking and legal analysis Requires: Explicit application of legal principles to the facts and logical/coherent development of arguments A valid conclusion which contains accurate discussion of possible remedies Use of structure, style which reflect the requirements for academic writing Use of relevant and accurate legal referencing