ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

QUALIFICATION UNIT NUMBER AND TITLE

PEARSON BTEC EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS (QCF) 21. Aspects of Contract and Business Law
INTERNAL VERIFIER Business
ASSESSOR Law
NOMAN AKBAR
DATE ISSUED SUBMISSION DATE RESUBMISSION DATE
Monday,30th November 2020 Monday,4th January 2021

ASSIGNMENT TITLE BUSINESS LAW

LEARNING OUTCOME AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

PASS MERIT DISTINCTION
LO1 Understand the legal requirements for a valid contract
P1 Identify the legal criteria for offer
and acceptance in a valid contract. M1/P1 Analyse the impact of the
P2 Explain the law in relation requirements for a valid contract in a
to the formation of a contract in a given given situation.
situation. LO 2/P4
P3 Describe the law with respect to D1 Evaluate the effectiveness of terms
misrepresentation in a given situation in a given contract
LO2 Understand the meaning and effect of terms in a standard form
contract
P4 Describe the meaning of terms in a
standard form contract.
P5 Explain the effect of terms in a
contract.
LO3 Understand the impact of statutory consumer protection on the
parties to a contract
LO 3/P6
M2/P6 Analyze how consumers are D2
P6 Explain the law with respect to Evaluate the statutory protection given
protected in the event of breach of
consumer protection in given situations. to a consumer in their dealings with a
contract for the supply/sale of goods or
services business and the remedies available.

LO4 Know the remedies available to the parties to a contract.

P7 describe the remedies available for
breach of contract.
M3/P7 Analyze the remedies available to
a business provider in the event of breach
of contract for the supply of goods or
services.

THE SUBMISSION IS IN THE FORM OF TWO WRITTEN REPORTS.

THE REPORTS AND PROJECT DIARY SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A CONCISE, FORMAL BUSINESS STYLE USING SINGLE SPACING AND FONT STYLE CALIBRI AND SIZE 11. PROJECT DIARY SHOULD I
Scenario 1
Maria knows that Jessi has been keen to buy his car. On Monday, she tells Jessi that she has decided to sell at a price of $2000.
Jessi said that she is very interested but would like to think about it. Maria says, I will assume that you want it, unless you tell me
otherwise by Saturday. On Friday Jessi meets green who tells her that Maria has just agreed to sell the car to smith for $2100.
Jessi who has decided she wants the car, immediately puts a letter in the post accepting Maria`s offer. Later that day she has a
change of mind, and calls on Maria to tell her to ignore the letter. Maria tells her that her deal with smith has fallen through and
she is still keen to sell to Jessi
Scenario 2

June’s expensive bike is stolen. She puts an advertisement in the local paper advertising a reward of
$1000 to anyone who finds it. Micheal, who has not seen the advertisement, discovers the bike abandoned on some wasteland
and takes it at home. His sister, on seeing the bike, recognizes it as the one for which the reward has been offered and shows
Micheal the advertisement in the newspaper. Micheal returns the bike to June, however, she refuses to pay the $1000, saying
that the offer has been withdrawn. Advise Micheal. Explain the law in relation to the formation of a contract in a given situation.

Scenario 3
Mike owns a restaurant which is situated on the seafront of the popular holiday resort, on north east coast of England. He finds
that the effect of the sea air and severe winter weather means that the wooden frottage of his restaurant needs repainting every
year. He reads in a newspaper an advertisement for new paint called “all weather”, produced by the Jones paint company. The
advertisement states that, although it is expensive, the paint will outlast any other paint in the market. Mike rings a local builders
merchant, Brad Ltd and orders eight 5- liter cans of all weather. Advise Mike as to his possible right of action against Brad Ltd in
the below situation.
a)On the delivery, the paint is supplied in sixteen canes of 2.5 liters each. Mike has just decided to sell his restaurant and does not
want to bother to repainting it. He wishes to know whether he is entitled to reject the paint.

b) Mike engaged a local decorator to apply the “all weather “in accordance with the instruction on the tin. After six months the
paint is starting deteriorate. An independent report has discovered that while “all weather “ lasts better than other paints in most
situation, it performs poorly where there is a high level of salt in the air

TASK 1 - (LO1: P1, P2,P3,P4,P5) (M1 AND D1)

P1- Scenario 1) Identify the legal criteria for offer and acceptance in a valid contract.

To achieve M1, Analyze the impact of the requirements for a valid contract in the situation above.

P2- Scenario 2) Explain the law in relation to the formation of a contract in the given situation.

P3 A misrepresentation is an untrue statement of fact made by one contracting party to another in order to induce him her to contract.
Describe the law with respect to misrepresentation in a given situation.

P4 Describe the meaning of terms in a standard form contract.

Terms only bind parties if they have been made aware of their existence either before or at the time that the contract is made.
Terms should be either actually communicated or constructively communicated between the parties.
To achieve D1, Evaluate the effectiveness of terms in a given contract.

P5 Explain the effect of terms in a contract law.

TASK 2 – (LO3: P6) (LO4: P7) (M2,M3 AND D2)

 P6- Scenario 3) With respect to consumer protection in given situation, explain the law applicable .

P7) Describe the remedies available for breach of contract.

TO ACHIEVE M2, Analyze how consumers are protected in the event of breach of contract for the supply/sale of goods or services

TO ACHIEVE D2, Evaluate the statutory protection given to a consumer in their dealings with a business and the remedies available

TO ACHIEVE M3, Legally analyze the remedies available to a business provider in the event of breach of contract for the supply of
goods or services

EVIDENCE CHECKLIST SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE REQUIRED BY STUDENT

TASK 1 Report
TASK 2 Report