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Assignment on Business Law - Sample Paper

   

Added on  2021-06-17

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Business Law

Table of ContentsTable of Contents.......................................................................................................................2PART A - Contract Law............................................................................................................3PART B - Property Law.............................................................................................................6References..................................................................................................................................9

PART A - Contract LawDiscuss any grounds on which Annie could take legal action to recoverthe money she has paid for the discs.Issue: What legal options are available for Annie to get her money back?Rule: In order to protect the rights of the consumer the Australian Government hasestablished Australian Competition and Consumer Commission which looks after the rightsand laws of the consumer as well as protects them from being cheated by the companies.Laws related to wrong that can happen with a consumer are included in this as well asremedies to different damages are also guided by ACCC1.Application: In the given case scenario it can be clearly seen that the customer (Anne), hasbecome a victim of misleading or fraudulent advertisement. She entered into the contractbecause of the advertisement that read to her that discount is being provided, but, this was nottrue and Anne was charged five times the amount that was mentioned in the advertisement.This is clearly a breach of contract and the shopkeeper is here at fault as they did not paidattention to what the advertisement read. Also, the claim regarding the disc that it containsBeyoncé’s songs proved to be wrong as the disc contained only one original song of Beyoncéand rest were sung by other singers. So, Anne has been a victim of misleading as well asfraudulent claims which also charged her the five times of the amount which she expected topay2.According to the Australian Consumer Law, if a consumer buys a product and it fails to servethe purpose or the intention for which it was bought, then the consumer has all the rights to1ACCC, ‘About us’ <https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us> accessed 16 May 2018.2ACCC, ‘False or misleading claims’ <https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/misleading-claims-advertising/false-or-misleading-claims> accessed 16 May 2018.

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