• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

• LAW 2480

 State the ISSUE briefly: • Define the relevant legal issue: what has gone wrong, what is the question? • Approximately 1-2 sentences ONLY Ø 'The legal issue is whether...' State the key RULES of law: • State the key principles from case law, or the relevant sections of the Corporations Act (bullet points) Ø 'The relevant law which applies to this scenario is...’ APPLICATION and analysis of the law to the facts in the scenario: • Spend most of your time here! • Do not merely repeat the facts! Instead, identify relevant facts for each character, showing who is involved, who has suffered, and what the problem is (different people may be doing different things that are wrong); • Apply the law from applicable statute and apply legal principles from key cases; • Explain the law - do not just state it. Marks are given for problem solution and analysis. Ø 'This legal principle/ rule states that... and the facts state that…' State a brief CONCLUSION of the consequences of your analysis: • Make a judgment call: state who is liable, and for what? • A one sentence conclusion/ bullet point for each character only Ø 'Therefore, the likely outcome for X is that...'