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BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business (QCF)
Qualification
Unit or Component
number and title Unit 21 – Aspects of Contract and Business Law
Learning aim(s) (For NQF/RQF
only)
Assignment 1 - Is there a Contract?
Assignment title
Charda McLarty-Williams
Assessor
Hand out date
25/01/2021
Hand in deadline
05/02/2021
Vocational Scenario or It is your first month as a trainee solicitor at Wildings
Context Solicitors in Birmingham and the company has been
overwhelmed with a lot of cases from a variety of clients. Your
manager is confident that you will be able to identify the legal
criteria for offer and acceptance in a valid contract and has
assigned you to give the client advice on the prospect of
building a case ‘Marcus Hardy VS Vodafone 2020’, on
whether or not he would be able to take legal action or not.
(See case below)
Prospective Case - Marcus Hardy VS Vodafone 2020.
On Wednesday, 1st August 2020, Marcus Hardy saw several
TV advertisements for a new iPhone X. In one of the
advertisements, Marcus noted the company - Vodafone
displayed the package: ‘a brand-new iPhone X, 300
minutes of Vodafone to Vodafone call, 500 text
messages to any network and 10 GB of data for £35 a
month.’
The next day Marcus went to Vodafone’s store located in New
Square, West Bromwich and was greeted by the Customer
Service Assistant, Samantha. Marcus informed Samantha of
the advertisement, Samantha did not review the
advertisement properly, but told Marcus that he could get
‘300 minutes across all networks, not only to Vodafone’.
Marcus immediately requested a contract form and further
asked Samantha to permit him to take it home in order that he
could read the written terms and conditions. He also informed
her that he would return to the store with his decision.
At home, Marcus decided that he should draft his own
contract, which stipulated the terms and conditions that he
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On Friday 3rd August, 2020 Marcus returned to the store with
the copy of the contract he wrote. He informed Samantha that
he wanted to purchase the new iPhone X. She was happy that
Marcus decided to return and make the purchase; she then
informed him that he would be required to sign the company’s
pre-written contract to which Marcus agreed and signed. He
also signed his own written contract for his own records, but
the company was not aware of this.
On 3rd of September 2020, Marcus received a bill of £155.00
from Vodafone. Marcus was extremely angry and informed his
older brother about the situation. His older brother phoned
Vodafone’s customer services, but they refused to speak to
him, as he was not involved in the contract.
The next day, Marcus went to the store and requested to
speak to the Store Manager who reviewed his account. The
manager explained to Marcus that he has used 200 minutes
out of the allotted 300 calling other networks, and also that he
has used 3 GB of data outside his allowance.
Marcus informed the manager that Samantha told him that he
would be able to use 300 minutes across all networks. He
further told the manager that he wrote his own contract which
included a term which allowed him to use 5 GB of data for £10.
Marcus knew that he would find it difficult to pay the £155
reflecting on his status as a 2nd year university student.
Vodafone on the other hand was not admitting to making any
error nor offered to reduce his bill; Marcus realised that he
needed to seek legal advice.
In Microsoft word, you might prepare a report that identifies
and explains when (and therefore how) the contract chosen
would come into existence.
(This will require an analysis of the law relating to invitations
Task 1
to treat, which party makes the offer, any counter-offers,
acceptance and consideration and the application of these
principles to the contract in question).
Checklist of evidence Report
required
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
P1 Identify the legal criteria for offer and acceptance in a valid contract.
P2 Explain the law in relation to the formation of a contract in a given situation
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An extension to your report was required by your manager to
demonstrate your knowledge of misrepresentation in
contracts. You were required to show:
o an application of the law on misrepresentation to a
given situation in relation to the formation of contract
Task 2 so that the types of misrepresentation can be explored
in the context of an everyday contract.
In your report, discuss the possible examples of
misrepresentation in Marcus’ and Vodaphone contracts. (You
can also choose other contracts to explain how the
misrepresentation will affect the contract.
Checklist of evidence Report
required
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
P3 Describe the law with respect to misrepresentation in a given situation
The Manager informed you that the client was happy with the
advice you provided; therefore he wanted you to prepare an
article to educate other trainees how to analyse the impact of
the requirements for a valid contract in a given situation.
The article should:
o demonstrate the required consideration of the
formation of a contract i.e. the typical offer and
acceptance problem.
Task 3
o discuss solution to the problem experienced through
the contract.
o show how this theoretical problem can then be used to
analyse the formation of a real contract.
o demonstrate application of the law to a contract.
o apply the principles of consideration.
Checklist of evidence
required Article
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
M1 Analyse the impact of the requirements for a valid contract in a given situation.
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Sources of information to Class Notes and VLE (paper and electronic)
support you with this
Assignment Books
Martin J – AS Law (Hodder Arnold, 2008) ISBN 0340965134
Wortley R et al – AS Law (Nelson Thornes, 2008) ISBN
074879865X
Wortley R et al – A2 Law (Nelson Thornes, 2009) ISBN
0748798668
Student guides can help such as:
Silberstein S – Consumer Law Nutshells (Sweet & Maxwell,
2007) ISBN 0421958901
Websites
www.a-level-law.com
www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog
www.citizensadvice.org.
www.compactlaw.co.uk/free_legal_information/
consumer_law/consumer
www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences
www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
Other assessment
materials attached to this
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FOR 2012 L1/2 FIRSTS ONLY: If you have not achieved the Level 2 criteria, your work will
be assessed to determine if the following Level 1 criteria have been met.
Criterion
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: Unit
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