LAWS20058 Australian Commercial Law Assessment Task 1 Term 2, 2025 | CQ

LAWS20058 Background Facts

You recently completed your postgraduate studies and started a graduate position in the corporate services group at Globex Corporation Pty Ltd. After your manager learned that you studied LAWS20058, you were assigned to the 'Start-Up' team as a business law specialist. 

You will assist clients in understanding the legal requirements of establishing a new business. Your first client is Lisa, a recently retired sports consultant who migrated to Australia from the United States. Lisa lives in Brisbane and is embarking on a new business career in gardening. Lisa has started a nursery called Scorpion Shrubs in Brisbane's suburbs. The business will sell a range of trees, shrubs, vegetable and fruit seedlings, garden supplies and decorations and equipment. While Lisa is very knowledgeable about the sporting industry in the United States, she knows little about the Australian legal system and dispute resolution. 

LAWS20058 Your Task

You must write a business report for Lisa that provides advice on all business law questions in Parts A, B and C of this assessment. The report will be given to Lisa at your first meeting as a resource she can use in setting up and then operating her business. Lisa may also use the report to seek further advice on any specific legal issues.

LAWS20058 Assessment Task Questions 

Part A - Finding Law

An important aspect of starting and operating a new business is finding relevant laws. There are now numerous online legal resources, many of which vary in quality. Therefore, business people need to be able to locate and evaluate the reliability of a vast array of legal materials. This allows the most suitable legal resource to be identified and used. In Part A of your report, you must: 

1. Locate and analyse the websites for two of the following regulators: 

a. Court 
b. Tribunal 
c. Legislature 
d. Parliamentary committee 
e. Statutory authority 
f. Ombudsman 

The two regulatory actors must consist of one State/Territory regulator and a federal regulator. Also, you cannot choose the same website for the two jurisdictions. 

2. Identify one law in each online research source located in Part A.1 of your answer, and then 

(1) Identify whether the law is legislation (statute law) or case law
 (2) Identify the relevant jurisdiction 
(3) Briefly describe the key features of the law. 

3. Evaluate the user experience for each website located in Part A.1 from the perspective of business people. Your evaluation may include the format of the website, the use of visual aids, explanations of laws and legal processes and links to additional information or support. 500 words - 10 marks