BB20923 Business Law
Please answer each of the following questions:
- Explain the concept of ‘separate legal personality’ in company law and in what circumstances the corporate veil will be lifted. Support your answer using case law and legislation where appropriate.
- What duties are imposed on company directors and in what circumstances might a director be held personally liable for the debts of the company referencing case law and/or legislation where applicable.
- List when a director must vacate office and explain the reasoning why for three of the circumstances in which a director must vacate.
- Explain the different ways of dissolving a company.
Parts A-D carry equal marks.
BB20923 Business Law
Format Details
- Word count: 1,500 words maximum
- A4-size paper, typed, double-line spacing, referencing Harvard System
- Students are advised to retain a copy of their assessment
Penalties
An assessment item submitted after the due date, without an approved extension, will be penalised. Late assignments will incur a penalty (minus 10% of the overall mark per day up to a maximum of five working days, after day five, the assignment will not be accepted).
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism is a particularly serious academic offence and can constitute academic misconduct which is set out in Dorset College’s Learners Handbook. Plagiarism refers to taking someone else’s work and passing off that work as your own. Any thoughts, ideas, or words that are not completely your own must be referenced. The reason for this is that the purpose of the assessment is to assess the student’s knowledge and understanding of the material being assessed by the student creating and expressing their own ideas in their assessment.
BB20923 Business Law
Plagiarism may include, but is not limited to the following:
- Submitting another person’s work as your own, such as another student’s paper, or by purchasing a paper.
- Using ChatGPT or other AI tools to write or translate your paper. Using a translation tool can be considered academic impropriety because these tools can give you an unfair advantage over other students who have not used these tools. Also, translation and editing tools may be identified by Turnitin as Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- Quoting from a book, journal, article or website without using a citation.
- Paraphrasing (putting into your own words) a paragraph from a book, journal, article or website and not using a citation.
- Changing the words of an original source, but using the ideas from that source without using a citation.
- Incorporating another writer’s words or phrases within a larger paraphrase, without quotation marks or a citation.
- Not citing information because you think the information is “common knowledge”.
- Self-plagiarism – refers to re-using material from a previous paper you wrote, such as a paper you wrote for another module.
- Forgetting to cite your sources in your work.
- Not citing correctly.
- Failing to use quotations around cited material.
It is the policy of Dorset College to be proactive in dealing with cases in which the principles of academic integrity are not upheld, and cheating occurs. Students who engage in such practices will be subject to academic sanctions, including a reduced or fail grade for an assignment. Incidents of academic misconduct will be dealt with in accordance with the Academic Misconduct Policy outlined in the Learners Handbook. APA.