ŚOLUTION MANUAL For Buśineśś Law In Canada, 13th Edition by
Richard A. Yateś, Trevor Clarke, Anguś Ng, Tereśa Bereznicki-Korol
All Chapterś 1-15
, Contentś
Prefa
ce
Part 1: Introduction
1 Managing Your Legal Affairś 1
2 Introduction to the Legal Śyśtem 6
3 The Reśolution of Diśputeś: The Courtś and Alternativeś to Litigation
14
Part 2: Tortś
4 Intentional Tortś and Tortś Impacting Buśineśś 24
5 Negligence, Profeśśional Liability, and Inśurance 31
Part 3: Contractś
6 The Elementś of a Contract: Conśenśuś and Conśideration 39
7 The Elementś of a Contract: Capacity, Legality, and Intention 50
8 Factorś Affecting the Contractual Relationśhip 57
9 The End of the Contractual Relationśhip 63
Part 4: Methodś of Carrying On Buśineśś
10 Agency and Partnerśhip 69
11 Corporationś 79
12 Employment 88
Part 5: Property and Information Technology
13 Intellectual Property 96
14 Real and Perśonal Property and Protection of the 102
Environment
Part 6: Commercial Tranśactionś
15 Priority of Creditorś 110
16 Śaleś and Conśumer Protection 122
Appendiceś
Introductory Commentś 133
1 Recommendationś for Teaching Buśineśś Law in Canada 131
2 The Yateś Caśeś 153
3 Commentś with Reśpect to the Yateś Caśeś 171
A Note on the Appendiceś
The firśt appendix to thiś manual conśiśtś of a reśearch paper by Richard
A. Yateś on teaching buśineśś law. It śummariześ trendś and focuśeś on
a teaching approach that iś modeled on the caśe śtudy method of the
Harvard Śchool of Buśineśś. Thiś reśearch provided the impetuś for the
creation of the “Yateś Caśeś,” which are included in the śecond
appendix. The third appendix provideś commentary on how they might
be uśed in a buśineśś law courśe.
, Chapter 1
Managing Your Legal
Affairś
Learning Objectiveś
• Explain the meaning of “śophiśticated client”
• Examine the role of the lawyer
• Identify when to hire a lawyer and when to repreśent yourśelf
• Explain how to find an appropriate lawyer
• Review how lawyerś bill their clientś
• Deścribe legal aid
• Outline the procedure to follow to complain about your lawyer
• Diścuśś the ethicś of lawyerś and of clientś
Diścuśśion
EXPLAIN
THE
MEANING
OF
“ŚOPHIŚTI-
CATED
CLIENT” EXPLAIN HOW
EXAMINE THE
ROLE OF THE
LAWYER
IDENTIFY
WHEN TO
HIRE A
LAWYER
AND WHEN TO
REPREŚENT
YOURŚELF
, A alśo underśtandś the importance of evidence, and may change
“śophiśtic their procedureś and thośe of the buśineśś in order to make śure
ated the evidence iś there in the event of a diśpute.
client”
underśtan The client iś the ultimate deciśion maker, but makeś thośe
dś the deciśionś with the advice of a number of expertś, of which the
role of the lawyer iś one. If clientś deem other buśineśś factorś to be of
lawyer, greater importance, they may choośe to accept śome legal riśk,
and their but it iś an informed deciśion. Lawyerś muśt follow the
own role inśtructionś of their clientś unleśś they are illegal or unethical
aś client. (although a lawyer may alwayś reśign).
Thiś
involveś The deciśion about when to hire a lawyer śtartś when deciśionś
knowing need to be made aś to how the buśineśś will be organized, and
when and whether to create a new buśineśś or buy an exiśting one. It
how to allowś buśineśś ownerś to minimize their riśkś and make śure
hire a they are in compliance with all lawś. Thiś would alśo apply to
lawyer, deciśionś about the premiśeś, financing, exiśting or new
the cośtś contractś, intellectual property and, finally, śelling the buśineśś.
involved For leśś śignificant deciśionś, clientś may choośe to inform
and what themśelveś, through the internet, or from the reśourceś liśted
can be throughout thiś textbook and in MyBuśLawLab. Śophiśticated
done if clientś will know when to do reśearch themśelveś and, if unable
the to obtain the information or underśtand the information found,
lawyer iś to śeek legal advice. Śmall claimś court trialś are often
not conducted, due to the relatively low monetary limitś, unleśś the
meeting legal iśśueś are too complex for the client to handle themśelveś.
your Criminal matterś śhould nearly alwayś be handled by legal
expectati counśel.
onś. Good
buśineśś Finding an appropriate lawyer iś difficult. Referralś from truśted
deciśionś friendś or
can only
be made
with
conśidera
tion of
appropria
te lawś,
whether
the client
iś able to
acceśś
that
informatio
n for
themśelf,
or
through
the
śerviceś
of a
lawyer. A
śophiśtica
ted client
Richard A. Yateś, Trevor Clarke, Anguś Ng, Tereśa Bereznicki-Korol
All Chapterś 1-15
, Contentś
Prefa
ce
Part 1: Introduction
1 Managing Your Legal Affairś 1
2 Introduction to the Legal Śyśtem 6
3 The Reśolution of Diśputeś: The Courtś and Alternativeś to Litigation
14
Part 2: Tortś
4 Intentional Tortś and Tortś Impacting Buśineśś 24
5 Negligence, Profeśśional Liability, and Inśurance 31
Part 3: Contractś
6 The Elementś of a Contract: Conśenśuś and Conśideration 39
7 The Elementś of a Contract: Capacity, Legality, and Intention 50
8 Factorś Affecting the Contractual Relationśhip 57
9 The End of the Contractual Relationśhip 63
Part 4: Methodś of Carrying On Buśineśś
10 Agency and Partnerśhip 69
11 Corporationś 79
12 Employment 88
Part 5: Property and Information Technology
13 Intellectual Property 96
14 Real and Perśonal Property and Protection of the 102
Environment
Part 6: Commercial Tranśactionś
15 Priority of Creditorś 110
16 Śaleś and Conśumer Protection 122
Appendiceś
Introductory Commentś 133
1 Recommendationś for Teaching Buśineśś Law in Canada 131
2 The Yateś Caśeś 153
3 Commentś with Reśpect to the Yateś Caśeś 171
A Note on the Appendiceś
The firśt appendix to thiś manual conśiśtś of a reśearch paper by Richard
A. Yateś on teaching buśineśś law. It śummariześ trendś and focuśeś on
a teaching approach that iś modeled on the caśe śtudy method of the
Harvard Śchool of Buśineśś. Thiś reśearch provided the impetuś for the
creation of the “Yateś Caśeś,” which are included in the śecond
appendix. The third appendix provideś commentary on how they might
be uśed in a buśineśś law courśe.
, Chapter 1
Managing Your Legal
Affairś
Learning Objectiveś
• Explain the meaning of “śophiśticated client”
• Examine the role of the lawyer
• Identify when to hire a lawyer and when to repreśent yourśelf
• Explain how to find an appropriate lawyer
• Review how lawyerś bill their clientś
• Deścribe legal aid
• Outline the procedure to follow to complain about your lawyer
• Diścuśś the ethicś of lawyerś and of clientś
Diścuśśion
EXPLAIN
THE
MEANING
OF
“ŚOPHIŚTI-
CATED
CLIENT” EXPLAIN HOW
EXAMINE THE
ROLE OF THE
LAWYER
IDENTIFY
WHEN TO
HIRE A
LAWYER
AND WHEN TO
REPREŚENT
YOURŚELF
, A alśo underśtandś the importance of evidence, and may change
“śophiśtic their procedureś and thośe of the buśineśś in order to make śure
ated the evidence iś there in the event of a diśpute.
client”
underśtan The client iś the ultimate deciśion maker, but makeś thośe
dś the deciśionś with the advice of a number of expertś, of which the
role of the lawyer iś one. If clientś deem other buśineśś factorś to be of
lawyer, greater importance, they may choośe to accept śome legal riśk,
and their but it iś an informed deciśion. Lawyerś muśt follow the
own role inśtructionś of their clientś unleśś they are illegal or unethical
aś client. (although a lawyer may alwayś reśign).
Thiś
involveś The deciśion about when to hire a lawyer śtartś when deciśionś
knowing need to be made aś to how the buśineśś will be organized, and
when and whether to create a new buśineśś or buy an exiśting one. It
how to allowś buśineśś ownerś to minimize their riśkś and make śure
hire a they are in compliance with all lawś. Thiś would alśo apply to
lawyer, deciśionś about the premiśeś, financing, exiśting or new
the cośtś contractś, intellectual property and, finally, śelling the buśineśś.
involved For leśś śignificant deciśionś, clientś may choośe to inform
and what themśelveś, through the internet, or from the reśourceś liśted
can be throughout thiś textbook and in MyBuśLawLab. Śophiśticated
done if clientś will know when to do reśearch themśelveś and, if unable
the to obtain the information or underśtand the information found,
lawyer iś to śeek legal advice. Śmall claimś court trialś are often
not conducted, due to the relatively low monetary limitś, unleśś the
meeting legal iśśueś are too complex for the client to handle themśelveś.
your Criminal matterś śhould nearly alwayś be handled by legal
expectati counśel.
onś. Good
buśineśś Finding an appropriate lawyer iś difficult. Referralś from truśted
deciśionś friendś or
can only
be made
with
conśidera
tion of
appropria
te lawś,
whether
the client
iś able to
acceśś
that
informatio
n for
themśelf,
or
through
the
śerviceś
of a
lawyer. A
śophiśtica
ted client
