SAMPLE QUESTIONS PART 1
QUESTION 1: (Total 4 Marks) Read the fact situation below and answer the questions that follow.
General Widjits Company Ltd. is a private Ontario company which manufactures top
quality electric appliances. Mr. Smith is its sole shareholder-owner, as well as its sole
director and officer. Mr. Smith, who has been a landed immigrant for the past 4 years
and who is about to apply for Canadian citizenship, realizes that if not manufactured
properly, electrical appliances can be quite dangerous, but having had only a public
school education in Europe where he is from, knows nothing about Canadian law or the
Canadian legal system. Mr. Smith, now comes to you, an expert on Canadian Business
Law to gain a better understanding of the Canadian legal system in order that he can do
the right things to make his company grow.
3 (a) Mr Smith now asks you to explain to him the various branches of Canadian
government and what they do. List the Branches of Government.
1 (b) After you have explained to Mr. Smith the different branches of the Canadian
government, Mr. Smith tells you that he has noticed that, by our constitution, it
appears that sometimes our federal government has the right to make laws,
while at other times, only the provincial governments can make laws. However,
he believes that there are times when both governments can make laws in the
same area. What is the term used when a federal law is said to prevail over a
provincial law?
QUESTION 2: (Total 6 Marks)
Jimmy Fixit is an articling student. Jimmy had just been given a fact situation in which James
Bigguy, the current Prime Minister of Canada inadvertently referred to a business man named
John Strange as a person of unsavoury character, with the result that Mr. Strange sustained
damages because he lost all of his customers after they watched the news and heard Mr.
Bigguy. Jimmy is asked to research the law to determine whether Mr. Strange has an action
against the prime Minister and/or the Federal Government.
4 (a) In his research, Jimmy will look at a number of judicial decisions or case law.
Why will he do this and what is this course of law called?
2 (b) Once again, during his research Jimmy finds a number of judicial decisions or
cases, some of which are from the Ontario Superior Court, The Ontario Court of
Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. In looking at the different court
decisions, what rule must Jimmy follow to determine how valuable the decision
is?
QUESTION 3: (Total 2 Marks)
Our friend Jimmy from the above fact situation has just been given 2 more fact situations.
In the second, the Government of Canada wants to bring a lawsuit against the United States
Government for subsidizing its pulp and paper industry.
2 (a) The second fact situation dealing with the Canadian and American Governments
is related to or deals with a specific area of law. What is this area of law called?
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QUESTION 4 (Total 3 marks):
Henry Higgins is a farmer in Ontario. On his farm Henry produces milk and ships it to the
Ontario Milk Marketing Board which determines the price to be paid to farmers in Ontario for milk.
Mr. Higgins is unhappy about the latest price per litre of milk and wants the matter resolved.
1 (a) What is the area of law outlined in the above fact situation called?
1 (b) This area of law is also referred to as what kind of law?
1 (c) What is the name of the area of law that deals with contracts, torts, property and
company law?
SAMPLE QUESTIONS PART 2
QUESTION 1 (3 marks):
A offers to sell A's 2006 Honda Civic car for $ 5,000.00. and B accepts
(a) In Contract law, A is called the .......................
(b) In Contract Law, B is called the .......................
(c) What is the consideration given by A?
QUESTION 2: (3 marks)
A and B enter into an agreement on January 1, 2008 under which A is to
renovate B's house at a price of $ 25,000.00. The contract is to begin on March 1,
2008. Both A and B live in a region of Ontario that almost never has Tornados. On
February 5, 2008, as luck would have it, there is a tornado which demolishes B's house.
(a) Is there a contract between A and B? Yes No
(b) In Contract Law what do we say has happened as a result of the
Tornado?
(c) If there was no tornado and instead, on February 5, 2008 A tells B that A
will not perform the contract, what kind of breach has occurred?
QUESTION 3: (5 marks)
A and B enter into a contract whereby A is going to sell B and B will purchase A's
stamp collection for a price of $ 2,000.00. Unknown to either A or B is the fact that one
of the stamps in the stamp collection is a rare stamp that is worth $ 250,000.00. On
becoming aware of the true value of the stamp, A now wants his stamp collection back.
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QUESTION 1: (Total 4 Marks) Read the fact situation below and answer the questions that follow.
General Widjits Company Ltd. is a private Ontario company which manufactures top
quality electric appliances. Mr. Smith is its sole shareholder-owner, as well as its sole
director and officer. Mr. Smith, who has been a landed immigrant for the past 4 years
and who is about to apply for Canadian citizenship, realizes that if not manufactured
properly, electrical appliances can be quite dangerous, but having had only a public
school education in Europe where he is from, knows nothing about Canadian law or the
Canadian legal system. Mr. Smith, now comes to you, an expert on Canadian Business
Law to gain a better understanding of the Canadian legal system in order that he can do
the right things to make his company grow.
3 (a) Mr Smith now asks you to explain to him the various branches of Canadian
government and what they do. List the Branches of Government.
1 (b) After you have explained to Mr. Smith the different branches of the Canadian
government, Mr. Smith tells you that he has noticed that, by our constitution, it
appears that sometimes our federal government has the right to make laws,
while at other times, only the provincial governments can make laws. However,
he believes that there are times when both governments can make laws in the
same area. What is the term used when a federal law is said to prevail over a
provincial law?
QUESTION 2: (Total 6 Marks)
Jimmy Fixit is an articling student. Jimmy had just been given a fact situation in which James
Bigguy, the current Prime Minister of Canada inadvertently referred to a business man named
John Strange as a person of unsavoury character, with the result that Mr. Strange sustained
damages because he lost all of his customers after they watched the news and heard Mr.
Bigguy. Jimmy is asked to research the law to determine whether Mr. Strange has an action
against the prime Minister and/or the Federal Government.
4 (a) In his research, Jimmy will look at a number of judicial decisions or case law.
Why will he do this and what is this course of law called?
2 (b) Once again, during his research Jimmy finds a number of judicial decisions or
cases, some of which are from the Ontario Superior Court, The Ontario Court of
Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. In looking at the different court
decisions, what rule must Jimmy follow to determine how valuable the decision
is?
QUESTION 3: (Total 2 Marks)
Our friend Jimmy from the above fact situation has just been given 2 more fact situations.
In the second, the Government of Canada wants to bring a lawsuit against the United States
Government for subsidizing its pulp and paper industry.
2 (a) The second fact situation dealing with the Canadian and American Governments
is related to or deals with a specific area of law. What is this area of law called?
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QUESTION 4 (Total 3 marks):
Henry Higgins is a farmer in Ontario. On his farm Henry produces milk and ships it to the
Ontario Milk Marketing Board which determines the price to be paid to farmers in Ontario for milk.
Mr. Higgins is unhappy about the latest price per litre of milk and wants the matter resolved.
1 (a) What is the area of law outlined in the above fact situation called?
1 (b) This area of law is also referred to as what kind of law?
1 (c) What is the name of the area of law that deals with contracts, torts, property and
company law?
SAMPLE QUESTIONS PART 2
QUESTION 1 (3 marks):
A offers to sell A's 2006 Honda Civic car for $ 5,000.00. and B accepts
(a) In Contract law, A is called the .......................
(b) In Contract Law, B is called the .......................
(c) What is the consideration given by A?
QUESTION 2: (3 marks)
A and B enter into an agreement on January 1, 2008 under which A is to
renovate B's house at a price of $ 25,000.00. The contract is to begin on March 1,
2008. Both A and B live in a region of Ontario that almost never has Tornados. On
February 5, 2008, as luck would have it, there is a tornado which demolishes B's house.
(a) Is there a contract between A and B? Yes No
(b) In Contract Law what do we say has happened as a result of the
Tornado?
(c) If there was no tornado and instead, on February 5, 2008 A tells B that A
will not perform the contract, what kind of breach has occurred?
QUESTION 3: (5 marks)
A and B enter into a contract whereby A is going to sell B and B will purchase A's
stamp collection for a price of $ 2,000.00. Unknown to either A or B is the fact that one
of the stamps in the stamp collection is a rare stamp that is worth $ 250,000.00. On
becoming aware of the true value of the stamp, A now wants his stamp collection back.
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