LAW205 Commercial & Corporate Law for Accountants Semester 1, 2017 Assessment Item 1: Research Essay Task (20%) A) Can a company be liable to its own shareholders under tort law? What happens if an employee is also a shareholder and/or a director? Explain with reference to relevant cases. (10 marks) B) What are the principles the court will apply in determining whether a company is guilty of a crime? (10 marks) NB. Your answers must refer to the relevant legislation and case law. Please note:  The word length for this essay is 1,500 words. This is a research exercise, so you are expected to go beyond chapter seven of the prescribed textbook. For example by locating relevant case examples to support your answers. Essays which do not demonstrate a research effort are likely to be given lower marks;  Assignments must be submitted online via Learnline. No other form of submission, (such as email) will be accepted. An assignment submitted via the draft submission link (SafeAssign check) will not be accepted as a final submission and will not be marked. It is your responsibility to submit your final assignment in the correct way – ie, via the final submission point on Learnline;  Either of the CDU Harvard or AGLC referencing styles may be used, as long as you choose one style and use it consistently;  Plagiarism or collusion will be detected and penalised in accordance with CDU’s Academic Integrity Policy. You are expected to read, refer to and cite various primary and secondary sources in the course of writing your essay. However, it is also important that you explain key arguments and points in your own words. Avoid excessive word-for-word quotation of other literature. Do not paraphrase another author’s work too close to the original (changing a few words in a sentence from a book or article and passing it off as your own writing is still plagiarism). If you quote from a textbook or online source make sure you cite your references. 5