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A2r922XS9T Due date deal eax No Caan) al (Cabefpres WSR: ME LNIECE Ni 4 LaW5e03 Advanced Torts A ole v0 ny OO Dee Bo ob at ane west Assignment 1 A,oOre Co7 Due date 03 May 2011. Topic “Woombavitle Shopping Cente is large reyonal shopping centre un Queena ta eceot caavothing store inthe complex has beta the subject of = mumber of iacieats eek Sg conuel assaults on wornes. A number of shoppers have made complain police, that they were Sexually assaulted by a man loitering around fitting rooms Police have issued that they We yaming women 10 be aware of the danger and to take precautions a enceay, February 13 Frank is sbopping fr a Valetiae’s Day gi fos hi ‘wife at Oxford Pecans reeartment store whic isn the shopping complex. He is browsing ip the lingerie aeigen when he feels a hand placed firmly on his shoulder and hears a voice “Gotcha, Seorne coming with me", Frank tums arobnd to face a tall, wo bok mie ‘Frank asks bim: sae eats and what 30 or thik you're doing”? The man replies, "Motes Pm Wally “Thumper, bead of security here at Oxford Traders and s I aid, wou ff OE ‘with me”, Teen protests and says he is not going with Thumper but ThePet grabs him by the arm and rane rip no an office where he fells Frank to sit dovm Fred agai asks "SAP what is ting on, Thumper ignores him and pulls outa mobile hone WHETEUETE, Ihe phones the rare ane ty leave he ould be blocked by omer security guards a ever) Co the Shopping aera nak then sits down and waits for tho police to arive to sort the Mae’ “Abuut ce aon tino constables azive and after speaking with Thumper {hey ask Frank to ovompany them to te police station for questioming, After Hs 8 ‘questioned for about half accompa police ofticers tell Prank a-stake as been mae and tt Be rec wo go home. aan oe Tay “Behind the Nightly News", an evening erent affairs PrOBet sends @ oe Suopping City to get fatage as background fra try ey Ss SN rae chorted semual assaults. The crew just happen tobe in Oxf0r9 “Traders when they notice wee cepamotion iavolving Frank and Thumper in the lingerie section ‘They seize the Gpportunity to fim the incident and continue to film unit police and Frank leave the store. ee aht on ther progranpme, they show a story which bes footage ‘of Thumper with his co ee shoulder and Thumper iading Frenk ato the office also shows Frank Jeaving dhe office with the police officers. The tanscript of ¢s “Svoiceover” broadcast with Tek fentage contains the following comments about the incident: cel it looks ike Woombavile Sbopping City wil bea sfer place vt secutity ‘yyhataotions might Frank have? Remeuber to consider all areas of tor, i (20 marks) event ot Souein Qeerend USO s2iteo Assignmont criteria Criteria (20-15) (15-10) ao-s) (0-5) fWeitngt: grammar, ‘Consistently [Other than one | |Several minor | Many patts of spelling, comect for two minor [crrors, mostly [the assignment | sentence and | Jerrors, mostly correct. difficult to read. | ‘paragraph | correct. and understand | jeonstreetion |headings and Excellent Good Good Headings |Poor logical and or logical progression | progression } | could be j \ improved. | Gaia aad (Consistently [One ortwo [Many minar [No O° Pom referencing correct. [minor errors, errors. ‘attempt and os [compliant with mostly correct, many significant |AGLC \ errors | Case analysis | Comprehensive |Acourate. Law |Lew and Poor analysis land Gna accurate, {and application [application to and understanding jLaw and fo facts well [facts generally understanding ‘Grlieation to [understood and [understood but |and ot facts; well explained but some minor explanation. understood and | some points errors andor | Many errors and. explained. |imissed. |points missed, or points missed. | Reasonable | explanation. [Identification of | All relevant legal | Most relevant [Some relevant | Little or no issues and. jssues and or |lcgel isoues and [legal issues and awareness of statement of material facts ‘or material facts | material facts jrelevant legal relevant law | identified. Most identified. Most | identified. Some |isoues and lelements of case |clements of case elements of material facts. law and/or Haw and relevant |relevant sections relevant jegislation of case law and legislation considered. legislation | considered. considered. A | | | | basic | | understanding of | the law is evident [Grade and mark SE LS a ees reer CTT USO iiiewe ouayet sitem uannt abu ‘Rest List of readings roe e SOT Please be aware that the referencing style used in the following citations may differ from that specified for your assessment. For further information, please refer to the referencing guides on the USQ Library website or to guides as specified by your examiner. Module 1 - Introduction to Torts law Reading 1.1 vaso McGlone, F & Stickley, A 2009, Australian rorts Jaw, 2nd edn, LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney, NSW, pp. 466-494. Module 2 - Defamation, Cause of Action Reading 2.1. tnosopyrign cose) Defamation Act 2005 2006, (Ql2). Reading 2.2 prs Cottrell, J 1998, "What does defamatory mean : reflections on Berkoff v Burchill, The Tort Law Review, vol. 6, pp- 149-163. Module 3 - Defamation defences Reading 3.1 ssa) Butler, D & Rodrick, § 2007, austratia media law, 3rd edn, Lawbook Company, Pyrmont, NSW. pp. 27-106. Module 4 - Defamation Remedies Reading 4.1 “McHugh, M 2008, Dancing in the streets - the defamation tango, High Court of Australia, Dublin, Ireland, lease access this reading vie the DiReCt link on your USQStudyDesk. Reading 4.2 smc] Mandsley, B & Davis, G 2001, ‘ansoa v Australian Broadcasting Corporation’, Torts Law Journal, vol. 9, 00.1, Pp. 1-13. Module 5 — Intentional Torts Reading 5.1 (saw “Tan, KF 1981, A misconceived issue i the tort of false imprisonment, The Modern Law Review, vol. 44, n0. 2, pp- 166-177. Module 6 - Trespass to Land Reading 6.1. srsszvct Heffey, PG & Glasbeek, HI 1966, "Trespass : High Court oes Court of Appeal’, ee ee University Law Review, Ol. 5,0. 2, pp, 158-178 Reading 6.2 (ssa) Dailey, RI 1976, "Trespass negligence and Vemning v Cos ‘The Adelaide Law Review, vol. S,n0.4, pp 402-427

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