What Will You Learn?

• After completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
• ● Describe the basic origins of Canadian common law, equity, and statute law.
• ● Explain the BC and Canadian court system and structure.
• ● Explain the differences between intentional and unintentional torts and the legal
• remedies available to successful plaintiffs.
• ● Describe the elements of a contract with emphasis on contract validity and
• enforceability.
• ● Understand how a contract can be discharged and the possible remedies of breach
• of contract.
• ● Explain the different forms of business and understand the benefits and
• disadvantages of proprietorship, general partnerships, corporations, use of LTD and
• INC, and requirements for other provincial registrations.
• ● Apply rules from sale of goods legislation to determine when title to goods passes to
• a buyer.
• ● Identify seller activities designed to drive up prices of goods or services, cause price
• discrimination or unduly lessen competition.
• ● Explain how mortgages, conditional sale agreements and other security instruments
• protect creditor investments and creditors' rights upon default.
• ● Explain patents, trademarks, copyright and industrial design and general registration
• procedures.
• ● Specify types of remedies available to a plaintiff under environmental common law
• cases and why legislation is required to address pollution causing more fundamental
• environmental damage.
• ● Describe the effect of contract law on the employer-employee relationship.