Instructions A. For this assignment, you will find, analyze and write a Case Rep

Instructions
A. For this assignment, you will find, analyze and write a Case Report on one of the cases listed at the end of these instructions.
B. Your case report will be a minimum of 4 and maximum of 6 single, letter sized pages, 12 font, Times New Roman, double spaced, and in paragraph format by question. In your paper list the question and then put your answer to the question immediately below it in paragraph format.
C. There is no need for a title page although you can include one if you like. It is not considered in your minimum or maximum page limits.
D. There is no need to do a bibliography unless you are using sources other than the case assigned to analyze the case. The bibliography does not count towards the page limit.
E. Please put your name and student number on the first page of your Report.
F. If you have any questions about this assignment it is important that you raise them in class or via email to your seminar Workshop Leader well in advance of the due date. Questions posed a few days before the due date may not be answered given the amount of time you have to complete this assignment.
G. In developing your answers you must put the thoughts into your own words to demonstrate understanding. It is not acceptable to just copy the language of the case into your Report.
H. Please hand-in a paper copy your report at the start of lecture AND upload a copy (.docx or .pdf) to Blackboard. Assignments will be processed though Blackboard Safe Assign.
Choose one of the following cases:
R v Coutu, 2020 MBCA 106 (CanLII)
R. v. Castellano, 2023 ONCA 45 (CanLII)
McKay Career Training Inc. v. Baker, 2018 SKCA 83 (CanLII)
Report Questions to be answered:
1. Who is responsible for getting the case to the appeal court? (1 mark)
2. Why was the trial judge’s decision appealed? (3 marks)
3. How did the appeal court deal with main appeal issues ? (2 marks)
4. What is the rationale for the appeal court’s decision? (5 marks)
5. List two key legal precedents followed in this appeal and explain how the appeal court used it to make their decision. (4 marks)
6. Do you think the appeal court’s decision should be appealed? If so, to which court would the appeal go to and why do you think it should be appealed? If not, why not? (3 marks)
7. What was most surprising to you about this decision? (2 marks)
Good luck!
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