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FI LAC Ex a mpl eCa s e 1 . Fa c t s • As s u mp t i o ns :Wh a ta s s u mp t i on sa r ebe i n gma d e ? • Thef a c t sa n da s s ump t i on sonwh i c ht h el e g a lr e s e a r c ho pi ni o ni sb a s e ds h o u l db es e to u ti nt h el e g a l r e s e a r c hme mo r a n du m ori nt her e po r tf o rt h ec l i e n t . • Wh e r et h ec l i e n th a sdo c u me nt s ,t he s es h o ul db er e v i e we dt oc o n fir m wh a tt h ec l i e n th a sbe e ns a yi n g a n dt oc h e c kf ort h i n g ss u c ha s“ c ho i c eo fl a w”p r o v i s i o n s( a s s u mi n gi ti sac o n t r a c t u a ldi s pu t e )s i n c e t h i swo ul dl i k e l yha v ea ni mp a c to nwh i c hj u r i s d i c t i o ny o uwi l lf o c u s . NOTE:Ac h a n g ei nf a c t sc a nc ha n g et h ei s s u e st h a t ne e dt ob er e s e a r c h e ds ob ec a r e f u lwh e ne x a mi ni n g t h e ma n dma k es u r ey o ua r eu pt oda t ea n dp r op e r l ya p p r a i s e dofa l lr e l e v a n tf a c t so nt h ec a s e . I nmo s t c a s e s , i ti st h el a wy e rp r e s e n t i n gt hec a s et ot hec o u r t swhowi l lb ec o n du c t i n gt her e s e a r c hb u ti fy o ua r e t a s k e dwi t ht hej obo fl e g a lr e s e a r c hi ti sv e r yi mp o r t a n tt h a ty o ue n s ur et oc o mmu n i c a t ec l e a r l ya n d f r e q u e n t l ys ot h a tt h e r ei snomi s u n de r s t a n d i n g so rmi s c o mmu n i c a t i on sbe t we e nt h el a wy e ra n dt h ec l i e n t . I fy oua r et h er e s e a r c h e r , i ti sa l s oi mpo r t a n tt obea b l et oa n t i c i p a t eq u e s t i on st h a tma yb er e l e v a n tt h el e g a l i s s u e sa n dt oc o mmun i c a t ea n yc o nc e r n sy o uma yh a v ewi t ht h el a wy e rr e s p o n s i b l ef ort h ec l i e n t ’ sfil e . Ma k es u r et or a i s eq u e s t i on sa st h er e s e a r c hpr o g r e s s e s . TheFac t so fTheEx a mpl eCas e : • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Na t i o na l Ma n uf a c t u r e ra n ddi s t r i b ut or( “ Wi d g e t s ” ) Su e di na nOn t a r i oSu p e r i o rCo ur t[ Fi n dou tmo r ea b o u tt h i sc o ur t ] Co n s ume rPr od u c tl i a bi l i t yc l a s sa c t i o nl a ws u i t[ fin do u twha tt hi si s ] De f e c t i v eWi d g e t s[ fin dt h ed e fin i t i onofd e f e c t i v ea n dwha ton ewou l dha v et odoi no r d e rt obeh e l dl i a b l e ] A“ p o s s i bl e ”d e f e c t ”i nwi d g e t sc ou l dbed u et oaf a u l t yc o mpo n e n ts u p pl i e db yABCCo mp o ne n t s ABCCo mp on e n t si sb a s e dou to fNe wYor k.[ h a v eo tc o ns u l tUSl a w] Wi d g e t swi l ls ueABCf o rb r e a c ho fc o n t r a c ta n db r e a c ho fwa r r a n t y[ findo utwh a tt h e s el a wsa r ea n dho w t h e ya p p l yt ot h ec a s e ] I nPur c h a s eOr de r :A“ Ba t t l eo ft h eFor ms ”s c e n a r i o( i nfin ep r i nt :c h oi c eo fl a wc l a u s ef orOn t a r i o j u r i s di c t i ona n daj ur i s di c t i o nc l a u s es t a t i n gt h a tt h ec o u r t so fOn t a r i oh a v ee x c l u s i v ej ur i s di c t i on ) . Thep u r c h a s ei n v o i c eo nABC’ sor de r ss h o we dt h a tt h e ya p p l yt h el a wso fNe wYor k.I tl i mi t sABC’ s l i a b i l i t yt ot hev a l u eoft h ep u r c h a s epr i c ea n da l ld i s p ut e smu s tbed e a l twi t hb ya r b i t r a t i o ni nNY. ABCha dn oi s s u e so rc o mp l a i n t spr i ort ot h i si n c i d e n t . Wi t n e s s e sa n dpa p e rt r a i la r ei mp o r t a n th e r e[weh a v e n ’ tl e a r ne dh o wt ode a lwi t ht h i sy e tb utI ’ l le x a mi ne l a t e r ] . Myj o b:Re s e a r c ht h el a wo nt h eb a t t l eo ft h ef o r mst os e ewh i c hp a r t i e sc o n d uc t i on swo u l dl i k e l ya p p l yt o t h et r a n s a c t i o nsr e l a t e dt of a u l t yc o mpo n e n t s . Al s o , s hewa n t ’ st okno wwhi c hf a c t o r sac ou r t wo u l dc o n s i d e rmo s tr e l e v a n ti nde c i di n gt h ei s s ues os h e c a ne x p l or et h o s ef a c t or swi t h“ Wi d g e t ”i nt he i rme e t i n gn e x twe e k .

Que s t i onsOneSho ul dAnt i c i pa t eAs ki ngi nRe l a t i o nToTheEx a mpl eCa s e :As k:Who , Wha t ,Whe n, a ndWhe r e . 1 . Wh oo r i g i n a l l yn e g o t i a t e dt hec on t r a c tf o rwi d g e tc o mp o ne n t sa n dwh e r ewa st h ec o nt r a c tne g o t i a t e d ? 2 .I st h e r eap a p e rt r a i l ?( f a x e so re ma i l s ? ) . t hi swi l lh e l pe s t a b l i s ht hei ni t i a lp a t t e r no foffe ra n da c c e p t a n c e . 3 . We r et h et e r msa n dc o n di t i o n so fe i t h e rorb o t hp a r t i e si n c l ud e di nt h eor i g i na lt r a n s a c t i on ? 4 . Ho wwe r ep r i c ei nc r e a s e sh a n de d ? 5 . Di dwi d g e t st e r msa n dc o n d i t i on se xp r e s s l yi n c l ud eo re x c l ud eo pe r a t i o no ft heI nt e r n at i o n alS a l eofGo od s Ac t ? 6 . Di de i t he rp a r t y( ABCorWi d g e t )a c kn o wl e d g e dt h eo t h e rp a r t y ’ st e r msa n dc o n d i t i on sb yi n i t i a l i z i n gt h e o t h e rpa r t y ’ sc o nt r a c t s ?

7 .I st h e r eapa r t i c u l a rs t a n da r dp r a c t i c eo rc u s t o mwi t h i nt hewi d g e ti nd u s t r yr e g a r d i n gt h ep ur c h a s ea n ds a l e o fwi d g e t s ?Sp e c i fic a l l yc o n c e r ni n gt h ep a s s i n go ft i t l eo ri ns p e c t i ono ft hewi d g e t sb yt h eb u y e r ? 2 . Pr e l i mi na r yQue s t i o nsa ndI s s ue s : Pr e l i mi n a r yq u e s t i o n sa r ei mp o r t a n tt oa s kon c eo n eh a sfin i s he di d e n t i f y i n gt hef a c t s . Th e s eq u e s t i on swi l lhe l p o n ei de n t i f yt h er e l e v a n ti s s u e s .He r e ,y o ua r et r y i n gt oi d e nt i f yt h ei s s u e st ha tne e dt ob er e s e a r c h e d .Th ei s s u e s ma yn e e dt ob er e fin e da st h el e g a lr e s e a r c hp r o g r e s s e s . Thefir s tt wopr e l i mi na r yque s t i o nss ho u l db ea s k e da tt h es t a r tofa n yl e g a lr e s e a r c hp r o bl e m. Th os e q u e s t i on sa r ea sf o l l o ws : 1 . Ke yQue s t i o n1:I st h e r ef e d e r a l , p r o vi n c i a l , ormun i c i p a ll e g i s l a t i ont h a tg o v e r n st h i spr ob l e m? • * *ak e ypo i n tf o ry o ut ode v e l opwo u l dbet ou n de r s t a n dwha tj ur i s d i c t i o nsc e r t a i nl e g a l i s s u e swo u l df a l lu nd e r .* * • Con t r a c t l a wi sl a r g e l yg o v e r n e db yc o mmonl a w, h o we v e r ,i tc a nb ea ffe c t e db yl e g i s l a t i o n. • Sofin do u twh a tp i e c e so fl e g i s l a t i ong o v e r nc o n t r a c tl a wf o rt hec a s e sy o ua r ede a l i n gwi t h. • I ti si mp o r t a n tt oc on s i de rt h ei mp a c tofl e g i s l a t i ono nac o u r t sde t e r mi n a t i o no fwh i c ht e r ms a n dc o nd i t i o n swou l da p pl ya n dh o wt hec o n t r a c tmi g h tbei nt e r pr e t e d . 2 . Ke yQue s t i o n2:I st h e r eal i mi t a t i o np e r i odp r o bl e m?I fs o , c o n s u l tt h ea p pl i c a b l ef e d e r a lo r p r o vi n c i a ll i mi t a t i o npe r i o dl e g i s l a t i o n.I ft hec a l c u l a t i o no ft i mei si n v o l v e d ,c o ns u l tt hea p p l i c a bl e f e d e r a lo rp r o vi n c i a lI nt e r pr e t a t i o nAc t . • Ag a i n ,t hi sq u e s t i on ss h o ul db ea s k e do fe v e r yl e g a lr e s e a r c hp r o bl e m.Th a ti sb e c a u s e ,i fy ou mi s safil i n gd e a d l i n ef ory o url e g a lr e s e a r c h, y o urc o mpa n yma ybehe l dl i a b l ef o r p r o f e s s i o na lne g l i g e nc e .Yo umu s ti de n t i f yt h ec l i e n t sl i mi t a t i o np e r i od . • Forac on t r a c tl a wdi s p u t e ,y o uma ywa n tt oc o n fir ma na c t u a lt i me l i n eo fwhe ni t e mswe r e nOnt ar i ot he r ei sade f a ul tt woy e a rl i mi t a t i onpe r i o da n ds oi ft h e s h i pp e da n dr e c e i v e d .I i t e ms( f o rt heh y p o t h e t i c a li s s u e )we r es hi p p e dmo r et ha nt woy e a r sa g oy o u ’ dwa n tt ofin d o u ta s a p . i s c o v e r a b i l i t y • Con c e r n so v e ral i mi t a t i o np e r i odwi l la l s ol i k e l yr a i s eq u e s t i on sa b ou td r e g a r d i n gwhe nt h ec l i e n tc o u l do rs h o u l dh a v edi s c o v e r e dt hede f e c t .Th i swo ul dr a i s e a d d i t i o na lq u e s t i on sa b ou twh e t he rt h ed e f e c t swe r el a t e n ta n dn o to b v i o usu po ni ni t i a l i n s p e c t i on . • Ev e ni fac a s edo e sn o ti mme di a t e l yp r e s e n ti s s u e spe r t a i n i n gt ol i mi t a t i onp e r i o ds , i ti s a l wa y swor t hr a i s i n gt h eq u e s t i o n, i fo n l yt or a i s eq u e s t i on st ot h ec l i e n ta b ou tt h et i me l i neof t h et r a n s a c t i o na n dwhe nwi d g e t ss ho u l dh a v el e a r ne do fo rc o ul dh a v el e a r ne da b o utt h e d e f e c t . Ot he rQue s t i o nsI nc l ude : • Ho wur g e n t l yi st h ea n s we rne e d e d ? • Ho wmu c ht i mea n dmo n e yc a nbes p e n to nr e s e a r c hf o rt h i sp r o b l e m? • Ha sa n y on ee l s ewi t hi nt heor g a n i z a t i onl o ok e da tt hi sp r ob l e m? • I st he r es o me o ney o uc a ns p e a kt oa b ou tt h i ss o r t ofr e s e a r c hp r o b l e mf org u i da n c eo ri de a s ? Fo rt heHy po t he t i c a lQue s t i o nt heMa j o rI s s ue sAr eAsFo l l o ws : • Wh a ti st h el a wi nOn t a r i og o v e r ni n gt he“ Ba t t l eo ft heFo r ms ”a si tr e l a t e st ot h ep u r c h a s ea n ds a l eo f g oo d s ? • Wi l lWi d g e t st e r msa n dc o n di t i o n sa p p l yt ot h ep u r c h a s eo ft h ed e f e c t i v ewi d g e t sa n dwh a tf a c t o r swou l da n On t a r i oc o u r t c o n s i d e rmo s tr e l e v a n ti np r e f e r r i n gWi d g e t st e r msa n dc o n di t i o n so v e rABC’ st e r msa n d c o n d i t i on s ? • I fABC’ st e r msa n dc o n di t i o n sa p p l ywha ti st h ep o t e n t i a li mp a c to nWi d g e t si ft h et r a n s a c t i o n sa r e g o v e r ne db yNe wYo r kl a w? 3 . Se c o nda r yr e s e a r c h( s t a r tbr oa d) :

• Tr e a t i s e s :Ch e c kb o ok sf o re x p l a n a t i o nsa n do v e r v i e ws .La wr e l a t e dbo o k sa r ea ne x c e l l e n ts t a r tpo i n t f ora n yt y peofl e g a lr e s e a r c h . As s u met h a tf o rn a yr e s e a r c hi s s ues o me o n e ,s o me wh e r eh a swr i t t e na b o oko nt h ei s s ue .Fo rt hi st o pi c , s pe c i fic a l l y , y ou’ l lwa ntt os t a r twi t ha“c o nt r ac t sl a w”bo ok.A g oo dbo o ki st heLa wo fCo n t r a c t sb yJ o hnMc Ca mu s .I nt h i sbo o kt h e“ Ba t t l eoft h eFo r ms ”i sl i s t e d o nPa g e6 0.I nt hi sb oo kt heBa t t l eoft heFo r msi sd e fin e da sf o l l o ws : I nat y p i c a lc a s e ,a nor d e rf o rg oo d sma ybep l a c e do nt h ebu y e r ’ ss t a n d a r do r de rf or m.Tha t f o r mwi l ls t a t e ,pe r h a p so nt h eb a c koft hef or ma ndi nfin epr i n t , t h et e r msa n dc o n di t i o ns up o nwh i c ht h eb u y e rpr op o s e st ode a lwi t ht h es e l l e r . Th eo r d e rma ybea c c e pt e db yt he s e l l e ro nt h eba s i sofas t a nd a r da c k no wl e d g me n tf o r ms t a t i n gt h es e l l e r ’ st e r ms .Th es e l l e r ’ s t e r msma yber e pe a t e di nad e l i v e r yn o t i c eo ra ni n v o i c e .Th ebu y e r ’ st e r msma yb er e p e a t e d i naf or ma c k no wl e d gi n gde l i v e r yo ft h eg o od s .I nt h ed r a f t i n go fa n ypa r t i c u l a rf o r m, e i t h e r orbo t ho ft h ep a r t i e sma yt r yt oe s t a b l i s ht h a tt h e i rp a r t i c u l a rf o r mi si ns omes e n s efin a l a n dun a l t e r a b l eb yt h eo t h e rpa r t y ’ sf o r ms .Th epa r t i e s ’r e s p e c t i v ef o r msa r ev e r yl i k e l yt o c o nfli c ti nv a r i o u si mp o r t a ntr e s pe c t s . Th es e l l e r ’ sv i e wo fc r e d i tt e r msorl i a b i l i t yi nt h e e v e n tt h a tt h eg o o dsa r ed e f e c t i v ei sl i k e l yt ob equ i t edi ffe r e ntf r o mt h eb u y e r ’ s .I twi l lo f t e n bet h ec a s et h a tne i t he rpa r t yha se x p l i c i t l ya g r e e dt ot hef or msb e i ngut i l i z e db yt h eo t h e r pa r t y . I nt h er e s u l t ,i tma ybeq ui t eu nc l e a rwh i c hp a r t y ’ st e r msa r et opr e v a i l .Th i s c o mmo np l a c es c e n a r i oi so f t e nr e f e r r e dt oa st h e“ ba t t l eoft h ef o r ms . ” Un d e rt h et r a di t i o na la n a l y s i s ,t h er e p l yo fe a c hp a r t yb yaf o r ma s s e r t i n gd i ffe r e ntt e r msa n d c o nd i t i on sf r om t h os ec o n t a i n e di nt h epr i o rf o r mo ft h eo t h e rp a r t yc o ns t i t u t e s ,o nt h eb a s i s oft he“ mi r r o ri ma g e ”pr i n c i pl e , t h ema k i n gofac o u n t e r o ffe r . App l yi n gt h et r a d i t i o n a l do c t r i n et h e n ,e a c hs uc c e s s i v ef or mc on s t i t u t e sac ou n t e r o ffe r . I ft h el a s tf o r mi sf ol l o we db y c o nd u c tt h a tma ybec on s i d e r e dt oc o ns t i t u t ea c c e p t a n c eo ft h eo ffe rc o n t a i ne di nt ha tf or m, a na gr e e me n twi l lb ec r e a t e d . I nt het yp i c a lc a s eo fas a l eo fg o od sb a s e do nc o n fli c t i n gf o r ms ,p e r f or ma n c eoft hec on t r a c t e i t h e rb yde l i v e r yo ft h eg o o dsorb yt h ea c c e pt a n c eofd e l i v e r yofg oo dsma ybec o n s i d e r e d t oc o n s t i t u t et h ec on du c ta mo un t i n gt oa c c e pt a n c e .Thu s ,f o re x a mpl e , wh e r et h es e l l e r ’ sl a s t f o r ma c c o mp a n i e st h ed e l i v e r yoft h eg oo d s , t hec o n d u c to ft heb u y e ri na c c e pt i n gde l i v e r y ma yb ehe l dt oc o ns t i t u t ea na c c e pt a n c eo ft h es e l l e r ’ sl a s tc o u nt e r o ffe r . Thi sd oc t r i n eh a sbe e nr e f e r r e dt oa st h e“pe r f o r manc edoc t r i ne ”o ra st he“ l a s ts ho t ”r ul e ont h eb a s i st h a tt h epa r t ywh o“ fir e s ”t hel a s tdo c ume n tb e f o r ep e r f or ma nc epr e v a i l s .On t h eo r t ho do xa na l y s i s ,t h e n, ac o n t r a c ti sc r e a t e db yas e r i e so fc o nfli c t i n gf o r mso n l ywhe n t h el a s tf o r mu t i l i z e di sf ol l o we db yc on d uc ta mo un t i n gt oa c c e pt a n c eo ft h ec ou n t e r o ffe r s t a t e di nt h el a s tf or m.

• J o ur na l s :Che c kj ou r n a ll i t e r a t u r ef o re xp l a n a t i on sa n do v e r v i e ws . J o ur na l swi l lt y pi c a l l ydi s c us sr e l e v a n tc a s el a wa n dl e g i s l a t i o nf r o m ac r i t i c a la n da n a l y t i c a lp o i n tof v i e w.Ma k es u r et oc h e c kno tj us tr e g u l a rj ou r n a ld a t a b a s e sbu tl e g a l l yr e l e v a n to n e sa swe l l ,i n c l ud i n g He i nOn l i n e ,Le x i s Ne xu s ,Qui c kLa w, a n dWe s t La w. Fr omt h eJ ou r n a l Ar t i c l eIf o un dIdi s c o v e r e dt h ef ol l o wi n g : CLEs e mi na rpa pe r s :Ch e c kf o rp a p e r sp r e s e n t e da t c o n f e r e n c e s . Enc y c l o pe di a sofl a w:Con s ul tCa n a d i a n ,UK, o rUSl e g a le n c y c l o pe d i a s . Re f e r e nc ema t e r i a l :Con s ul tdi c t i on a r i e s ,d i r e c t o r i e s ,a n do t h e rr e f e r e n c ema t e r i a l s . Ca s el a wdi g e s t s :Co ns u l ts t a nd a r dc a s el a wd i g e s t s( Ca n a d i a nAbr i d gme nti np r i nto ro n We s t l a wNe x tCa n a d aorCa na d aDi g e s to nLe x i s Ne x i sQu i c kl a w)t oe n s u r eo b v i o u sc a s el a wi sno t b e i n go v e r l oo k e d . • I nt e r ne ts e a r c he s :Ar et he i rwe b s i t e sr e l e v a ntt oy o ura r e ao fr e s e a r c h ?Ha v ey o uc o n d uc t e das e a r c h o nGoo g l eora n o t he rs e a r c he n gi n e ? • Ot he rj ur i s di c t i o ns :Ha v ey o us e a r c h e df orj ou r n a l s ,t e x t b oo ks , l a wr e f o r mc o mmi s s i onr e p or t s , c a s e s ,o rl e gi s l a t i onf r o mo t he rj ur i s d i c t i on s , i nc l u d i n gt h eUni t e dKi n g d o m,t h eUn i t e dSt a t e s , Au s t r a l i a , orNe wZe a l a n d ? • • • •

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