"Srini Nair owns and operates a grocery store in Fort McMurray, AD. He

has a number of employees including Regini Sharma, who is his assistant

manager. Ragini has very limited authority to act on Srini's behalf. One

day while Srini is out of town, a distributor of produce offers Ragini a

great deal on fiddleheads, a delicacy from New Brunswick. Due to the

perishable nature of fiddleheads, the deal is only available for one day. As

Srini's grocery store caters to many transplanted New Brunswickers,

Ragini places an order. When Srini returns the next day and the

fiddleheads arrive, he rejects them on the basis that he has never heard of

anyone ever eating fiddleheads. Is Srini bound to accept and pay for the

fiddleheads? How should businesses like Srini's deal with the risk of

employees exceeding their authority to act on behalf of the business

Note on the Preparation of a Case

Step 1:

Read the case

Step 2:

Carefully read the assignment at the end of the case

Step 3. a:

Set out the elements that must be shown by the plaintiff for each

potential cause of action

b:

Analyse the case to determine whether each required element is

present for each potential cause of action

Demonstrate that your analysis and conclusions are based on

established principles of law

Show authority from case decisions or statutes for all propositions

of law that could be disputed by contrary arguments - sometimes,

the proposition is clear and there is no genuine basis for disputing

your conclusion that the requirement is met given the facts of the

case; sometimes, you will need to conduct primary legal research

and extrapolate from decisions in earlier cases

Step 4:

Note that sometimes it is also necessary to analyse whether there are

defences available that would eliminate or reduce the amount of

liability

Step 5:

Write up the case

The write-up should present your analysis and conclusions, and

end with your decision(s), showing that they are based on (and

consistent with) your analysis

Also:

Be sure to properly attribute all of the sources you rely o