ZCAS UNIVERSITY

COMMERCIAL & GENERIC LAW PROGRAMME

SLA3272 Company Law
Assignment 1 (FT & ODeL)
Semester 2: July – December 2023
ISSUED: 28th August 2023

QUESTION

“A company may in many ways be likened to a human body. It has a brain and nerve Centre
which controls what it does. It also has hands which hold the tools an act in accordance with
directions from the Centre. Some of the people in the company are mere servants and agents
who are nothing more than hands to do the work and cannot be said to represent the mind or
will. Others are directors and managers who represent the directing mind and will of the
company and control what it does. The state of mind of these managers is the state of mind of
the company and is treated by law as such.”

REQUIRED:

With the aid of authorities, common law and statutory, and based on your expert knowledge
of Company Law, make a well-seasoned submission of the assertion.
[10 Marks]

PRESENTATION FORMAT (You will be penalised if you do not follow this format)
The question should not be more than 3,000 words (10 pages approximate) long (Including cover
page and bibliography). Work must be neatly typed using Times New Roman, 12 and line spacing of
1.5 and justified. All sources must be fully acknowledged and appropriately referenced using the
OSCOLA Referencing Style. Plagiarism or any attempt to replicate another person’s work as your
own will earn you serious sanction by the faculty. All work must be submitted over TURNITIN.

TURN IT IN STANDARDS
INDEX REMARKS
00-30 Assignment marked and full marks awarded.
30-50 50% of grade, or if you fail, the lower of the two grades.
50-100 No marks awarded for the assignment at all.

Your work should include a comprehensive bibliography of all the material you used for your
research and should appear on its own page. Three (3) marks will be awarded for a comprehensive
bibliography. Google the OSCOLA Quick Reference guide as a guideline for good writing using the
OSCOLA Style of citation)
LANGUAGE
Ensure that you use standard British English when writing your assignment.
A HARD COPY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE LECTURER ON OR BEFORE THE DUE
DATE.

DUE DATES
Due Date: Full Time & ODeL Distance – 22nd September 2023