Question

Sandy Smith is a 20 year old full time employed individual looking for an apartment to rent. She approaches a provincially incorporated private company, ABC Limited, which owns and rents out apartments and makes an offer to lease an apartment. She is told by ABC Limited that they do not rent to anyone under 21 years old. Sandy reads them of section 15(1) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which states:

Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.She also advises them of section 2(1) of the provincial Human Rights Code which reads as follows:Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to the occupancy of   accommodation, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, handicap or the receipt of public assistance.

The applicable law to challenge the refusal to lease the apartment is [place].

Question 26 options:

	The provincial Human Rights Code
	The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Question 27 (Mandatory) (1 point)

Which of the following is not a strategy for dealing with identified risks after they have been evaluated and measured: [place].

Question 27 options:

	Embrace
	Avoid

Question 28 (Mandatory) (1 point)

Saved

The term “legal risk” in a business environment means [place].

Question 28 options:

	the risk of breaking the law
	any business risk with legal implications

Question 29 (Mandatory) (1 point)

The guiding principles for interpreting the terms of a contract are [space].

Question 29 options:

	rules limiting evidence concerning a contract’s contents
	rules of construction

Question 30 (Mandatory) (1 point)

When a Court awards one party a reasonable sum for the goods or services under a contract, the amount is [space].

Question 30 options:

	Quantum Meruit
	liquidated damages

Answer 1

Question 26)

The provincial Human Rights Code

The laws governing rent or accommodation in the United States comes under The provincial Human Rights Code, So any rights that are not respected falls under the ambit of Human rights code.

Question 27)

Embrace

It is important to embrace that mistakes have been done and respect the basic human rights code.

Question 28)

any business risk with legal implications

Any legal implication that may arise in future due to product or service offered by company can be treated as legal risk, This applies to every company. For example Pharma companies sell product for several years but findings may impact the company decades later.

Question 29)

Rules of construction

Rules of construction of contract will become basis of its interpretation

Question 30)

Liquidated damages

When court awards something to a party that is called liquidated damages.