law_case_study_instructions_experience_day_2021_2022.pdf
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… are seeking your help as a young legal professional to advise them on the legal issue that arises from their daughter’s case. In view of giving the parents the best legal advice, you set up a meeting with some of your colleagues to discuss your findings and make sure you have not missed anything of relevance. In preparation for this meeting, you should structure your findings in the following way: - First, you should address the issue you are focusing on. - Second, you should explain the rules that apply to the case at hand – in other words, read the relevant provisions on the basis of which you are going to make your arguments. - Third, you should explain how the rules apply to the case. This is the part where you are meant to develop your arguments and counterarguments based on the facts of the case. - Fourth, you should conclude on the basis of your arguments what the legal consequence is. à you can find more information about this in the “Guidance” section below. In the Guidance section you will find a compilation of information that will help in understanding the legal issues that arise from the task you have been given. A key skill that you develop as a law student is to sift through the relevant information to help you understand the subject …