MODULE TITLE: 216CL Business Law for Hospitality and Tourism 2021/2022

Learning Outcomes Assessed

This coursework aims to assess the following learning outcomes or LO(s):

LO2: Independently frame an understanding of the elements of the English legal system and critically assess impacts upon hospitality and tourism operators.

LO5: Communicate an in-depth understanding of legal constraints in hospitality and tourism contexts and derive valid and reliable conclusions and management advice.

Coursework Title: Case Study

Super Wines plc recently opened a vineyard to produce wine, conduct winery tours and wine tasting courses. Jeff runs a private helicopter sightseeing tour company and Jeff’s private helipad is immediately adjacent to the vineyard, which includes a storage area for extracted grape juice which will be processed into wine. For three weeks during the summer, Helipad Tour Contractors Ltd are employed by Jeff to transport tourists around the
region as part of its sightseeing tour package. This involved the use of commercial helicopters.

The noise of the helicopter upsets the vineyard customers, many of whom cancel their winery tours and wine tasting courses. Additionally, the dust and dirt generated by the helicopter rotor blades form a thick film on extracted grape juice stored at the storage area, making it unusable for winemaking, and clogs the filter of the water supply, causing wine processing machinery to break down and require expensive repairs.

Robert, one of Helipad Tour’s employees, drops a cigarette end which starts a fire on the helipad. It spreads into the vineyard grounds and destroys the grape plantation and the wine shed.

As a result of the noise of the helicopter, Super Wines plc’s profits plummeted due to canceled winery tours and wine tasting courses. In order to continue in business Super Wines plc approached a white-knight investor to invest in Super Wines plc in the form of share ownership.

(a) Advise Super Wines plc about its possible rights in tort. Students are recommended to familiarise themselves with the IRAC method
(Issue, Rule, Analysis/Application, Conclusion) and use it in this question.
Please identify the issue, state the rule (or legal principle), apply the facts to
the rule (or legal principle) and then give a conclusion.

(b) The white-knight investor has requested advice as to the features,
advantages, and drawbacks of being a shareholder of Super Wines plc