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Assessment task 1 Outcome covered 1 Assessment task instructions Candidates will be given one closed-book exercise consisting of three case studies for the assessment of Outcome 1. This exercise should take candidates no longer than two hours to complete. The case studies, without the questions attached, can be given to candidates 7-10 days before the assessment takes place. Candidates will be allowed to bring to the assessment a copy of the case study and two sides of an A4 sheet of paper with relevant notes. This material must be submitted with the candidate’s answer. Textbooks and class handouts will not be permitted. The assessment may be completed in one sitting with a maximum total duration of two hours. Supervision of the assessment and any relevant reassessment should take place. DN97 34: Business Contractual Relationships Scottish Qualifications Authority Assessment Exemplars for Higher National Units 7 Case Study 1 Maggie McGlumpha bought a tumble dryer in a sale from Thunderbolt Lightning, an electrical retail store in Inverness. The store was selling the appliance for the very reasonable price of ￡250. About two months later, when Maggie was using the dryer, a latent defect in the wiring of the appliance caused it to short circuit with the result that it caught fire. The combination of flames and thick black smoke belching out of the dryer completely destroyed Maggie’s new fitted kitchen — not to mention the clothes which were in the dryer at the time. Luckily, Maggie had popped down to the shops when the incident occurred and she was unhurt. Question 1 Is Maggie entitled to bring a legal action against Thunderbolt Lightning for selling her a defective tumble dryer and will it matter that she purchased the goods in a sale? Maggie’s son Charlie, who was visiting from Australia, was not as lucky as his mum. He was in the house having a nap on the sitting room couch. Charlie was later taken to hospital and diagnosed as suffering from serious smoke inhalat