13. Marking Criteria

13.4. Fail

Fail (0 to 49)

A submission in the Fail range does not meet the minimum requirements of the assessment criteria. A submission in the Fail range typically contains one or more of the following:

  • Evidence of a lack of basic understanding of the issue or question
  • Many errors or omissions
  • Evidence of a lack of familiarity and engagement with the relevant literature and/or class and reading list materials
  • Disorganised presentation
  • Few or no citations or consistently incomplete or inaccurate citations
  • Very poor written English, including poor grammar and spelling and incoherent statements
 In addition to the above, in a problem question, the answer:

  • Fails to identify several important issues
  • Fails to apply relevant legal rules and principles
  • Fails to make appropriate use of the relevant legal rules and principles
  • Fails to answer the question posed, e.g., it answers a different question from that set by the module convenor