Lecture 2: PROMOTERS & PRE-INCORPORATION CONTRACTS James Mendelsohn BS3/16 01484 473607 james.mendelsohn@hud.ac.uk • • • • • Corporate personality Artificial‚ separate legal personality Registration at Companies House Limited liability Salomon • Issues arising from separate‚ artificial legal personality A. PROMOTERS • Background • Definition - no statutory definition - 2 common law definitions • Twycross v Grant (1877) 2 CPD – someone who “undertakes to form a company with
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years‚ European countries had colonized 90 percent of Africa. The Congo became a direct possession of King Leopold II. His main economic mission was to extract rubber and ivory from the country‚ and do that in the cheapest way possible. Europeans did this through forced labor. Missionaries attempted to record the horrors but the king had stopped it before much evidence was leaked. King Leopold credited himself with ‘civilizing’ the Congo. This thought of needing to instill order and civilizing the
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In a published study featured in the Journal of Medicine‚ it was revealed that common spices can protect from heart disease and the deterioration brought about by aging. In the said study‚ researchers discovered a connection between the phenol content of certain herbs and spices and their capacity to prevent glycation and formation of AGE compounds that are responsible for premature aging and heart disease. As a way to manage your blood pressure‚ herbs and spices are a fantastic way to increase
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“Kenbe fem Jennifer pa lage. ” Five words in Creole I heard for the first time at the crack of dawn in the East Harlem Projects. I looked over my shoulder to see if my uncle or aunt were there but I noticed my grandfather leaning against the wall with his cane‚ next to a picture of his hometown. He looked up at me and winked. I stood in front of him in shock because he had barely spoken to me during the times I stayed with him. I needed someone to translate my grandfather’s Creole for me so I woke
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Chapter 8 Renewable Energy Part 1 Where do we get energy from ? PLANETARY ENERGY RESOURCES Non-Renewable Sources • Fossil-fuel sources of energy: • Coal • Gas • Oil • During earlier periods of the Earth’s history‚ fossilization of biological material created the deposits of coal‚ oil and gas‚ of which at least 1023 Joule is presently believed to be recoverable in a form suitable for fuel uses (Sorensen‚ 2011). • Nuclear energy may be released in large quantities from nuclear reactions (Sorensen
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leadership‚ but Austria blocked such a union. The Prussian emperor and army leaders foresaw the need for a greatly expanded army‚ but were blocked by a liberal legislature which refused to appropriate the funds."(Suffolk Community College) Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck was appointed prime minister of Prussia in 1862 by emperor William I. Otto von Bismarck was greatly known as a conservative German statesman. He knew that Austria was the main obstacle in unifying Germany under Prussian rule. Therefore‚ a
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Bach’s accepted the job in 1709 playing the organs for the court in Weimar during this time he completed the majority of his organ composition. Furthermore‚ Bach was promoted to concertmaster and was offered a promotion to Chapel Master by Prince Leopold working in various positions as a teacher‚ composer‚ and director until his
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other colonizer in Africa. After Leopold finally got the Belgian Congo running and making a profit‚ rumors began to reach Europe of atrocities occurring in the Congo River basin. However‚ these remote rumors had few witnesses‚ and fewer who spoke up because Belgium often gave them tax cuts and other benefits to keep them quiet and happy. It was not until 1904 when the British Foreign Office published a report on the Belgian Congo by Casement‚ that the skeletons in Leopold II’s closet became exposed. For
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and Botswana. The British controlled Nigeria and Ghana as well. France claimed Mauritania‚ Chad‚ Gabon and the Republic of Congo. The list continues but among them Belgium and King Leopold II claimed Democratic Republic of Congo. This acquisition was exploitation of Africa at it’s finest King Leopold II enslaved the Congolese people and used them to mine their natural resources of rubber. This slavery and subsequent abuse led to the death of over 10 million Congolese people. The
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Connor Avant 9/29/2013 US History Embarkation of the Pilgrims VIEW ON Robert W. Weir Artist Embarkation of the pilgrims is a painting by Robert W. Weir that was commissioned in 1836. It is a depiction of the Pilgrims before they depart from Holland for the New World. The artist is trying to get through a feeling of hope and that of adventure. The painting was painted and placed right after the Panic of 1837 started to fade from everyone’s mind and the country had started to heal. You can see the
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