Fiduciary Duties of Directors 1) Duty to act in good faith in the interests of the company In Re W & M Roith Ltd [1967] 1 All ER 427‚ the controlling director of a company had given many years services without having a service contract. He was then given a service agreement providing for payment of a pension to his widow if he died while still a director. He was already in poor health at this time and he died two months later. The pension was paid for several years and then the company went into
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time affect a person’s life for years to come. In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger captures the story of Holden Caulfield‚ who throughout his travels to New York‚ is compelled by his thoughts of characters who are never introduced to readers. The absent characters are as impressed upon him as much as he is affected by those who are among him in the city. The situations in which the characters are introduced are often when Holden is faced with uncomfortable or adult situations. He reminds himself
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Summary of Main Points from the article: Reading from the Drop: Poetics of Identification and Yeats’s “Leda and the Swan” – Janet Neigh Janet identifies with Leda and her experience of sexist victimization allowing her to explore how Leda might symbolize the female-identified reader trying to establish agency from a text that in its representation of rape undermines her agency as a woman. The sonnet seems to explore the intersection of feminist and postcolonial power structures‚ and yet the politics
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fragment of what I thought I needed but in all reality became as pointless as the conclusion to book that I’ll never finish My father has managed for eighteen years to be a part of my life without being a part of my life. He lives right around the corner from me in a two story home that’s painted light brown. It looked like s fluffy double stacked pancakes and when the sun hit the satellite dish on the top of the roof it made the top half of the house shine like syrup running off the top. For a while all
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Should prisoners convicted of crime be given another chance after being appointed life in prison? Outline I. Introduction Prisoners should be given another chance depending on their crime because they could go to rehabilitation programs‚ deaths during criminal acts might be unintentional and it could create less tension in prison. First‚ and foremost‚ as human beings careless mistakes are bound to happen. Some prisoners are remorseful and learn that the act of vengeance was not the appropriate approach
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The duty of care and the search for certainty: Sullivan v Moody‚ Cooper v Hobart‚ and problems in the South Pacific. Andrew Barker In this article‚ Andrew Barker‚ from the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago‚ considers two recent decisions on the duty of care in negligence: Sullivan v Moody‚ from the High Court of Australia‚ and Cooper v Hobart‚ from the Supreme Court of Canada. In these decisions‚ the two courts have re-evaluated their approach to the duty of care in negligence‚ and suggested
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Should Judges be Appointed or Elected Introduction and Outline Since the United States Democracy was first established‚ legislators and constituents have asked the question “Should judges be appointed or elected?”. Many state legislators have argued that since judges make decisions that directly affect constituents‚ they must be elected and nonpartisan races are held for judgeships. On the other hand‚ the United States Constitution states that all federal judges shall be appointed to the bench and
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Directors’ duties in Australia are designed to promote good governance and ensure that directors act in the interests of the company – including putting the company’s interests ahead of their own (A Guide to Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities‚ 2008). In the case of OHS Solutions Pty. Ltd. in order to give advice it must first be known what are the duties and responsibilities of a director and officer. There are three sources of law in which directors’ duties are enforced: the common-law (judge
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to their professionalism and ability to behave according to a certain etiquette‚ in order to effectively promote their interests. Also‚ international law grants diplomats extensive privileges and immunities‚ which further distinguished the diplomat from the status of an ordinary citizen. (www.telegraph.co.uk/news) In the context of U.S. military history‚ foreign policy can be defined as “the goals the nation’s officials seek to attain abroad‚ the values that give rise to those objectives‚ and the
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1.1 - 1.2 A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on a carer requiring that they adhere to a good quality and standard of care. It is my duty to safeguard and to take care of vulnerable adults and to ensure that their needs and well being are looked after‚ it is my responsibility to ensure I exercise a good standard of care with respect to individuals safety‚ best interest and personal choices‚ this includes protecting individuals within my care from any harm or abuse that may occur and avoiding
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