and it is delivered to Eric at 10.30am. Viv opens for business at 10.00am on the Sunday. She reads Eric’s E-mail at 10.35am‚ but refuses to sell him the shortbread. She replies stating that the discount is no longer available. Eric sued Viv for breach of contract but at first instance the judge found for Viv on the following basis: (A) There was no contact between Viv and Eric since the notice in the paper was not an offer but invitation to treat; and (B) Even if the notice did amount to an offer
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Ethics cases: Sebasty v. Perschke Kurt Perschke‚ a grain broker‚ raised an action against Kenneth Sebasty for breach of an oral contract that the two parties entered into on September 28‚ 1972. In the contract‚ Sebasty would purchase 14‚000 bushels of wheat at $1.95 per bushel (Henry 27). The deal that was to go through after six months failed after Sebasty claimed that there was no contract between the two. The damages on the side of the buyer accrued to $14‚070.98. Sebasty failed to supply the
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TOPIC THREE: LAW OF AGENCY * Nature and Creation of an Agent * Duties of an Agent to his Principal * Duties of a Principal to his Agent * Termination of Agency Contract NATURE OF AGENCY What is an agency? Section 135 of Contract Act 1950: “Agency is the relationship which subsists between the principal and the agent who has been authorized to act for him or represent him in dealings with others.” There are two types of agency contracts:- 1. Contract between principal & agent
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Guidelines • Any one of the Ten questions can be selected. • There is no word limit‚ but an exhaustive analysis of every aspects of the subject matter is expected • Please note as per policy‚ plagiarism in any form in the assignments / projects / would lead to the rejection of the same. Hence please make it a point to avoid plagiarism and include references wherever applicable. Questions 1. Dreams Cocktail Ltd is a production house based in Hollywood and
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and after examining the offer Wrench refused to accept‚ and informed Hyde of this on 27 June.On the 29th Hyde agreed to buy the farm for $1000 without any additional agreement from Wrench ‚and after Wrench refused to sell the farm to him he sued for breach of contract. Judgment Lord Langdale ruled that any counter-offer cancels the original offer. IV.Revocation of Offer S5(1)Contract Act 1950 provides “a proposal may be revoked at any time before the communication of its acceptance is complete as against
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employs B as manager of his factory for a term of three years at a monthly salary of Rs 3‚000. Without any lapse on the part of B‚ A dismisses him after two years of service. B could not get an alternate job elsewhere and files a suit for damages for breach of contract against A. Will he succeed? If yes‚ assess the amount of damages recoverable by him. An agent refused to hand over the account books of the business to the new agent sent in his place‚ unless the principal released him from all liabilities
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dismissal as company secretary. H will have considerable difficulty‚ as we have seen‚ in blocking an amendment of the articles to delete this provision; but she may have an action for damages if the amendment (or dismissal without the amendment) is a breach of contract. However‚ H may not have an enforceable contractthere is no difficulty if she has a service contract independent of the articles (which is improbable) but‚ if she wishes to rely on the articles as providing the contract‚ she faces two
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Running head: Scuppernong Grapes Jennifer K. Smith Liberty University Scuppernong Grapes 28 January 2014 The Scuppernong Grapes Distribution Company should discontinue business with Don. Don did not act in good faith when requesting a minor to sign a contract. Don may be able to pursue some legal action against the grape distribution company‚ but it is in a good position to defend itself. Additionally‚ while Don does not claim to be a Christian and should therefore not necessarily
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CET 111-ITGC CASE 2: WASTE MANAGEMENT SUES SAP FOR ALLEGED FRAUD AND BREACH OF CONTRACT 1. What actions should WMI have taken to lessen the risk of this project and avoid these problems? ANSWER: WMI should test first some of SAP’s software before letting each party sign their contracts. This will help to lessen the risk of the project and to avoid problems in the future. They should do some research about SAP and test the program. 2. What sort of losses has WMI incurred from the delay
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Tutorial 8 1. The contract provides that for every day of delay in completion of a commercial building‚ damages of $1000 are payable. The completion is delayed by 20 days due to the fault of the contractor. How much can the innocent party claim if the actual loss suffered is $22‚000? Do you think generally‚ it is wise for a business to always have a liquidated damages clause? 2. At Your Service Pte Ltd is a big company which provides various travel related services‚ including overseas tour
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