DUTIES OF DIRECTOR Introduction Duties and liabilities are imposed on officers of a company‚ including directors‚ both by common law and statute. Thus‚ directors owe their companies fiduciary duties at common law. These duties are further supplemented by the Act. Officer –section 4(1) FD duty of care skill and diligence statutory duty The fiduciary duties of directors may be conveniently examined under the following categories. Director owe a duty to: Act bona fide and in the interests
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profit. Canny Gabrial Castle v Volume Sales(p200): Canny Gabrial argued that the 2 companies were joint ventures Decision: Agreement was partnership Polkinghorne v Holland(p205): Was the giving of financial advice outside the ordinary business of the law firm‚ such that the partners would be jointly liable Decision: Held that the firm was liable for the actions of hollan’s son Lec 5 Chap 13 Balfour v Balfour(256): At the time of the agreement‚ did the parties intend the arrangement
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Guide to Doing Business Bangladesh Prepared by Lex Mundi member firm‚ Amir & Amir Law Associates This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world. View the complete series at: www.lexmundi.com/GuidestoDoingBusiness. Lex Mundi is the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+ countries. Through close collaboration‚ our
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Contract Elements Business Law is an interesting topic‚ especially when contracts are the subject of discussion. Contracts can obligate a party to perform a task‚ stop performing a task. They can be a guideline on a specific business sale or as simple as ordering something online. When things go wrong and contracts are claimed to be broken‚ the first thing we look into is whether it was a valid contract to begin with. For a contract to be considered valid there are 4 main elements it must contain
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Charles Potter Business Law Education‚ Software Piracy‚ and the Law This paper is intended as a primer for copyright law in the form of a short story. An elementary school teacher illegitimately copies a piece of software for educational purposes and is discovered. Issues such as the fair use doctrine‚ copyright law‚ and cyberlaw are covered. The section provides a realistic legal defense for the fictional situation that drives the paper.
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Introduction to Business Law- Assignment 1B Advise TLC Ltd. as to any possible action they may have for misrepresentation against answer Ltd. _____________________________________________________________________ Treitel in The Law of Contract (2003) defines a contract as: “An agreement giving rise to obligations which are enforced or recognised by law. The factor which distinguishes contractual from other legal obligations is that they are based on the agreement of the contracting
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CONTRACT – REMEDIES (Pg 183) Damages |Damages is the principal common law remedy for a breach of contract. It refers to the monetary compensation payable by the defaulting party. | |Assessment |Aim of unliquidated damages | | |The general principle of assessment is that the injured party is to be placed in the same financial position he
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Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Question 1 (a) Consideration is one of the four main elements to be present in order to have a legally binding contract. Consideration can be anything of value (such as an item) which each party must agree to exchange for the contract to be valid. For consideration to be sufficient‚ both parties have to have an agreement. If only one party agrees to it‚ then the agreement is not consider a legally binding contract. Something must be given or promise in exchange
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1- Contract law provide rules to determine which contract terms will be enforced and which promises must be kept. True or False 2- A is an assertion that something either will or will not happen in the future. A: 3- A contract needs two requirement and Agreement is required to form a contract‚ regardless of whether it is formed in the traditional A: 4- which is generally defined
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an antiquated response. However‚ discrimination can and does still happen in a company‚ and is not limited to gender discrimination. Consequently‚ every company is very careful about their operations and employee treatment in today’s business world. Many business entities have put together a human resource department to properly manage and take care of their most valuable resource‚ their employees. Over the years the government has also helped ensure that employees get proper treatment. Measures
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