assignment Find Regulations and Agencies For this assignment you will be locating a federal regulation. There are several ways you can locate regulations. You can choose to use federal and state government web sites. Sometimes you will find that the agency’s web site is the best source for finding and understanding current regulations. You can also search on Westlaw. Remember regulations are different from statutes. They are not in the United States Code or the state codes. Regulations are created
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OCCUPIERS LIABILITY The occupancy of premises is affected by two statues: 1) The occupier’s liability act 1957. Under this act there is a duty to keep safe and lawful visitors to the premises 2) The occupier’s liability act 1984. Where an occupier may owe a duty to protect trespassers onto the premises. LAWFUL VISITORS A lawful visitor has permission to enter premises. This can be expressed permission of implied. There are four situations covering implied permissions: 1) If the occupier
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competent people. The careless behavior alone of the waiter would not incur liability to ABC ltd. Only when it leads to the damage by negligence‚ which is actionable‚ would incur liability. In Donoghue v Stevenson‚ friends of Mrs. Donoghue bought her a bottle of ginger beer‚ which contained a composed snail and caused Mrs. Donoghue to be ill. Since Mrs. Donoghue did not buy the beer‚ she could not sue under contract law but in tort. The Court held that manufacturer owed duty of care to Mrs. Donoghue and
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Tort and Regulatory Risks This paper will address preventative‚ detective‚ and corrective measures for a company to manage regulatory risks. We will also review common business torts that occur in many businesses today. According to Jennings: Tort comes from the Latin term tortus‚ which means “crooked‚ dubious‚ twisted.” Torts are civil wrongs‚ actions that are not straight but twisted. This paper will also describe specific measures to manage torts and other regulatory risks that are identified
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Laws and Regulations Team A Linda Lee-Tucker‚ Natalia Alexander‚ Misty Pearson‚ Tiffany Miller HRM/554 February 21‚ 2011 Professor Stephanie Romagnoli Introduction British Petroleum is the US’s largest corporation. One of the largest oil producers‚ BP services globally for billions of dollars each year. BP distributes oil and natural gas all over the world. British Petroleum has run into several problems with federal regulations over many years. Because of safety issues
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Tort Law Report Terms of Reference This report is about the function of Tort Law and the responsibilities of an employer as an owner of work premises and work when working on a building site as well as legal responsibilities as an employer for his employees and their actions. The following areas have been researched: 1. General tortuous liability and contractual liability 2. Liability applicable to the owner of premises 3. Vicarious Liability and Health and Safety
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Army Regulation 385–55 Safety Prevention of Motor Vehicle Accidents Headquarters Department of the Army Washington‚ DC 12 March 1987 Unclassified SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 385–55 Prevention of Motor Vehicle Accidents This revision-o Establishes the requirement for commanders to annully recognize vehicle operators for outstanding driving records (para 2-5). o Broadens vehicle safety standards (para 2-8). o Provides new information on transporting hazardous materials
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Vicarious Liability‚ what is it? Vicarious commitment insinuates a condition where a business is considered responsible for the exercises or rejections of their specialists. In a workplace situation‚ a business can be held at danger for the exhibitions or prohibitions of its employee’s‚ whether it can be shown that the offenses happened over the range of their occupation. A case when a business can be held vicariously at risk cases can join exhibits of tormenting behavior‚ bullying‚ mercilessness
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Current Liabilities Week 3 Assignment Beverly Clarkson November 23‚ 2014 Daniel Carraher RUNNING HEAD: CURRENT LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Current liabilities
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Contingent Liability 1. Analyze why a company would prefer not to disclose its contingent liabilities. In order to understand why a company would or would not disclose his contingent liabilities it is important to know exactly what a contingent liability is. As I have learned throughout all of my accounting studies a liability is simply an obligation or debt that a business owes to an individual or an organization. Now there are many liabilities that include services‚ payroll‚ notes‚ and
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