Contracts Part II Rachel Wellman Unit 5 Case Study Business Law November 6‚ 2010 Millie contracted to sell Frank 10‚000 bushels of corn to be grown on Millie’s farm. Due to a drought during the growing season‚ Millie’s yield was much less than anticipated‚ and she could deliver only 250 bushels to Frank. Frank accepted the lesser amount but sued Millie for breach of contract. Can Millie defend successfully on the basis of outcome impossibility of performance? Explain. Discuss the elements
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CIPD Factsheet The psychological contract Revised July 2011 ------------------------------------------------- What is the psychological contract? The term ’psychological contract ’ was first used in the early 1960s but became more popular following the economic downturn in the early 1990s. It has been defined as ’…the perceptions of the two parties‚ employee and employer‚ of what their mutual obligations are towards each other ’1. These obligations will often be informal and imprecise:
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CONTRACTS OF INDEMNITY Definition Section 124 of the Contract Act defines a contract of indemnity as a contract by which one party promises to save the other party from loss caused to him by the conduct of the promisor himself‚ or by the conduct of any other person. P. contracts to indemnify Q against the consequences of any proceeding which R may. take against Q in respect of a certain sum of Rs. 200. This is a Contract of Indemnity: P is called the indemnifier and Q the Indemnity-holder. Characteristics
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causes her losing a considerable sum of money. The main issue in this question is whether Theresa able to sue for her damages. Law and Implication For there to be a valid contract between Theresa and AirMalaysia‚ there must be a proposal‚ acceptance and consideration. Proposal is defined in Section 2 (a) Contract Act 1950 as when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence
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Employee Resourcing – The Psychological Contract How can we define the psychological contract? Is it the set of mutual obligations/expectations and more often than not aspirations between employer and employee that extend beyond the formal‚ written contract of employment? This is the general consensus with modern scholars and workers alike‚ but just how far is this assertion true? The problem is trying to evaluate what the psychological contract actually is and what it stands for in our
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INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE OF QUASI CONTRACTS:- Under the general heading of the Quasi contract there has been grouped a number of cases which have little or no affinity with contract. A simple illustration is afforded by the action to recover money paid by mistake. If the plaintiff on an erroneous interpretation of the facts‚ pays to the defendant a sum of money which he does not really owe‚ law‚ no less than justice‚ will require he defendant to restore it. But his obligation is manifestly not
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Mistake in contract law‚ is a factual misunderstanding that may lead to a failure of a meeting of the minds. Unilateral mistake is mean that is only one party is mistaken‚ but the other party knows‚ or ought reasonably to be aware of the mistake. Contract may be void or voidable. Void is a contract that is no legal effect. While‚ voidable is an agreement that may be affirmed or rejected at the option of one of the party. The reason why Lord Denning took the view that these two cases could not be
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------------------------------------------------- HND BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW | Aspects of Contract and Negligence | | | HND BUSINESS - CONTRACT LAW Case 1 1.1 Introduction A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more people in writing or in words that includes a valid offer and acceptance. The essential elements of a binding contract are: 1. Offer and Acceptance 2. Consideration given by both sides 3. The intention to create legal relationship 4. Privity
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Full of Ourselves PLUS is a prevention program centered around adolescent girls ages 11-13. The objective of this program is to teach adolescent girls‚ “to integrate eating disorder and obesity prevention programs with the goal of improving body-esteem‚ physical activity‚ and nutritional habits for adolescent females”(Reel et al. (2010) pg. 110). They did this by holding an 8-week program with 1.5 hour sessions every week‚ where they engaged in activities such as: building their own snack‚ group
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international contract is a contract that has a foreign element‚ that is to say that the contract is in contact with one or more order (s) legal (s) abroad (s). Specifically‚ the foreign element may be resident abroad‚ a party to the contract‚ nationality‚ place of contract conclusion‚ and many other possibilities. The commercial contract is a contract for a commercial transaction or a contract made by a trader for the purposes of his trade. Therefore an international commercial contract is the addition
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