courts have established that for negligent conduct to be actionable‚ there must be a duty to take care resting on the defendant‚ which must be breached‚ which must cause damage‚ where the damage must not be too remote form the breach. These requirements carry significant policy controls : of autonomy‚ causation‚ foreseeability and proximity which will be discussed in due course. The courts first recognised such a duty in Hevan v Pender though it was in Donoghue v Stevenson that the law of negligence
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Case Analysis #1: Will GM’s Strategic Plan Lead to Future Success? Ivy Tech Community College Business 105-00F In an ever changing world‚ where a business can appear one day and are gone the next‚ General Motors has adopted a strategy to avoid this catastrophe. Knowing if they wanted to stay in the game‚ they would have to make a few sacrifices and changes for the better future of the company. 1) Which of the four basic strategy types were used by GM? Explain your rational
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selfless service‚ and responsibility‚ which are three of my army values. I know that I must put my units‚ and my battle buddies needs before my own in order to accomplish the mission successfully and smoothly. I know that when I failed to show up for duty that I not only showed lack of responsibility but also a lack of discipline. The decisions you and I make every single day do not just affect ourselves‚ we must remember that our actions can affect everybody around us. This statement holds most
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1. Arthur Young was criticized for not encouraging Lincoln to invoke the substance-over-form principle when accounting for its large real estate transactions. Briefly describe the substance over form concept and exactly what it requires. What responsibility‚ if any‚ do auditors have when a client violates this principle? Substance-over-form is an accounting principle used to ensure that financial statements give a complete‚ relevant‚ and accurate picture of transactions and events. If an entity
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products‚ some of which are made only to order‚ the company uses a job-order costing system. On July 1‚ the start of the company’s fiscal year‚ inventory account balances were as follows: Raw Materials | £10‚000 | Work in Process | £4‚000 | Finished Goods | £8‚000 | The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours. Its predetermined overhead rate for the fiscal year starting July 1 was based on a cost formula that estimated £99‚000 of manufacturing overhead for an estimated
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“Officer” includes directors‚ secretaries‚ receivers‚ administrators‚ liquidators‚ administrating trustees. ❖ S 9: “Director” includes shadow & de facto directors. enforcement of directors’ duties enforcement of statutory duties Civil penalties Who may apply for a Declaration or Order? ❖ S 1317J(1): ASIC may apply for a declaration of contravention‚ a pecuniary penalty order or a compensation order. ❖ S 1317J(2): The company may apply for a compensation order. ❖ S 1317J(3): The
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DUTY OF CARE A Tort is a civil wrong‚ which is an action brought to enforce‚ redress or protect rights or noncriminal litigation. There are many Torts‚ however‚ of importance is Negligence. Negligence is the failure to do something a person of ordinary prudence would do. Negligence protect against personal injury‚ damage to property and economic loss. In order to establish negligence four elements must be established. Firstly‚ the plaintiff must prove that a duty of care was owed. Secondly‚ the
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The duties of a constable vary from one region to the next. In some counties‚ the constable is an elected official while in others‚ he or she is a part of the court system. Constables and sheriffs often have similar duties and responsibilities‚ but in some states there is only a sheriff and no constables. Traffic Officer Constables can make traffic stops within the city that they have jurisdiction. In some cases‚ that might be a city or county with rural areas that aren’t patrolled by the state
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Unit 54 – Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. A duty of care is an obligation that any child or young person that is in your care is well looked after and is not harmed in a particular task. Within the setting in which I work I would carry out daily checks to ensure that my setting from the inside and
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Case #1‚ Part 1 “Don’t tell me we’ve lost another bid!” exclaimed Sandy Kovallas‚ president of Lenko Products‚ Inc. “I’m afraid so‚” replied Doug Martin‚ the operations vice president. “One of our competitors underbid us by about $10‚000 on the Hastings job.” “I just can’t figure it out‚” said Kovallas. “It seems we’re either too high or get the job or too low to make any money on half the jobs‚ we bid anymore. What’s happened?” Lenko Products manufactures specialized goods to customers’ specifications
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