common law‚ a contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that sets an exchange of promises of what each party will or will not do".(Elliott‚2011‚p.13) The contract can be unilateral and bilateral. if the oferee can accept simply by promising to perform‚ the contract is bilateral. Bilateral contract is a "promise for a promise"‚ and in order to be formed‚ is not need for consideration to be made at the time when the promises are exchanged . In a unilateral contract‚one party
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delay must be compensated. The amount of compensation is usually set in advance and called ‘liquidated damages’ - Use a straightforward calendar date to name the delivery date: 15th September 2010‚ for example. The parties often plan for the contract to come into existence in two steps: the signature date and the date of coming into force. The date of coming into force is not usually a calendar date‚ but the date on which the last precondition is met. Common preconditions are: + Receipt
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Identify and explain any FOUR (4) characteristics of a partnership. A partnership means a business is founded by two or more individuals‚ for example like small businesses which including retail or services business. There are certain characteristic for partnership‚ the first characteristic is partnership is limited life. Partnership may only established in certain year based on the partnership agreement. Partnership is easy to be terminate if one of the partner is death‚ bankruptcy or do not carry
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1. Lakshminarayan Ram Gopal and Son Ltd V. The Government of Hyderabad‚ AIR 1954 SC 364 FACTS: An Agency agreement was entered into between the Mills Company and the appellants appointing the appellants it’s Agents for a period of 30 years. The appellants throughout worked only as the Agents of the Mills Company and for the Fasli years 1351 and 1352 they received their remuneration under the terms of the Agency agreement. Notice was sent to the appellants to pay the amount of tax appertaining to
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Fixed-Price Contract or Cost-Reimbursement Contract Willie Glover BUS 501 February 20‚ 2011 Dr. Nick Nayak Abstract Fixed-price contracts and cost-reimbursements are two different forms of contracts used by the federal government while determining contract pricing. Contracting officers may use either when contracting however there are several types of fixed-price contracts. Fixed-price type of contracts provide for a firm price or an adjustable price. Fixed-price contracts consist of firm-fixed-price
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grounds of void contract under Nepalese Contract Act by illustrating the cases. Any contract which is not enforceable by law is said to be void. A void contract is one which has no legal effect whatsoever owing to the fact that a transaction which is void. Even if they satisfy some of the conditions of a valid contract‚ they are not enforceable. In the eye of law such contract is no contract at all. There are some contracts which have been declared as void by section 13 of Nepalese Contract Act 2056.
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A Collateral contract A collateral contract is one where the parties to one contract enter into or promise to enter into another contract. Thus‚ the two contracts are connected and it maybe enforced even though it forms no constructive part of the original contract. According to Lord Denning MR in the case of Evans & Sons Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 1078 a collateral contract is ‘When a person gives a promise‚ or an assurance to another‚ intending that he should act on it by entering
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ont Contract Paper Michael Labbe University of Phoenix Business Law HRM 531 Donna Ross January 28‚ 2013 Contract Paper Contracts regardless if they are written or verbal have the same basic components. The four components are (1) Mutual assent‚ (2) Agreement‚ (3) Exchange‚ and (4) Non-violation of public law. If the key components of a contract are met they will be enforceable in a court of law. In modern society it is more commonplace for contracts to be written so all parties
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Six Essential Elements of an Enforceable Contract In normal everyday life contracts are utilized for various situations and reasons. Some contracts are more binding as compared to others based on the six elements of offer‚ acceptance‚ consideration‚ the parties’ capacity to contract‚ the parties’ intent to contract and the object of the contract. This paper examines the above mentioned elements using a contract existing between a customer and a phone dealer. The phone dealer dealt with used but
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Elements of a Contract Bus 670 Legal Environment Abstract In order for a contract to be valid‚ it must meet certain standards. Contracts can be formed by two parties for multiple reasons‚ but must hold up to the same standards in court to be valid. The first element of the contract is the offer. The offer is very important because it is where the contract initializes‚ and is presented to the offeree by the offeror (Mallor et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 307). The second element is acceptance. In this
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