Introduction to Legal Studies and Basic Contract Law- Course Work Assignment Mrs Hyndley is the owner of two properties that she rents to students in the Belfast area. In January 2008 she asks her friend and next door neighbour Frederick‚ a local estate agent‚ to collect the rents from her tenants while she goes off on a 6 month round the world cruise. She does not discuss terms or payment with Frederick. However‚ Frederick agrees and does collect the rents. When Mrs Hyndley returns to Belfast
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did common law become so rigid and inflexible? Answer: By the reign of henry II‚ the practice of sending the royal justice throughout the country “on circuit” began to result in fairly uniform body of law developing around the country- the common law. The judges were assisted in finding an agreement among them by keeping records known as plea rolls. They set out not only the facts of each case and judgement‚ but often the reasoning behind the judgement‚ in much the same way as the modern law reports
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system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed
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Law of Contract II Semester 2‚ 2011 Word Count: 1932 A party’s right to terminate a contract arises from a particular type of breach of contract by another party. The facts of the breach and the nature of the term breached in each case inform the party with whose contract has been terminated‚ as to whether it is lawful or not. Common law rights to terminate arise in one or more of the following three ways: * Any breach of a condition of the contract; * A serious breach of an intermediate
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committed. 1 It is predicated on the equitable maxim that equity treats as done that which ought to be done. 2 Therationale of the doctrine is that it would be unjust and unequitable to allow the enforcement of a written instrument which does not reflect or disclose the real meeting of the minds of the parties. 3 However‚ an action for reformation must be brought within the period prescribed by law‚ otherwise‚ it will be barred by the mere lapse of time. The issue in this case is whether or not the complaint
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Common Law vs. Civil Law There are nearly 200 nations in the world‚ each with their own distinct legal system based on one of the four major legal systems: common law‚ civil law‚ socialist law‚ and religious law. The majority of countries today follow either common law or civil law. Here in the United States we practice common law‚ as opposed to countries like France and Germany‚ which practice civil law. There are several differences between these two legal systems‚ however‚ common law in
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Misrepresentation Step 1. Determine whether the meaning of the representation is false or not – objective test Step 2. Three possibilities of a misrepresentation: 1) It is a term of the contract; 2) It constitutes a collateral contract; 3) Does not acquire contractual status at all. Step 3. Results: 1) Rescission of the contract; 2) Damages in tort (if the tort of deceit or the tort of negligence can be made out) Smith v Lane & House Property Corp This case deals with the situation
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This assignment involves me: * Explaining the law with respect to consumer protection * Analysing how consumers are protected in the event of a breach of contract for sale of goods * Describing remedies available for breach of contract * Analysing the remedies available to a business provider in the event of a breach of contract for the supply of goods or services Task 1 Heep Ltd want to leave some lorries for two weeks at micawbers garage‚ the following morning heep received a
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Semester Two 2012 word count:1470 words 1.in this situation‚ first we need to identify if there is a legal binding contract‚ a contract is a agreement which the law will enforce‚ a contract is a part of common law‚ common law is also called custom law‚ it is made by the judge to protect the community against the crimes‚ when an issue goes to court and there is no statue law that covers it‚ a judge will hear the case and issue a verdict. the record of this verdict becomes a precedent so that
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Electronic contracts & the Indian law This document is an extract from the book Ecommerce - Legal Issues authored by Rohas Nagpal. This book is available as courseware for the Diploma in Cyber Law and PG Program in Cyber Law conducted by Asian School of Cyber Laws www.asianlaws.org Ecommerce - Legal Issues 4. Electronic Contracts Contracts have become so common in daily life that most of the time we do not even realize that we have entered
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