Contract A contract is a promise between two or more persons involving the exchange of some good or service. Some of the basic elements of a contract include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides
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LAW OF CONTRACT NOTES INTRODUCTION. A contract is an agreement between two parties which is enforceable by law.An agreement is made when a person signifies his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything with a view of obtaining the assent of the other party. Such act or abstinence is said to make a proposal.The person making the proposal is called the offeror and the person accepting the proposal is called the offeree TYPES OF CONTRACTS: Contracts may be classified into: -Written
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Contents Executive summery 3 Introduction 3 LO 1 A valid contract in a Business Context 3 1.1 The importance of the essential elements required for the formation of a valid contract 3 1.2 Impact of different types of contract 4 1.3 Analyze terms in contracts 5 LO 2 Elements of a contract in Business situations 6 2.1 Elements of contract in given business scenarios 6 2.2 Law on terms in different contracts 6 2.3 Effect of different terms in given contracts 7 LO 3 Negligence in Business Activities 7 3.1 Contrast
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Contract Disputes Vanessa Bray Lee Strayer University BUS501-044 December 9‚ 2011 Dr. William Hadyn Roberts “CONTRACT DISPUTES REACH 15-YEAR HIGH”‚ was the heading of an article published‚ December 1‚ 2010 in the Government Executive. The heading in itself tells us that the government is doing more and more business by contract and as a result contractors who are lobbying for government business have become more aware of their rights to file disputes when it involves a loss of potential
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Valid Contracts Victoria Glaser American Intercontinental University Abstract A contact is a legal binding agreement made between two parties. A contract is only enforceable if both parties involved in the contract have agreed to give or receive something of value. When going into an agreement or contract it is important to know the type of contract. This paper will explore the various types of contracts and the meaning of each. Express or implied contracts‚ unilateral
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In Business‚ contracts can be considered as the heart of dealings and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional
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Part A Contracts are an integral part of business and everyday life‚ and are fundamental to construction as the industry relies on the formation of contracts for business agreements. “Contracts are based on the idea of a bargain‚ where each side must put something into the bargain. A contract may be defined as ’an agreement which is binding on the parties’” (Galbraith‚ 1998‚ pg78). There are a number of key components which must be present in the formation of such contracts. Firstly‚ there
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THE LAW OF CONTRACT IN GHANA (These notes have mainly been culled from Mrs. Christine Dowuona Hammond’s seminal work on the Law of Contracts.) INTRODUCTION Contracts are made by people every day‚ whether the parties recognise it or not. Each time one spends money on anything – a bus ticket‚ an airline ticket‚ a pair of shoes‚ a meal in a restaurant‚ laundry services‚ books‚ or signs a lease‚ etc. one concludes a valid and legally binding contract. Contracts may be oral or written;
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“The parties to an executory contract are often faced‚ in the course of carrying it out‚ with a turn of events which they did not at all anticipate – a wholly abnormal rise or fall in prices‚ a sudden depreciation of currency‚ an unexpected obstacle to the execution‚ or the like. Yet this does not in itself affect the bargain which they have made…” (per Lord Simon in British Movietonews Ltd. v. London and District Cinemas [1952] A.C. 166 at 185). Discuss this dictum and explain the respects in
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(6)Discharge by Agreement or Consent The contract rests on the agreement of the parties. The parties may get discharged from the obligations of performance of contract by agreement or mutual consent. By Agreement or Consent • By novation • By “accord and satisfaction” • By remission and waiver The discharge by consent may be express or implied. Discharge by consent:- (a)Novation: When a new contract is substituted for an existing one‚ either between the same parties or between the one of
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