disease‚ and in no ascertained case was the disease contracted by those using the carbolic smoke ball”.2 The advertisement went on to inform the reader that the Carbolic Smoke Ball company offered “£100 pound reward will be paid to any person who contracts the increasing epidemic influenza‚ colds or any disease caused by taking cold‚ after having used the ball three times daily for two weeks according to the printed directions supplied with each ball. £1‚000 is deposited with the Alliance Bank‚ Regent
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legally enforceable agreement. A legally enforceable agreement‚ or a contract‚ can be broken down in to five elements; offer‚ acceptance‚ consideration‚ capacity to contract and intention to create legal relations. In this scenario there doesn’t appear to be an issue with capacity to contract and intention to create legal relations‚ so we can assume that they are both satisfied. The issues concerning this scenario are the concept of an offer‚ acceptance and consideration. When looking at the issues and
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Introduction To Contract Law: A contract is ’a promise or set of promises which the law will enforce’ (Pollock Principles of Contract (13th Edn) 1). The expression ’contract’ may‚ however‚ be used to describe any or all of the following: 1. that series of promises or acts themselves constituting the contract; 2. the document or documents constituting or evidencing that series of promises or acts‚ or their performance; 3. the legal relations resulting from that series. A contract may be defined
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Q. What is a general offer? How is a contract created through general offer? Refer to leading cases. An offer may be made to the world at large. Such an offer is a general offer. However‚ a contract is not done with the whole world but only with the person who comes forward and accepts the offer. The acceptance might be express or implied. As per Anson‚ "An offer need not be made to an asertained person‚ but no contract can arise until it is accepted by an ascertained person". Case of Carllil
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Contract: enforcing bargains made between parties. Requirements for a valid contract • AGREEMENT between the parties • Requirement of CERTAINTY – terms of the contract/what’s going to happen during the life of the contract • INTENTION to create legal relations (formal agreement where they expect the law to be involved) • CONSIDERATION (giving each other party something of value which underlies promise they are making) AGREEMENT: (bargain negotiated between two parties) Looking at it objectively:
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Question TWO What is a "Breach of Contract"? A business contract creates certain obligations that are to be fulfilled by the people or companies who entered into the agreement. In the eyes of the law‚ a party’s failure to fulfil an end of the bargain under a contract is known as a "breach" of the contract. Depending on the specifics of the contract‚ a breach can occur when a party fails to perform on time‚ does not perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement‚ or does not perform at all
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Lecture 8 Law of Contract: Genuine Consent INTRODUCTION Although the contract may have the essentials of a valid offer‚ acceptance‚ legal intentions and consideration‚ its validity or enforceability may be affected by a number of factors. The agreement may be wanting in genuine consent between the parties. That is‚ although the parties may appear to have reached an agreement‚ it may not have been genuinely achieved because of misconduct‚ pressure‚ unfairness‚ or fear by those involved
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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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Introduction Offer and Acceptance Introduction: For a contract to be legally binding there needs to be 4 ingredients: 1. Offer 2. Acceptance 3. Intention to create legal relations 4. Consideration Building on this‚ in order to prove that a contract is legally binding 5 things need to be proven: 1. That an agreement has been reached. This is usually done by demonstrating that one of the parties has made an offer which the other accepted. 2. The agreement has been
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following article will address the basics of what makes a contract valid. In addition‚ this paper will include an example of a contract as well as which sections make it a valid contract. Then‚ a contract made between my husband and me‚ to demonstrate a simple contract. This paper will also go into the factors that make a verbal contract lawful. MGM230-0903B-04_P2-IP Many factors make up a valid contract‚ or a promise in which the law will enforce. First there needs to be an agreement between
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