Occupiers Liability for Dangerous Premises Occupiers’ liability is a field of tort law‚ codified in statute‚ which concerns the duty of care that those who occupy (through ownership or lease) real property owe to people who visit or trespass. It deals with liability that may arise from accidents caused by the defective or dangerous condition of the premises. By the expression “Premises” in the context of this topic is meant‚ not only‚ land and buildings but also vehicles‚ railway carriages‚ scaffolding
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1. Why do their members deserve limited liability? Is it fair that LLCs do not pay income taxes? A small business deserve limited liability because it’s used like a risk protection for their business as well as the owners. “It allows owners‚ called members‚ to have limited liability just like corporations’ (Lau‚ 2012‚ p. 367). There are so many new incorporated business laws that a business have to face on a daily basic. LLCs helps small businesses with the amount of liability that they face by decreasing
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The roles of agencies that could be involved in a fire investigation There are multiple agencies that can work with fire investigators. Each of these can either help with preservation of life‚ collection of evidence and finding the cause of the fire as well as helping fix any damage made and try to prevent it. Each of the agencies that will be mentioned help out with these. Police The police are usually the first people on the scene other than the fire services‚ depending on how long it will
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXIV‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 2009 Agency Problems at Dual-Class Companies RONALD W. MASULIS‚ CONG WANG‚ and FEI XIE∗ ABSTRACT Using a sample of U.S. dual-class companies‚ we examine how divergence between insider voting and cash f low rights affects managerial extraction of private benefits of control. We find that as this divergence widens‚ corporate cash holdings are worth less to outside shareholders‚ CEOs receive higher compensation‚ managers make shareholder value-destroying
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DISCUSS THE CAUSES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRINCIPAL AGENCY PROBLEM (10) Principal agency problem refers to a conflict arising when people appointed (agents) and entrusted to look after the interests of others (principals) use the authority‚ power or resources for their own benefit instead. It is a pervasive problem and exists in practically every organisation whether a business‚ church‚ club or government. Organisations try to solve it by instituting measures such as tough screening processes
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The Agency Cost Problem or Principal-Agent Problem‚ which is believed‚ arises from the separation of ownership and control‚ could be mitigated in many ways. In their paper Jensen and Meckling (1976) mention that if a company fully owned by its managers‚ they will work on maximizing its value. But if a fraction of this equity owned by managers is sold to outsiders‚ the risk borne by them now will have fewer fractions than before. This will be one of the main reasons for management to act on maximizing
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Nowadays‚ many students prefer to work in a large corporation compared to starting their own business. This is because if they want to create their own business‚ they required experience and a lot of bankroll to control their business. Although there are many students who prefer working in a large corporation‚ somehow there are still advantages and disadvantage working in such corporation. First of all‚ work in a large corporation will give us a great working experience. In fact‚ such experience
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Draft Limited Liability‚ Rights of Control and the Problem of Corporate Irresponsibility Paddy Ireland Abstract There is has long been a tendency to see the corporate legal form as presently constituted as economically determined‚ as the more or less inevitable product of the demands of advanced technology and economic efficiency. Through an examination of its historical emergence‚ focusing in particular on the introduction of general limited liability and the development of the modern
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[pic] The advantage and disadvantages of a corporation diversifying internationally JING YIN Table of Conten 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Body of Content 3.0 Conclusion 4.0 Reference 1. Introduction Diversification‚ as a risk management means‚ mainly concerns the alteration and experimentation of various kinds of investments that are included in a specified
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Tort Liability and Contract Liability A tort is a legal term for "a wrong." The "tort law" is composed of state statutes and court decisions that gives one the right to sue someone who causes harm to them‚ whether it’s a drunk driver‚ a corporation that manufactures a defective product‚ a credit card company that overcharges you‚ or a government bureaucrat that breaks the law or a school official such as a teacher or principal. The law of the state in which the school is located determines a school’s
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