the American one‚ United Kingdom’s (UK) and Hong Kong’s (HK) do not recognize the approach of general principle of good faith in contract law‚ as illustrated in Walford v Miles1. Yet‚ good faith should be promoted in UK and HK because one should value fairness in the whole course of dealing‚ from the point of pre-contractual negotiations till the discharge of he contracts. This essay aims at showing the merits of a good faith doctrine and possible implications on the UK and HK legal system so as to
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Formation of contract‚ requirements of writing and personal bar (formative written exercise) The main point of this scenario is whether Alana‚ the previous inhabitant of the home‚ and Edwina‚ the current inhabitant‚ had formed a contract whereby the right of ownership had been passed over to Edwina. After two days of Edwina living in the house she received a letter from Alana telling her they had not formed a contract and that she would have to leave the premises. Over the course of this essay
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Defective Contracts Contract Classification Basis of Defect Status of the Contract Legal Effects Prescriptive Period Ratifiability A.Rescissible There is damage or injury either to one of the contracting parties or to a third person. Valid Considered valid and enforceable until they are rescinded by a competent court. The action for prescription may prescribe. NO 1. Contracts entered into in behalf of wards 2. Contracts agreed upon in representation of absentees 3. Contracts undertaken
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over eighteen and are of sound mind and in the each scenario they intend to enter a legally binding contract. For a contract to come into existence there have to be three steps involved: • Agreement (Offer and Acceptance) • Consideration • Intention to create legal relations All three scenarios are supported by “consideration”. The general idea of consideration is that contracts involve an exchange in which both parties give something in exchange for the promise of the other
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Common Contracts paper Alyssa Baker-Brake LAW/421 Lina Malanzo 07/01/13 Contracts are a written promise to do something‚ or not to do something. The purpose of the contract is to ensure that both parties will perform the duties that they have promised to do‚ or to prevent something that was promised to prevent. Contracts are here to ensure that people follow through with their word when they promise to do something. With a contract‚ you can make a promise a legal obligation. I have personally
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INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE OF QUASI CONTRACTS:- Under the general heading of the Quasi contract there has been grouped a number of cases which have little or no affinity with contract. A simple illustration is afforded by the action to recover money paid by mistake. If the plaintiff on an erroneous interpretation of the facts‚ pays to the defendant a sum of money which he does not really owe‚ law‚ no less than justice‚ will require he defendant to restore it. But his obligation is manifestly not
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It is trite law that an insurer under a contract of indemnity insurance‚ who has satisfied the claim of the insured‚ is entitled to be placed in the insured’s position in respect of all rights and remedies against other parties which were vested in the insured in relation to the subject-matter of the insurance1. Where the insured has proceeded against the third party after the insurer had paid out the claim and without the insurer’s authority as happened in Visser v Incorporated General Insurances
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enter into a short futures contract to sell July silver for $17.20 per ounce. The size of the contract is 5‚000 ounces. The initial margin is $4‚000‚ and the maintenance margin is $3‚000. What change in the futures price will lead to a margin call? What happens if you do not meet the margin call? Problem 5.2. What is the difference between the forward price and the value of a forward contract? Problem 5.3. Suppose that you enter into a six-month forward contract on a non-dividend-paying stock
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CIPD Factsheet The psychological contract Revised July 2011 ------------------------------------------------- What is the psychological contract? The term ’psychological contract ’ was first used in the early 1960s but became more popular following the economic downturn in the early 1990s. It has been defined as ’…the perceptions of the two parties‚ employee and employer‚ of what their mutual obligations are towards each other ’1. These obligations will often be informal and imprecise:
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DISCHARGE OF A CONTRACT Normally the completion of a contract is straightforward as parties carry out their tasks as required. There are four main different ways of ending a contract: a) Discharge by performance b) Discharge by agreement c) Discharge by breach d) Discharge by frustration DISCHARGE BY PERFORMANCE For this the courts expect performance to be exact and complete. This means that it must match contractual obligations RE MOORE AND LANDAUER (1921) If requiring a contract to be complete
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