The first step to establish negligence is to decide whether the defendant owe a duty of care to the plaintiff. The defendant is obliged to take reasonable care to its neighbor. Neighbors are persons who are so closely and directly affected by ma act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question: Donoghue v Stevenson. Thus‚ the damages occurred must be reasonably foreseeable. In this case
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CONTRACTS IN BUSINESS On the 10th of September an offer was distinguished between Huddersford Electronics Ltd (HE ltd) and Gem Computer Stores (GCS). The offer was an invitation to treat as there is an entitlement that an offer could accepted and therefore‚ a contract could be formed. An offer is formed as HE ltd posted an offer to sell 10 laptops to GCS‚ keeping the offer open until the 24th September. A statement is made by HE ltd who is giving information to GCS expressing an intention to sell
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A contract intends to formalize an agreement of two or more parties‚ in relation to a particular subject. Contracts can cover an extremely broad range of matters including the sale of goods or real property‚ the terms of employment or of an independent contractor relationship‚ the settlement of a dispute and ownership of intellectual property developed as part of work for hire. Essential Elements of a Contract * Clear certain and communicated agreement. Meaning that the parties are consensus
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Contracts Summary DAMAGES – REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT THE INTERESTS PROTECTED Fuller and Perdue‚ “The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages” There are three principle purposes in awarding contract damages: restitution interest – object is the prevention of unjust enrichment by the defaulting promisor at the expense of the promisee reliance interest – object is to put the plaintiff in a good position as he was before the promise was made expectation interest – object is to put the
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There were areas where care could have been provided to meet the needs of the couple as a whole and the caregiver as the primary person taking care of the patient. The couple needed to be addressed about discharge planning from admission so that they would have more time to prepare for the transition. This would have provided them with more time to digest and accept their circumstances‚ allow time for all the questions to be thought of and asked‚ and to gather all the available resource and information
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY Patient Name: Adela Torres Patient ID: 132463 Date Admitted: 06/22/2013 Date Discharged: 06/25/2013 Admitting Physician: Leon Medina‚ MD‚ Internal Medicine Consultations: Sachi Kato‚ MD‚ Dermatology Procedures: Intravenous hydration. Complications: None. Admitting Diagnosis: Stomatitis‚ possibly methotrexate related. HOSPITAL COURSE: This 57-year-old Cuban female was admitted from my office for treatment of severe stomatitis and mild volume
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Q&A 2 Certainty of terms and intention Introduction Contractual certainty If businessmen are often not overly-concerned with the niceties of offer and acceptance it follows that their contracts may not be all-embracing and complete in every respect. The parties may have reached an agreement in principle and then prefer to rely on experience from previous dealings‚ business practice and goodwill. The law’s overall policy is to uphold bargains wherever possible and although businessmen tend to
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“A data breach is an incident in which sensitive‚ protected or confidential data has potentially been viewed‚ stolen or used by an individual unauthorized to do so.” (“What is a Data Breach?”) Cyber Criminals can potentially hack cars‚ phones‚ computers‚ bank accounts and even baby monitors. (Murdock) With all of these things under attack‚ it can be hard to escape without any personal information stolen. One major data breach took place in 2014 with the Yahoo company
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A contract -is a legal agreement that occurs between two or more parties. It can be a written or spoken agreement that can concern employment‚ sales‚ or tenancy. Parties or members involved‚ enter voluntarily into this agreement. Every contracts involve two persons they are the: Offeror and Offeree. The offeror is the one who offers to enter into a contract and the Offeree is the one to whom the contract is being offered Elements of a contract: Agreement‚ Lawful object‚ consideration and contractual
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claim or defense. The note was not forged however it was subject to a defense. This defense was a breach of warranty‚ Due to this breach of warranty Elmer sufferd $10‚000 in damages. This gives Elmer the right of claim and recoupment. Claim and recouoment allows the maker of the note to reduce the amount owed by to the holder.the amount of damages in a claim rising from the underlying contract. This amount however cannot be more then the amount owed. This means that a holder in due courseis
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