← Promise to perform existing obligations P.34~36 ← Part payment of a debt P.37 ← Doctrine of promissory estoppel P41~43 ← Void and Voidable contracts P.56~57 ← Misrepresentation P.67~74 □ Fraudulent □ Negligent □ Innocent □ Consequences of misrepresentation □ Misrepresentation and exemption clauses Lecture 4 – Discharge of contracts and special contracts ← Discharge □ Frustration P.6~8 □ Breach P.9 ← Remedies P.10 ← Damages
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Void and voidable A contract that is "void" cannot be enforced by either party.‚ The law treats a void contract as if it had never been formed. A contract will be considered void‚ for example‚ when it requires one party to perform an act that is impossible or illegal. A "voidable" contract‚ on the other hand‚ is a valid contract and can be enforced. Usually only one party is bound to the contract terms in a voidable contract. The unbound party is allowed to cancel the contract‚ which makes the contract
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of the disclosure‚ including the consequences of non-disclosure. An insurance company who has no compiled with the section 22 of the Insurance Contracts Act may not exercise any rights in respect to non-disclosure unless the non-disclosure was fraudulent [S22 (3)]. Consumer`s Responsibility: According to the Insurance Contracts Act under the section 21‚a consumer is required to disclose all matters known to them that they know to be relevant to the
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For a contract to be legally binding all of the following elements must be present. If one or more is absent the contract will be considered invalid or void. The first element of the contract is Offer and Acceptance. For a contract to be considered valid one party (the offer) must make an offer to another party (the offeree). Before an offer is accepted it must be communicated to the offeree. A offer is immediately made into a contract when the offeree accepts the offeror’s tender. An offer can be
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regarded as safe‚ and therefore it could not be Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) the tomato was associated with outcomes more severe that lesions as 7 out of 20 rats that ate the GE tomato died within 2 weeks. The FDA ended up announcing the fraudulent claim that Flavr Savr
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industry GBP 650 million in 1999‚ 3.9 percent of claim payments‚ and as a result each insured pays an extra four percent in insurance premiums. In Italy‚ 4.58 percent of all claims and 3.25 percent of claims paid by the five major insurers were fraudulent‚ according to ISVAP‚ the insurance regulator. In contrast‚ estimates of insurance fraud in Japan are low‚ but the problem of fraud committed by insurance company employees is serious and is growing. The types of fraud committed vary from class
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statement will not be protected under the First Amendment. Case 7.1 The Ethical Dimension “Landowners who rent or lease premises to tenants all have a duty to supply correct information to tenants.” (Clarkson‚ Miller‚ Cross‚ 2012‚ p. 137). Misrepresentations about the size of leased space becomes unethical when the landowners intentionally defraud tenant by providing incorrect information to tenants to benefit themselves. It should not
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signed. The main focus in this discussion is mistaken identity‚ where one party is mistaken as to the identity of another. Mistaken identity may happen in two different ways‚ at a distance or face to face. Mistaken identity is mostly due fraudulent misrepresentation by one party to another. However‚ it may operate in a different way‚ for example‚ A made a contract with B‚ believing B to be C‚ and B knows or ought to know of A’s mistake and he does nothing to correct it. The purpose is to give a clear
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CHRISCHER L. ALANES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING REACTION PAPER – THE ENRON SCANDAL FACTS OF THE CASE Enron Corporation was formed in 1985‚ led by Kenneth Lay‚ as a result from the merger of Houston Natural Gas and Internorth that specializes in natural gases and commodities. In 1990‚ the company hires Jeffrey Skilling to lead the trading of commodities under deregulated market and Andrew Fastow later that year (USA Today‚ 2002). Deregulation of the energy markets allowed companies to place bets
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