Hedley Byrne v. Heller [House of Lords] [1964] AC 465 Summary: Hedley (the appellants) were advertising agents who had provided a substantial amount of advertising on credit for Easipower. If Easipower did not pay for the advertising then Hedley would be responsible for such amounts. Hedley became concerned that Easipower would not be in a financial position to pay the debt and sought assurances from Easipower’s bank that Easipower was in a position to pay for the additional advertising
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cast to the shadows due to their sexual orientation-homosexuals. For many people the police raid on the Stonewall- a popular gay bar in Greenwich‚ New York- would later turn out to be the Rosa Parks movement of the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots would raise positive public awareness of the Gay Rights Movement in 1969‚ and for many more years to come. For the first time gays‚ lesbians‚ transgenders and bisexuals were united and fought for the same cause. The Stonewall was considered to be a haven
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Discourse Community and Language Choice: Study of language choice in a gay community in particular area in Malang. Hima Luluk Il Jannah English Language and Letters Department‚ Faculty of Humanities and Culture‚ Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University‚ Malang‚ Indonesia terumbukayu@gmail.com June 2013 Abstract Language choice in gay community that has many unique kind of language. Keyword Gay ‚ gay 1. Background of Study Nowadays‚ there are many varieties of community
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Word Count: 2‚525 The Enola Gay Controversy: A Historian’s Point of View Historians today all too often have to play the role of the “bad guy” while trying to keep public history accurate. It seems as if publishing any type of article or exhibit will lead to some type of disagreement and debacle with politicians‚ veterans‚ families involved in that particular subject‚ then eventually the general public as a whole. This was seen in 1994 though 1995 during the Enola Gay controversy between the National
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In the summer of 1969‚ Greenwich Village in New York erupted into protest against police raids on gay bars and establishments. The protests began with the raiding of the popular establishment The Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall riots proved pivotal in the gay rights movement‚ as the Sixties and Seventies marked the rise of queers rights activist groups that fought for equality through political means. However‚ the growing queer community was still seen as relatively docile and non-violent until the
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tradition is clearly seen in its 1969 publication of Lucian Truscott IV’s Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square. Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square is a recounting letter to the Stonewall Riots‚ which Truscott claimed to have witnessed. The letter is filled with decidedly discriminatory language‚ derogative depictions‚ and biased opinions‚ but it also cites the Stonewall Riots as being a catalyst for the gay power movement and gay liberation. The author’s purpose in this writing was to inform the public
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Joseph Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist‚ born at St. Léonard‚ in the department of Haute Vienne‚ on the 6th of December 1778. He was the elder son of Antoine Gay‚ procureur du roi and judge at Pont-de-Noblac‚ who assumed the name Lussac from a small property he had in the neighborhood of St. Léonard. Young Gay-Lussac received his early education at home under the direction of the abbé Bourdieux and other masters‚ and in 1794 was sent to Paris to prepare for the École Polytechnique‚ into
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LGBT Consumers: Is the Gay Market Worth the Hype and if so How Best to Reach As a gay man who began the journey of self-identifying as such in 1993‚ I have observed over the past two decades a seismic shift in how the marketplace approaches gay consumers. At first blush‚ given the historical marginalization of homosexuals‚ I ask myself what makes the gay market (the preferred term used by the marketing industry to reference what call LGBT or GLBT representing Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgendered)
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Higher Diploma in Personnel Management 2011-2013 Module: Managing and Leading People Title of Assignment: Management Report Lecturer: Cathriona O’Keeffe Name: Caroline Byrne 111138408 Word Count: 2‚551 Submission Date: 6.2.2012 Plagiarism Declaration I herby acknowledge that I have read and understood the above definition of plagiarism. I declare that all material found from other sources used in this piece of assessed work whether directly quoted or paraphrased has been clearly
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Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd‚ [1964] Facts: Hedley (a firm) wanted to know if it would be advisable to extend credit to a customer‚ Easipower. Hedley asked Heller whether it would be advisable. Heller advised Hedley that it was appropriate to extend credit to Easipower. Hedley extended credit and Easipower went out of business. Hedley sued Heller. Issues: Did Heller owe Hedley a duty of care under legal liability of companies’ act 1965? Does the duty of care apply to statements
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