Proprietary estoppel protects a person who has a non contractual agreement over land but they have suffered a detriment due to them acting upon a reliance based on an assurance made by the claimant. There has been much discussion in recent case law and academic commentaries as to the elements which make up the nature of proprietary estoppel. Unconscionaibility is a major point for discussion in deciding whether it should be treated as a separate element or if it is linked into the three main elements
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LOOKING FOR A WIN-WIN SITUATION This past weekend marks the largest contract signing in Major League Baseball history. On the 12th of February 2000‚ Ken Griffey Jr. (formerly of the Seattle Mariners)‚ signed a nine-year $116.5 million contract with his hometown Cincinnati Reds. The city’s fans were ecstatic to bring Griffey back‚ and considering he turned down an eight-year $148 million deal to re-sign with Seattle‚ they feel that the acquisition was a real bargain. It really is amazing when
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Running Head: THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE THE BREACH OF TRUST AND PROVIDING GOOD CARE JOLY S. PHILIP Grand Canyon University: NRS-437v Instructor: Amy Salgado 07/27/2012 Introduction The concept of confidentiality in nursing is founded on the philosophy and principles laid out by the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge. The ethical need for confidentiality emerges from the need for establishing a trustful relationship between the patient and the nurse. The patient
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deals with the issues of consideration and promissory estoppel. There are numerous definitions of consideration in legal texts‚ one being “‘A valuable consideration‚ in the sense of law‚ may consist either in some right‚ interest‚ profit or benefit accruing to the one party or some forbearance‚ detriment‚ loss or responsibility‚ given‚ suffered or undertaken by the other”. In relation to Rent a Tents contract with Susie the terms of the contract are that in return for Rent a Tent providing
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1.0 Contracts and its Elements 1.1 Essentials of a Contract Contracts form part of our daily life e.g. lease of house‚ sale/purchase of cars‚ etc. However‚ there are elements essential to form a contract. These are: 1.1.1 Offer/Invitation MacMillan & Stone (2004) described offer as “an expression of willingness to contract on certain terms. It must be made with the intention that it will become binding upon acceptance. There must be no further negotiations or discussions required.” This can be
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STUDENT ID: S120343 LECTURER/TUTOR: MR HUMPHREY MARAU NUMBER OF WORDS: 2284 Contract law is a body of law that governs oral and written agreements associated with exchange of goods and services‚ money‚ and properties. Not only does contract law set out the rules and guidelines of how to form a contract but also teaches us how the parties to a contract are to fulfil it and what may happen when the terms of a contract are not fulfilled. The background or facts of the scenario are that Credit Corp
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If you lived with machines how would you act? Brian Aldiss wrote the book “Who Can Replace Man” because of the idea he had about how our world would turn out in the future. Will it turn out like the book? In the story “Who can Replace Man” Brian Aldiss wrote about how the robots were becoming a crucial part in our society‚ and how the humans were basically becoming extinct. He wrote about how humans were pretty much lazy‚ having robots do the job for humans‚ and humas had to give the commands to
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Variable Independent untuk Negosiasi ‘Win-Win’ Pengantar Kondisi ‘win-win’ merupakan kondisi ideal yang diinginkan oleh semua negosiator. Meskipun banyak nara sumber yang mengajarkan taktik maupun strategi untuk menghasilkan kondisi ‘win-win’‚ pada kenyataannya tidak semua negosiasi dapat berakhir dengan ‘win-win’. Pada kesempatan ini saya lebih tertarik untuk menganalisa faktor yang mempengaruhi kondisi “win-win” daripada taktiknya. Setelah menganalisa text book Negotiation Roy‚ Bruce dan
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doctrine of Promissory Estoppel was establish and the derivation of modern doctrine of it is to be found in the The doctrine of Promissory Estoppel was first developed but was lost for some time until it was resurrected by Lord Denning in the leading case of Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd. Promissory estoppel There are three exceptions to the rule in Pinnel’s case. They are composite agreement‚ payment of debt by third party and promissory estoppel. The rule in
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CONTRACT LAW – LECTURE 4 Promissory estoppel Is about the enforceability of all alteration promises (promises to pay more and promises to accept less) and by contrast estoppels does not apply to promises about the formation of initial contracts Ex. If a creditor promises to accept a smaller sum in full settlement intending the debtor to rely on that promise‚ and the debtor does rely on it‚ the debtor may have a defence of promissory estoppels when sued for the balance by the creditor. The promise
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