TOPIC THREE: LAW OF AGENCY * Nature and Creation of an Agent * Duties of an Agent to his Principal * Duties of a Principal to his Agent * Termination of Agency Contract NATURE OF AGENCY What is an agency? Section 135 of Contract Act 1950: “Agency is the relationship which subsists between the principal and the agent who has been authorized to act for him or represent him in dealings with others.” There are two types of agency contracts:- 1. Contract between principal & agent
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BUSINESS LAW SUBJECT CODE: LAW2013 TERMINATION OF AGENCY PREPARED BY: NAME: MOHAMAD AL-HAFIZ BIN SALLEH MATRIC NO.: 10071260 NAME: SITI RAHIMAH BINTI RAZMAN MATRIC NO.: 10071260 NAME: NURUL ASHIKIN BINTI MD. YUSOF MATRIC NO.: 10071260 NAME: KHATIJAH BINTI AHMAD MATRIC NO.: 10071260 NAME: LYANA NADIA BINTI SALAHUDIN MATRIC NO.: 10071260 SEMESTER 4 2011/2012 ABSTRACT An agent’s authority can be terminated at any time. If the trust between the agent and principal has broken down‚ it is not
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Governmental Agency on Prison Health Care Phyllis M. Williams HCS/430 November 26‚ 2012 Christie Artuso‚ EdD‚ RN‚ CNRN Governmental Agency on Prison Health Care Within this paper‚ there will be an explanation of the role and impact of a governmental agency that regulates prison health care. In order to understand the full velocity of prison health care‚ one must first understand the definition of health care regulatory agencies. Health care regulatory agencies were established to monitor
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AGENCY RELATIONSHIP An agency is a relationship which exists when one party called the principle appoints and authorizes another called the agent to enter into a contract with a third party ‚ which contract is legally binding to both parties. An agent is therefore a party who is authorized to represent or act on behalf of another for the purpose of bringing that other party into legal relations with a third party. A Principal is a party who authorizes another party to represent or act on his
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THE NATURE OF AGENCY RELATIONSHIP The need to appoint another person to perform one act or another on one’s behalf assumes greater proportion daily. This is so because of the rapid economic developments that has taken place in the recent years. A party may want to do many things but because of lack of time or expertise‚ he is compelled to appoint another person to act on his behalf and whatever that other person does will be binding on him. The question is: ‘Who is an agent?’ An agent is one who
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What is structure and agency? How does this framework help us in political analysis? For it is part and parcel of daily experience to feel both free and enchained‚ capable of shaping our own future and yet confronted by towering‚ seemingly impersonal constraints. Consequently in facing up to the problem of structure and agency social theorists are not just addressing crucial technical problems in the study of society‚ they are also confronting the most pressing social problem of the human condition
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0-1225826275544 Travel agency issues On one hand travel agencies can take a great advantage from the internet but on the other hand it is one of their biggest enemies. Because there are so many negative articles about a few travel agencies and people are losing their trust in them. So they are strat planning their own trip not using any agencies. So it is a really hard job to build up a good image about their company especially when they are new in business. The agency has to earn people trust
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Agency theory Agency theory identifies the agency relationship where one party‚ the principal‚ delegates work to another party‚ the agent. In the context of a corporation‚ the owners are the principal and the directors are the agent. This model of corporate governance and subsequent research focused on resolving conflicts of interest between corporate management and shareholders (Jensen and Meckling‚ 1976) and has largely adopted an agency theory approach. Key assumption is that the principals and
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Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow‚ Corporate Finance‚ and Takeovers Michael C. Jensen Harvard Business School MJensen@hbs.edu Abstract The interests and incentives of managers and shareholders conflict over such issues as the optimal size of the firm and the payment of cash to shareholders. These conflicts are especially severe in firms with large free cash flows—more cash than profitable investment opportunities. The theory developed here explains 1) the benefits of debt in reducing agency
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Supremes: Wendy Banjo Latangela Kendrick Chansidy Mathis Stacy Williams February 16‚ 2012 Summarization of Article: Angel Agents: Agency Theory Reconsidered Financial Management/Cohort BB320 Shorter University Dr. Gerald Sullivan AGENCY THEORY “Angel Agents: Agency Theory Reconsidered” is an article that explores the relationship between agents and company owners. The article opens by stating the premise that company executives‚ who fail to operate under the every single objective
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