Professor D.Aplevich ECE 290 28th January 2018 Assignment 1 Case SoftX The SoftX case is an example of a unilateral mistake. This mistake was made by one party (SoftX) in the calculation of costs that would be required to finish the project. The problem encountered was that the bid was irrevocable and due to this the city refused the withdrawal of offer upon realisation of the mistake made. The problem that arises is that because the contract is irrevocable is SoftX obliged to complete the project even
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subsidies it claimed it was due. Rules There was no contract. The statement made by the Commonwealth was not offered as consideration for the plaintiff buying the wool. The Court stated that in cases such as this: ‘… it is necessary‚ … that it should be made to appear that the statement or announcement which is relied on as a promise [here the subsidy statement] was really offered as consideration for the doing of the act‚ and that the act [buying and using the wool as directed] was really done in consideration
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proclaimed destination was that their viewpoints on life differed greatly from those in Mexico and the Americas. The Spaniards were more commonly associated with a divided world outlook in comparison to the Mexica. In 1519‚ Hernan Cortez and conquistador
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WHERE I’M FROM Because she was drawn to the "southern humor" that I employed and she liked the way I treated her as well as her family‚ she always wanted to know where I was from. If I said I was from Texas‚ the biggest state in the country‚ in a city just off the warm Gulf Coast beaches‚ where the military and the schools share the population‚ do you think then she might know where I was from? Where I’m from‚ Texas stays on my mind whenever the humidity is bursting from my pores no matter
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Carlill v Carbolic An offer can be made to the whole world. Unilateral offers may require communication of the acceptance after the consideration Felthouse v Bindley Silence is not acceptance Empirnall Holdings v Machon Where an offeree‚ with a reasonable opportunity to reject the offer of goods or services‚ takes the benefit of them under circumstances which indicate they were to be paid for‚ the tribunal of fact may hold that the offer was accepted according to its terms. Butler Machine Tools v Ex-Cell-O
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sequential and simultaneous implantation versus unilateral implantation in postlingually deafened adults. Bond and Mealing also completed a probabilistic threshold analyses which suggested that unilateral implantation is highly likely to be cost-effective for both adults and children at willingness to pay thresholds of thirty thousand dollars to forty five thousand dollars per quality adjusted life year. The results of this meta-analysis indicate that unilateral implantation is extremely cost effective
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lived in bolstered the epidemic of diseases among them. Slaves lived in squalor and vileness on plantations in the South. Illnesses were often caused by these conditions. A slave’s condition has been described as‚ . . . the health of plantation slaves was far worse than that of whites. Unsanitary conditions‚ inadequate nutrition and unrelenting hard labor made slaves highly susceptible to disease. Illnesses were generally not treated adequately‚ and slaves were often forced to work even when sick. (“Conditions
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When Was The Moon Formed? We technically don’t know when the moon was formed but scientist guess it was formed 4.5 billion years ago. Different Theories and Hypothesis Fission Theory One theory is that the moon must have broken away from Earth‚ when the earth was still a rotating ball of molten rock. Earth might have been spinning so fast that part of our planet separated into space‚ this could be why our chemical composition is similar to the moon. Fission theorist stated that the Pacific ocean
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in ideas such as reincarnation where the captured soul of the body continuously reincarnated until god-like purity was achieved. He deeply studied mathematics and learned to perceive and understand the world through numbers. He believed all things held a specific point or number in the universe including opinions and theories. The universe‚ to him and his followers‚ possessed organization because of its relation to numbers and mathematics. He believed the earth was spherical and that all the heavenly
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Does the Duty to Bargain Preclude Unilateral Wage Increases? Summary This case study poses the question‚ “Does the duty to bargain preclude unilateral wage increases?” Before this question can be answered‚ lets discuss the background of the events. Winn-Dixie is a chain of retail grocery stores that can be found in multiple states. The United Food and Commercial Workers union represents the employees of the company. These employees work in receiving‚ shipping and processing of food products in
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