WEEK 3 – THE FORMATION OF CONTRACTS Apply Your Knowledge (EXERCISE 4 – CONTRACT OR NOT?) Review the essential elements of a valid and enforceable contract and decide whether a valid‚ void or voidable contract has been formed in each of the following situations. Provide a legal explanation for your decision. 1. Last year‚ Smith‚ the owner of a retail business‚ in an attempt to reduce employee absenteeism due to illness‚ offered to give any employee who quit smoking for a year a $500
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Contract Law Essay Introduction The case‚ as set out‚ concerns two companies‚ Smart Co (hereinafter S Co) and Bright Co (hereinafter B Co). S Co needs to be advised as to whether it can claim compensation under the breach of the contract‚ which can exceed the 50£ limitation‚ which limitation is included in the contract under a clause. In simple words the validity and therefore the effectiveness of the limitation clause is to be considered under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . For the
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make -up determine if a person is predisposed to certain diseases like diabetes‚ but the environment at which such an individual is growing up in usually‚ affects him or her more than the genetic make-up (Anastasia‚ 1958). The environment in this case involves the diet and nutrition which will improve the chances of living longer hence influencing the development of the person. Different people come from different environments and backgrounds as
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corporations than they are to customers and it has been that way for many years. Corporate deregulation has changed over and over because different Presidents in office. Because of this‚ some laws have been altered or eliminated so that deregulation could override government regulation. Deregulation relaxes laws so that the industry can self-regulate on the principle that it should be allowed to without government support or sanction. The devastation of Enron‚ WorldCom and the sub-prime market caused
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following article will address the basics of what makes a contract valid. In addition‚ this paper will include an example of a contract as well as which sections make it a valid contract. Then‚ a contract made between my husband and me‚ to demonstrate a simple contract. This paper will also go into the factors that make a verbal contract lawful. MGM230-0903B-04_P2-IP Many factors make up a valid contract‚ or a promise in which the law will enforce. First there needs to be an agreement between
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Review Sandra Komm Law/ 421 September 2‚ 2013 Jacques Ward Article Review Sandra Komm LAW/421 Sept.2‚ 2013 In the present time the presence of technology has made the world of business very different
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The process of turning a bill into a law is probably one of the most complicating processes. The process of making a bill is a successive procedure which is not just adding a few rules to a paper and calling it a day. Before a bill is made they have to make sure all the rules are constitutional and does not infringe people’s rights. Tis’ a stressful job to vote on a rule that some people could like and others could decide. The bill must first get passed in both houses of congress by majority
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International Issues Aimee Head LAW/421 September 9‚ 2013 Kathryn Harris Abstract No two countries have the same political and legal system. Each country has its own laws and regulations on business and products. When doing business in another country it is important to know the laws and abide by them. Culture plays a huge part in a business’s success when venturing into a foreign market. Being sensitive to the cultural and religious beliefs in that country is important to a business’s long
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definition of a contract? An agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. Describe the various types of contracts. 1) Bilateral and Unilateral 2) Express and Implied 3) Executory and Executed What elements does a contract need to be enforceable? 1) Agreement 2) Legality 3) Consideration 4) Capacity What elements would constitute a discharge of a contract? 1) Material breach 2) Minor breach 3) Anticipatory breach 4) Mutual Rescission
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An exclusion clause is a term in a contract purporting to exclude or restrict the liability of one or more parties to the contract for breach of obligation . Exclusion clauses are controlled by common law and statute. The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA 1977) and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UTCCR 1999) confine the extent to which an individual can exclude or limit his business liability towards consumers. The Office of Fair Trading runs an unfair terms unit which
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