Department of Business Law and Taxation BTC3150 Taxation Law Semester One 2011 Case Study / Assignment 1. IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY INFORMATION This section must be read in conjunction with the case study / assignment assessment details in the Unit Guide. Detailed below is a summary of selected key points. Assessment This assignment must be completed on an individual basis‚ or alternatively in a group of up to three students. Your (or your group’s) submission will be marked out of
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GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF CONTRACT INTRODUCTION Definition S.2(h) Contract Act 1950 : An agreement enforceable by law. Legally binding between parties. 2 INTRODUCTION (continue..) (a) (b) Legislation governing contracts: Contracts Act 1950 English Law - By virtue of S.5 of the Civil Law Act (When there are no provisions in the Contract Act) 3 INTRODUCTION (continue..) 4 OFFER / PROPOSAL Definition S. 2(a) Contracts Act “When one person signifies
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Ultimately the validity of universal human rights is bound to be questioned in Islamic societies‚ which believe in the supremacy of cosmological theocentric revelation over human-centered reason. Whereas in the West‚ law has developed from and been modeled by society‚ Islamic law precedes and models society. Islam emphasizes duties not individual rights‚ however the UDHR presumes that individuals are the key unit of society. For example to quote Article 1‚ it proclaims that "All human beings are
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Law of Tort The law of tort is that set of rules specifying certain actions and omissions as wrongs which give rise to civil liability. Tort of Negligence It arises when damage is caused to a person or his property by a failure to take such reasonably cares as the law requires in the circumstances of the case. The damage could be caused by a negligent act or omission; meaning that the defendant did something or the defendant failed to do what he should have. Elements of negligence To succeed
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aspects that affects the Nursing profession LAWS AFFECTING NURSING PRACTICE IN THE PHILIPPINES Presidential Decree • PD 223 - Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) . PD223-Creation of Board of Nursing Professional Regulation Commission has the power to recommend nominee members of the board to the President of the Republic‚ June 22‚ 1973 • PD 541 - Practice of profession in the Philippines by former professionals • PD 651 - Birth Registration Law • PD 856 - Sanitation Code • PD 996 - Compulsory
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Two Types of Employment There are two categories of employment available to people: to be an employee or to be self-employed. These two types of employment are known as a ‘contract of service’ and a ‘contract for service’. Someone under a ‘contract of service’ refers to a person who is‚ for example a person working in a supermarket as a shop assistant is under a ‘contract of service’. In contrast‚ someone under a ‘contract for service’ refers to a person who is self-employed (also known as an ‘independent
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Many Continental European systems use the "civil law" method. Under that system‚ all the lawyers in the case are responsible to help in the "search for the truth." If one lawyer has information that would help the other side or comes to agree with the other side’s view‚ he or she has the right and/or duty to say so. Which system do you think is more effective and why? Also‚ do you see any constitutional problems with applying the civil law system to the U.S.? For this assignment‚ in addition
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Singapore Patents Act * Rule against double-patenting – S14(3) * Disclosures to be disregarded – S14(4) * Transactions in Patents – S41 * Inventorship and Ownership - S2‚ S19‚ S20‚ S24 * Co-ownership - S46 * Anti-competitive practices‚ tie-in provision S51‚ tie-up S52 * License of Right – S53 * Compulsory licence – S55 * Government rights to use – S56 * Scope of government rights – S60 * Exhaustion of right – S66(2)(g) * Prior Honest User Rights – S71 * Exclusive license – S74 * Effect
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satisfied the neighbour test. Secondly‚ the court should ask whether there were any policy considerations which dictated that no duty should exist. The problem with the Anns test is it seemed it could be applied with little regard for previous case law
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abrogation of the 1962 constitution of Uganda to constitutional development by critically looking at its impact on the doctrines of constitutionalism including independence of the judiciary‚ separation of powers‚ protection of human rights‚ rule of law as well as the role of the army to mention but a few. In 1964‚ according to Kristin Leefers A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics‚ discord within the UPC‚ as well as challenges from opposition parties threatened Uganda’s political development
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