Distinguish between a liability and a environmental liability. Is there any difference in the principle? A liability is a present obligation of the enterprise arising from the past events‚ the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the enterprise of resources embodying economic benefits whereas An environmental liability is an obligation to pay future expenditures to remedy environmental damage that has occurred because of past events or transactions‚ or to compensate a
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MEMORANDUM TO: John Doe FR: Patricia Oswalt DA: Monday‚ April 01‚ 2013 RE: Mary Smith – auto accident / medical malpractice Introduction As requested‚ I have reviewed the facts of the above-captioned file‚ along with the applicable law and summarized same in this memorandum. Mrs. Mary Smith suffered an injury to her right ankle in an automobile accident on 10/3/95. After surgery and months of rehabilitation‚ Mrs. Smith still suffers daily. I have researched the facts regarding a personal
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Outline the duty of care owned by an occupier to visitors defined in the Occupier’s Liability Act 1995 Under the traditional common law system entrants upon a premises were divided into the following four categories: Contractual invitees Invitees Licensees Trespassers Under the Occupier’s Liability Act 1995 three new categories were created; visitors‚ recreational users‚ trespassers. A visitor according to the act was: An entrant of right An entrant other than
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Exceptions Children: When it comes to occupier’s liability there are some exceptions. The law on children says ‘ an occupier must be prepared for children to be less careful than adults’. For instance in the Pearson V Coleman Bros (1948) a 7 year old girl went to the circus with her family. She wandered of to go to the toilets instead she ended up in the animal enclosure and was attacked by a lion. We could argue the law of occupiers liability doesn’t cover the the child as went into a private
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THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY A popular form of business‚ especially with small businesses‚ is the hybrid form of business‚ the limited liability company (LLC) or a limited liability partnership (LLP)‚ which combine the best features of a partnership and a corporation. In 1988‚ the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that the LLC may be treated as a partnership for tax purposes‚ while retaining its limited liability for its owners. Since this ruling‚ every state has passed legislation permitting
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MANAGING CORE RISKS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ASSET LIABILITY MANAGEMENT Industry Best Practices 14 July 2005 BANGLADESH BANK Focus Group Members Asset Liability Management Name Team Co-ordinator Sudhir Chandra Das Arif Khan Asad Khan Jadab Malakar Team Members Nehal Ahmed S. H. Aslam Habib Tapan K. Podder Designation DGM GM MD (Designate) Head of Finance & Company Secretary SVP & Company Secretary Head of Finance & Resources and Company Secretary MD Organization Bangladesh
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Asset-Liability Management “Asset-Liability Management (ALM) can be defined as the ongoing process of formulating‚ implementing‚ monitoring and revising strategies related to assets and liabilities to achieve an organization ’s financial objectives‚ given the organization ’s risk tolerances and other constraints”[1]. ALM also is known as balance sheet management. In banking activity the gap between assets and liabilities can bring some consequences where the following risks are arose
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Running head: MANAGING CURRENT LIABILITIES Managing Current Liabilities: The Great Balancing Act 06/26/2011 One of the most crucial steps in running a major corporation is ensuring that the balance sheet truly reflects the viability of the company. If investors feel that a firm holds too much debt reflecting in poor financial ratios‚ their stock price may become depressed resulting in angry shareholders. Therefore‚ why do companies engage in leveraging activities and worry about contingencies
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CERTIFICATION This academic report is a product of SANDRINE NJEMO NKA’A from an industrial training program at N ATIONAL PORT AUTHORITY CREDIT UNION LEAGUE [NPACCUL] for the period of August 1 to September 30. This report has been carefully developed in accordance to the conditions and criteria that satisfy the award of B.SC Accounting Degree from the Catholic University Of Bamenda Cameroon [CATUC]. Signature; ………………………………… ……………………………… The Manager NPACCUL
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? Limited liability company The idea began to resonate in my mind about a year ago that I should have a career that I would love and really enjoy going to work for. Soon after I came to that conclusion it dawned on me that that job for me would be to own my own coffee shop. Choosing what the business does is only a drop in the bucket when it comes the steps of creating that business. First I need to decide whether I should go into this business venture with someone else‚ otherwise known as
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