What Philosophical problem was the primary concern of the Pre-Socratics? The pre-Socratics were primarily focused on exploring the main cause of the creation of the world and the basic substance of everything around us. They questioned the one and the many. Instead of acknowledging many of the more traditional mythological explanations of the time for the natural phenomena they saw in the world such as solar eclipses‚ they searched for rational and logical explanations. Their primary concern
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Salomon v Salomon 4 Lifting the veil of incorporation 5 Fraud 5 Façade or a sham 5 Groups of Companies 7 Adams & Others v Cape Industries plc 10 Is there a need for reform? 12 Conclusion 14 Bibliography 16 Books: 16 Journals: 16 Cases: 17 Websites: 17 Bill: 18 Introduction In order to explain the statement this essay will explore the background to treating companies as distinct legal entities; review certain cases trying to pierce limited liability; discuss the application of these rules
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Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business Table of Contents Introduction 3 CONTRACT BEGINNINGS 3 MAJOR CONTRACT ELEMENTS 3 CONTRACT FORMATION 5 CONTRACT TERMS AND REMEDIES 6 CONTRACT EXEMPTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 NEGLIGENCE PRINCIPLES………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….9 NEGLIGENCE DEFENCES………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11 VICARIOUS LIABILITY 1 NEGLIGENCE REMEDIES 13 EMPLOYER LIABILITY‚ HEALTH‚ AND
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Employers liability Cases Walker v Northumberland County Council (1995) This case is notable as one of the first successful claims for work-related stress. Mr Walker was employed by Northumberland County Council as a senior social worker. At the time of the case‚ he had worked for the authority for 17 years‚ dealing mainly with cases of child abuse. In the 1980s‚ his workload gradually increased to such an extent that in 1986 he suffered a nervous breakdown. This was diagnosed by his GP who recommended
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04-Feb-0 Contract of Employment: Civil code has ~3300 articles‚ contains all civil/general laws of Quebec. Contract[1] of Employment is a portion of the code. [2085] “what it’s all about.” An employee: Contractor: No direction and control‚[2] contractor sets his own daily schedule‚ vacation schedule‚ provides his own tools (e.g. computer)‚ is able to subcontract work. o e.g. lawyer: is hired as an agent/agency‚ does not direct/control • Important to specify between the
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The issue is whether the defendant Sykt Jebat can be held liable for the damages suffered by the plaintiffs‚ Sam‚ Jojo and Lan under the law of Occupiers’ Liability. Occupiers’ liability concerns injury caused to a plaintiff as a result of defective condition of the land‚ building and premises. In order to establish occupiers’ liability‚ the occupier must have a sufficient degree of control over the premise. Lord Denning in Wheat v Lacon & Co Ltd (1966) held that “whenever a person has a sufficient
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Contract Law Cases The Offer Meeting of minds: Clarke v Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl: Yacht races. Letters sent in Communication (in writing‚ speech and conduct): Carlil v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co: pay back 100 if you get influenza. Deposit 1000 The Acceptance: Strictly in response to
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What is a contract? A business contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties to do or not to do certain things. For example‚ a business contract could be for the sale of goods or supply of services at a certain price. There are many different types of contracts including: the sale and purchase of a business agreement; partnership agreements; leases of business premises; leases of plant and equipment; and employment agreements. The process for creating a contract generally
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BU130 Working and Learning: Learning Contract template We have provided this template to help you to build up and structure your learning contract. You will find an introduction to the learning contract in Activity 1.6 of the Study Guide and you will find detailed guidance in the Learning Contract Guidance. This will have been sent to you as a printed booklet and is also available on the Study Resources section of the Module web-site. For each of the five sections of this template there
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TYPES OF CONTRACTS The risk shared between the buyer and seller is determined by the contract type. Although the firm-fixedprice type of contractual arrangement is typically the preferred type which is encouraged and often demanded by most organizations‚ there are times when another contract form may be in the best interests of the project. If a contract type other than fixed-price is intended‚ it is incumbent on the project team to justify its use. The type of contract to be used and the specific
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