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    Civil Litigation

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    Civil Litigation Past Paper June 2010 Question 1 - John Atree director of Great Furniture Direct Ltd (GFD) (a) Mr Atree advises you that GFD has been experiencing a sharp increase in the number of invoices that are not paid on time or at all. He would like your advice about how GFD can recover some of these debts using the staff in their Accounts Department. In particular he would like to know: (i) How does the size of the debt influence the court procedure after issue? (ii) What must be

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    Removal of Auditor

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    Currently‚ an auditor may only resign if he is not the sole auditor of the company and his resignation must be made at a general meeting of the company. If an auditor gives notice in writing to the directors of the company that he wishes to resign‚ the directors shall call a general meeting of the company as soon as it is practicable. This is for the purposes of appointing an auditor in place of the auditor who wishes to resign and to appoint another auditor. The resignation of the auditor shall take

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    Auditors Independence

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    WHY IS AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE SO IMPORTANT? Auditing is the efficient critical examination done by one person or group of people’s independent from the system audited. To do an audit‚ confirmed information must be present and some standards by which the auditor can evaluate the information. Another is gathering and evaluating any information to determine whether the information being audited is identified in accordance with establish criteria to satisfy the purpose of the audit and also auditors must

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    Fraud

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    business environment. Trends observed indicate a need for increasing secure management. Review of scholarly journals‚ industry publications and text books were performed to gather data. Findings support that implementation of fraud reporting mechanisms assist in detecting fraud. Abstract 3 Introduction 4 What is Password Hashing? 4 Defined 4 Hashing Methodologies 5 How Password Hashing is Used 6 Add SALT for Taste? 7 Who Should Care and Why Hashing is Important 8 Individual Users

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    Civil Litigation vs. Criminal Litigation If somebody commits a crime or does wrong doing to another what category does it fit under? Is it civil case or a criminal case? Although there are many similarities between civil litigation procedures and criminal litigation procedures‚ several differences exist among them. The first difference among the two procedures is what even defines them. A civil case involves a wrong doing between two private parties in which the victim is suing for damages or

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    Adr and Litigation

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    cases to be dealt with at reasonable speeds and many other things which will be brought to light below. On the 26th of July 1996 Lord Woolf published his Access to Justice Report and in 1999 his reforms came into action. Although ADR rather than litigation has posed a number of problems for the Civil Justice System‚ these matters have been largely resolved by Lord Woolf’s Reforms. The main objectives of the civil justice process come in the form of being just‚ accessible‚ efficient‚ timely and effective

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    Lead Auditor

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    PRACTICE - EXERCISE Prior to coming for Lead Auditor course‚ read each of the following questions carefully and answer with reference to ISO 9001:2008. Try to identify the applicable clause number in each case. . 1. Does the standard require Quality objectives to be measured? Yes the Standard requires Quality Objectives to be mesured. For the continual improvement of the organisation we require the Quality Objectives to be measured. The Quality Objectives shall be measurable

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    Auditors Role in Enron

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    effective in preventing major scandals on the lines of Enron and Worldcom. 1.0 ABSTRACT 2.0 ENRON-CORPORATE FIASCOS 3.0 HOW DID THE AUDITORS FAIL TO CATCH PROBLEMS AT ENRON? 4.0 HOW TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF ENRON? 5.0 NEW RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUDITORS ACCORDING TO SARBANES-OXLEY ACT 2002 6.0 CONCLUSION 7.0 REFERENCES 1.0 ABSTRACT The responsibility of an auditor is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on his audit which means verification or check in accordance with International

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    decade owing to partly serious corporate governance deficiencies‚ among other challenges. As a result‚ the research serves to highlight‚ hint and encourage all the relevant stakeholders to establish proper corporate governance structures in which the auditor is tasked to review and evaluate the effectiveness and efficient of the structures. Corporate governance measures and other incentives are unveiled by the top-level management in various companies to create a platform for companies to transform

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    responsibility of the external auditor and the management of the entity being audited with relation fraud and error. 1.Introduction Fraud is defined as something that is intended to deceive people and error is defined as something unintentionally done wrong‚ e.g. as a result of poor judgment or lack of care by Encarta English Dictionary. After the collapse of great companies like Enron‚ and World com to mention a few‚ it has raised eyebrows the involvement of auditors in these failed companies and

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