FORMALITIES Common law has no form requirements for contracts: oral contracts are enforceable Consequences of failure of complying with formal requirements vary from statute to statute but include penalties‚ fines and civil consequences ie. Non-enforceability of contract Legislation imposes formal requirements for certain types of contract (this goes beyond the common law) ; e.g.: Consumer credit (has to have warnings‚ and writing) Sale of motor vehicle (needs written work of purchasing car
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The Role of Law LAW/421 August 6‚ 2012 Michael S. Green The Role of Law Laws are “the body of rules or principles‚ prescribed by authority or established by custom‚ that a state‚ community‚ society‚ or other group recognizes as binding on its members” (Ferguson Publishing‚ 1999‚ p. 105). The purposes of laws are to maintain peace and order‚ to define the rights of citizens‚ to secure justice‚ to harmonize conflicting interests‚ and to provide means for punishing wrongdoers. Laws are applied
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Do you think mistakes are only to make your life miserable? Mistakes are not always bad‚ they make us be stronger in the future and let better things occur in our lives. I always thought that by doing something bad‚ it will make us regret our lives and our past; that it will make us be ashamed of ourselves but I now realize that it shouldn’t be that way. Mistakes are like levels in a game‚ you may be able to pass them without getting harmed and they will teach you something new so next time it comes
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Wijayaratnam Presented by: Mahmud Shourov Student ID: 11504809 Answer to question no.1 Issues After unforeseeably hitting drunk Mary and injury her (breaking her leg)‚ is Bob liable for Mary’s injury according to Torts? Can Sam sue Tom because he was stuck in traffic for the accident? Law When a party caused physical injury to some as long as the harm was foreseeable‚ a defendant is liable for all types harm suffered by a plaintiff‚ including those that were not foreseeable. This is known as the
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Subject Business Law Subject Number BBC131 Trainer Mr Tony Antoniou Due Date 7th Oct 2012 Chapter 1 LEGAL FOUNDATIONS Tutorial Questions 1 Why did common law become so rigid and flexible? The social behaviour of surroundings where society
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in compliance with the law‚ for publication in LawNet and/or the Singapore Law Reports. BNJ (suing by her lawful father and litigation representative‚ B) v SMRT Trains Ltd and another [2013] SGHC 286 High Court — Suit No 432 of 2011 Vinodh Coomaraswamy JC (as he then was) 29–31 October 2012; 1–2‚ 5–9‚ 19–20 November 2012; 11 March 2013 Tort — Negligence — Breach of Duty Tort — Occupier’s Liability — Who is an Occupier Tort — Negligence — Res Ipsa Loquitur Tort — Breach of Statutory
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Sale of Goods Ordinance‚ Cap 26 shall apply in this case given the fact that the motorcycle seller sold the second hand motorcycle to Sam as a course of business‚ a legally binding contractual relationship for sale of goods was established although there was no information as to whether Sam bought the motorcycle was for business or private use. Besides‚ the car shall be defined as goods under (s.2(1)) of the aforesaid ordinance. The motorcycle seller was in breach of the implied conditions in
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Curtin Business School School of Business Law and Taxation Unit Outline 11011 Business Law 100 Semester 1‚ 2013 Unit study package number: Mode of study: Tuition pattern summary: Credit Value: Pre-requisite units: Co-requisite units: Anti-requisite units: Result type: Approved incidental fees: Unit coordinator: 11011 Internal Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly This unit does not have a fieldwork component. 25.0 Nil Nil Nil Grade/Mark Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our
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Hart’s theory and legal system Introduction One of the principal lessons of ‘The concept of law’ is that legal systems are not only comprised of rules‚ but founded on them as well. In contrast to Austin who had insisted that the sovereign makes all of the rules‚ Hart argued instead that the rules make the sovereign. In this essay‚ I would like to explain Hart’s theory and how the social rules are related to the legal system and rules of recognition. This essay has five parts. In the first part
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Assuming Susan adopts a company structure‚ what type of Liability Company should Susan adopt? Relevant Laws: Form of association: • Consider the possible form of association‚ corporate and non-corporate • Consider comparative advantages and disadvantages of each form of association in the light of facts given. • Remember that there can be many relevant factors‚ not all of them related to corporate law issues. Taxation stamp duty and human factors can also be important. Application In this case‚ Mary
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