Business Law Tutorial 6 1. Void contract is defined in Section 2(g) of Contracts act‚ 1950 as an agreement which is not enforceable by the law‚ which gives rise to no rights or obligations. Under Section 11 of Contracts Act‚ 1950‚ every person is competent to contract who is of age of majority‚ and who is of sound mind and is not disqualifying from contracting by any law to which he is subject to. The Age of Majority Act‚ 1971 states that the age of majority is 18. The Privy Council in MOhori
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P 205 case 7 Mary McDonald‚ an 86-year-old woman‚ was frequently complaining about the high cost of maintenance of her house and high property taxes. She decided to cancel her fire insurance to reduce expenses. Mary’s daughter was aware of her mother’s concern about the property‚ and she took Mary to the lawyer’s office to sign some papers that would protect her mother. When Mary came to the lawyer’s office‚ she was advised that the paper she was going to sign was the deed to the property. Mary
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TUTORIAL 2 1. Ali and Abu were neighbours. Ali had to go to Singapore for a business seminar. Before he left‚ he told Abu “Please look after my house”. After two weeks of being away‚ Ali’s house caught fire and Abu could only save a briefcase containing RM30‚000. When Ali returned home‚ he thanked Abu for saving his briefcase and promised he would pay Abu RM2‚000 for what he had done. Later‚ Ali refused to pay what he had promised. Advise Abu. Referring to section 2(d) of Contracts Act1950
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conditional constitute consideration? Yes‚ such a promise consideration even if the condition is unlikely to occur. 3. What is the general rule about the adequacy of consideration? The adequacy of the consideration is irrelevant because the law does not prohibit bargains. 5. Is there consideration when a secured note for a lesser amount is given and accepted in discharge of an unsecured note for a greater amount? Explain. No‚ because if a secured not for a lesser amount is given and
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the Negotiable Instruments Act‚ 1881? Also state the important amendment to be incorporated under sec 138 of the act. 5 . Elaborately explain the essential features of the consumer protection act 1986. Also briefly discuss unfair trade practice and restrictive trade practice as discussed under consumer protection Act? Read the case study given below and answer the questions given at the end Case Study
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first step in recognizing the underlying ethical dilemma is to determine the individuals involved in this particular case. The first person we become familiar with in this case is the president of Beech Nut‚ Lars Hoyvald. Most of us that work in a business environment today‚ will most likely use the principle of utilitarianism when making an “ethical” decision. We tend to look at our actions‚ or consequences of our actions‚ in order to determine the best decision. I believe that Lars Hoyvald used
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Web Quiz Assignment Name: Adamson‚ Law for Business and Personal Use‚ 17e‚ Xtra! Quiz‚ Chapter 6 Offers that require the offeree to accept by communicating the requested promise to the offeror are: a. unilateral contracts. 1. b. bilateral contracts. c. matching acceptance rule. d. mirror image contracts. When the current market price is not specified in a contract between merchants for the sale of goods‚ but the current market price is understood to be the basis of the contract‚ the price
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Privacy – Such a Lonely Word Examining the Implications of User Privacy to Corporate Management Privacy – Such a Lonely Word Examining the Implications of User Privacy to Corporate Management The concept of privacy has moved more and more toward the forefront of people’s minds since the attacks of September 11th‚ on the World Trade Center in New York. Privacy is not necessarily about ‘hiding something’ but it is more of a ‘liberty’ that many would argue is under attack by the government (Schneier
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ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS IN PAKISTAN The consumers are being oppressed due to unawareness of their fundamental rights as well as they are ignorant about the potential of available legal remedies. The situation is more pathetic due to the apparent absence of a systematized consumer movement in Pakistan. To furnish the consumer forums with appropriate enforcement and paraphernalia for consumer protection in all consumer related matters from food and health to pecuniary contracts and
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Ahmad is in business selling microcomputers. Following a major refurbishment of his shop premises he publishes the re-opening of his shop with a large newspaper advertisement on 30 august. Formalities are a general rule contracts do not need to comply with any sort of formalities. Thus‚ while it is more difficult to prove contracts that are entirely or partly oral‚ this is a matter of evidence and procedure only and is not relevant to the validity of a contract. A contract of sale may be made in
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