due to media’s invasion of their privacy in the name of public interest. The Fourth Estate‚ a name given to the media who traditionally have been charged as the custodian for public interest‚ the publics watch dog‚ their responsibility to the public sphere is to warn
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Introduction For parties to be bound by an agreement‚ it must first be determined if a prima facie valid and enforceable contract exists. A contract can be defined as an agreement containing promises made between two or more parties with the intention of creating certain legal rights and obligations and enforceable in a court of law [1]. For a legally binding contract to exist the following elements must be satisfied: 1. An offer must exist 2. The offer must be accepted 3
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Q&A 2 Certainty of terms and intention Introduction Contractual certainty If businessmen are often not overly-concerned with the niceties of offer and acceptance it follows that their contracts may not be all-embracing and complete in every respect. The parties may have reached an agreement in principle and then prefer to rely on experience from previous dealings‚ business practice and goodwill. The law’s overall policy is to uphold bargains wherever possible and although businessmen tend to
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LAW OF CONTRACT NOTES INTRODUCTION. A contract is an agreement between two parties which is enforceable by law.An agreement is made when a person signifies his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything with a view of obtaining the assent of the other party. Such act or abstinence is said to make a proposal.The person making the proposal is called the offeror and the person accepting the proposal is called the offeree TYPES OF CONTRACTS: Contracts may be classified into: -Written
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Client Clarification Memo Sammy Shelton ACC/541 – Accounting Theory and Research July 23‚ 2011 Memo To: Client From: Team B Date: August 6‚ 2012 Re: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) defines a contingency as a possible future event that will have some impact on the firm. The decision to report contingencies should be based on the principle of disclosure. Namely‚ when the disclosure of an event adds to the information content of financial statements‚ it should be reported
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Technology has made many lives easier‚ but with this ease‚ comes with many risks. People are becoming savvier about how to break into computer systems and access personal information. For many people‚ this is considered a breach of security. According to wisegeek.com‚ a security breach is “an incursion into a computer or network of computers‚ usually by hackers or malicious software that compromises sensitive data or causes damage to computers or network function.”1 Most of the time these so-called “computer
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Real estate has distinct momentum with demand finally beginning to catch up with offer and considerably fewer distressed properties pondering down the system. The Real estate in Calicut is on a boom. For good-credit consumers home costs and interest rates are quite low. The sellers can expect higher down payments and can realize that consumers have a tougher time qualifying for mortgages. Ensure that potential patrons are pre approved‚ which means that they’ve already had their credit and employment
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DISCHARGE OF A CONTRACT Normally the completion of a contract is straightforward as parties carry out their tasks as required. There are four main different ways of ending a contract: a) Discharge by performance b) Discharge by agreement c) Discharge by breach d) Discharge by frustration DISCHARGE BY PERFORMANCE For this the courts expect performance to be exact and complete. This means that it must match contractual obligations RE MOORE AND LANDAUER (1921) If requiring a contract to be complete
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nobility Comments The Third Estate comprised about 25 million people – the majority of France’s population: the bourgeoisie‚ or the middle class‚ peasants‚ and all other commoners There was a wide range of social hierarchy within the 3rd estate there were innumerable social ranks‚ tied to occupation‚ purchasing power‚ size and type of land tenure‚ citizenship‚ ownership of farm animals‚ and free or unfree status Unlike the First and Second Estates‚ the Third Estate were compelled to pay taxes
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To: Alexis Fairchild From: Marshall Peterson Date: February 8‚ 2015 Subject: Mandatory Mediation Mrs. Fairchild‚ I am writing you this memo in compliance with the mandatory mediation requirements issued by the court. I would first like to state to you my stance in this case. I have been dealing with this particular vendor for about six months now. The business relationship started after my wife and I visited Mrs. Doe’s Sunday school class in Huntsville‚ Alabama. I was there in support of my
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