enforce the promise? From the case above the main issue is whether Frederick will be able to show that the promise which Mrs Hyndley made to him of the payment of £500 for the work which he did for her can be classified as consideration as this work was a benefit to Mrs Hyndley as she got to go on her 6 month around the world cruise‚ whilst Frederick collected the rents from her student tenants for the two properties which she owns in Belfast. There is a simple fairness that promises must be
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making a false promise? How can the Kantians look at making a false promise? Do you think that utilitarianism is better than Kantian ethics? Introduction: A False promise means “a promise that is made with no intention of carrying it out and esp. that is made with intent to deceive or defraud”. Nowadays‚ making false promises has become ubiquitous in our daily life. Is it a right action or not? Based on Kantian ethic and Utilitarianism‚ there are different views in making a false promise. Utilitarians’
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of contracts it is required that the parties bring something valuable in exchange for the promise that they have made in that agreement. Therefore a legal consideration converts a social agreement into a legal agreement. According to Lord Pollock’s definition‚ consideration is “An act or forbearance of one party‚ or the promise thereof‚ is the price for which the promise of the other is bought‚ and the promise thus given for value‚ is enforceable” (Graw‚ S 2008. pp 115). As Knight stated‚ “In simple
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to appear that the statement or announcement which is relied on as a promise [here the subsidy statement] was really offered as consideration for the doing of the act‚ and that the act [buying and using the wool as directed] was really done in consideration of a potential promise inherent in the statement or announcement.’ There must be a relationship of quid pro quo between the statement and the Act. Here there was no promise offered in consideration of doing an act. Buying the wool was merely
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others promise that is‚ anything of value that the parties have agreed to exchange. In the absence of consideration the courts would not enforce an agreement. The case of edmons v Lawson is a good example. It may consist of a promise to perform a desired act or a promise to refrain from doing an act that one is legally entitled to do. In a bilateral contract—an agreement by which both parties exchange mutual promises. In a unilateral contract‚ an agreement by which one party makes a promise in exchange
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her promise? In Amy’s case‚ have no doubt‚ Amy is the offeror who provides an offer to Beryl and her family who have accepted it by receive Amy’s money or others. However‚ there are requirements to form a valid contract other than offer and acceptance‚ that are‚ intention to create legal relation and consideration. What is consideration? It can be describe as being something which represent either some benefit to the person making a promise or some detriment to the person to whom the promise is made
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regaining from doing something that one has a legal right to do. 3. The law will not enforce an agreement that has not been bargained for. An agreement involves a bargained-for exchange when 1) a promise is made in exchange for another promise‚ 2) a promise is made in exchange for an act‚ or 3) a promise is made for forbearance of an act. 4. A court may refuse to enforce a contract or any clause of a contract if is considers the contract or clause unconscionable‚ that is‚ the consideration is
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in exchange for their promise‚ that is‚ the price of a given promise. Consideration is not a significant part of a contract in a number of jurisdictions. Once parties have reached a binding agreement‚ that becomes sufficient. Nevertheless‚ the common law requires that for agreement to be binding‚ the person to whom a promise is made (promisee) must offer consideration (maybe in monetary terms) for the promise given to him (Lorenzen‚ 1918‚ p.28). Hence‚ most gratuitous promises are never enforced because
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Wireless Security Policy Rena Jackson Wireless Computing CIS_513 Dr. Edwin Otto November 29‚ 2014 Wireless Security Policy Wireless Security Policy A security policy is a set of actions that an institute or business plan to achieve to safeguard the establishment’s physical and untouchable (information technology) properties in writing. The security policy is thought of as a living document (the policy is constantly restructured as technology and workers specifications transforms). Safeguarding a
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ABSTRACT African Renaissance is synonymous to Afrocentism and Pan-Africanism‚they all share a common goal. All these terminologies have being a common currency in African for some time now. Though promoted by past leaders‚ but it became pronounced and made popular by Thabo Mbeki. This paper gives the root meaning of the concept of African Renaissance as it also exposes the ills caused by colonialism. This paper goes further to expose diverse heroes who stood for the freedom of the African continent
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