promised by the other contracting party. There are certain rules that govern a valid contract. THE ISSUE: The issue in the case is whether the agreement was legally binding upon Dream Design or whether it failed for want of consideration. THE LAW: If the promise merely fulfils an existing contractual duty to the promisor‚ he does not provide consideration to buy the buy promisor’s promise. In the case‚ Atlas Express Ltd. V.Kafco (Importers and Distributors) [1989] 3 W.L.R. 389 K entered
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Text Reader Agency and Employment Law Dr. Jay-D Olivier INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY Diemen‚ Haarlem‚ Rotterdam Course Year 2010-2011 Term 5 Internal publication INHOLLAND University of Professional Education International Business Management Dr. Jay-D Olivier (BA Law‚ MA‚ D. Law‚ Ph.D) Contents Agency Law 3 Principal’s Duties to the Agent 18 Liability
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Laws are a familiar concept‚ and provide a basic social framework of right and wrong to which the majority adhere. Ethical theories may also be applied to all issues of uncertainty‚ including those not covered by laws or professional guidelines. They create a mechanism within which issues of moral uncertainty may be questioned and resolved (Jones 1994). One such area of moral dilemma is that of informed consent. In it’s simplest terms‚ consent may be defined as giving permission: “… in current
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The fact that a promise has been made does not mean the promise can or will be enforced. Under the common law‚ a primary basis for the enforcement of promises is consideration. Consideration usually is defined as the value (such as cash) given in return for a promise (in a bilateral contract) or in return for a performance (in a unilateral contract) Something of legally sufficient value may consist of a promise to do something that one has no prior legal duty to do. The performance of an action
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or agencies to establish and manage a system of one or more incarceration facilities to which violators of these rules may be sentenced upon a finding of guilt. courts therefore have allowed the U.S. Congress—and other legislative bodies—to make laws that delegate limited lawmaking authority to administrative agencies. The substance of an administrative agency’s powers must be intelligible‚ and a system of controls must be in place to limit those powers administrative agencies constitute an
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To: Whoever/Whatever Person/Object He/She/It Is/Was/Will be Broadband Connection as the Better Way to Access the Internet Since the inception of the Internet more than a few decades ago‚ the world is becoming more and more reliant on it. The Internet is spreading its foothold from being a mere nexus of information to every major part of our lives. Students are using the Internet to obtain information for their school projects and to complete assignments; those who left their schools and universities
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shows that notice of acceptance is not required. To accept an offer‚ a person need only follow the indicated method of acceptance. If the offeror either expressly or impliedly intimates in his offer that it will be sufficient to act without giving notice of acceptance‚ performance is sufficient acceptance without notification. The court held that an advertisement is considered to be an offer when it specifies the quantity of persons who are eligible to accept its terms. If such an advertisement requires
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Agency‚ with special focus on the liabilities involved between the parties. The Law of Agency: General Concepts Agency Laws comes under the purview of Commercial Law. The Indian Contract Act 1872‚ Section 182 defines an Agent as “a person employed to do any act for another or to represent another in dealings with third persons”. The other person to whom the agent is employed to is said to be the Principal. The law of agency helps form the different contractual‚ quasi-contractual relationships
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Intellectual Property Rights (RC Pg 192) Trade Marks s2 A trademark is a visually perceptible sign capable of being graphically represented and which is capable of distinguishing goods and services provided by one business from that provided by another. Sign includes matters such as letter‚ word‚ name‚ signature‚ numeral‚ label‚ color‚ shape‚ aspect of packaging or any combination thereof. There is a need to register the trademark. Grounds for refusal of registration s7(1)b s7(1)c
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personality A. PROMOTERS • Background • Definition - no statutory definition - 2 common law definitions • Twycross v Grant (1877) 2 CPD – someone who “undertakes to form a company with reference to a given project‚ and to set it going and… takes the necessary steps to accomplish that purpose” (Cockburn CJ) • Whaley Bridge Calico Printing Co v Green (1880) 5 QBD 109 – “the term promoter is a term not of law but of business‚ usefully summing up in a single word a number of business operations
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