Question 1 Mary v Peter Issue Given that Mary was injured by Peters’ act‚ is he solely liable for the accident? Law * In this case‚ we have to look at the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) to determine who was negligent and in specific‚ we use s 5B(1)‚ s 5B(2) and s 5R of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW); s 5B(1) for the reasonable foreseeability test‚ s 5B(2) for determining if the standard of reasonable care has been breached and s 5R for contributory negligence. * Where both the
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Part A Introduction Under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW)‚ there have been various breaches of procedure. Police whilst in the process of executing an arrest and investigation as well as the matter of assault on Emilie’s behalf will detrimentally effect the progression and outcome of the case at hand. Breaches of Procedure Arrest The first encounter‚ outlined in the facts is‚ of police stopping Emilie’s vehicle on the presumption that she was driving under the influence
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)‚ which he characterized as the most far reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Act mandated a number of reforms to enhance corporate responsibility‚ enhance financial disclosures and combat corporate and accounting fraud‚ and created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board‚ also known as the PCAOB‚ to oversee the activities of the auditing profession (SEC‚ 2002). Sarbanes-Oxley mandates that
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Section II: Case Study II - The Salt Lake Organising Committee: 2002 Olympics Our analysis of the case study had the following objectives: 1. To focus on the role of the new management in redesigning the organization to ensure successful execution of the 2002 Winter Olympics; 2. To identify the practices involved in the various stages of the project life cycle; 3. To discover how testing and validation reduce risk and uncertainty when planning a one-time event such as the Olympics. The bribery
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In response to the growing incidents of fraud and to improve the investors’ confidence and also to rein in the excessive freedom of management which resulted in the corporate scandals‚ USA passed a new act‚ called Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002. The objective of the act was to bring more reliability and accuracy to corporate disclosures. The new Act required the chief executive(CEO) and financial officers(CFO) to certify the quarterly and annual reports of the company and this made them more accountable
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed by Congress in 2002 (www.sarbanesoxley. com). The Act‚ along with subsequent regulations adopted in 2003 and 2004‚ affected the responsibilities of auditors‚ boards of directors‚ and corporate managers with respect to financial reporting. Also‚ the act established the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that is now responsible for oversight of financial statement audits of publicly-traded corporations and the establishment of auditing
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References: Local Chua (2003) stated in his “Heart to Heart Talk: Is Your Drinking Water Safe?” that Water purification is now both a science and a technology Foreign Gil and Passino (2004) purification of drinking water is a very important problem in environmental engineering Local Israel (2009) Potable or drinking water is a critical requirement of human life
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Between the years 1825 and 1850‚ the US underwent a series of social and political reforms which attempted to democratize American life. Reform movements during this period of Jacksonian Democracy attempted to dissolve disunity in the social ladder and pushed for equal rights among all citizens. Stemming from the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century‚ many of these reforms were backed by religious ideals over democratic principles. At the forefront of the cause‚ however‚ was the hope
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With reference to the source and other sources‚ discuss how this interpretation of history compares with your own view. Answer: The Problem of historical objectivity is the fact that history was and will always stay subjective as long as historians have different moral values and beliefs. Historical objectivity challenges historical construction and the way historians find evidence to reconstruct the past. The differing perspectives towards how history is interpreted are expressed through the
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The Effects of Industrialization on Manchester‚ England 1750-1850 England in the 18th and 19th centuries changed dramatically as a result of the Industrial Revolution‚ which had many effects on the social structure of England and increased the gap between the rich and the poor. Because of this‚ industrialized English towns such as Manchester were both criticized and admired by poets‚ politicians‚ journalists‚ and outsiders‚ who were particularly from France. The most powerful points of view were
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