growing up‚ my family defined health in many different ways. My family would define health as eating healthy and avoiding processed food. Engaging in types of sports or physical activities. Most importantly going to our primary physician for our annual physical. In my family‚ we have several different cultural based remedies. These remedies have been passed down from my grandparents to my parents. If we have a cuts or scars we use the lemon with salt. If we have a bad cough we take a tablespoon
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LIABILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS By: Course: Instructor: University‚ City‚ State: Date: LIABILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS A company is usually established by individuals or Directors (officers included) in this case so as to run it in appropriate manner in order to make maximum profits. For this to happen‚ it is for the company (Pandora Diamonds and Gems Pty Ltd in our case) to enter or make contracts with outsiders like Kaplan Bank Ltd and Space Solutions Pty
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The European Accounting Review 2000‚ 9:3‚ 371 385 Auditor liability rules under imperfect information and costly litigation: the welfare-increasing eŒ of liability ect insurance Ralf Ewert‚ Eberhard Feess and Martin Nell University of Frankfurt‚ Frankfurt am Main ABSTRACT This paper examines auditor liability rules under imperfect information‚ costly litigation and risk-averse auditors. A negligence rule fails in such a setting‚ because in equilibrium auditors will deviate with positive probability
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Strict Liability “The law presumes that mens rea is always required in criminal offences‚ unless it is clear that Parliament intended an offence to be one of strict liability”. Discuss. (25marks) The general principle of criminal law is that the prosecution must establish the presence of both actus reus and mens rea. As the majority of criminal offences are created by statute‚ Parliament will usually indicate the kind of mens rea required
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Theresa booked a ticket with AirMalaysia to fly her from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne on the 1st of December 2009. The ticket was booked far in advance‚ paid for and the flight confirmed. On 1st December‚ however the flight was cancelled and the airline was unable to give Theresa an alternative flight on that day. Consequently‚ Theresa was forced to put up a night in Kuala Lumpur. The next afternoon‚ she flew to Melbourne on another airline. On reaching Melbourne‚ she found that she had lost a business
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Task1 What kind of liability do you think Ton should bear in Scenario 1? Contrast liability in tort with contractual liability Contrast liability in tort with contractual liability. There are three differences between liability and contractual liability: A. The difference of base. Contractual liability means that due to the breach of duty‚ contractual collateral obligation of contract or violates the "contract law" provisions of the obligations. Finding out a contractual liability has to be in terms
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Tort reform refers to the proposed changes in the common law civil justice systems that would reduce tort litigation and/or damages. Tort liability imposes significant cost on society. In 1991‚ US has spent a total of $131.6 billion on tort litigation‚ which is approximately 2.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP)1 Studies have shown that the citizens pay a tort tax of $1200 per individual or nearly $5000 for a family of four. 2 Today‚ tort reform is a contentious political issue and its advocates
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his mining activities. Dana sues John for trespass to land. 1) John claims that he is not liable for trespass to land because he did not conduct any activity that is above ground on Dana’s land. Based on the courseware and your own knowledge of tort law‚ explain why John is correct or incorrect. There is no need to cite any cases for this question. 2) John next claims that he is not liable for trespass to land because he did not intentionally mine under Dana’s land. Please find and cite a single
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Doctrinal bases of liability 4 1.1. Reasonable Care and Skill . 4 1.2. Fiduciary Law 5 1.3. Knowing Receipt‚ Inconsistent Dealing‚ and Assistance 6 1.4. Emerging Standard: Due Diligence‚ Suitability‚ Good Faith 7 2. Duty to advise and the liability for the advice given 8 2.1. Duty to advise 8‚ 9 2.2. Liability for advice given 10 Referencing 12 Introduction In this report I defined the duties and liabilities of a Banker under Advisory and Transactional liability in Banking
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Using the IDEA structure for Criminal Law application questions – example answer. In response to questions from the Jan’ ’10 exam. 1bi) “Discuss the criminal liability of Ashok for the incident at the traffic lights.” * Identify and Define Ashok could be criminally liable for the common law offence of assault; an assault takes place when the defendant intentionally or recklessly causes the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful violence. * Explain Actus Reus and Mens Rea The actus reus
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