CHAPTER 3 QUESTIONS 1. Why do you‚ as a healthcare professional‚ need professional liability insurance? List and discuss nine reasons. At any time and in any given situation‚ a dissatisfied individual can choose to bring a complaint against you. When people sue‚ they usually name everyone they perceive as having had anything to do with the situation—you‚ your business‚ those with whom you share office space. Routinely‚ claimants sue as many individuals as possible. Regardless of who is negligent
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BUS 670 Legal Environment of Business Business Entities & Liabilities Instructor Leah Westerman May 19‚ 2014 Businesses Entities and Liabilities “A business entity is an organization established as a separate existence for the purposes of taxes (BusinessDictionary.com‚ n.d.).” Some of the most common known business entities are; sole proprietorships‚ general partnerships‚ limited partnerships‚ corporations‚ and limited liability companies. Each business entity has its advantages and disadvantages
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Roles of Limited Liability Corporations and Partnerships Martin M. Komertz FIN 419 3/21/2011 John Wetherington Roles of Limited Liability Corporations and Partnerships In the following paper‚ I will look to identify the roles and differences between Limited Liability Corporations and Partnerships. Each has different advantages and disadvantages than the other. I will look to break down each and then identify which method of ownership would be the preferred method from an individual
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legal neighbour. The law defines a neighbour as "someone so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonable to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question"(Lord Atkin often Donoghue vs. Stevenson 1932) Two sub-elements to define the neighbour principal:- The proximity requirement The foreseeability principle The proximity requirement - 1st element of neighbour principal
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1. Importance of Donoghue v Stevenson Case The case established 3 things The case established negligence as a wrongful act for which there was a legal liability. The notion of duty of care was formed which if infringed would result in damage. The neighbour principle was established by Lord Akins namely that your neighbour is anyone who may be affected by your acts or omissions. Main points of Case (The details of this were) Mrs Donoghue drank some ginger beer in which she found the remains
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International Responsibility and Liability 1. Responsibility of States 2. Responsibility of International Organizations 3. International Liability 1. Responsibility of States 1.1 General Works In addition to chapters on responsibility of principal textbooks on international law‚ the following works specialized in responsibility are useful. D. Anzilotti‚ “La responsabilité internationale des Etats à raison des dommages soufferts par des étrangers‚ RGDIP‚ t.13 (1906)‚ pp.5-29. R. Ago‚ “Le
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FRS 19 Deferred Taxation Summary Full provision for deferred taxation now required Accelerated capital allowances Pension costs Unrealised group profits Interest costs capatilised Unrelieved tax losses Other short term timing differences Not for: ` Re-valued fixed assets Rollover relief availed of Remittance of overseas sub. Recognise DT asset if it is more likely than not to be recovered Where assets continually re-valued to fair value: provide DT Permits discounting Use tax rates enacted or
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MGT320 5/19/2012 Conversion under Tort Law The layman’s definition for conversion is basically considered theft; according to our text “whenever a person wrongfully possesses or uses the personal property of another without permission” is considered conversion…..”deprives an owner of personal property or of the use of that property without that owner’s permission”. On March 28 of this
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acting; would certain circumstances be a benchmark as to what was a reasonable step to take? Or would the death or severe harm that came to the person in peril define whether the bystander had failed to take reasonable steps. Imposing criminal liability for offences of commission by omission is quite a modern approach to criminal justice. Such a law would hope to yield a socially conscientious society‚ whereby one did think of their neighbour and did not simply ‘look out for themselves’. Individual
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171). What factors will determine liability? The factors that will determine if the teachers are liable is if the incident was unforeseen and if the teacher was supervising the students as required during recess. Teachers are required to use a standard of care‚ but if they act improperly or failed to act appropriately in this situation they can be held liable. It is stated that "when an unavoidable injury occurs‚ there is generally no liability" (Essex‚ 2012‚ p. 158). But this situation
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