In Business‚ contracts can be considered as the heart of dealings and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional
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get an idea about the law structure of Sri Lanka * To study about contract law * To get an idea about the low governing offerer and acceptance in Sri Lankan Law. Methodology * Library and Internet research Colonial History and the Law Sri Lanka‚ formally known as Ceylon‚ is a multi-ethnic and multi-religion island nation in the Indian Ocean‚ near the southern coast of India. The ethnic and religious diversity of the nation‚ and also its colonial history‚ have a direct bearing on aspects
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CONTRACT OF LAW Contract can be defined as ‘an agreement enforceable by law’. In other words‚ a contract is an agreement made between two(2) parties or more which is legally binding between the parties. There are six (6) basic elements in the contract : 1. Offer refers to a proposal that is capable of being converted into an agreement by its acceptance. Section 2(a) of Contract Act 1950 provides that when a person signifies another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with
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Dr. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY LUCKNOW. SESSION 2013-2014 A Project on " Immunity of agent- a detailed study" Under the Supervision of Dr Visalakshi Vegesna Assistant Professor Submitted by Umaima Shahnawaz B.A.L.L.B(Hons.) IIIrd Semester Roll no-147 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher Dr. Visalakshi Vegesna who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic " Immunity of agent- a detailed
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Introduction A contract is formed when one of the parties has to accept an offer made by the other. Here‚ David places an advertisement in the local newspaper of a reward‚ £1000 for the safe return of each of his six cats. This shows he is making an offer to all the readers of the Daily Bungle. An offer is defined as follows: “An offer is a statement of the terms upon which the offeror is prepared to be bound if acceptance is communicated while the offer remains alive1.” The critical aspect of
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Contract A contract is a promise between two or more persons involving the exchange of some good or service. Some of the basic elements of a contract include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides
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BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT ------------------------------------------------- “To create a binding agreement the acceptance must occur‚ and that ‘acceptance’ must be final and absolutely unconditional. This is clear under Australian contract law.” ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Discuss the accuracy of this statement. In order to discuss the accuracy of this statement we must first understand the concept of ‘acceptance’.
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an arbitration clause in a contract agreement survives despite purported satisfaction thereof. 2. The parties to this appeal entered into an agreement for a project at Kayamkulam. Upon completion of the work the respondent herein submitted final bill which was allegedly not accepted by the appellant‚ where after they themselves prepared the final bill and forwarded the same along with a printed format being a "No Demand Certificate". The said "No Demand Certificate" was signed by the respondent herein
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parties to an executory contract are often faced‚ in the course of carrying it out‚ with a turn of events which they did not at all anticipate – a wholly abnormal rise or fall in prices‚ a sudden depreciation of currency‚ an unexpected obstacle to the execution‚ or the like. Yet this does not in itself affect the bargain which they have made…” (per Lord Simon in British Movietonews Ltd. v. London and District Cinemas [1952] A.C. 166 at 185). Discuss this dictum and explain the respects in which
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CONSIDERATION A. Legal Sufficiency 1. Adequacy 2. Unilateral Contracts 3. Bilateral Contracts 4. Illusory Promises a. Output and Requirement Contracts b. Exclusive Dealing Contracts c. Conditional Promises 5. Pre-existing Obligation a. Modification of a Pre-existing Contract b. Substituted Contracts c. Settlement of a Undisputed Debt d. Settlement of an Disputed Debt B. Bargained-For-Exchange 1. Past Consideration 2. Third Parties C. Contracts without Consideration 1. Promises to Perform Prior Unenforceable
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