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    Business Law Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Business Law Legal Issue Both parties entered into a legally binding contract. The legal issue is a breach of contract. For a contract to be legitimate‚ it must have the following three elements; an offer must be made; there must be acceptance‚ and finally there must be consideration. Facts: The defendant entered into a legal agreement with the plaintiffs‚ Jackson Boris and Klara Koop. The defendant made an offer

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    is the legal contract. At the same time‚ whether or not the oral evidence rule it included. And it have whether or not the consumer guarantee. Rule- Fraudulent misrepresentation Fraudulent misrepresentation occurs when one makes representation with intent to deceive and with the knowledge that it is false. According to Andy and Douglas1 .An action for fraudulent misrepresentation allows for a remedy of damages and rescission. One can also sue for fraudulent misrepresentation in a tort action. Andy

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    of many types of torts. A tort is a civil wrong that is outside of contract law and arises out of recognition that a person is responsible for their acts and omissions when dealing with others. The term ’tort’ refers to a number of different laws such as: • nuisance‚ • trespass and • assault Torts generally compensate the individual for personal loss or attacks on reputation‚ where the loss was caused by another person. Tort has as its basis common law. Negligence is now

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    we right to use the term ‘sports law’? What does it mean and why should we consider it to be important. The existence of the subject ‘Sports Law’ has been debated for a number of years now and there are two different schools of thought with regards to the term ‘Sports Law’. Some commentators refer to ‘Sport and the Law’ arguing that there is currently no topic than can be referred to as ‘Sports Law’. Grayson‚ who many consider the father of ‘sport and the law’ states that ‘No subject exists which

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    UNIVERSITY LGST201 COMPANY LAW Topic 1 - Introduction to the Company General Reading: Woon‚ chapters 1 and 2 (you may omit paras 1.73 – 1.1041). Note that Woon references below are to the Revised 3rd edition (2009) (corresponding references to the 3rd edition (2005) are footnoted). Legend  - Very important. Must know!  - Less important (but doesn’t mean can ignore!) 1. General Themes The company is essentially an artificial person created by law. What this “person” is allowed

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    Subject Business Law Subject Number BBC131 Trainer Mr Tony Antoniou Due Date 7th Oct 2012 Chapter 1 LEGAL FOUNDATIONS Tutorial Questions 1 Why did common law become so rigid and flexible? The social behaviour of surroundings where society

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    Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1‚ 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou‚ who owns a waste removal business‚ collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight‚ intending

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    Deadly Decisions Over the past several decades attitudes towards law enforcement have changed tremendously. Law Enforcement officers are looked down upon by most people because of wrong decisions made in the heat of the moment by a growing percentage of police officers. Those wrong decisions that some have made‚ have had a huge impact on the nation because lives were wrongfully lost. In order to prevent needless killings‚ all law enforcement officers should be required to take fear training classes

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    UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LAW OF EQUITY ASSIGNMENT IAN NDUNGU WAWERU DLAW/112/00101 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EQUITY AND COMMON LAW LECTURER: MARK WAGIA Common law‚ defined by Oxford Dictionary‚ is law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent instead of statutes. Equity‚ on the other hand‚ is a branch of law‚ which developed alongside common law‚ and is focused on fairness and justice. But aside from their descriptions‚ there are other differences between common law and equity.

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    Intro to Law In Class Assignment: Chapter 12 – Torts Answers in bold Questions: 1. Matt lost his Introduction to Law text‚ so he "borrowed" Sam’s copy without first asking Sam’s permission. After using it to study for the exam‚ he gave it back to Sam. This is an example of a. trespass to personal property or chattels. b. conversion. c. interference with a contractual relationship. d. false imprisonment. 2. The four basic elements in a negligence case are: a. duty‚ proximate

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