1. The decision in Williams v Roffey moved away from the actual technicalities of finding traditional consideration‚ to actually looking at the factual benefit which a promisor may gain. In this sense it was stated that the duty to perform an existing contract could be good consideration so long as some kind of benefit went to the promisor‚ whereas previous to this performance of an existing contract was in fact no consideration‚ (as stated in Stilk v Myrick). This decision developed the doctrine
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Page 1 All England Law Reports/1990/Volume 1 /Williams v Roffey Bros and Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd - [1990] 1 All ER 512 [1990] 1 All ER 512 Williams v Roffey Bros and Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd COURT OF APPEAL‚ CIVIL DIVISION PURCHAS‚ GLIDEWELL AND RUSSELL LJJ 2‚ 3‚ 23 NOVEMBER 1989 Contract - Consideration - Performance of contractual duty - Performance of existing contractual duty - Agreement to pay additional money to ensure performance of existing contractual duty - Whether sufficient consideration
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WARNER BROS v NELSON 1937 Case Study Facts – Small time actress Bette Davis who had a contract with the Warner Bros to act for the them and at the same time not to act or sing for anybody else for two years without the plaintiff’s written consent and no other employment could be taken up during this period without the plaintiff’s consent. Bette Davis was convinced that all the staring in mediocre film rolls provided by Warner Bros was ruining her career. She accepted an offer in Britain
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Williams v Roffey Brothers & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd is a fundamental contract law case concerning the legal issue of consideration‚ in relation to the performance of an existing duty. The claimant‚ Lester Williams successfully sued the defendant‚ Roffey Brothers for breach of contract in the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. The defendants appealed to the Court of Appeal where the judges were Glidewell‚ Russell and Purchas LJ. Roffey Brothers Ltd was a building firm contracted to renovate
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International Business Planning and Strategy BUS4020 Ganong Bros. Recommendation After analyzing the current situation of the firm and the market we would recommend that Ganong should discontinue the product lines that are not profitable (exhibit 1). Secondly Ganong should become more proactive in the private label sector (exhibit 5). Third Ganong should improve the effectiveness of their sales force and receivable staff (exhibit 4). This will improve the firm’s people and production
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Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson grew up in the same neighborhood. In high school they formed a band with their future manager‚ Michael Happoldt‚ called The Juice Bros. The band was a purely punk rock band. Then‚ Brad Nowell dropped out of the University of California and joined the band. Nowell introduced ska and reggae to the band to form the band’s punk‚ ska‚ and reggae blend. Sublime was formed in 1988 in Long Beach‚ California during the California punk explosion along with bands like Green Day and
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Case Citation: Nix v. Williams - 467 U.S. 431 (1984) Facts: In 1968‚ 10 year old Pamela Powers was abducted and murdered outside of the YMCA in Des Moines‚ Iowa. A young boy claimed to have seen Williams‚ outside the YMCA carrying a bundle wrapped in a blanket with two white legs hanging out. The following day Williams‚ car was spotted approximately 160 miles outside of Des Moines. Additionally‚ several of the young girls clothing items were found. ; Along with Williams and with the blanket
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The Lehman Brothers Scandal The Lehman Brothers is a Global financial services firm that’s been around for 158 years‚ founded by Henry Lehman and his brothers‚ Emanuel and Mayer‚ where they have survived railroad bankruptcies‚ the Great Depression‚ two world wars and a capital shortage. What was the Lehman Brothers scandal? Well the Lehman Brothers‚ Ernst & Young and Banks in the Cayman Islands together covered up the Lehman Brothers hiding over $50 billion in loans disguised as sales.
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The Wright Brothers “Road to the 1st Ever Plane” Individual Paper David Taylor The Wright brothers‚ Orville and Wilbur‚ were two American brothers‚ inventors‚ and aviation pioneers who were credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled‚ powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight‚ on December 17‚ 1903. In the two years afterward‚ the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although
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