McGill Law Journal ~ Revue de droit de McGill JUSTIFYING FIDUCIARY DUTIES Paul B. Miller* Fiduciary duties are critical to the integrity of a remarkable variety of relationships, including those between trustee and beneficiary, director and corporation, agent and principal, lawyer and client, doctor and patient, parent and child, and guardian and ward. Notwithstanding their variety, all fiduciary relationships are presumed to enjoy common characteristics and to attract a core set of demanding
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HR From A to Z (Explains over 900 terms) 2006 Web Edition Edited and Compiled by Adnan MBA (Management) This concise HR glossary provides students and HR professionals with definitions and meanings for the terms and acronyms used in the area of Human Resources Management HR Glossary A to Z Dedicated to CiteHR team, and to those HR professionals who aspire to serve the humanity without any discrimination. Edited and Compiled by Adnan, MBA (Management) CiteHR Member
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Procurement and Contract Law 26 February 2012 Introduction The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is a set of principles that govern the government procurement process. It regulates the purchasing of goods and services by the government. The FAR is codified in Title 48 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. It is prepared, issued, and jointly maintained by the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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and trustees, contact with regulatory and external bodies, reports and circulars to shareholders/trustees, management of employee benefits such aspensions and employee share schemes, insurance administration and organisation, the negotiation of contracts, risk management, property administration and organisation and the interpretation of financial accounts. Company secretaries are the primary source of advice on the conduct of business and this can span everything from legal advice on conflicts
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National Highways Authority of India (Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, Government of India) I I Six Laning of Pune - Satara Section of NH-4 from Km 725.000 to Km 865.350 (Length - 140.350 km) in the State of Maharashtra to be executed as BOT (Toll) on DBFO Pattern under NHDP Phase-V (Package No. NHDP-V/MC-IU14) CONCESSION AGREEMENT Between National Highways Authority of India G-5&6, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110 075 And MIS PS Toll Road Private Limited C/o Reliance Infrastructure
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impair the enforceability of a contract? Courts will generally allow a unilateral mistake of fact to impair the enforceability of a contract if the nonmistaken party has caused the mistake or knew or should have known or should have known of the other party’s mistake, and the mistaken party exercised ordinary care. 2. What types of mutual mistakes do not make a contract defective? Mistake as to value, quality, or price; mistake as to the terms of the contract; mistake as to the law, mistake
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BEST CONSULTING, LLC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT This Professional Services Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into effective as of the (the “Effective Date”), by and between Best Consulting, LLC (“Supplier”) and (“Client”). For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Client and Supplier hereby agree as follows: Nature and Scope. Client hereby agrees to retain Supplier to perform consulting services related to the
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The Enforcement of Rights under Collective Agreement Introduction Historically, the relations between employers and employees were accompanied by numerous conflicts which were determined by natural factors. In fact, the conflicts between the management and employees were and still are inevitable since, even thought they work in the same organizations, they still have different purposes. It is obvious that the major goal of employees is to get the maximum payment for their labor and to have guarantees
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practicing under the corporate name Family Health Care, P.C., entered into a written employment contract to hire Dennis Winkel. The contract provided for an annual salary, insurance benefits, and other employment benefits. Another doctor, Dr. Quan, also practiced with Dr. Vranich. About nine months later, when Dr. Quan left the practice, Vranich and Winkel entered into an oral modification of their written contract whereby Winkel was to receive a higher salary and a profit-sharing bonus. During the next
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however, Big Time did not respond and months later Big Time was no longer interested( Melvin, 2011). The proposed contract existed immediately following the agreement to exclusive rights. The contract from that point was valid for 90 days following the agreement, which obstructed Chou’s ability to negotiate with other distribution outlets. The elements, which validate a contracts formation consist of an offer, BTT offered $25,000 to Chou for exclusive negotiation rights, acceptance Chou accepted
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