was no binding contract due to a lack of consideration. As a result, Hamer sued the estate's executor, Franklin Sidway. Judgment for the Defendant, and the Plaintiff appealed. Issues: Was the contract without consideration to support it, invalid? Rules: The court stated that consideration may consist in either a some right, interest, profit, or benefit to one party. Refraining from something that one is entitled to do is a sufficient detriment to create an enforceable contract. Holdings: Judgment
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in the farm we are to first explore whether a contract is formed, and if promissory estoppel would apply in this situation and the relevant terms attached to this contract. Using the common law of contract we can answer these questions, and Billy’s entitlements. a) Is there a contract? Before Billy can be sure he is entitled to anything we first must establish that Billy and Choy have entered into a legally binding contract. For a legal contract to be held, all essential elements of an offer
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disadvantages of such agreements. Furthermore, we will discuss the question of how the contracts might affect Bharti’s core competencies. Third, we want to elaborate on the major concerns about entering in an outsourcing agreement with Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and IBM respectively. Additionally, we propose some solutions to the problems identified previously in the form of governance mechanisms for the contract. Finally, we assume the role of IBM and Nokia to talk about the issues they might have
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Marian Malone International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business October 25, 2015 Abstract What kind of statements are companies allowed to make in their advertising campaigns to get noticed by the general public? How much of this advertising is taken seriously by the general public? Will a company be held responsible to follow through for their statements made in an ad campaign? We will examine these questions in this paper.
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statement that he was willing to buy the display case as it was a family heirloom that got lost and is willing to pay for any price is a valid offer. One of the requirements of a valid offer is that the offer must be clear in meaning. Section 30 of the Contracts Act 1950 also provides that agreements are void if there is uncertainty in the meaning or when the meaning is capable of being made certain. In Ahmed Meah & Anor v Nacodah Merican, the defendant promised to build a ‘suitable house’ upon the marriage
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Dow’s Bid for Rohm and Haas 1.Why does Dow want to buy Rohm and Haas? Dow, a producer of low-valued cyclical commodity chemicals, had future aspirations of being not only the largest but as well the highest valued chemical company in the United States. Its strategy was simple: to be an asset-light company with extremely high growth potential fuelled through advanced technology, geographical reach, strong industry channels and an overall switch in to the advanced specialty chemical
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have control over the child. ** a minor can enter into any contract that an adult can, except contracts prohibited by the law …. Aka purchase of tobacco or alcoholic beverages** Disaffirmance- legal avoidance of a contractual obligation > must be within a reasonable time reasonable time can vary > minors obligations on disaffirmance exceptions: - misrepresentation of age (claiming to be 21 when not) -contracts for necessaries (standard of living) -------------------------------------------------
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which is, contract formed between both the parties Alan and Ben. There are four elements to form a contract (Burton's Legal Thesaurus, n.d. para.1). The first element will discuss about legal capacity. Both Alan and Ben are in legal age (above 18 years old) and furthermore Alan and Ben are not under the influence of intoxication, nor are they both suffering from any mental illness. Therefore they are not considered as minors and are knowledgeable of understanding the nature of the contract and possess
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of many project management software such as SQL, Sharepoint, ALM, Clarity, and ALFA. My direct role was to understand many different branches of the company and the exact work they do day to day. This way I could configure these employees in MBFS’ Contract Management System to be able to successfully complete the work needed. I also made sure the system was set up correctly to pass audit checks. MBFS having trusted and believed in my abilities, I soon had the same levels of authority of many of my
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Remoteness of Damages in Torts Before we begin looking into the depth of the topic, let us start with a few definitions to draw out the basic structure of what all will we cover. 1) Tort – A tort is a civil wrong that causes unlawful harm to a person, giving them legal liability to sue the wrongdoer, or the ‘tortfeasor’. 2) Damages in Tort – These are the different forms of compensation usually given to a victim for injury or harm caused. 3) Remoteness – In Tort law, it is the set of rules
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