Preparing a legal memorandum – Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research Home / Writing & Analysis / Preparing a legal memorandum Preparing a legal memorandum A legal memorandum is a highly structured type of writing that follows certain conventions. The structure and conventions are discussed below‚ and a sample memorandum is included. Because each legal problem is distinct‚ no two memoranda will be organised in precisely the same way. Do not slavishly follow the sample memorandum. Rather‚ focus on
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May 3‚ 2010 Tax File Memorandum Subject Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home Incorporated prepaid income treatment. Facts Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home Inc. is an accrual basis taxpayer who sells prepaid goods and services to clients that will be provided for them at the time of their death. Goods and services are refundable upon the purchasers request at any time until the contracts are fulfilled. Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home Incorporated is in need of determining the period of recognition
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The Land Registration Act 2002 has actually replaced the previous legislation in particular The land Registration Act 1925 which governed and earlier though similar system but with the new statute now governs all matters concerning registered title. The Land Registration Act 2002 was introduced in response to the Law Commission and HM Land Registry report‚ Land Registration for the 21st(2002)1. The Land Registration Act 2002 came in to force on October 13th 2003 . Its main objective is to provide
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CONTRACTS Stages in the life of a contract: 1. Preparation/Generation 2. Perfection/Birth 3. Consummation/Death Characteristics of Contracts: (ROMA) 1. Relativity (Art. 1311) 2. Obligatoriness & Consensuality (Art. 1315) 3. Mutuality (Art. 1308) 4. Autonomy (Art. 1306) Stipulation pour Autrui - stipulation in favor of a 3rd party. Requisites: 1. The stipulation must be part‚ not whole of the contract; 2. the contracting parties must have clearly and deliberately conferred
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Case Name: Security at TJX Problem Statement How should the new CIO of TJX work to strengthen security around the IT infrastructure to prevent‚ detect‚ and analyze security breaches that had previously allowed hackers to steal sensitive data? Background 1 Describe the company/department 1 History 1 Founded in 1976 2 Operate 8 business under TJX 1 TJ Maxx 2 Marshalls 3 HomeGoods 4 A.J Wright 5 Bob’s Stores 6 Winners 7 Home Sense 8 TK Maxx
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A National Security Breach Citi mortgage‚ a subsidiary of Citi Bank has issued a national PR release. Citi Mortgage of Fenton‚ Missouri‚ has publicly notified the public as of May 20‚ 2006 several hundred mortgage applications filed by previous Citi Mortgage customers have been lost by The United Parcel Service package company of Earth City‚ Missouri. Citi mortgage member’s social security numbers‚ salary information‚ bank account identification numbers and the home address of clients and their
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Critique on “Damages” as a remedy for breach of contract under Indian‚ American‚ English and Chinese law. Project: Law of Contracts [pic] |Submitted to: |Submitted by: | |Prof (Dr.) Amar Singh | | |Principal Faculty‚ |Dheerak
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The first step to establish negligence is to decide whether the defendant owe a duty of care to the plaintiff. The defendant is obliged to take reasonable care to its neighbor. Neighbors are persons who are so closely and directly affected by ma act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question: Donoghue v Stevenson. Thus‚ the damages occurred must be reasonably foreseeable. In this case
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INTRODUCTION The law of contract is the collection of legal rules which govern contracts. These rules‚ in turn‚ are part of the law of obligations‚ a subdivision of the law of property which is traditionally regarded as part of private law. Private law governs the persons (legal subject) in their personal or private capacity before the law in relation to other legal subjects. In other word‚ private law can be defined as balance and protect legitimate individual interests. Traditionally private
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MEMORANDUM TO: John Doe FR: Patricia Oswalt DA: Monday‚ April 01‚ 2013 RE: Mary Smith – auto accident / medical malpractice Introduction As requested‚ I have reviewed the facts of the above-captioned file‚ along with the applicable law and summarized same in this memorandum. Mrs. Mary Smith suffered an injury to her right ankle in an automobile accident on 10/3/95. After surgery and months of rehabilitation‚ Mrs. Smith still suffers daily. I have researched the facts regarding a personal
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