Court Court of Common Pleas Citation(s) (1862) 11 Cb (NS) 869; [1862] EWHC CP J35; 142 ER 1037 Transcript(s) Full text of judgment Judge(s) sitting Willes J‚ Byles J and Keating J Felthouse v Bindley (1862) EWHC CP J 35‚ is the leading English contract law case on the rule that one cannot impose an obligation on another to reject one ’s offer. This is sometimes misleadingly expressed as a rule that "silence cannot amount to acceptance". Later the case has been rethought‚ because it appeared that
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Contract A contract is a promise between two or more persons involving the exchange of some good or service. Some of the basic elements of a contract include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides
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CREDIT SEMINAR REPORT ON CONTRACT FARMING [pic] Submitted to: Submitted By: Dr. Madhu sharma M. Nageswara Rao Associate Professor MBA (AB) 1st year Institute of Agri Business Management Rajasthan Agricultural University Bikaner Rajasthan 2008-2010 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. DEFINITION 1.2. BROAD OBJECTIVES
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Constitutional Law - The term constitution comes from the Latin word constitutio‚ used for regulations and orders. Constitutional law is also referred to as “supreme law or “highest law of the land”. This is because it is the foundation of a state wherein it comprises primary law and fundamental principles which defines the relationship of the three important branches within a state‚ namely‚ the executive‚ the legislature and the judiciary. This law also illustrates the scope and limitations of the
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PROJ598 – Contract and Procurement Management Request for Proposal Seeds-a-Million Inventory Control System Jennifer Pattison Missenu03@yahoo.com PM598 – March‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 3 1.1. General Description of Work 3 1.2. What Must Be Included with Bid 3 1.3. Schedule of Bid Period Activities 3 1.4. Location of Work 3 1.5. Pre-Bid Meeting 4 1.6. Owner Contact for Questions 4 1.7. Pre-Award Surveys 4 1.8. Sealed Bid Requirements 4
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charter‚ the evidence shall not be excluded if it is established that‚ having regard to all the circumstances‚ the admission of it in the proceedings would bring the administration of justice into disrepute (charter). If the court finds that a Charter breach has occurred‚ the evidence should not be excluded pursuant to section 24(2) of the Charter. The test set out in R v. Grant
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PART I. Introduction England’s contract law is consisted of several laws and they can not be written or at least explained in a student’s assignment‚ which is consisted of 1000 words. Despite that I will try to outline the main points of the contact law and explain briefly what each means. On the second point I will explain the little difference between the English contact law with the equivalent contract law of my home country which is Cyprus. I wrote "little differences " because‚ Cyprus is following
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Contract Disputes Vanessa Bray Lee Strayer University BUS501-044 December 9‚ 2011 Dr. William Hadyn Roberts “CONTRACT DISPUTES REACH 15-YEAR HIGH”‚ was the heading of an article published‚ December 1‚ 2010 in the Government Executive. The heading in itself tells us that the government is doing more and more business by contract and as a result contractors who are lobbying for government business have become more aware of their rights to file disputes when it involves a loss of potential
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In Business‚ contracts can be considered as the heart of dealings and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional
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the American one‚ United Kingdom’s (UK) and Hong Kong’s (HK) do not recognize the approach of general principle of good faith in contract law‚ as illustrated in Walford v Miles1. Yet‚ good faith should be promoted in UK and HK because one should value fairness in the whole course of dealing‚ from the point of pre-contractual negotiations till the discharge of he contracts. This essay aims at showing the merits of a good faith doctrine and possible implications on the UK and HK legal system so as to
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