CONTRACT OF LAW Contract can be defined as ‘an agreement enforceable by law’. In other words‚ a contract is an agreement made between two(2) parties or more which is legally binding between the parties. There are six (6) basic elements in the contract : 1. Offer refers to a proposal that is capable of being converted into an agreement by its acceptance. Section 2(a) of Contract Act 1950 provides that when a person signifies another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with
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Contracts II Outline Fall 2005 Professor Jean Powers Cited to Crandall & Whaley’s Contracts‚ 4th Edition I) Damages (227) A) Introduction (227) 1) General Rule – Contract damages should put the π in as good of a position as if the contract was fulfilled. 2) No action on a contract need be present for damages to be proper. An executory contract will suffice. B) Measuring Expectation Damages (229) 1) Expectation = Expected Value + Costs – Expenses Mitigated 2) Repair Theory – Damages should
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Defective Contracts Contract Classification Basis of Defect Status of the Contract Legal Effects Prescriptive Period Ratifiability A.Rescissible There is damage or injury either to one of the contracting parties or to a third person. Valid Considered valid and enforceable until they are rescinded by a competent court. The action for prescription may prescribe. NO 1. Contracts entered into in behalf of wards 2. Contracts agreed upon in representation of absentees 3. Contracts undertaken
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over eighteen and are of sound mind and in the each scenario they intend to enter a legally binding contract. For a contract to come into existence there have to be three steps involved: • Agreement (Offer and Acceptance) • Consideration • Intention to create legal relations All three scenarios are supported by “consideration”. The general idea of consideration is that contracts involve an exchange in which both parties give something in exchange for the promise of the other
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INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE OF QUASI CONTRACTS:- Under the general heading of the Quasi contract there has been grouped a number of cases which have little or no affinity with contract. A simple illustration is afforded by the action to recover money paid by mistake. If the plaintiff on an erroneous interpretation of the facts‚ pays to the defendant a sum of money which he does not really owe‚ law‚ no less than justice‚ will require he defendant to restore it. But his obligation is manifestly not
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Common Contracts paper Alyssa Baker-Brake LAW/421 Lina Malanzo 07/01/13 Contracts are a written promise to do something‚ or not to do something. The purpose of the contract is to ensure that both parties will perform the duties that they have promised to do‚ or to prevent something that was promised to prevent. Contracts are here to ensure that people follow through with their word when they promise to do something. With a contract‚ you can make a promise a legal obligation. I have personally
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Contract Remedies BA265 Business Law II Terrance L. Williams Grantham University December 8‚ 2012 Contract Remedies In our case of National Drilling Company filing suit against Overland Transport‚ Inc. asking compensatory‚ consequential‚ and punitive damages‚ the recovery of National will be based on Quasi Contract. As one reads through the scenario‚ he or she may ask themselves a few questions. What were the exact terms of the contract between National Drilling and Overland Transport
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It is trite law that an insurer under a contract of indemnity insurance‚ who has satisfied the claim of the insured‚ is entitled to be placed in the insured’s position in respect of all rights and remedies against other parties which were vested in the insured in relation to the subject-matter of the insurance1. Where the insured has proceeded against the third party after the insurer had paid out the claim and without the insurer’s authority as happened in Visser v Incorporated General Insurances
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2.1 Definition of Proposal/Offer Section 2(a) of the Contract Acts 1950 provides that: “when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with a view to obtain the assent of that other to the act or abstinence‚ he is said to make a proposal”. Eg: Ali advertised in Malay Mails that he will give a reward of RM100 to anyone who finds his pet. He signified his willingness to do an act‚ which is to pay a reward‚ upon certain terms‚ with a view of obtaining
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of the contract Termination of the contract Under common law‚ a contract of employment may be terminated by: (a) Agreement with notice; (b) Death of the employer or employee; (c) Frustration; (d) Insolvency; or (e) Breach. Termination by agreement with notice The ending of a contract of employment is most often achieved without any breach of its terms. A contract can be terminated at common law by either party giving the notice required by the terms of the contract‚ or by
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