The European Accounting Review 2000‚ 9:3‚ 371 385 Auditor liability rules under imperfect information and costly litigation: the welfare-increasing eŒ of liability ect insurance Ralf Ewert‚ Eberhard Feess and Martin Nell University of Frankfurt‚ Frankfurt am Main ABSTRACT This paper examines auditor liability rules under imperfect information‚ costly litigation and risk-averse auditors. A negligence rule fails in such a setting‚ because in equilibrium auditors will deviate with positive probability
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CRITICAL ISSUES. The critical issues found in our company is clarity of goals; quantification of processes and objectives; realistic and achievable goals; and flexibility to in corporate changes whenever necessary due to changing market conditions. Our goal is to achieve the maximum profit out of our expenses and sales throughout the year. We are also focusing our product(doughnut) to customer based product where customers satisfaction is our primary objective. We are also targeting goal for
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Case Study Vicarious Liability Introduction Under the English Common Law‚ Vicarious liability is a principle of the tort laws. The law imposes liability of employees and agents to their employers. Under this law‚ the liability of any tort committed by an employee that falls under the scope of his duties to the employer is transferred to the employer. This includes both the intentional and unintentional torts. The inclusion of the intentional torts came in to effect after the ruling in the case
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Employers Liability and breach of statutory duty Employers liability have both a common law and statutory aspect. Common law = found in tort of negligence. Duties are only owed to employees. Not owed to IC and visitor’s (Occupiers liability) Common Law Basic duty owed at common law by an employer to an employee is founded on the tort of negligence. Authority derives from: Wilsons and Clyde Coal v English [1938] AC 57 Employers have the duty at common law to take reasonable
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each part relevant to the understanding of responsibility and liability in the company by the company management. Introduction- will provide some information in the relation to the financial information. Why do we need it and how it has been develop across the years? It will also provide the base understanding of why we need the financial report and how he affects the responsibility or the liability of the company management. Liability versus responsibility- will provide some basics understanding
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DEFENITION: STRICT LIABILITY RYLANDS V FLETCHER CASE i. FACTS ii. DIAGRAMATICAL REPRESENTATION iii. JUDGEMENT iv. EFFECTS OF THE CASE v. EFFECTS OF THE CASE IN INDIA vi. CONCLUSION vii. ESSENTIALS EXCEPTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY STRICT LIABILITY • A person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same or does not intentionally cause it or is careful or has taken steps to prevent the same. • e.g.‚ The defendant is liable to the neighbor
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Teacher Liability University of Phoenix AED/201‚ Week 5 Erin Witt February 5‚ 2012 Your Results for "Classroom Management " | Print this page | Book’s Title: | Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional | Book’s Author: | Kauchak | Location on Site: | Home > School Law: Ethical and Legal Influences > Reflect on This > Classroom Management | Date/Time Submitted: | February 6‚ 2012 at 4:05 AM (UTC/GMT) | | Summary of Results | All 3 questions in this activity
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OCCUPIERS LIABILITY The occupancy of premises is affected by two statues: 1) The occupier’s liability act 1957. Under this act there is a duty to keep safe and lawful visitors to the premises 2) The occupier’s liability act 1984. Where an occupier may owe a duty to protect trespassers onto the premises. LAWFUL VISITORS A lawful visitor has permission to enter premises. This can be expressed permission of implied. There are four situations covering implied permissions: 1) If the occupier
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Office of the Ombudsman v. Uldarico P. Andutan (G.R. No. 164679‚ 27 July 2011) The Ombudsman argued – in both the present petition and in the petition it filed with the CA – that Andutan’s retirement from office does not render moot any administrative case‚ as long as he is charged with an offense he committed while in office. It is irrelevant‚ according to the Ombudsman‚ that Andutan had already resigned prior to the filing of the administrative case since the operative fact that determines its
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Principles of Liability – Coursework Assessment Two For a contractual agreement to withstand‚ it is crucial that the contract contains the four main components‚ which are; offer‚ acceptance‚ consideration and the intention to create legal relations. A contract is seen as a legally binding agreement between two parties‚ so It is very important for the court to establish a ‘consensus ad idem’; the meeting of minds in order to judge whether a contract exists. Britney’s first meeting with
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