1.0 Areas of law Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been a touchy issue for governments not just in Australia‚ but around the world as well. Companies in Australia are governed by the corporation’s act‚ which outlines the legal capacity and power of a company. The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 57A1‚ defines a corporation as a separate legal entity‚ that includes any corporate body and unincorporated bodies that may sue‚ be sued or hold property in the name of an office holder appointed
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The preliminary issue in the question is fast food restaurant is vicariously liable for the Cathy’s negligence. Since the concerns about the law of tort‚ the following analysis will focus on the possible tortuous liability instead of the potential breach of the contractual obligation and the criminal acts. In principle of vicarious liability‚ to make an employer liable for a wrong committed by an employee‚ the plaintiff must establish that: 1. defendant is an employee ( as opposed to an independent
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General Motors Corporation S B Davenport University I often wonder if in 1982 when R.E olds first converted his father’s naval and industrial engine factory into the Olds Motor Vehicle Company to build horseless carriages‚ did he know he was making way to for the largest full-line vehicle manufacturer and marketer (General Motors Corporation. 2011). The beginning of General Motors (GM) Corporation all begin from the minds of just a four innovative engineers and good businessman. When R.E.
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CONTRACT LAW INTRODUCTION The Law of Contract governs the relationship between individuals in a wide range of circumstances. Everyday actions often involve making contracts and therefore the law has simple foundations. Contract law covers everything from simple shopping to large commercial deals and case law is wide in the matters that it covers also. Contracts are made by ordinary people in everyday situations many times a day e.g. buying a magazine‚ shopping‚ parking the car etc. Usually
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QUESTION Running late for his exciting evening law class‚ Sam desperately seeks out a car park in the CBD of Melbourne‚ state of Victoria Australia. He spots the car park operated by Citipark Ltd. Sam drives up a ramp which has raised concrete barriers on either side. As it is rush hour‚ there are a few cars in front of him and soon some more line up behind him. Sam stopped his car at the barrier entrance of the car park which had a mechanical arm preventing cars moving into the parking
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Unit 1 Case Study: 3. The dilemma I face now is to inform all the investors of the inaccurate information the accountant provided and that in fact‚ the team is losing money. The biggest problem is that no one should be receiving a check for their investments. The team is surprisingly operating with a loss yet investors are getting paid. The season ticket revenue does not provide reliable information to an outsider because revenue would not be placed until 2009. The $100‚000 advertising revenue
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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (ECONOMICS AND FINANCE) Law of Investment and Financial Markets LAW 2460 Group Report Issues Through an anonymous letter‚ Mandy was induced into attending a seminar held by Warren Hopkins. Mandy trusted the advices given by Warren and the professional investment managers and signed up for Investbank. However‚ months later she found out that the Investbank system was a scam. There are several issues to be addressed‚ mainly with regards to whether did Warren owe Mandy
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recommendation would you make to task force? As an industrial leader in home lighting system manufacturing‚ Tartan Corporation has been existing for more than 90 years‚ with its brands and products firmly holding the proprietary in the market‚ while competition and potential threats‚ on the contrary‚ are impelling Tartan Corp to strengthen itself strategically. Based on the charts given in the case material‚ products are well developed during different historical stages and distributed among various markets
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Chap 29 United domains Corp v Brian Pty Ltd(p200): Was the agreement a joint venture or partnership? Decision: High court held that the parties were in a partnership; hence United Domain was entitled to share in profit. Canny Gabrial Castle v Volume Sales(p200): Canny Gabrial argued that the 2 companies were joint ventures Decision: Agreement was partnership Polkinghorne v Holland(p205): Was the giving of financial advice outside the ordinary business of the law firm‚ such that the partners
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Citation: Nasc Services‚ Inc v. Jervis 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40502 (U.S. Dist. Ct. D. N.J. 2008) Parties: * Plaintiff – Nasc Services and Russell * Defendant – Jervis‚ Moses‚ Jones‚ Barrow‚ Moffett‚ and Nee * Appellant – N/A * Appellee– N/A History: The plaintiff motioned against the defendants under the notion that they violated a covenant in their employee contracts. If the defendants were to be found guilty then the consequences would be an oppressive and unfair scenario
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