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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Problem Questions ------------------------------------------------- Question 1 Based on the question‚ the issue in the question is will there be a contract of sale of goods act 1895(SA) under s 1? Hence‚ the law is s 1 where a contract of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property the goods to the buyer for a money consideration based on the case Toby Construction Products Pty Ltd v Computer Bar Sales Pty Ltd. The application is under s1 sale of goods
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[pic] UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA DEPARTMENT OF LAW TEST 1 COURSE : BUSINESS LAW COURSE CODE : LAW 416 DATE : 17 OCTOBER 2012 (WEDNESDAY) TIME : 1 ½ HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of THREE QUESTIONS: Answer TWO (2) questions only (1 Question x 25 Marks = 25 Marks) 2. Do not bring any notes or reading material into the test hall. If you have ‘accidentally’ done so‚ please surrender the materials
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in regard to insolvent trading and if they breach any law for insolvent trading what are the consequences they have to suffer and also law has given some defences for insolvent trading for directors in order to avoid penalty. S9 defines a director of a company- a person who is appointed to the position of a director or alternate director regardless of the name given to their position. Managing director is responsible for overall daily business. Non executive directors have part time involvement with
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Law of Agency – the Contracts Act 1950 Great Northern Railway Co v Swaffield states that where impossible to get principal’s instructions‚ the agent’s action is necessary to prevent loss and the agent has acted in good faith‚ an agency of necessity arises. The Contracts Act 1950 states that an agent has to obey principal’s instructions. The Contracts Act 1950 states that an agent has to be careful‚ diligent and use any skill that he may
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Agency‚ with special focus on the liabilities involved between the parties. The Law of Agency: General Concepts Agency Laws comes under the purview of Commercial Law. The Indian Contract Act 1872‚ Section 182 defines an Agent as “a person employed to do any act for another or to represent another in dealings with third persons”. The other person to whom the agent is employed to is said to be the Principal. The law of agency helps form the different contractual‚ quasi-contractual relationships
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decide to go into business together to promote new recording artists of alternative music genres‚ calling the business “Alternative Universe.” Assume for purposes of the following questions only‚ that they have chosen to operate the business as a general partnership‚ and that the partnership is formed in a jurisdiction that has adopted the Uniform Partnership Act (UPA). Tricky invested $1‚000‚ Macy invested $9‚000‚ and Esthero didn’t invest any capital. Macy also loaned the business an additional
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TOPIC THREE: LAW OF AGENCY * Nature and Creation of an Agent * Duties of an Agent to his Principal * Duties of a Principal to his Agent * Termination of Agency Contract NATURE OF AGENCY What is an agency? Section 135 of Contract Act 1950: “Agency is the relationship which subsists between the principal and the agent who has been authorized to act for him or represent him in dealings with others.” There are two types of agency contracts:- 1. Contract between principal & agent
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Torts of negligence are breaches of duty that results to injury to another person to whom the duty breached is owed. Like all other torts‚ the requirements for this are duty‚ breach of duty by the defendant‚ causation and injury(Stuhmcke and Corporation.E 2001). However‚ this form of tort differs from intentional tort as regards the manner the duty is breached. In torts of negligence‚ duties are breached by negligence and not by intent. Negligence is conduct that falls below the standard of care
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most common being Negligence. Good morning students of [example]‚ my name is [name] and I am here to give you a brief talk on an area of civil law. My presentation will be based upon the tort‚ negligence and will involve a related case. Negligence is a breach of a person’s or organisation’s duty to take reasonable care in the circumstances‚ which causes harm to a person or organization. It is a manner that involves harm caused by carelessness‚ not intentional harm. For negligence to occur‚ the plaintiff
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