Richard misses his plane from London to Paris. Ryan takes him there by car. As he gets out of the car‚ Richard promises to pay Ryan $1000 for his efforts Issue: Is there any consideration for the promise made by Richard? The Law: Every contract requires an offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration. Consideration is the exchange of benefit and detriment‚ for example‚ the making of a promise in exchange for an act. If a party voluntarily acts and then the other party makes a promise‚ the act is
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Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on research completed for CIPD by The Kingston Engagement Consortium drawing on both quantative and qualitative data collected from member companies over a six-year period of study. Findings – The paper argues that managers need a deeper understanding of how employees are engaging with their work to effectively leverage performance through engagement. It finds that despite much work on engagement‚ the issues of with what and at what level people are engaging is still
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Explore the murderous desires of the key female characters of Lady Macbeth in ‘Macbeth’ by Shakespeare and the female voices in ‘The Laboratory’ by Browning. ‘Macbeth’ is a well-known play written by William Shakespeare. It is a bloodthirsty tale and shows that the evils we will go to in order to get what we want. It is about a character called Macbeth who plots and kills in order to reign and become king. As he is crowned king‚ the world around him falls to pieces. Macbeth was set in the 1000s but
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Business Law assignment In early 2013‚ Beauty- a property developer and Stylish- their customer have a contract over a new house in the eastern sector of Singapore. The house was completed in late 2013. Stylish isn’t happy with the contract because blinds‚ curtains and other window coverings were not provided in the new house. In this research paper‚ we will advise and discuss about Stylish’s contractual rights in relation to the window coverings. Firstly‚ we need to see if this contract is valid
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Fact of the case On April 4‚ 2010‚ Apple Inc. launched its eagerly anticipated iPod amid great hype. The company started off as “Apple Computer‚” best known for its Macintosh personal computers (PCs) in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Despite a strong brand‚ rapid growth‚ and high profits in the late 1980s‚ Apple almost went bankrupt in 1996. Then Jobs went to work‚ transforming “Apple Computer” into “Apple Inc.” with innovative non-PC products starting in the early 2000’s. In fact‚ by 2010‚ the company
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String Quartet in G Major‚ K. 80‚ III (Menuetto) Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart (1756-1791) was one of the most influential composers of the classical era. He was already proficient on violin and piano by age 5‚ which is the same age in which he began composing. In 1770‚ when Mozart was 14 years old‚ he composed “String Quartet in G Major‚ K. 80”. The string quartet has 4 movements: “Adagio”‚ “Allegro”‚ “Menuetto”‚ and “Rondeao Allegro”. The third movement‚ “Menuetto”‚ begins in the key of G major‚ but modulates
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etc... Intellectual property can be created by you or you can pay someone to create it for you. Intellectual property is protected by trade secrets‚ patents‚ trademarks and copyright laws. Each of these laws covers a specific type of intellectual property. History of Intellectual Property Law Intellectual property law dates at least as far back as medieval Europe. In those times‚ “guilds‚” or associations of artisans in a particular industry‚ were granted authority by the governments to control the
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Federal court The Federal Court is the highest judicial authority in the country. It was established pursuant to Article 121(2) of the Federal Constitution. Its decision binds all the courts below. The Federal Court hears appeals from the Court of Appeal. Leave to appeal must always be obtained prior to proceeding with the appeal. The Federal Court is headed by the Chief Justice. According to Article 122(1) of the Federal Constitution‚ the Federal Court shall consist of the Chief Justice‚ the President
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Finally a discussion about part payment of debt and promissory estoppel will be explained. Likewise‚ this essay will evaluate the knowledge of common law and agency relationship. QUESTION 1 a) Four essential elements of a contract should be Offer‚ Acceptance‚ Intention to create legal relations and Consideration. Firstly‚ offer‚ according to Adams(2012)‚ is a full and clear statement of the terms”(p79) send to a party(the offeree) by another party(the offeror). Otherwise there could be a misunderstanding
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CHAPTER I Problem of the Study Introduction Education is the basic foundation of learning and studying. Without it mankind will be dull and unproductive. Every child has a right of formal education poor‚ middle class or rich. Currently the education of our country the Philippines faces numerous perils like lacking of skilled professional teachers; insufficient funding of school related projects like school supplies and classrooms‚ and the students lack of basic necessities due to
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