elements of a contract. Consideration is something of value in a contract or agreement between two parties. Both parties must be providing something of value to the other party. It is an act or promise to do (or not to do) something in return for value and the value given is enforceable. All the law need is ‘valuable consideration ’. For example‚ if Jack has offered to pay S$10 for a hammer worth S$100‚ that is considered valuable consideration. There are three types of consideration in law: executory
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BUS201 Contract and Agency Law Group Based Case Study Bai Kailin Q0806156 Question 1 A tender is also considered as an offer. Tenders refers to a process by which one can seek prices and terms for a particular project (such as a construction job in this case) to be carried out under a contract. The sealed offers themselves‚ including company information‚ a project outline‚ and a price quote‚ are known as tenders or bids. Since Beng Huay Construction Pte Ltd submitted the most competitive
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an Agency Contract may be established. Agency According to Nicole Busby‚ an agency is a contractual relationships that entitles one party to act on behalf‚ or in favour of‚ the other party in contractual arrangements with a third party. In this regardthese circumstances‚ the former is known as an “agent” and the entity on whose behalf the agent performs is called a “principal”. Generally‚ the agency relationships arises in commercial transactions‚ partnership and employment. The term “agency” in
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DATA REPRESENTATION CPU uses electronic elements such as switches‚ which are represented in two states i.e.‚ on/off state (high/low state). These two states are indicated as 1 and 0. In other words‚ computer operates only in two digits 1 and 0. Hence‚ our ordinary decimal number system consisting ten digits (0-9) do not suits the data representation of CPU. It works with simple binary system. BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM It uses two symbols or digits i.e. 0 and 1. And all the symbol‚ Arithmetic
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March 2001 Agency Law and Contract Formation ISSN 1045-6333 AGENCY LAW AND CONTRACT FORMATION Eric Rasmusen Discussion Paper No. 323 05/2001 Harvard Law School Cambridge‚ MA 02138 The Center for Law‚ Economics‚ and Business is supported by a grant from the John M. Olin Foundation. This paper can be downloaded without charge from: The Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper Series: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/ March 2001 Agency Law and Contract Formation
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TOPIC 1: AGENCY 1. DEFINITION OF AGENCY "Agency is the relationship that exists between two persons‚ when one‚ called the agent‚ is considered in law to represent the other‚ called the principal‚ in such a way as to be able to affect the principal ’s legal position in respect of strangers to the relationship by the making of contracts or the [sale or purchase] of property." So‚ an agent is someone who represents another‚ called the principal‚ in dealings with third persons. Agency is therefore
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THE NATURE OF AGENCY RELATIONSHIP The need to appoint another person to perform one act or another on one’s behalf assumes greater proportion daily. This is so because of the rapid economic developments that has taken place in the recent years. A party may want to do many things but because of lack of time or expertise‚ he is compelled to appoint another person to act on his behalf and whatever that other person does will be binding on him. The question is: ‘Who is an agent?’ An agent is one who
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1. INTRODUCTION Agency is a fiduciary relationship created by express or implied contract or by law‚ in which one party (the agent) may act on behalf of another party (the principal) and bind that other party by words and/or actions. The etymology of the word agent or agency says much. The words are derived from the Latin verb ago‚ agere (the respective noun agens‚ agentis). The word denotes one who acts‚ a doer‚ force or power that accomplishes things.1 Agency is the exception to the doctrine
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nations (O’Lessker 1982‚ p. 54). International business need to understand the legal and political factors in a country they wish to emerge in. This is significant as it enables organisations to have an insight of the country’s rule of law‚ which establishes the laws‚ and imposes legal measures (Staats & Biglaiser 2011‚ p. 612). Each country individually‚ also has a set of ideologies which comprise of a set of principles and standards that validate for certain behaviours that assist to guide economic
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LAW OF AGENCY The law relating to agency in Kenya is contained in the Factors Act 1889 and the common law as modified by the doctrines of equity. Agency may be defined as a legal relationship that exists between a person called the agent is considered by law to represent another known as the principal in such a way as to affect the principal’s legal position in relation to 3rd parties. It has also been defined as a relationship where a party expressly or implied consents that the other should
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