Contract Essays

The Joint Stock Companies Act 1844, which enabled companies to be formed by “deed of settlement” and the Limited Liability Act 1855, established a general incorporation procedure which offered limited liability to shareholders and gave recognition to the company as a separate legal persona. By the Joint Stock Companies Act …

In the “Cascade Manor” negotiation, I played the role of co-chief city planner. I was part of a team, partnered with the other co-chief city planner and the city’s financial director. It was our task to negotiate a deal with a development corporation who wanted to build a residential housing …

A promoter is a person who takes on the responsibility of setting up a co or any other venture. The promoter of a co were defined in section 4 as a person who brings the co into existence by taking an active part in forming co or finding persons to …

This Virtual Organization E-Business Paper will focus on Smith Systems Consulting. As Smith Systems expands, it will increasingly conduct e-business on an international basis. As such, this paper will address the following: a. Analyze the legal issues that the company may face when conducting ebusiness and discuss possible solutions; and …

1.0 Introduction The common law courts only provided the remedy of damages, which in some cases was an inappropriate remedy. The writ system was also slow to respond to new types of action and had many “loopholes”. (Keenan, 1993) This weakness in the common law system lead to the development …

Facts of the Case: The Defendant’s, a local council, owned and operated Blackpool Airport, and since 1975 had granted the Plaintiff’s club a concession to operate pleasure flights out of the airport . In 1983 when the last concession was to expire, the Council sent out to seven potentially interested …

Introduction Today’s world corporations must deal with all kinds of restrictions concerning entering foreign countries. Marketers and finance managers play a key role when it comes to making decisions concerning entering a foreign country and managing worldwide money matters. It is extremely important for international marketers to possess insight into …

Each of these four principles and other methods offer great advantages over many other types of negotiations. Separate the people from the problem People who involved in the negotiation would constantly hold their side’s positions and make quick response to other side’s activity. Therefore the problems between two sides always …

The basic differences between UCC and Common law are easily identified. You simply have to determine if the contract is for the sale of goods (UCC applies), or if the contract is for services, employment, insurance etc. The laws also have different impacts on whether or not a contract actually …

Eastman Kodak Co.: Managing Information Systems Through Strategic Alliances [HBR case #192030] 1. Why did Kathy Hudson make such a major change in IS resource management at Kodak? What factors contributed to her decision to outsource data center, telecommunications, and PC services to IBM, DEC, and BusinessLand? Kodak had redundant …