46. If there are no applicable statues, Under the Trespassing Animals Law, Robin will not be liable for her dog. In the Trespassing Animal Law, it states that “owners and possessors of animals, except for dogs and cats, are subject to strict liability for any harm their animals cause by trespassing on the property of another. As for the Orangutan it would make a difference. It would make a difference under the same Trespassing Animals Law, because the animals is not a dog or a cat it is a wild animal”. 47. Breach of Duty is the tort in this case. By the industry polluting the stream and also emitting noxious fumes into the air, it is putting the whole community in harm. The necessary precautions were not taken carefully to try and …show more content…
When the realtor showed the couple the house the realtor did not give them 100% full facts about the house. The realtor did not tell them that the house had problems that needed to be take care of. In this case they would win because they were given misleading information about the home. 53. The partner who is participating in the management of the partnership has unlimited liability. A limited partner is only in control for what they put up for the business. 54. No she is not entitled to the reward. She is not entitled for the reward simply because she had no knowledge what’s so ever of the advertised reward. She did not accept the offer. 55. An agent can be terminated when consent is no longer there. With that being said, this means that the agent does not have the authority to bind the principal anymore. An agency relationship can be irrevocable if the agent has a security interest within the subject matter of the agency. 56. When a contract needs a party to do an act that is not possible or is even illegal, that contract will be considered void. You can’t enforce a void contract. If you have a contract whose terms are only set to be for one party, that would be considered a voidable contract. This type of contract can be enforced. 57. The activities giving rise to strict liability are performing abnormally dangerous activities and keeping animals. The defense that are available are assumption of risk and comparative negligence. 58. In this
| The partners are jointly and severally liable for business debts and obligations. The partners are held personally responsible for the business and may be sued personally for liability. Partners’ personal assets are subject to lawsuit(s) made against the business. Lack of continuity; death of a partner may end the partnership/business if a buy/sell agreement is not in place. Disagreements may be difficult to resolve.
Strict liability often applies when people engage in what is called inherently dangerous activities. There are many factors a court will use to determine whether or not an activity is inherently dangerous. Some activities, such as transportation or use of heavy explosives or dangerous chemicals, are inherently dangerous in any circumstance. Other activities
Having established the purpose of strict liability, it is evident as to why it can be seen as a controversial area in law making and this essay will outline some of the arguments for and against it that are commonly put forward on the effective enforcement of the law and the maintenance of standards.
Strict liability offences are offences which do not require proof of mens rea. This means that the prosecution only needs to prove that the defendant voluntarily committed a forbidden act without considering if the defendant had the intention. Strict liability is contained in statutes or statutory instruments, and occasionally found in common law. Common law offences of strict liability include criminal libel and blasphemous libel. Also liability is rarely absolute. Most strict liability offences are regulatory and are involved in environmental protection laws, food, health and safety, the sale of alcohol and many more.
The tort of negligence is the term used to categorise behaviour that poses substantial risks to other people and property.
Due to its nature, partnership is generally liable for the acts of the individual partners if committed in the course of the partnership business. However, liabilities of every partner may be regulated by the written agreement signed by partners. If no written agreement is signed by partners, liabilities of the partnership are regulated by the Partnership Act. If one of the partners retires, he or she may not be liable for the future debts of partnership if an official notice of the change is sent to creditors and the public. However, there were no official notice sent by the partners in the case; therefore, Toby may be liable for the debts of partnership. Due to the death of the third partner, partnership may be dissolved. In order to pay off the debts, assets should be sold and partners are free to continue the same kind of business after the dissolution of the
No, the act to the agent’s authority to act on behalf of the principal should not be terminated if the agent violates his or her ethical or legal duty to the principal. Sometimes agents violate the code of ethics because he or she may feel that it will benefit him or her on future opportunities. For example, (Miller, 2013) “three employees of Lockheed Martin Corporation copied confidential information and trade secrets from Lockheed’s computer network onto compact discs and Blackberries. Lockheed had authorized the employee-agent to access these files but was understandably upset when the three resigned and went to work for a competitor, taking the trade secrets with them” (pg. 648). Ethically, these three employees didn’t act so loyal to the principal when they took the trading secrets with them when they moved to work for a competitor of the agent. However, like the book stated, because the principle gave them authority to have access to those files, the district court ruled in favor of the three employees because they did not lose this authorization when they breached loyalty to the principal. As long as an agent has full permission, to act on behave of the principal, the agent is in no wrong doing if he as she decides to leave the company
When it comes to partnerships Alex, Bill, Carl, and Devon will have two options- a general partnership or a limited partnership. Partnerships are beginning to be a business form of the past. Once upon a time, partnerships were “the default form of business and provided the benefit of pass-through taxation, but lacked the important feature of limited liability” (Chrisman, 2010, p. 465). In a general partnership, each partner associated with the entity will be held liable for their own business decisions as well as
Liability All liabilities are the responsibility of each partner. In the event of litigation, any creditors can go after the personal assets of each partner to recover any debt owed. But since liability is spread out between the owners, one may feel less risk is being taken. 2. Income Taxes General partnership may also benefit from pass-through taxation, meaning the partners are taxed like sole proprietors. Business income is reported on the personal tax filing while business losses can be deducted to reduce personal tax liability. The partnership itself is not subject to federal income tax. However the partnership needs to file an information return utilizing the IRS Form 1065. 3. Longevity or continuity of the organization Once the partnership agreement is fulfilled, the general partnership may dissolve. A buy/sell agreement may be included in the articles of the partnership to allow the
Liability- The general partner would be liable for all unlimited responsibility on all tasks and debt, while the limited partner will not loss more than their investment.
This is typically determined by how much money each limited partner is investing in the company.
LIABILITY – The general partner has unlimited liability, while the limited partner is typically liable for the investment that he contributes.
In this case of negligence Bates must prove that Alumina had a duty to keep the PAH levels contained. In a case Alumina breaches that duty by not staying in compliance with the EPA regulation several years ago. Bates assumes that the consumption of the water cause the harm of her daughter to have leukemia.
The first way that a contract of agency can be terminated is if there is an expiry of time. So to expand, when the contract between an agent and a principal was made, it could have a specific time period, by which the agent is allowed to act on behalf of the principal, and so when this time period expires, the
Coming to the question, it concentrates more on the revocation of proposal or offer. So we need to see what an offer is first of all. According to section 2(a) of the Contracts Act 1950 a proposal is said to exist “when one person signifies the willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtain the assent of that other person to the act or the abstinence.” The general rule of an offer states that it must be clear and communicated to the acceptor. The Contracts Act 1950, section 4(a) provides that “the communication of a proposal is complete when the proposal comes to the knowledge of the proposer.”