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    Breach of Contract Jane has decided to buy a dinner service. A neighbour tells her that a sister-in-law, Carolyn, is planning to sell her valuable Coalport service. Jane telephones Carolyn who tells her that the Coalport is a full service, in immaculate condition and completely original. Jane inquires whether the Coalport is in 'athlone blue', knowing that this is particularly valuable. Carolyn replies, "It must be, it's the proper Coalport blue colour". Jane further

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    The Operations Team is led by the Senior Operator. All operations staff are members. The team members and responsibilities overlap with the Systems and Applications Software Team. Computer members of the Damage Assessment Team are to join the Operations Team as damage assessment winds down (usually within 48 hours). The Team is responsible for: • establishing emergency production procedures at the secondary site, • operating the secondary site if required, • recreate as closely as

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    Question 1:- The European law has affects the current English law by stating which particular bodies of rules needed to be taken into consideration. And the commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 whose passed principles which modified the traditional common-law agency rules has also produced an entirely new and commercially important form of agency. Courts may use the instrument’s preamble or the Directives explanatory notes in order to define the aim of the European Directives

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    Sports related injuries amongst children are high, but most of the injuries can be prevented. When children enter a sport their bodies need to be properly conditioned to endure the rigor of the sport. Also having the proper amount of rest time for injuries is crucial; children need time to fully heal before they are allowed to continue on with their sport. Majority of parents and coaches want to see young athletes be successful. Most young children are impressionable and often want to please the

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    gasoline in the river ignited and caught on fire. The fire burnt along the river for one and a half miles. As a result of the gasoline catching on fire, three people were killed with another eight people injured. It has been estimated that total damages to property reach as high as 45 million dollars. This pipeline explosion was a horrible disaster that could have been avoided for a variety of reasons. There are multiple important people and organizations involved with this gasoline pipeline explosion

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    NAME: FIN NO.: BATCH NO.: MODULE: BUSINESS LAW LECTURER: MR MAHADEVAN LUKSHUMAYEH Question: In early 2013, Beauty property developer negotiated with Stylish over a new house in the eastern sector of Singapore. Beauty and Stylish had various meetings about the cost and finish of the house. At one of their meetings, Stylish asked Beauty whether the price of the house included curtains, blinds and window coverings. Beauty explained that all window coverings were provided for in the contract

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    permits the recovery of damages upon destruction or reduction of prospects to ultimately achieve a more favorable outcome. In the case of Rufo v Hosking, the court found that – “In order to recover damages for the loss of a chance of a better outcome, the plaintiff is required to

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    to: Dr. Phillip Udo-inyang In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course: CEE3311- Construction Engineering Done By: Imad Barrouh Due Date: 10/20/2015   Case #1: The nonreinforcement of liquidated damages Case #: 2014-Ohio-2377, 13CA836- appeal. Title: – liquidated damages were held unenforceable. Parties involved: • Boone Coleman Construction, Inc. •

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    TO: Olo Dictum and Areta Obiter, Senior partners FROM: Kate Thompson RE: Damage from Contamination This opinion assesses Fancy Fertiliser’s liability under the rule in Ryland’s and Fletcher. Was the hydrofluorosilicic acid likely to cause mischief? The rule established in Ryland’s and fletcher is that anything likely to cause mischief, if it escapes refers to “beasts, or water, or filth, or stenches.” In the case of Cambridge Water Co and Eastern Counties Leather, the chemical perchloroethene (for

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    trap that the trap clamps down on the foot with excruciating pain with the animals sometime chewing their own paw off to free themselves. The list goes on and on about the different types of traps used and them all being inhumane causing pain and damage to the animal. I can tell you personally that this is very untrue. The article The Leg Hold Trap by Globe & Mail, out of Canada which is a very large population of trappers. This article had a piece of information saying that “The snare and the

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