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Company Law 2006 Companies Act

Company Law

A trading company has implied power to borrow, however, whether express or implied, it carries implications by law a power to give a security for the loan ...

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Legal Concept of Remoteness the Tort Negligence

Contract Law

This paper discusses the legal concept of remoteness in the tort of negligence. The central question for analysis is the appropriateness of … ...

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English Law Can Be Divided Into Four Main Sources

Constitutional Law

Common or Case Law is the basis of the English legal system and its inception can be traced as far back as 1066 during the reign of William the … ...

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Common Law on Rape

Common Law

I will start this essay by stating that it is relatively difficult to disagree with the statement in the question that until recently the development of the common law ...

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Privatisation Most Important Political Issue

Company Law

Privatisation is gradually becoming the most important political issue of all time,it has been adopted and practised by most countries in the world, ...

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Contract Law in Guarantee Agreements Application

Contract Law

Introduction In law, a contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law or by binding arbitration. That … ...

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The Acknowledgment of the Legal Personality of the Company

Company Law

A company is incorporated when it receives a certificate of incorporation, thus it has a ‘separate legal personality’. In law the company will … ...

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Section 14 of the Companies Act 1985

Company Law

This paper examines the case law relating to S.14(1) of the 1985 Act and considers Lord Greene’s view, with conclusions on the established jurisprudence. ...

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Approaches the Courts Use to Interpret Statues

Constitutional Law

There are actually five rules for interpretation statues, but only four are mainly used. The reasons that statues or acts have to be interpreted … ...

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Most Important Source of English Law

Constitutional Law

Case-law, also known as Common law, is a main source of law; this is because most modern English Law has not become statutory. Therefore … ...

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A Comparison of Consideration Cases

Contract Law

From orthodox view, the performance of an existing duty should not constitute consideration. A performance of an existing duty is a responsibility … ...

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Judicial Killings and Judicial System of Bangladesh

Constitutional Law

Extra Judicial Killings by law enforcement agencies are now very common in Bangladesh. Though there is no legal definition of an extrajudicial … ...

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Analysing the Benefits and Disadvantages of Diversity

Employment Law

Diversity: People diversity add value to the organization if handle in the right manner , diversity contain almost all ways in which people differ … ...

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Class Action in Society

Company Law

Class Action in Society. My interest in ‘class action’ has grown long before the enrolment of undergraduate law. The issue was introduced to me under a laymen’s term in the movie Erin Brockovich. ...

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Case of Personal Injury

Contract Law

William Bragg v B. Johnson INTRODUCTION This is a case of personal injury. Personal injury is defined as any disease injury or impairment of a … ...

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Are Anti Defection Provisions Constitutionally Justified

Constitutional Law

According to Burton’s Legal Thesaurus defection maybe defined as abandonment of loyalty, duty or principle or of ones leader or cause … ...

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English Law and Doctrine Called Binding Precedent

Constitutional Law

A precedent is a judicial decision which contains in itself a principle. English Law is based on a doctrine called binding precedent. The … ...

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Comparative Criminal Justice Compare and Contrast

Constitutional Law

In this assignment I will be analysing two different criminal justice systems. A criminal justice system is made up of three main components ...

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The Company Is an Artificial Legal Person

Company Law

The company is an artificial legal person with its own property and have legal rights and liabilities as well as it can sue and be sued in its own name. ...

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The Diversity of the Judiciary

Constitutional Law

A judge or arbitrary of justice is a lead who presides over a court of law. Judge has the role of adjudicate upon disputes. In different … ...

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Discuss the Doctrine of Separation of Powers

Constitutional Law

The executives role is one of administration and enforcement, In the UK the executive consists of the Monarch, the Prime … ...

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The Division of Powers Between the Shareholders and the Board of Directors

Company Law

The articles of a company may regulate, inter alia, the division of powers between the shareholders and the board of directors, and the composition… ...

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Defence of Provocation Can Be Used to Reduce the Sentence

Common Law

My lord, the defence of provocation can be used to reduce the sentence of murder to the still serious offence of manslaughter… ...

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Aspects of Contract And Business Law

Contract Law

The Sale of Goods Act 1979 deals only with contractual rights and duties. ...

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Sentence of Defendants Criminal Record

Criminal Law

Discuss the relevance to sentence of a defendant’s criminal record. Draft a new sentencing provision (to replace section 143(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) to assist judges and magistrates. ...

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