English contract law

A contract is a settlement creating requirements enforced by law. A contract is made up of four elements, which makes a contract valid. These elements are agreement, consideration, contractual capacity and lawful object. Agreement, to make a contract enforceable, there must be a settlement between the parties. This requires an offer by the offeror and an acceptance of the offer by the offeree. There must be mutual assent by the parties (Cheeseman, Henry R (2013). These four elements constitutes…

Weather voyage? Law In order for consideration to be valid, either something must be given up from the promisee or the promisor must make a benefit from the offer. If this occurs there will be a legal contract between the two parties (Hubbard, Thomas & Varnham, 2013). If a contract already exists can an individual offer a new contract? A change in a contract means a change in the terms that were agreed and therefore the executory consideration must be adjusted. For the law of contract to…

subcontractors into signing contracts that put them in terribly unfavorable positions. And after that subcontractors bully sub-subcontractors into signing equally unfavorable sub-contracts. However, not all contracts are terrible, what causes them to be so one sided are specific clauses that are inserted in an attempt to transfer responsibilities…

D.H. Lawrence once said, “The essential function of art is moral”. In this context, “essential function” means a feature, quality or usage that is of utmost necessity. For example, an essential function of money is to provide a medium of exchange, as money is used as a tool to exchange goods. However, it is notable that an item can have more than one function, just like how money also serves the essential function of measuring the value of items. The keyword “Moral” is a word that describes…

Contract is a kind of legally binding agreement which form between two or more parties and the parties will obtain rights, owe duties and have obligations from the subject matters in the agreement and it frequently occurs in our daily life, such as contract in employment. There is a specific situation arise from the contract which called restraints of trade and it is a clause in a contract which has the fundamental purpose is to prevent a party doing some kind of business activities, profession…

Did Jim and Laura Buy a Car? A legal contract should clearly state the terms of reference. For the case of the buyer and the seller, the contract must state the price of the commodity and other details such as the condition of the commodity. For the case of purchasing a car, the sales agreement is a legal contract signed by both the seller and the buyer. For Jim and Laura, they did not sign any legal written document binding them to buy the said car. The salesman, Stan duped them to produce the…

Sierra Builders Inc. had a written contract to finish the house build within fourteen months and the company took workers off the job to work on other job that did not have to do with Heathers house build then they might be committing fraud because they had a…

In the book Markinson’s beneficial documents are left outside of Kaffee’s door in an envelope. Markinson and Kaffee did not have an unexpected get together where the superior officer discloses the private information. Instead, all of the information was presented in written format. The contents of the envelope revealed that “Jessep had no intention of transferring Private Santiago off the base. The transfer order you secured was written the morning of your arrival, six days after Private…

Construction Claims Consultant to Analyze Contract Documents A contract is the center of any agreement, no matter what industry the deal arises in. In construction deals, the contract is executed between the contractor and the property owner. A construction contract includes terms involving financing, payments, liability concerns, insurance issues, and a variety of other topics that the parties may wish to include. Should a conflict emerge during the construction, the contract must be reviewed…

Bad faith bargaining is a violation of the labour relations code. It can be considered anything that is not bargaining with good faith. Some of the key actions an employer can take that may result in bad faith bargaining are: refusing to collectively bargain after the notice has been issued, not making a reasonable effort to negotiate, and intentionally preventing to reach a settlement. However, in this scenario the owner was not considered to bargain in bad faith due to the state of the economy…