Essays on Common Law Page 9

Native Title and its ramifications for Australian Law The Torrens Title System: A system devised to recognise provable ownership of land by Law. Australia initially adopted the British system using Title of Ownership, deeds of grant and following the doctrine on tenure where the Crown, is the ultimate owner of all lands (Gray et al….

            The case of Main Line vs Basinger was introduced in court in 1993 and deals with Basinger refusing from acting in the film “Boxing Helena” which had not been shot afterwards – Main Line claims it was precisely because Basinger rejected the leading role after a preliminary agreement. In this assignment I am going…

It supports the obligation of a borrower to a lender; in the primary contract the rower agrees to provide the lender with something of value ii. Money, or goods and services. Did Glenn act ethically in this case: If the situation was true and Glen had took the loan and Mary agreed up on her…

Various ways in which an agency may be created An agency may be created by express appointment, implied appointment, necessity, ratification and estoppels or ‘holding out’. The first way is by express appointment. It might be expressed in oral or written form. Power of Attorney is one of the examples of an express appointment. In…

Arbitration Case: Discharge of Peter SeichekClosing StatementMr. Arbitrator, the termination of the employment of Mr. Seichek, by theWheelwright Corporation, was for his “sleeping on the job”. Lets examine thisstated reason – in the light of the evidence provided by witness testimony andcontained within Mr. Seichek’s personnel record. Mr. Holloday testified that he and Mr. White,…

case brief—Gregory, a comedy writer, entered into a contract with Wessel, a comedian. The contract provided that Gregory would provide Wessel with a 15 minute monologue for his upcoming appearance on the comedy hour and Wessel will pay $250 to Gregory. All performers could make $500 per appearance on the comedy hour. and when Wessel…

The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court’s decision. Appeals are made on the basis of matters of law, not fact. What this means is that the legal basis for an appeal must be a claim that the law was misapplied, either substantively or procedurally. An appeal…

The issue is whether E has made an offer to Palm. Invitations to treat are ‘offers to negotiate – offers to receive offers’. L By contrast, an offer is made where it can be objectively determined that there was an intention by the offer to be bound on acceptance. 2 On the facts, it can…

Legal Assignment 21.In order to successfully recover damages for libel or slander, the plaintiff needs to prove the publication; of a defamatory statement; which identifies (or is “of and concerning”) the plaintiff; which is objectively capable of being proven materially false; which is published with the requisite degree of fault (“actual malice” in the case…

A void contract is an agreement that is not recognized by the law. A contract will be deemed void under the following circumstances as per the Contract Act, 2056 (2000), Clause No. 13: A contract that restricts anyone from engaging in any occupation, trade, public facilities, etc. that is not prohibited by the law. However,…