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    Course Name: Legal Issues for Managers Assessment No. 2: Hypothetical ILAC Assignment Student Name: Student ID: Tutor Name: Tutorial: Tuesday 10am-11am Issue 1. Is Patricia an Officer of Stadium Enterprises Pty Ltd (SEPL)? 2. Has Patricia breached her duty to act with due care and diligence? 3. Has Patricia breached her duty to act in good faith in the best interests of SEPL? 4. Did Patricia improperly use information to gain an advantage, causing detriment to SEPL? 5. Has Patricia

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    Appellate Opinion Research Project By: LaVetra Speight ASCM 627 Legal Aspects of Contracting University of Maryland University College Due: November 9, 2014 Introduction In this country, it is estimated that more than 1 billion venipunctures or blood drawings are performed by phlebotomists each year. According to Ogden-Grable (2005), phlebotomy errors can cause serious harm to patients; up to and including death, either directly or indirectly. Therefore it is vital to establish, implement

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    Task A – Plan Outing to The Royal Oak, Preston. PY2 3BH – Sat 11th April, 2015 To all staff/helpers who will be attending, The minibus will arrive to collect everyone approx. 11.00am. The minibus company have been informed of the requirements needed, and have agreed to provide suitable transport, so there should be no problem. There will be 6 individuals, 3 full time staff & 2 helpers/volunteers attending. (11 people in total) Risk assessments have been previously carried out and updated. Before

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    Defamation is a published statement that damages someone’s reputation or holds them up to ridicule (Mark, 2011, pg 207). It was originated in the church courts because a person’s reputation was considered a part of his or her soul (Mark, 2011, pg 207).   Any living person, small company (fewer than ten employees) or non-profit corporation can sue for defamation (Maark, 2011, pg 207). While the dead cannot sue for defamation, where their estates can sue over defamatory material published before the

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    before pushing it into the consumer market? Legal Rules Tort Law: A right of a private citizen to take legal action against an entity or human if harm has been caused. The issue within the legal action does not have to be against the law. The primary goal of tort law is to require financial compensation to the individuals that have been harmed and deter future similar actions to happen. Negligence: This is a general category under tort law. It’s when a person or entity fails to act with care that

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    On the off chance that you've been denied handicap remuneration from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or trust your incapacity ought to have gotten a higher rating, you have the privilege to bid the VA choice. You might have the capacity to win an interest in the event that you can demonstrate that the VA committed an error on your claim; for example, the VA assessed your handicap under the wrong code in the Schedule of Rating Disabilities, which gave you a lower rating. In some cases, veterans

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    Bailment Case Study

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    Dear Jeff, I apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you. I would like to share advice of your legal rights against the Greensboro Coliseum for damages to your vehicle. A bailment is a legal relationship related to physical possession of property (Medniuk, Nick. "Rights and Duties Arising from Bailment and Liens | Lexology."). In other words, a bailment is a temporary placement of control over, or possession of personal property by one person, the bailor, into the hands of another

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    The National Code for Asset forfeiture states that law enforcement is the principle objective for asset forfeiture, and that this process should not violate the due process rights of citizens, should not be profit driven or discredit the integrity of the investigation. The initial issue to consider is that property forfeiture is that it was developed as tools for agencies to seize property suspected of being involved in, or the fruits of, illicit activity. When discussing the ethical dilemma one

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    Despite the fact, that the idea behind the procedural public policy concerns only arbitration proceedings itself, still the concept has to be scrutinized. Reference to the arbitral proceeding makes is understandable that procedural public policy deducts from the principle of due process . Though, there exist affirmation whether procedural public policy overlaps with the Article 1 of the New York Convention or whether this constitutes more than any breach of due process should not be a breach of

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    On the above date and time I was conducting traffic enforcement in the area of Us Hwy 19 and Grand Blvd. While traveling South on U.S. Highway 19, I observed a newer model Gray, 4 door Subaru traveling South on U.S. Highway 19 just North of Grand Blvd with its left taillight out. I conducted a registration check and discovered that the vehicle's tag had expired on 08-27-2017, and was not assigned to a vehicle. Furthermore, the vehicle was not currently registered and showed the tag on the vehicle

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