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How a Personal Injury Lawyer Can Guide Your Recovery

How a Personal Injury Lawyer Can Guide Your Recovery

After being wounded in a car accident, one of the first things you should do is contact a personal injury attorney. You will greatly benefit from this, as well as receive assistance from someone else during this trying time. Making a personal injury claim can be perplexing, and you may …

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How can an Iowa injury lawyer help your case? Check here

How can an Iowa injury lawyer help your case

Grappling with the immediate aftermath of an accident is never easy. Too many variables determine whether you can recover financial compensation from the party responsible for the mishap. Iowa laws are pretty easy to understand, but the process can be quite intimidating, especially for someone who has never filed a …

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What impact do lawyers have on Modern society?

What impact do lawyers have on Modern society

Lawyers have a huge impact on society. They protect our rights and help us when we need it. Lawyers are there to help us through the legal process, and make sure that we are treated fairly. They also work with the government to create laws that will benefit society as …

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Contents of a Contract

Contents of a Contract

The distinction between terms and mere representations Is a statement part of the contract? Statements made during negotiations leading to a contract may be either: Terms: that is, statements which form the express terms of the contract. As such they constitute promises as to the present truth of the statement, …

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Doctrine of Privity of Contract & Consideration

Doctrine of Privity of Contract & Consideration

Matters relevant to the doctrine of privity One part of the traditional approach, that is, that relating to conferring benefits, has recently been significantly changed by legislation, which is discussed below. In addition, there are a number of situations which fall outside the scope of the doctrine. Matters outside the …

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Vitiating Elements which Render a Contract Voidable

Vitiating Elements which Render a Contract Voidable

Significance of a contract being voidable The innocent party may, if he wishes, affirm the contract. Where the innocent party has not performed the contract, he may refuse to perform and rely on the misrepresentation, duress or undue influence as a defense. The misled or coerced party may rescind the …

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Exemption (Exclusion or Limitation) Clauses

Exemption (Exclusion or Limitation) Clauses

Incorporation This requirement applies to all terms, but has been interpreted strictly in the case of exemption clauses. A term may be incorporated into a contract by being. Exceptions Where the offered has been induced to sign as a result of misrepresentation. In Curtis v Chemical Cleaning Co (1951), the …

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