NAME: FIN NO.: BATCH NO.: MODULE: BUSINESS LAW LECTURER: MR MAHADEVAN LUKSHUMAYEH Question: In early 2013, Beauty property developer negotiated with Stylish over a new house in the eastern sector of Singapore. Beauty and Stylish had various meetings about the cost and finish of the house. At one of their meetings, Stylish asked Beauty whether the price of the house included curtains, blinds and window coverings. Beauty explained that all window coverings were provided for in the contract. Several weeks later Stylish agreed to purchase the proposed house and signed a written contract. The contract however contained the following clause: Clause 3 – The contract price of the house excludes all window coverings. The provision …show more content…
Factors misrepresentation helps us point out the existence of a misrepresentation and is applicable in this case: First, a misrepresentation is a statement of fact; it is not a statement of law, intention, or inflated opinion of an adviser. Second, the statement must be false. Third, a party to the contract other reports, that on one side the other confusing. Finally, the representative shall be caused to the other party to the contract. It may be a case of Fraudulent Misrepresentation; Beauty knew and deliberately makes a false statement. So in this case, Beauty must take full responsibility for the false claim that. Then Stylish may cancel the contract to reclaim their rights and sue Beauty for the costs under the tort of deceit. Stylish can claim expenses due him as a result of the Misrepresentation of Beauty and go ahead with the contract. The cost is a form of financial compensation and measures to overcome the most common laws available to the plaintiff's rights. Stylish may request additional curtains, blinds and window coverings in the home as a form of compensation for the fraudulent acts of Beauty, the Stylish standing to receive from Beauty as well. If Beauty while making false claims without a reasonable basis for the statement is true, then it will be a case of Negligence Misunderstanding. Accordingly, Beauty not sure about the
This clause allows a Vendor to rescind the contract when the Purchaser brings a claim against the Vendor for more than 5% of the purchase price. This clause is commonly reduced to a lesser amount or, as in this case, deleted altogether. The consequence upon John is that if he were to make a claim, for example; for an encroachment not clearly disclosed (other than a claim for delay) against the Vendor, no matter how slight, the Vendor has the option to rescind. The Vendor must serve notice of this intention in accordance with 7.1.2, and John then as the option to waive his claim (so that he may still purchase the property without
2. The inclusion by Mr. Jeves in the addendum of sentence re. inspection certificates follows from the condition precedent in the original k that Montane must be satisfied w/ the lease arrangement. Therefore, it does not seem that the purchasers showed “intent” different from what the original k stated.
• Contracts were exchanged on 2 May 2005 for the purchase of property for $2,130,000 between the plaintiffs and the first defendant.
c. This was an implied-in-fact contract and the buyers were required to pay the fair
u. P2) This implies that the seller who intends to enter a contract with a customer has a duty to disclose exactly what the customer is buying and what the terms of the sale are.
Avey is a lawyer with no experience in exterior home painting. (Doss Dep. 4). Due to a lack of experience, Avey hired an independent contractor
First argument is regarding payments that have not been received from Houser Homes as agreed upon in the contract for the windows supplied as on December 11th , 2012. Secondly, argued by requesting reasonable price for the valued service they have been provided and lastly, for the damages they have been occurred due to unjust enrichment on the part of Coppergate. In regard to this claim I would surely order the Houser Homes to pay the loss of the plaintiff in regard to their valued service.Considering these arguments, Oasis Window Ltd have the full right to file a Builders' Lien Act to secure the material and services they have contributed.
This is when a trader made a false statement of a product or service but believed that the statement was true. Example of this would be a trader saying that the phone is water proof but it real isn’t. this would be deliberately done, so to make it fair the court would say the contract would have to be
Larry Landlord has recently renovated an apartment and has put it on the market to be rented for $800.00 a month. Larry Landlord has been in business for approximately five (5) years and has had both positive and negative experiences with tenants. Larry Landlord is hoping to find a good, long-term tenant for his apartment. Roger Renter saw Larry’s sign for the apartment for rent and thought the location and the apartment would be perfect. Roger met Larry to look at the apartment and Roger fell in love with it. All of the interior fixtures had been replaced and the unit had a nice
The question before the court was the stage of the purchase where the offer was accepted. The court also inquired into whether a
A negligent misrepresentation is the one, which came into existence or was made recklessly, or without convincible justifications for considering it to be factual. From what the research has driven, conceptually, the developments of negligent misrepresentation started with Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v. Heller & Partners. Nevertheless, a solution in tort for negligent misinformation that the other party has provided. In addition, consider that a contract would be created, yet the innocent party beard the loss based on this case. The Misrepresentation Act 1967 expands the legal remedies to included the consumers and allowed to them, when they come into a contract that is affected by a misrepresentation, which has been made by the seller.
Possibly one of the best actions on the buyers’ part was their decision to hire a real estate agent to assist them in their home purchase. Agents generally have more experience and know all the right forms and such needed to complete a purchase, which was especially important for these first time home buyers. The only interactions between the buyers and seller were through their respective agents. Because each party had an agent, the legality of Marsha and the sellers’ agent’s contract is stressed. Assuming that the seller granted her agent permission to accept offers on her behalf, the agent violated
Angela may well be successful in court, as it could be argued that there is an implied term in the contract that the hotel should provide reasonable care. As seen in similar circumstances in Olley v Marlborough Court Ltd, by leaving the door to Angela’s room unlocked, the hotel did not fulfil this term of providing reasonable care. The sign on the back of the door is not an express term within the contract, as it was not communicated at the time the contract was made.
Under Section 12(4) which provides that “whether a stipulation in a contract of sale is a condition or a warranty depends in each case on the construction of the contract. A stipulation may be a condition though called a warranty in the contract”. Therefore, every contract is to be assessed in the light of circumstances including intention of the parties and also terminology used in the construction of the contract.
Contracts Exam Question (with sample answers) Question 1 H. Bigbus (B hereafter) operates a construction supply business in Harrisburg. B specializes in supplying difficult-to-locate plumbing and light fixtures for contractors who do remodeling work. B sent the following letter to five contractors in the Harrisburg region: OFFER TO THE TRADE We have cornered the market for a source of brass "Orient Express" wall hanging light fixtures. We know (and we're sure that you do, too) that these fixtures are in such great demand that they are nearly impossible to obtain. If you are willing to take all your needs from us, we'll guarantee delivery at $20.00 each. I. M. Sap (S hereafter), a contractor who remodeled about twenty houses per year,