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1 Ss 54 and 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 are due to be brought into force before the end of 1992 , along with supporting Regulations , thus breaking the lawyers ' monopoly in the preparation for payment of papers relating to probate and letters of administration .
2 You can be indemnified against breach of contract for sale of goods or services , disputes with your neighbours , claims for professional negligence , ruined holidays and son on .
3 Thus under a contract for sale of goods the seller commits a breach of fundamental term if he delivers goods of a wholly different kind to those contracted for .
4 A provision for division of profits after the firm 's annual accounts have been approved ( see below ) but with provision for appropriate amounts on account of anticipated liability to income tax to be withheld out of the undrawn balance of each partner 's share at the year 's end ( Clause 10.02 ) and for repayment of excessive drawings ( Clause 10.03 ) .
5 In general , businesses prefer to avoid the courts , litigation ( and even lawyers ) so far as possible , and the terms may therefore make provision for settlement of disputes by arbitration , or by one of the other systems of alternative dispute resolution , such as conciliation , which are now available .
6 A dividend is usually paid as a percentage of the consolidated profits of Newco , but a number of points require consideration in determining how " profit " should be interpreted : ( i ) should the dividend be based on pre- or post-tax profits ( ii ) should the calculation of profit take into account any transfer or proposed transfer to reserves or to general provisions ? ( iii ) should profit include pre- or post-extraordinary items ? ( iv ) how should goodwill be treated ? ( v ) should directors ' emoluments in excess of an amount agreed with the investors be added back ? ( vi ) should profit be defined before payment or the provision for payment of dividends ?
7 When clubs in the lower divisions are fighting bankruptcy , living from day to day on a shoestring budget for want of funds that , to most First Division players , would be petty cash , it seems rather arrogant of Mr Taylor to be threatening strike action over sums of money and perquisites most footballers can only dream of .
8 However , it would be unwise to rely on the initiatives of local authorities alone , because of the severe financial restrictions under which they operate ( I found out today for example that Edinburgh District Council 's ENTIRE budget for maintainance of paths and bridleways amounts to only £5,000 per year ) , but also because many routes of interest to cyclists coincide with trunk road routes , which are D o T responsibility .
9 She was also a leader in the struggle for admission of women to fellowship in the London Chemical Society .
10 One of the ways in which schools reorganised as comprehensive began to change the curriculum so that it would promote the struggle for equality of outcomes is the development of modular patterns ( Moon , 1988 , Warwick , 1987 ) .
11 Students accepted for these courses should apply directly to the North Eastern Education and Library Board by 30 June for a discretionary award for payment of fees .
12 Few teachers will disagree with the need for diagnostic testing of individuals or even with sensible assessment for monitoring of standards .
13 Concerning the usefulness of the three techniques , it may be noted that all suffer from the necessity for hand-labelling of concordances , which remains a task of considerable size .
14 Only 20 per cent , however , were willing to assume any responsibility for payment of teachers ' salaries .
15 Or , if your previous employer has gone out of business , the Occupational Pensions Advisory Service ( OPAS ) — see below — may be able to tell you who took over the responsibility for payment of pensions .
16 The Commission has the primary responsibility for enforcement of Articles 85 and 86 .
17 Responsibility for loss of earnings and production , due to inclement weather for example , will rest with the sub-contractor .
18 It recommended a more co-ordinated approach to the funding and management of care placing the responsibility for allocation of funds , assessment of need and co-ordination of care with the local authority social services department .
19 There appear to be no special forms or procedures which are required to be adopted in the county court where someone is found guilty of contempt in the face of the court and committed to prison under section 118 of the County Courts Act 1984 , although no doubt , if such an event were to occur , the court would follow the general approach required by Ord. 29 , r.1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 ( as amended ) which applies in the case of committal for breach of injunctions .
20 25-year-old Michael Johnson , who was serving a seven-year sentence for possession of firearms , robbery , burglary and theft at nearby Bullingdon Prison , was returning there from Reading Magistrates Court .
21 Michael Johnson , who 's 25 , is serving a seven year sentence for posession of firearms , robbery , burglary and theft .
22 The Publishers regret that under no circumstances will the magazine accept liability for non-receipt of goods ordered , or for late delivery , or for faults in manufacture .
23 The Publishers regret that under no circumstances will the magazine accept liability for non-receipt of goods ordered , or for late delivery , or for faults in manufacture .
24 Sections 2 ! 5 of the UCTA apply only to " business liability " , which is defined by s 1(3) as " liability for breach of obligations or duties arising ( a ) from things done or to be done by a person in the course of a business ( whether his own or another 's ) ; and ( b ) from the occupation of premises used for business purposes of the occupier " .
25 In addition , some clauses are regulated differently according to whether the contract is made with a person dealing as a consumer or with a non-consumer. ( a ) Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 The scope of the Act The UCTA 1977 applies to clauses which seek to restrict or exclude " business liability " , which is defined as liability for breach of obligations or duties arising — ( a ) from things done or to be done … in the course of a business … ; or ( b ) from the occupation of premises used for business purposes of the occupier …
26 Prior to the passing of the SGSA , s 7(4) of the UCTA prevented exclusion of liability for breach of warranties of title and quiet possession " arising by implication of law " ( see s 7(1) ) , in business contracts ( other than for the sale and hire purchase of goods ) under which possession or ownership of goods was transferred , unless such exclusion passed the test of reasonableness .
27 The House of Lords applied the but for test to restrict the defendant 's liability for loss of earnings to the period before the onset of the disease .
28 Every buyer , lessee and mortgagee of land adjoining a railway should by letter , with a plan , search before exchange of contracts for details of any rights of the Authority over the land or any liability for maintenance of boundaries attaching to it .
29 Financial Services — Unauthorised investments — Third party — Solicitors acting for companies carrying on unauthorised investment business — Whether Securities and Investments Board 's right of action for benefit of investors available against third parties — Whether action against solicitors to be struck out — Financial Services Act 1986 ( c. 60 ) , ss. 6(2) , 61(1)
30 Another plant which made military uniforms was on the verge of closure for lack of orders from Moscow .
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