Provides useful background and detailed advice on the law surrounding a wide range of commercial agreements including: Key common clauses; When to use standard terms; Procedures and good practice; Termination of contracts; Remedies for breach; Specific issues relating to export, software and consumer contracts. It also contains valuable precedents, including expert guidance on Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer agreements, providing users with an excellent tool for drafting commercial contracts. Key changes for the new 5th edition include coverage and analysis of: - important case law as to when terms are unfair or unreasonable, notably the first Supreme Court ruling on the fairness test in ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis - Changes in the regulation of consumer credit since regulation passed to the Financial Conduct Authority - Fresh court guidance as to when terms have been incorporated into a contract - Rulings on the rules as to the enforceable of onerous terms - The Consumer Rights Act 2015 - The effect of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR - Brexit and the transitional period - The new 2019 EU Regulation on privacy - Replacement of the PECR regulations by the new EU Directive on trade secrets and UK implementation An essential resource for commercial contract drafters helping them to prepare water tight legal agreements and ensure that they are completely clear on what a business must do to stay on the right side of the law. Includes online access to downloadable precedents
This book is collection of poems, quatrains which contains mostly things, those take place around us daily which needs attention to be paid and action to be taken, to make things little better and life a bit peaceful before it gets too late. To make things better it is a small try, but all together it can make a great change, which is today’s demand.
A handy guide to the Companies Act 2006, packed full of helpful features, including checklists, section by section commentary and appendices of useful materials and extracts, this book provides detailed commentary on the new Companies Act.
This annual title addresses the key features and principles of modern company law from a practitioner's viewpoint. It takes account of all the latest developments including legislation, cases, statutory instruments, European and international developments and relevant consultation reports.
This book critically considers the relationship between directors, shareholders and auditors in the corporate governance system. Traditionally, company law has been primarily based on this tripartite relationship. This book comprises a series of contributions from authors who argue that there are wider interests which British company law has largely ignored. These include the interests of creditors, employees, consumers, suppliers and the general public. The concept of corporate governance is examined with comparative references to the USA and Canada. Particular reference is made to the Cadbury Committee and its implications for future company law reform. The ethical and sociological dimensions of corporate governance is also fully discussed
A former member of the Islamic jihad recounts his early life in a terror training camp, his travels through the Middle East pursuing Umma, his conversion to Christianity, and his thoughts on the dangers of radical Islam.
A Practical Approach to Corporate Governance provides clear and concise guidance on all aspects of corporate governance. Featuring chapters on the principles of good corporate governance, including amongst others the composition of the board of directors; the activities of the board; communicating with shareholders and other stakeholders; managing management and corporate stewardship. The chapters are broken down into easy-to-use and practical sections. This book also contains extensive precedents and checklists to aid the busy practitioner.
Company Law Handbook 2016 addresses the key features and principles of modern company law from a practitioner's viewpoint in a practical, clear and user-friendly style. Company Law Handbook 2016 is designed to keep you up to date with changes in the law as it affects the running of a business. Rather than taking an encyclopaedic approach, Company Law Handbook 2016 takes a more practical approach by charting the company lifecycle from pre-incorporation, through incorporation and culminates with the winding up process, addressing, in detail, the essential requirements in establishing a company, including the steps, procedures and documents that are required during the existence of the corporation. Company Law Handbook 2016 has been revised and updated to take account of the following developments: Deregulation Act 2015; Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015; The Legislative Reform (Limited Partnerships) Order 2015; Attribution of liability; The concept of "establishment" under EU Regulation 1346/2000 for winding up proceedings; De facto directors; The liability of the Registrar of Companies at Companies House; Reduction of share capital; Financing purchase of own shares; Accounts rules. A significant feature of the handbook is the consideration of new topics including legal aspects of corporate social responsibilities, human rights, corporate bribery and corporate manslaughter and topics that have a direct bearing on the legal and practical aspects of company law. The handbook also highlights significant cases and principal judgments that impact on UK company law. Checklists guide you through legislative provisions and their application to the day-to-day running of a business throughout its lifecycle, and key definitions at the end of each chapter make it accessible by simplifying the legal concepts involved. [Subject: Commercial Law]
Business Law and Practice is recognized as one of the compulsory courses which students are required to study for the Legal Practice Course, covering a broad range of topics, including the sole trader, partnerships, companies, insolvency, taxation, supply agreements, and EU Competition law. This transaction guide aims to combine black letter law with practical transactions. It provides a step-by-step approach to the various transactions by using practical case studies. It also contains procedural checklists and an explanation of some of the complex areas of business law and practice by way of illustrations in diagramatic form.
The 2nd edition of this book covers the entire question papers from 2007 to 2018 of JK PSC. The explanations to these questions have been provided in such a manner that they cover NEET exams, AIIMS, PGI, JIPMER, DNB and other important post-graduate exams as well. The inclusion of high yielding facts in the form of NEET EDGE has added a new dimension to this book. The explanation and NEET EDGE have been updated based on latest guidelines and updates. In addition, important expected question for NEET and PSC have been added to make book more useful. In this edition two senior faculty members from prestigious Sher-I -Kashmir Institute of medical sciences, Dr. Cimona L Saldhana and Dr. Muzzafer Wani have contributed in Obs/gynae and nephrology respectively besides reviewing other questions as well. The contribution of Dr. Suhail Naik is immense in the subject of paediatrics. In addition, senior residents from GMC Sri Nagar, SKIMS medical college bemina have also revised their respective subjects. The feedback I received from Ist edition really motivated me to come up with this edition. I am sure that this book will live upto its expectations and help students in their exams. An important thing for all exams is that approximately 15 to 25% questions are repeated in one form or the other so keeping this thing in mind I have highlighted all questions which were repeated. Feedback from 1st edition This book is very much helpful for state aspirants and also for medicos preparing for neet exams. I personally recommend every Medico to go through this book before such exams. -DR. TABASSUM SAMOON SKIMS Very nice and helpful book for JK PSC and other state exam. Easy language and good retention. Precise and very informative explanations of every question. -DR. UMER SKIM The best book you will find for JK PSC medical exams... if you have this you are going to score well in NEET and JK PSC exams for sure... A MUST HAVE BOOK. -DR. YAMIN SKIM
A former member of the Islamic jihad recounts his early life in a terror training camp, his travels through the Middle East pursuing Umma, his conversion to Christianity, and his thoughts on the dangers of radical Islam.
This book argues that Islam’s role in state nationalism is the best predictor of the Islamization of government using two most different cases: Turkey, which was an aggressively secular country until recently, and Pakistan, a country that is synonymous with Islamization. It establishes a causal link between Islam’s role in state nationalism and Islamization of government during various periods of the history of both countries. The indicators used to establish the causal link between Islam’s role in state nationalism and Islamization are the presence of Islamic provisions in the constitution, Islam-inspired national symbols, Islamic images on the national currency, Islamic basis of family law, a Department of Religious Affairs, and governmental support for religious education. The book concludes by identifying three causal mechanisms—legitimacy, mobilization, and authenticity—that link Islam’s role in state nationalism and the Islamization of government.
The volume, comprised of fourteen contributions from specialists in the field, is a serious attempt to address and analyze key factors affecting US interests. It suggests measures for the US policy makers and provides a policy framework for enabling the US to face challenges and opportunities in the Muslim world.
Reverse Osmosis Systems: Design, Optimization and Troubleshooting Guide describes in depth knowledge of designing and operating reverse osmosis (RO) systems for water desalination, and covers issues which will effect the probability for the long-standing success of the application. It also provides guidelines that will increase the performance of seawater RO desalination systems by avoiding errors in the design and operation and suggest corrective measures and troubleshooting of the problems encountered during RO operation. This book also provides guidelines for the best RO design and operational performance. In the introductory section, the book covers the history of RO along with the fundamentals, principles, transport models, and equations. Following sections cover the practical areas such as pretreatment processes, design parameters, design software programs (WAVE, IMSDesign, TORAYDS2, Lewaplus, ROAM Ver. 2.0, Winflows etc.), RO performance monitoring, normalization software programs (RODataXL and TorayTrak), troubleshooting as well as system engineering. Simplified methods to use the design software programs are also properly illustrated and the screenshots of the results, methods etc. are also given here along with a video tutorial.The final section of the book includes the frequently asked questions along with their answers. Moreover, various case studies carried out and recent developments related to RO system performance, membrane fouling, scaling, and degradation studies have been analyzed. The book also has several work out examples, which are detailed in a careful as well as simple manner that help the reader to understand and follow it properly. The information presented in some of the case studies are obtained from existing commercial RO desalination plants. These topics enable the book to become a perfect tool for engineers and plant operators/technicians, who are responsible for RO system design, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. With the right system design, proper operation, and maintenance program, the RO system can offer high purity water for several years. Provides guidelines for the optimum design and operational performance of reverse osmosis desalination plants Presents step-by-step procedure to design reverse osmosis system with the latest design software programs along with a video tutorial Analyzes some of the issues faced during the design and operation of the reverse osmosis desalination systems, suggest corrective measures and its troubleshooting Discusses reverse osmosis desalination pretreatment processes, design parameters, system performance monitoring, and normalization software programs Examines recent developments related to system performance, membrane fouling, and scaling studies Presents case studies related to commercial reverse osmosis desalination plants Perfect training guide for engineers and plant operators, who are responsible for reverse osmosis system design, operation and maintainance
Coming from a modest background in Burma, orphaned at a young age and sent away from his brothers to live with family in India, Zain Rangoonwala benefited from growing up in a busy and loving extended family. He was well educated and soon took an interest in banking; an interest that would lead to a revolution of the banking world in India. This is the life story of a visionary man, whose mission to establish a Co-operative banking institution for the benefit of under-represented sections of secular society, ultimately enabled tens of thousands of ordinary citizens to flourish and prosper.
This book of 136 short essays distills some of the most lucid writings of well-known, emeritus law professor, Shad Saleem Faruqi, who was from 2008–2012 attached to USM as a Visiting Professor. From mundane topics like “Tips for Interviewees” to such contentious and sensitive issues as ethnic relations, Islam and the Constitution, and electoral democracy, the book gives us a simple, warm and sympathetic commentary on some of the burning issues of our times. There are simple but searching essays on good governance, local government, law reform, universities and the law, and legal education. The reflections of the East and the perceptions of the West on human rights are discussed eloquently. The international law on war and peace is viewed in the context of our troubled world. Difficult issues are made simple and simple issues are made rich. All essays are guided by reason and driven by passion. The work is animated by a spirit of moderation, compassion and erudition.
The royal mummies in the Cairo Museum are an important source of information about the lives of the ancient Egyptians. The remains of these pharaohs and queens can inform us about their age at death and medical conditions from which they may have suffered, as well as the mummification process and objects placed within the wrappings. Using the latest technology, including Multi-Detector Computed Tomography and DNA analysis, the authors present the results of the examination of the royal mummies. New imaging techniques not only reveal a wealth of information about each mummy, but render amazingly lifelike and detailed images of the remains.
Onco-Palliative Care Essentials gives insight into the much-needed specialty to improve the quality of life of cancer patients. With a strong focus the fundamental essentials of onco-palliative care, the book covers real-life cases with challenging cultural, existential, and social aspects. Onco-Palliative Care Essentials introduces the field of Onco-Palliative care to the reader, focusing on managing complex aspects associated with cancer and its treatment. It also helps the reader regarding approaches for “End of life care and discussion . The book concludes with challenging care scenarios. Onco-Palliative Care Essentials is a very useful reference for the all who are involved in cancer and palliative care, as well as those who care for the cancer and terminally ill patients. • Introduces the specialty of onco-palliative care • Explains the concept of providing palliative and support care focusing exclusively on cancer patients. • Gives insights on how to diagnose and manage emergencies in palliative care • Digs into the differences involved in the legal and ethical practices with respect to the cultural and social diversities
This book provides researchers and advanced students associated with plant and pharmaceutical sciences with comprehensive information on medicinal trees, including their identification, morphological characteristics, traditional and economic uses, along with the latest research on their medicinal compounds. The text covers the ecological distribution of over 150 trees, which are characterized mainly on the basis of their unique properties and phytochemicals of medicinal importance (i.e., anti-allergic, anti-diabetic, anti-carcinogenic, anti-microbial, and possible anti-HIV compounds). Due to the incredibly large diversity of medicinal trees, it is not possible to cover all within one publication, so trees with unique medicinal properties that are relatively more common in many countries are discussed here in order to make it most informative for a global audience. With over 100 illustrations taken at different stages of plant development, this reference work serves as a tool for tree identification and provides morphological explanations. It includes the latest botanical research, including biochemical advancements in phytochemistry techniques such as chromatographic and spectrometric techniques. In addition, the end of each chapter presents the most up-to-date references for further sources of exploration.
A young Kurd comes of age in a war-torn land. This beautiful, spare narrative tells of the life of a boy named Azad--in fact the author, a Kurdish filmmaker--as he grows to manhood in Iraq during the 1960s and 1970s. Azad is born into a vibrant village culture, to a family that is proud of its Kurdish past and hopes for a free Kurdish future. He loves his mother's orchard, his cousin's stunt pigeons, his father's old Czech rifle, his brother who is fighting in the mountains. But before he is even of school age, Azad has experienced strafing and bombing; he watches as friends and neighbors are assassinated; and he sees his father humiliated when he tries to get food for his starving family. Forced into a refugee camp in Iran for years, his family realizes, on their return, that Saddam Hussein and his regime are destroying the autonomy he had promised their people. In a burst of adolescent impatience, Azad briefly runs off to the mountains to fight for Kurdish liberty, like his brother. But Azad has also discovered art--drawings, poetry, film--and he senses that he must find his own way to advance the Kurdish cause. My Father's Rifle ends with his heartbreaking departure from his parents and flight across the Syrian border to freedom. Stunning in its unadorned intensity, My Father's Rifle is a moving portrait of a boy who embraces the land and culture he loves, even as he leaves them.
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