Joint Venture in UK Law
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R v Powell (Anthony Glassford); R v English (Philip); R v Daniels (Antonio Eval)
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As the unforeseen use of the knife would take the killing outside the scope of the joint venture the jury should also have been directed, as the Court of Appeal held in Reg. v. Anderson, that English should not be found guilty of manslaughter. As the unforeseen use of the knife would take the killing outside the scope of the joint venture the jury should also have been directed, as the Court of Appeal held in Reg. v. Anderson, that English should not be found guilty of manslaughter.
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Khan and Another v Miah and Others
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The question is not whether the restaurant had commenced trading, but whether the parties had done enough to be found to have commenced the joint enterprise in which they had agreed to engage. Once the judge found that the assets had been acquired, the liabilities incurred and the expenditure laid out in the course of the joint venture and with the authority of all parties, the conclusion inevitably followed.
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Armagas Ltd v Mundogas SA (The Ocean Frost)
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It is frequently very difficult to tell whether a witness is telling the truth or not; and where there is a conflict of evidence such as there was in the present case, reference to the objective facts and documents, to the witnesses' motives, and to the overall probabilities, can be of very great assistance to a judge in ascertaining the truth.
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Yam Seng Pte Ltd (a Company Registered in Singapore) v International Trade Corporation Ltd
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Such "relational" contracts, as they are sometimes called, may require a high degree of communication, cooperation and predictable performance based on mutual trust and confidence and involve expectations of loyalty which are not legislated for in the express terms of the contract but are implicit in the parties' understanding and necessary to give business efficacy to the arrangements.
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Kilcarne Holdings Ltd v Targetfollow (Birmingham) Ltd
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On one view, the contract was the overall bargain by which £2.5 million was to be made available to the Targetfollow Group. This would include the secured loans to be made by Kilcarne and Rosedale respectively to BPIL, the secured loan to be made by Kilcarne to TBL, Mr Naghshineh's personal guarantee and the joint venture agreement. The alternative view is that the joint venture agreement alone is the relevant contract, and that the other elements of the overall bargain can be ignored.
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Yeoman's Row Management Ltd and another v Cobbe
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If two or more persons agree to embark on a joint venture which involves the acquisition of an identified piece of land and a subsequent exploitation of, or dealing with, the land for the purposes of the joint venture, and one of the joint venturers, with the agreement of the others who believe him to be acting for their joint purposes, makes the acquisition in his own name but subsequently seeks to retain the land for his own benefit, the court will regard him as holding the land on trust for the joint venturers.
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Edwards (Inspector of Taxes) v Bairstow
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But, without any such misconception appearing ex facie, it may be that the facts found are such that no person acting judicially and properly instructed as to the relevant law could have come to the determination under appeal.
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Finance Act 2022
... ... same group as it, has or have a substantial interest in a relevant joint venture company ... (2) See section 40 for the meaning of “relevant ... ...
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The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016
... ... countries) and covering works, supplies or services intended for the joint implementation or exploitation of a project by its signatories;(b) an ... —(a) by a utility to an affiliated undertaking; or(b) by a joint venture, formed exclusively by a number of utilities for the purpose of carrying ... ...
- The Real Estate Investment Trusts (Joint Venture Groups) Regulations 2007
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Finance Act 2000
... ... 65: Venture capital trusts: amendments ... The provisions relating to venture ... 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 310, Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2) ... 99: Joint arrangements for claims ... In paragraph 77 of Schedule 18 to the ... ...
- Joint Venture
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Identifying key factors for successful joint venture in China
China has become one of the top three nations for attracting foreign investment in the international market since 1990. Hundreds of international corporations are currently competing for business o...
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Signaling in joint venture capital: a social network perspective
Purpose: Based on the theory of social networks, it is crucial to enhance information superiority through joint venture capital (VC). The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of differen...
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Joint venture survival in China: the importance of tangible and intangible trust
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among joint venture survival in Sichuan and two types of trust: intangible trust and tangible trust. Intangible trust encapsulates ...
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Retail leases: the new joint venture arrangement?
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Disputes between members of a construction joint venture
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Oil and gas joint venture parties not bound by good faith or rationality when discharging operator
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