ADMS 2610 Lecture Notes - Fiduciary, Hire Purchase, Common Carrier
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Agency law involves: principal, agent and third party. Function: the agent act on the behalf of the principal, affects a contract between the principal and the third party. Express: where the job of the agent is expressed in the case of business. Agent"s expressed authority: where the agent performs as per instructed by the principal. President of company x is gonna have a lunch with the supplier. He is taking with him his national sales manager. The president in the alcoholic dozed state tells the third party that the sales manager is also responsible for marketing and advertising. But the third party in the believe that the manager was responsible for marketing and advertising makes a contract with the sales manager. If yes, knowledge of the third party eliminates the contract. Agency by estoppels: when the principal finds out about it and does not like it and wants to cancel the contract.