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Roxy's Liability and Rights under Agency Law

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This article discusses the issue of Roxy's liability and rights under Agency Law in the case of ordering dresses from Zala Clothing. It explains the concept of agency and the different types of authority, including express, implied, and ostensible authority. The application of these concepts to the case is analyzed, and it is concluded that Roxy will be held liable for the payment of the dresses.

Roxy's Liability and Rights under Agency Law

This assignment is worth 30 marks and must not exceed 1000 words. It will be graded to 30% of the total unit marks. The assignment must be typed/word processed and follow specific formatting requirements. It should be submitted electronically by the due date.

   Added on 2023-01-19

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BSL165 FOUNDATIONS OF
BUSINESS LAW
4/14/2019
Student’s Name
Roxy's Liability and Rights under Agency Law_1
BUSINESS LAW 1
Issue
The issue of the case is to check whether Roxy is liable to pay the amount mentioned in bill raise
by Zala Clothing. Further to check what are the rights and liabilities of Roxy under Agency Law.
Rules
In the world full of commerce, a person cannot do everything by his/her own and therefore the
same requires other people to act on behalf of him/her. Agency structure helps such people. An
agency is a relationship where one person acts on behalf of others. The person who acts on
behalf of others is known as agent and the person on behalf of whom an agent act is known as
the principal (Dictionary.law.com, 2019). There are three parties in an agency structure always
namely agent, principal, and third party. The lead feature of an agency relationship is that the
principal is liable for the act of agent towards the third party. The agent has authority to act on
behalf of the principal and in this manner, the same bounds to the principal for his/her conduct.
Here this is necessary to state that an authority given under agency may be expressed or implied
one. Express authority is the one which a principal state to agent orally or in writing
(Schneeman, 2009). On the other side, implied authority is the one, which is necessary to
perform the express authority (Upcounsel.com, 2019). For instance, if a person has express
authority to buy good on behalf of the principal then entering into a contract with a seller would
count as implied authority as it is necessary to buy goods. Watteau v Fenwick [1893] 1 QB 346 is
an important case to study here. In this case, the owner of a pub (principal) appointed a person on
the position of pub manager. The principal gave all the authorities to the person, which a pub
manager usually has. He clearly restricted the authority of the agent to buy cigars on behalf of
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