Agency by Express & Implied Appointment

Which section defines "agent" and "principal" ?

• s.134

• s.135

• s.136

• s.138

Under the law of agency, who is actually bound to the contract with the 3rd party?

• The principal

• The agent

The followings are the way how an agency by express appointment is created

between the principal and the agent, except...

• by looking into their regular conducts

• verbally / orally

• written appointment

Implied agency from the circumstances of the parties can be implied from...

• the verbal appointment by the principal

• the appointment letter shown to the 3rd party

• the regular/habitual conducts of the principal and agent

• the information given by the agent to the 3rd party

The followings are the situations where the husband

may rebut his liability upon the contract made by his wife, except...

• He expressly disallowed his wife from buying goods on credit

• The goods bought by the wife were already supplied sufficiently by the husband

• the goods bought were for necessaries

• the wife had been provided with sufficient allowance / money to buy goods for cash

In the case of Chan Yin Tee v William Jacks,

why Chan was held to be bound to the contract with William Jacks & Co. ?

• because Chan is the owner of the business

• because William Jack knew that Chas has money to pay for the goods

• because impliedly Chan is liable to pay because Yong is a partner to the partnership with Chan.

• because Yong expressly told William Jack to claim for the price from Chan

In your opinion, is Nizam bound to the contract made by Nana with Pak Kadir?

Why?

• Yes. Because Nana bought necessaries from Pak Kadir

• Yes. Because impliedly Nana is the agent to Nizam.

• No. Because the goods were not necessaries.

• No. Because Nana had been provided with sufficient allowance to buy necessaries, but she spent all the money for unnecessaries.