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An agent is a person who is employed or obligated to act on behalf of a person or to represent them in negotiations or dealings with third parties.
If the agent has actual or apparent authority, the agent will not be liable for acts performed within the scope of such authority, so long as the relationship of the agency and the i...
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ProfessionalSir, I had worked as an agent of UK based company in India. Had introduced both the parties to each other. The buyer in India made payments to UK company for goods in advance. The company in the UK delivered the material at the port in containers.
But there was a delay in issuing telex release by UK company to the buyer. Though it was done later on the buyer in India had to suffer demurrage charges. UK company promises to pay him monies and losses he suffered due to demurrage charges. I was just an agent. I had not given any guarantees of anything to any party. Nor. I signed an agreement with buyer granting him his losses. Neither I took any money from the buyer. The agreement was between these two parties i.e. UK company and Indian buyer. I just forwarded invoices on seller behalf. The buyer is saying I must compensate him as his trust was broken. He is threatening legal action against the supplier in UK and me. whereas I never promised in writing or words saying demurrage charges are my responsibility.It happened due to UK company. They have no offices in India. I told the buyer he can do legally against UK company but don't drag me as I did him no wrong personally. I did my best to help the Indian buyer to sort out the issue with UK company. Please suggest me.
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ProfessionalAn agent is a person who is employed or obligated to act on behalf of a person or to represent them in negotiations or dealings with third parties.
If the agent has actual or apparent authority, the agent will not be liable for acts performed within the scope of such authority, so long as the relationship of the agency and the identity of the principal have been disclosed. When the agency is undisclosed or partially disclosed, however, both the agent and the principal are liable. Where the principal is not bound because the agent has no actual or apparent authority, the purported agent is liable to the third party for breach of the implied warranty only.
If the party files a suit against the company and can make agent as a party.
The law of agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi-contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person, called the agent, that is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the principal) to create legal relations with a third party. it may be referred to as the equal relationship between a principal and an agent whereby the principal, expressly or implicitly, authorizes the agent to work under his or her control and on his or her behalf. The agent is, thus, required to negotiate on behalf of the principal or bring him or her and third parties into a contractual relationship. This branch of law separates and regulates the relationships between the parties.
We at Wazzeer know the importance of Agreements and Contracts for a business like yours, with the strong basement that we have built on this field of expertise, we are in a very good shape to help you -> "Get your Wazzee"
over 4 years ago
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Sir, I had worked as an agent of UK based company in India. Had introduced both the parties to each other. The buyer in India made payments to UK company for goods in advance. The company in the UK delivered the material at the port in containers.
But there was a delay in issuing telex release by UK company to the buyer. Though it was done later on the buyer in India had to suffer demurrage charges. UK company promises to pay him monies and losses he suffered due to demurrage charges. I was just an agent. I had not given any guarantees of anything to any party. Nor. I signed an agreement with buyer granting him his losses. Neither I took any money from the buyer. The agreement was between these two parties i.e. UK company and Indian buyer. I just forwarded invoices on seller behalf. The buyer is saying I must compensate him as his trust was broken. He is threatening legal action against the supplier in UK and me. whereas I never promised in writing or words saying demurrage charges are my responsibility.It happened due to UK company. They have no offices in India. I told the buyer he can do legally against UK company but don't drag me as I did him no wrong personally. I did my best to help the Indian buyer to sort out the issue with UK company. Please suggest me.
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Wazzeer Professional Network
ProfessionalAn agent is a person who is employed or obligated to act on behalf of a person or to represent them in negotiations or dealings with third parties.
If the agent has actual or apparent authority, the agent will not be liable for acts performed within the scope of such authority, so long as the relationship of the agency and the identity of the principal have been disclosed. When the agency is undisclosed or partially disclosed, however, both the agent and the principal are liable. Where the principal is not bound because the agent has no actual or apparent authority, the purported agent is liable to the third party for breach of the implied warranty only.
If the party files a suit against the company and can make agent as a party.
The law of agency is an area of commercial law dealing with a set of contractual, quasi-contractual and non-contractual fiduciary relationships that involve a person, called the agent, that is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the principal) to create legal relations with a third party. it may be referred to as the equal relationship between a principal and an agent whereby the principal, expressly or implicitly, authorizes the agent to work under his or her control and on his or her behalf. The agent is, thus, required to negotiate on behalf of the principal or bring him or her and third parties into a contractual relationship. This branch of law separates and regulates the relationships between the parties.
We at Wazzeer know the importance of Agreements and Contracts for a business like yours, with the strong basement that we have built on this field of expertise, we are in a very good shape to help you -> "Get your Wazzee"
over 4 years ago
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