Contract law defines a contract as a legally enforceable promise or set of promises between parties. For a contract to be valid and enforceable, it must contain certain elements, including an offer, acceptance of that offer, and consideration (value exchanged between the parties). If one party breaches the terms of the contract, the other can seek legal recourse through the courts. Fraud is generally defined in law as an intentional misrepresentation or omission of facts by one party with the intent to deceive or disadvantage the other party.

1. Contract law has been more formally defined as a promise or set of
promises which the law will enforce. Another definition and a somewhat
competing view, is that a contract is an agreement giving rise to
obligations which are enforced or recognized by law. Either definition
confirms the involvement of the law by way of enforcement, suggesting
that should there be an infraction or breach of the terms of the agreement
then the aggrieved party may seek recourse via the Courts. As is noted
above, a contract can arise is a plethora of scenarios; from buying a loaf
of bread in the corner shop, to the sale of a house. It is unsurprising
therefore that certainty is needed before the Courts will intervene to
enforce any agreement. The law of contract has confirmed the basic
foundations of any contract, regardless of its complexity and substance
that it must contain to make the agreement enforceable in law.
The term 'fraud' is generally defined in the law as an intentional
misrepresentation of material existing fact made by one person to another
with knowledge of its falsity and for the purpose of inducing the other
person to act, and upon which the other person relies with resulting injury
or damage. [Fraud may also include an omission or intentional failure to
state material facts, knowledge of which would be necessary to make
other statements not misleading.

2. Business law case study
This case was related to fraud investigation
Our client is a not-for-profit organization concerned with the prevention of fraud
and funded entirely by subscription. Their objective is to exchange information on
fraud on a non-competitive basis. Members are drawn primarily from the UK
financial services industry, but also from telecommunications, insurance and
other sectors.
The system used by our client, had remained basically the same for 15 years but
the organization had grown in size with millions of fraud matches a year
compared to a few thousand in the early years
The Challenge
The environment had also changed with new delivery channels distancing
customers from their financial service providers and making fraud more possible.
At the same time there were competitive pressures from members to offer
services to their customers 24 hour Our Solutions a day, 7 days a week and for
increased speed of approval.
Our Solution
Logica was commissioned to deliver a new system to allow members to file fraud
warnings over the Internet and for participating agencies to receive data from the
central system rather than indirectly from each other.
Where fraud has been committed, the members can record warnings against the
details on the database. Participating agencies receive the warnings and can
notify their clients. Besides holding all information on each fraud, the fraud
investigation system identifies links with other fraud cases such as shared
addresses, common aliases and potential fraud rings. It also highlights the level
of enquiry from other members on a case or address
The Result
Information on all fraud cases is available 365 days a year and details are not
held back by a member’s unavailability. The system supports rapid decisions on
whether a match is relevant and enables members to manage resources more
effectively. Where quick decisions need to be made, they can be. Where more
time needs to be taken, the available data is grouped together for efficient review
by fraud specialists

3. Banker Technology Awards
The Fraud Investigation system developed by Logica for our client was highly
commended in The Banker Technology Awards, Fraud Prevention Solution
category. The award reflected the great strides that the fraud investigation
system and our client’s initiative had taken in helping prevent fraud in the UK .