Friday Shop and the owners of the apartments (Claimants) to write an opinion to establish if they are able to claim for damages from Boutique Bugs (Defendant) for the amount of $1‚100‚000 based on the elements of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher. Rylands v Fletcher (R v. F) is based on the doctrine of Strict Liability. This means that the defendant is liable for all damages caused by engaging in hazardous of dangerous activities. Blackburn J at 279 states “We think that the true rule of the law is
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Fulton 1 V for Valor 2.6 million troops served for the United States during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1973‚ and not one of them got the homecoming they deserved. Many returning from Vietnam were stereotyped during the war concerning alcoholism and drug use‚ and countless numbers of veterans carry unseen physical and emotional scars from their time in Vietnam (Thompson‚ After Vietnam‚ veterans fought battles at home). Due to the realization of importance and the incredible support and gratitude
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Obergefell v. Hodges is the Supreme Court Case that gay marriage legal in all fifty states. The case required that all states allow gay marriages and recognize gay marriages that happened in other states. It was a 5-4 decision that was based on the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th amendment. Obergefell wanted his marriage in Maryland to be recognized in Ohio‚ so he could collect the benefits from his partners death. Hodges is the director of the Ohio Health Department. The Supreme Court decided
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James Madison‚ Jr. (March 16‚ 1751 -- June 28‚ 1836) was an American statesman‚ political theorist and the fourth President of the United States (1809--1817). He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights. He served as a politician much of his adult life. After the constitution had been drafted‚ Madison became one of the leaders in the movement to ratify
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The United States legal system gives all people the right to an attorney to help defend the prosecuted individual. The court case Buck v. Davis shows how a person’s rights could be given but in a way that would go against the one being charged for a crime. Duane Buck is an African American who was tried for being involved in a murder of his ex-girlfriend and her friend in the state of Texas. Many different types of evidence showed that Duane Buck had committed that crime and his passed issues
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state of Texas. It is necessary that a contractual relationship or in the least a direct connection be evident between an auditor and a non-client in order for that auditing firm to be liable for any damages done unto the third party. In the Ultramares v. Touche case‚ the judges found that a liability arose out of a duty that Touche‚ the accounting firm‚ owed to the non-client‚ Ultramares. Touche certified that their client‚ for whom they were performing the audit‚ was solvent when in fact it was not
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Critical Assessment of judgement in Inspector of Taxes v. Kiernan Inspector of Taxes v. Kiernan (hereinafter referred to as Kiernan) is a Supreme Court case which‚ at first glance‚ would appear to deal with a rather innocuous question‚ can “pigs” be referred to as “cattle”? The question of whether pigs can be included within the confines of the the term cattle might seem both banal and quite absurd‚ but the judgement on this question has had repercussions for many subsquent cases since this matter
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from identifiable police officer‚ patrolling a high crime area‚ suspicious to justify the officer’s stop and frisk of that person? This was the question that the justices of the Supreme Court were asking themselves when they heard the case of Illinois v. Wardlow on the date of November 2‚ 1999. A few things happened in the U.S. government in 1999. In January‚ Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial began. Clinton would later be acquitted in February. In March‚ the Supreme Court upheld the murder
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Case: R v. Hebert Facts of Case Judges: Dickson‚ Robert George Brian; Lamer‚ Antonio; Wilson‚ Bertha; La Forest‚ Gérard V.; L’Heureux-Dubé‚ Claire; Sopinka‚ John; Gonthier‚ Charles Doherty; Cory‚ Peter deCarteret; McLachlin‚ Beverley Neil Hebert was suspected of having robbed the Klondike Inn. After the police located Hebert‚ they placed him under arrest and informed him of his rights‚ and took him to the R.C.M.P detachment in Whitehorse. Hebert contacted counsel and obtained legal advice regarding
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Texas abortion law was unconstitutional as an assault of her right to privacy assured by the First‚ Fourth‚ Fifth‚ Ninth‚ and Fourteenth Amendments. The effects of the Roe v. Wade case
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