Information based on the Departmental publication "Legal System in Hong Kong" printed in 2008 Preface The first edition of this booklet was published in 1991. Its stated aim was to help the public understand how our legal system works. It stressed the importance of the rule of law to Hong Kong’s past success and future promise and emphasised the role that an informed public could play in ensuring the continued vitality of the legal system. 2007 marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment
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Bar Matter No. 553 June 17‚ 1993 MAURICIO C. ULEP‚ petitioner‚ vs. THE LEGAL CLINIC‚ INC.‚ respondent. REGALADO‚ J.: Petitioner prays this Court "to order the respondent to cease and desist from issuing advertisements similar to or of the same tenor as that of annexes "A" and "B" (of said petition) and to perpetually prohibit persons or entities from making advertisements pertaining to the exercise of the law profession other than those allowed by law." The advertisements complained of by
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Student Company Secretary 32 November 2007 ICSI NOTIFICATION NO : 1/2007 INTRODUCTION OF NEW SYLLABUS OF THE COMPANY SECRETARYSHIP COURSE The Council‚ in exercise of the powers vested under clause (a) of subsection (2) of section 15 of the Company Secretaries Act‚ 1980 [as amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act‚ 2006]‚ approved the new Syllabus at its 174th meeting held on 18-19th August‚ 2007 and decided as under : 1. Nomenclature for the different stages of CS Course will be
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INTRODUCTION Education - a simple word that is one of the major drivers of our planet earth. Through education people get to know who they are‚ where they came from and where they will be heading in the near future. Education is the spearhead of a society. It is because of proper education that people get to know about the diversity of this unpredictable world. Education forges the lives of those who get it. Education is one of the important factors that affect the quality and the means of leading
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Classification of Contracts (7 – 1.30) Simple and formal contracts A formal contract is a written contract (such as a deed). A simple contract can be entirely orally or a combination of oral and written. Bilateral Contract: exchange of promise – one promise for another (a promisee’s promise in return for the promisor’s promise or vice versa) o Union Dominions Trust (Commercial) Ltd v Eagle Aircraft Services Ltd [1968] 1 All ER 104 at 108‚ Lord Diplock Unilateral Contract:
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one? For legal ownership the answer is always joint tenancy because under s34-36&s1 LPA. Tenancy in common in the act is related to by under divided shared. The reason they decided that legal title should be in joint tenancy in 1925 was to make conveyancing proper. In joint ownership each legal owner owns the whole thing. Considering the equitable ownership is held you need to ask; you would ask is there a unity of possession? Are each of them entitled to be in possession of the whole piece of land
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LAWS1017 – CONTRACTS I – CASE SUMMARIES SESSION ONE – 2004 1 OFFER Gibson v Manchester City Council Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co MacRobertson Miller Airline Services v Commissioner of State Taxation Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Offers distinguished from Invitations to Treat Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ltd Revocation of an Offer Goldsborough‚ Mort & Co v Quinn Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Wellcome International Pty Ltd ACCEPTANCE Relationship
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TABLE OF CONTENT Contents Page Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………….4 Definitions Land…………………………………………………………………………………...…6 Concurrent Ownership………………………………………………………………......6 Real Property……………………………………………………………………………..6 Concurrent Ownership………………………………………………………………................7 Forms of Concurrent Ownerships……………………………………………………………....7 Joint Tenancy……………………………………………………………………………7 Features of Joint Tenancy…………………………………………………….....7 Tenants in Common……………………………………………………………………
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Fundamentals of Land Ownership‚ Land Boundaries‚ and Surveying G J Donnelly About the Paper This paper has been prepared as an introductory paper to provide a general overview of key matters related to the ownership of land‚ and the boundaries which define the limitations of that ownership. The role of surveyors in the determination of land boundaries is also reviewed. It has been commissioned by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) to provide a guide for students and
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Land Use Policy 21 (2004) 347–355 Major issues in Indonesia’s urban land development T. Firman* Department of Regional and City Planning‚ Institute of Technology‚ Bandung‚ Jalan Ganesha 10‚ Bandung 40132‚ Indonesia Received 13 December 2002; received in revised form 10 April 2003; accepted 24 April 2003 Abstract This article addresses issues of urban land development in Indonesia‚ including urban land use; ownership and transfers; land taxation; and land information systems
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