In the case of Mitchell v Glasgow City Council a man was attacked and killed by his neighbour‚ Drummond. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Drummond were both tenants of the local authority of Glasgow City Council and were next door neighbours. The death threats to Mr. Mitchell started a long time ago. Mr. Drummond’s anti-social behavior had occurred in many occasions since 1994. He was arrested by the police and warned many times but he continued to threaten to kill Mr. Mitchell. After a further serious incident
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1. Does a partnership exist? a. Is there a business? i. Yes. S1(b)‚ Hope v Barthrust City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1‚ implied that a business is a commercial activity which has repetition & continuity. The judge held that “a business is a commercial enterprise which is a going concern engaged for the purpose of profit on a continuous & repetitive basis”. b. The business must be carried on i. This again involves continuity and repetition. The case had mentioned that the restaurant would run from a leased
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invitation to treat is not an offer‚ but a statement or expression made by a person to invite offers for consideration. With reference to Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979]‚ the Council was running policies of selling council houses to the occupants‚ saying that they may be prepared to sell the house and require the occupants to
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HRM Burlington Northern Industries v. ELLERTH‚ 524 U.S. 742 (1998). U S Supreme Court Facts: Kimberly Ellerth worked in Burlington’s Chicago office from March 1993 through May 1994‚ first as a merchandising assistant and later as a sales representative. Theodore Slowik was a New York based Vice-President of sales and marketing‚ supervising Ellerth’s immediate supervisors. Slowik made primarily the decision as to Ellerth’s hire and subsequent promotion. Ellerth spoke with Slowik when he
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Kelo v. City of New London 125 S.Ct. 2655 (U.S. Sup. Ct. 2009) Facts: In 1998‚ the city of New London‚ Connecticut‚ authorized a $3.5 million bond issue in support of plans initiated by the New London Development Corporation (NLDC). This decision followed a state designation of the area as a “distressed municipality” and the closing of a US Naval facility‚ which employed over 15‚000 people. The NLDC plans proposed the development of about 90 acres of land in the Fort Trumbull area of New London
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Factual Summary Susie is a minor‚ who choose to meet friends at a park at 11pm‚ when the city law clearly states that a curfew is enforced for anyone after 11pm in the park. Officer ruthless enforced the law‚ but and the law also states that a person can ride in back of a camper with no seat belt. Jerry a minor with little to no driving knowledge skills was giving Susie and Katy a ride. The total time from the incident to when the truck got in accident was 1 hour and a half‚ Susie lived a mile
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elo v. City of Pete Aragones AP GOV Mr. Odom I. Case Title Kelo v. City of New London‚ 545 U.S. 469 (2005) II. Facts * The State Supreme Court of Connecticut held that the use of eminent domain for economic development did not violate the public use clauses of the state and federal constitutions. * The court also ruled constitutional the government delegation of its eminent domain power to a private entity. * The court held that if an economic project creates
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KELO V. CITY OF NEW LONDON POV: The City of New London LEGAL ANALYSIS 1. IDENTIFICATION OF “CRITICAL OR RELEVANT FACTS” FROM THE CASE In the 2005 US Supreme Court decided on the case of Kelo vs City of New London. Inherent to the case was a challenge to the concept of “eminent domain” and its relation to the 5th Amendment of the US Constitution. The town of New London‚ CT‚ planned to develop an area of 90 acres‚ divided into 7 parcels‚ along the Thames River / Fort Trumball area in an effort
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his compensation‚ terms‚ conditions‚ or privileges of employment‚ because of such individual’s … sex.” Civil Rights Act‚ 1964. In Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson‚ the court held that “a plaintiff may establish a violation of Title VII by proving that discrimination based on sex has created a hostile or abusive work environment.” Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (US 1986). A hostile work environment is created when the environment at work creates anxiety so severe as to result in an alteration of the terms
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Ebanks v. New York City Transit Authority 70 N.Y.2d 621‚ 518 N.Y.S 2d 776‚ Web 1987 N.Y Lexis 17294 United States Court of Appeals of New York Facts: * Julius Ebanks’s left foot got caught in a 2-inch gap between the escalator step and the side wall of the escalator‚ which was owned and operated by the New York City Transit Authority. * He was thrown violently to the ground after reaching the top. His hip was fractured along with other serious injuries. * The standard gap of the
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