conditional fee arrangement was introduced by the Access to Justice Act (AJA) 1999‚ as an attempt to transfer legal funding from the treasury to the private sector. This occurred as a result of an increasing and ridiculous growth in the cost of legal aid‚ namely from a few hundred million to well over 2.1 billion pounds from the 1980s to 2000. Moreover‚ it was not because demand was growing. Rather‚ number of cases relying on legal aid had decreased. Due to the need to control budget‚ Conditional fee arrangements
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Increasing use of Medical Marijuana ENGL103 Colorado Technical University March 18‚ 2013 In the United States of America‚ marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled substance; but 17 states and Washington D.C. have legalized medical marijuana. Even though marijuana is legal within those states‚ it is still a federal offense which is punishable by incarceration and fines. There are many sick people who benefit from using medical marijuana. Medical marijuana helps cancer patients
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California and other stated that have considerable drought need to promote reasonable water use. The PPIC recommends changes in the following areas: (1) reduce urban landscape irrigation; (2) improve conservation pricing in cities; (3) strengthen water markets; (4) diversify urban supplies; (5) manage groundwater; and (6) prevent waste and unreasonable use (PPIC 2016‚ 6). As stated earlier‚ the PPIC recommend the modernization of environmental drought management. State and federal wildlife agencies
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1990 census figures to 33‚871‚648 people. California adds over 550‚000 people annually‚ which is roughly equivalent to adding the entire population of the state of Vermont every year. Why is California so over populated and what are the potential long-term effects of this overcrowding? First of all‚ let’s look at some of the reasons why California is so overcrowded. Probably the single biggest reason people live in California is the weather. California is‚ meteorologically speaking‚ a very desirable
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Fresh water is one of the basic needs and essentials of all living things. Although organisms utilize it differently‚ we use it on an everyday basis. Without water‚ it is quite apparent to see that there would be no life. As most know today‚ California is currently in the midst of a drought that has been ongoing for four years. This epidemic has been getting worse and worse‚ which is a severe problem. Although being in a drought is surely an environmental issue‚ it is our responsibility to be mindful
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A California wildfire killed one person and destroyed more homes on September 19th. A fire started Saturday in California’s Carmel Valley. Two communities are under evacuation. “So far the fire has burned 1‚200 acres and only 10% of it is contained‚ according to the state wildfire fighting agency‚ CalFire‚” This weekend another fatality occurred due to the fires in California and another ten homes burned. Three other deaths have occurred this summer due to the large multitude of the wildfires. “The
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pay. However‚ companies utilize several strategies or policies to cope with the increase in business costs stemming from an increase in minimum wages. The increase in the minimum wage leads to an increase in business costs due to the high labor and production costs. Most companies usually raise the prices of their products or services and reduce the workforce to offset the increase in costs. "The minimum wage increase is not just the dollar an hour‚ but it’s also a raise in our taxes‚" said Jason
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Most people would agree that raising the minimum wage sounds like a good idea‚ but arguments arise concerning if this increase would benefit the economy. Jared Bernstein believes that a minimum wage increase would positively affect the American economy. He argues that the economy is driven by consumer spending and lowincome workers are very likely to spend their extra earned money. On the contrary‚ Douglas HoltzEakin strives to make the point that raising the minimum wage would not be beneficial to the economy
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career they want. Success is difficult to obtain if you do not go to college and get a degree. Despite being a coutry focused on equality‚ not many Americans have the oppourtunity to go college and get the education they need to acheive their dream. Tuition fees can be expesive for many people and its only
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To this day‚ California has been in a drought. The governor‚ Jerry Brown is struggling to create policies to prevent people from using large amounts of water. He has made proposals to reduce the water use in California by building tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to increase the supply of water. One of the reasons California is in a drought is because of our history of dealing with the gold miners using hydraulic mining to mine gold‚ and damming the Tuolumne River to provide water for
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