Case Study: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Joshua Weisman Webster University HRMG 5700 QD F2 In the case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc.‚ Joseph Oncale was the victim of repeated harassment‚ sexual‚ physical and mental‚ from at least three members of the work crew‚ of which two had a supervisory position over him. When Oncale brought his complaints to the supervisors‚ they took no noticeable actions against the harassers and‚ after he had experienced
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Contract Law Cases The Offer Meeting of minds: Clarke v Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl: Yacht races. Letters sent in Communication (in writing‚ speech and conduct): Carlil v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co: pay back 100 if you get influenza. Deposit 1000 The Acceptance: Strictly in response to
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The Americans with Disabilities Act‚ also known as the ADA‚ was signed into law on July 26th‚ 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. According to the ADA National Network‚ “ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life‚ including jobs‚ schools‚ transportation‚ and all public and private places that are open to the general public.” Under the ADA‚ there are five titles that guarantee civil rights for all persons with a disability
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existed between them‚ HELD: Although Philippine labor laws and jurisprudence define clearly the elements of an employer-employee relationship‚ this is the first time that the Court will resolve the nature of the relationship between a television and radio station and one of its “talents.” There is no case law stating that a radio and television program host is an employee of the broadcast station. Applying the control test to the present case‚ we find that SONZA is not an employee but an independent
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Jonathan Crespo Mr. Mouser Government 5/11/2018 United States v Nixon In the case of United States v. Richard Nixon‚ seven of Nixon’s closest aides were convicted of many crimes in the Watergate affair. The name of the aides that were convicted are John N. Mitchell‚ former Attorney General; H. R. Haldeman‚ John D. Ehrlichman and Gordon C. Strachan‚ former White House aides; Robert C. Mardian‚ a former aide to Mr. Mitchell‚ and Kenneth Wells Parkinson. Nixon was named by the Watergate grand jury
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Facts of Solomon v Solomon Solomon was a leather merchant who converted his business into a Limited Company as Solomon & Co. limited (the ‘company’). The company so formed consisted on Solomon‚ his wife and five of his children as members. The company purchased the business of Solomon for £39‚000; the purchase consideration was paid in terms of £10‚000 debentures conferring a charge over the company’s assets‚ £20‚000 in fully paid‚ £1 share each and the balance in cash. The company in less than
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progression system‚ whereby to achieve the top (and highest pay) grade‚ it was a necessity to have a law degree. Mr Homer met all other necessary aspects to achieve the top tier‚ but did not have a law degree- nor had it been a requirement within his job as he had previously been deemed to have exceptional skills and experience in criminal law. Mr Homer objected to being required to study for a law degree. The normal retirement age in the PNLD was 65‚ and it would have taken Mr Homer at least
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CASES ON BANKING LAW Westminster Bank Ltd v. Hilton (1926) 43 TLR 124 As against the money of the customer’s in the banker’s hands the relationship between banker and customer is that of principal and agent: "It is well established that the normal relation between a banker and his customer is that of debtor and creditor‚ but it is equally well established that quoad the drawing and payment of the customer’s cheques as against money of the customer’s in the banker’s hands the relation is that
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Cases in Canadian Law Dehghani v. Canada: The appellant‚ a citizen of Iran‚ arrived in Canada on May 13‚ 1989‚ and claimed refugee status. After being questioned in the primary examination line‚ he was referred to a secondary examination‚ which involved a long wait‚ and‚ as he did not speak English‚ an interpreter was provided for him. At the secondary interview‚ the appellant omitted significant facts. This case involves two issues that are worthy of analysis‚ as he claims‚ first of all‚ that
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http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/gettext.pl... IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE - The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice. OPINION OF ADVOCATE GENERAL POIARES MADURO delivered on 30 September 2009 1(1) Case C 135/08 Janko Rottmann v Freistaat Bayern (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany)) (European citizenship – Loss – Lapse of the nationality of the Member State of origin upon acquisition of the nationality of another
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