form of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts. The other two are the “plain meaning rule” (also known as the “literal rule”) and the “mischief rule.” The golden rule allows a judge to depart from a word ’s normal meaning in order to avoid an absurd result1. The term “golden rule” seems to have originated in the 1854 case of Mattison v. Hart as per Chief Justice Jervis’ propounding and implies a degree of enthusiasm for this particular rule of construction over alternative
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the deceased can always sue for the recovery of debts due to the deceased.But he cannot sue for the breaches which caused mere personal injuries on nthe deceased. Origins of the maxim latin References ^ Goudy Two Ancient Brocards in Essays in Legal History Vinogradoff (ed.) and Winfield Textbook of the Law of Tort 2nd edn. p.201 ^ a b cf. the remarks of Viscount Simon in Stewart v. London‚ Midland and Scottish Railway Co. 1943 SC (HL) 19 at 26 Pinchon ’s case[3] and Hambly v. Trott.[4] --
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penalty points were applied. His appeal centres on his contention that he never received the fixed penalty point notice in the first instance and as a result of this non-notification his conviction was flawed. 2. Introduction to Court System. The Irish Courts system consist of a designated court hierarchy with differing jurisdictions and is divided into two categories; Criminal and Civil. Most cases start at the lower courts in the first instance. The District Court is local and limited to monetary
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Legal Studies In December 2002 Dominic Li answered his front door to two men (Richard Nimmo and Maua Sua) both armed with guns. Sua and Nimmo were being paid by Yonky Irvin Tan‚ a drug dealer whom Li’s brother in law owed money to. Both Sua and Nimmo poured hydrochloric acid onto Mr Li where he suffered burns to his face‚ became blind and burns to his oesophagus. Mr Li painfully passed away three weeks later due to these injuries sustained as they led to a blockage in his throat that blocked his
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could be established by the trade union against Casino Ltd. ------------------------------------------------- Issues 1. Whether Casino Ltd. (the parent company) and Caterers Ltd. (its wholly-owned subsidiary company) are considered as separate legal entities. Additionally‚ whether the concept of corporate veil applies to the corporate groups (between Casino Ltd and Caterers Ltd). 2. Is it possible to lift or pierce the corporate veil of corporate groups on the basis that: (a) there is
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The growth of ’legal transnationalism’‚ that is‚ the reach of law across nation-state borders and the impact of external political and legal pressures on nation-state law undermines the main foundations of sociology of law. Modern sociology of law has assumed an ’instrumentalist’ view of law as an agency of the modern directive state‚ but now it has to adjust to the state’s increasingly complex regulatory conditions. The kind of convergence theory that underpins analysis of much legal transnationalism
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Models for the Analysis of Legal Argumentation EVELINE T. FETERIS Department of Speech Communication‚ Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric University of Amsterdam Spuistraat 134 1012 VB Amsterdam Netherlands e.t.feteris@uva.nl Introduction In their classical works on argumentation the philosophers Chaïm Perelman and Stephen Toulmin presented the procedures and practices of legal reasoning as a model for a rational practice of argumentation. In the 50 years since the publication of Perelman and
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 50 (2010) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2010 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Stability of Beta over Market Phases: An Empirical Study on Indian Stock Market Koustubh Kanti Ray Assistant Professor‚ Financial Management at Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)‚ Bhopal‚ India. E-mail: raykk@iifm.ac.in Abstract The significant role played by beta in diverse aspects of financial decision making
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decree nisi 1 month later - decree absolute (ended) change - reaction to divorce accepting society - domestic violence can live "separately apart" one roof. - financial issues divorce - finances all on contracts privison to reconsile "kiss and make up" 95% settled in court break down : 2 issues - custody ‚ property. property - Family law act 1975 martial property before a court hearing - consent order relies on court does not refer a property settlement to the family court guidlines financial
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UTT MATH1002 Weeks 3&4 Notes Systems of ODEs First-order linear equations with constant coefficients [pic] [pic] Let [pic] [pic] Taking Laplace transforms of (1) and (2) [pic] [pic] From (3) and (4) [pic] [pic] We solve this system algebraically for [pic]and [pic] and obtain [pic] by taking inverse transforms. Example [pic] [pic] [pic] We have [pic] [pic] [pic] From (5) and (6) [pic] [pic] [pic]
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