Question 6‚ April 2006: Solution to fe1 question Bell Computers could attach liability to either Chemical Supply or Industrial Estates under the tort of Rylands v Fletcher. Chemical Supply’s Liability Rylands v Fletcher established that a person who “for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes‚ must keep it in at his peril‚ and if he does not do so ‚ is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence
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Barton V Armstrong (1976) ac 104 Armstrong and Barton both worked in Landmark Corporation ltd. as the chairman and managing director respectively. Armstrong holding the majority shares in the public company. For an expanded period of time there had been a large amount of adversity between the parties. Armstrong’s belligerent behaviour resulted in Barton and two other directors becoming gravely discontent with his behaviour and his great mistreatment of several
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The case Brandy V Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission challenges the constitutional validity of the scheme for the enforcement of Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) determination under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). The High Court of Australia had decided that since HREOC was not constituted as a court according to Chapter III of the Constitution‚ and therefore was not able to exercise judicial power of commonwealth and enforce any subsequent decisions. The
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Seaver Williams On March 25‚ 1931‚ on a train going through Alabama‚ a fight between nine young African Americans and seven young white men took place. Powell and his African American friends ended up throwing all but one of the white men off the train. There were also two white women on the train who claimed they were sexually assaulted. They were escorted to jail when they arrived at Scottsboro. They were put on trial on March 31 for the rape of the two white women and were found guilty and sentenced
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Milosz v. Pienkowski Paper “These damn Jews! They’re rotten and don’t belong here! We need to remove them all from Poland and send them to concentration camps!” “Whoah. You are misinformed about the history of your own country. Firstly‚ the Jews definitely belong here. For centuries Poland has had the largest and most prominent Jewish population in the world. Although religious tolerance did end with the partitioning of Poland by the Russian empire‚ Judaism is still extremely prevalent
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Gravel v. United States 408 U.S. 606 (1972) Facts of the Case Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska was given a copy of the classified “Pentagon Papers” in 1971. After he received the classified documents‚ he called a meeting of his subcommittee in the Senate and shared their contents with the others in the subcommittee. He also allegedly arranged to publish the documents through Beacon Press. A federal grand jury‚ in the process of an investigation of possible federal law violations‚ subpoenaed one of
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How similar were the achievements and limitations of nationalism in Southeast Asia before 1941? The period before 1941 can also be referred to as the pre-war period before the Japanese Occupation. The Southeast Asian nationalist movements then had similar achievements and limitations. Their achievements were scarce as the majority of the population was politically apathetic. To add to this‚ the nationalist groups often lacked mass support and military strength. The greatest achievement of these
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Sears Vs. Walmart Financial Performance Comparison Profit Margin Profit Margin‚ Sears Co. | | 1997 | | 1996 | | 1995 | Net income | 1‚188 | -6.53% | 1‚271 | -29.43% | 1‚801 | Total revenues | 36‚371 | 7.76% | 33‚751 | 8.41% | 31‚133 | Profit Margin | 3.27% | | 3.77% | | 5.78% | This Profit Margin ratio is acceptable‚ though not high. The result means that for each dollar of sales at Sears Co.‚ the company earns only 3.27 cents in 1997‚ compared to 3.77 cents and 5.78 cents in 1996 and 1995 respectively
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73 F.3d 965‚ *; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 436‚ **; 37 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1449; 96 Cal. Daily Op. Service 315 BUFFETS‚ INC.‚ a Minnesota corporation; and EVERGREEN BUFFETS‚ INC.‚ an Oregon corporation‚ Plaintiffs-Appellants‚ v. PAUL KLINKE; CAROL KLINKE; GREG KLINKE; GRANNY’S BUFFET‚ INC.‚ a Washington corporation; and MARK MILLER‚ Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-36222 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT 73 F.3d 965; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 436; 37 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1449; 96 Cal. Daily
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Summary R. v. Morgentaler was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada‚ a verdict which declared abortion laws in the Criminal Code of Canada as arbitrary and unconstitutional. The court ruled the laws to have violated the woman’s right to security of the person under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to security of person. After the ruling‚ you could not be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada for having an abortion without consent of the therapeutic abortion committee
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