1. Explain why the New Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) was so controversial. There were many arguments raised about the poor law amendment act of 1834‚ this Act was thought to be the most contentious piece of legislation passed during the era of the Whig’s. At the time‚ it was a lot about saving money‚ the upper class did not want to pay towards the poor law‚ as they believed they were lazy and unworthy. The taxpayers‚ and ratepayers believed it to be wrong they should be paying to help the poor
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW James Maurici‚ Landmark Chambers Introduction 1. This talk will look at: i. What is environmental law? ii. The sources of environmental law iii. Some key concepts in environmental law: the precautionary principle‚ the polluter pays‚ public participation and access to environmental justice iv. An introduction to the main areas of environmental law: a. air quality b. climate change c. contaminated land d. noise e. environmental permitting f. waste g. water h. nature
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Felthouse v Bindley Court Court of Common Pleas Citation(s) (1862) 11 Cb (NS) 869; [1862] EWHC CP J35; 142 ER 1037 Transcript(s) Full text of judgment Judge(s) sitting Willes J‚ Byles J and Keating J Felthouse v Bindley (1862) EWHC CP J 35‚ is the leading English contract law case on the rule that one cannot impose an obligation on another to reject one ’s offer. This is sometimes misleadingly expressed as a rule that "silence cannot amount to acceptance"
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registered mortgagee of Bridgman House. The effect of expiry of s 92 Property Law Act. A fixture is anything that was once personal property that has become affixed to the land as to become a part of the land and part of the real property.1 The essential question here is whether it has become so affixed to the land that it is part of the Equity Finance Limited security and has to remain on site with the expiry of s 92 Property Law Act 1952. The starting point is the test set out in Holland v Hodgson
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References: Contact law: Intention to create legal relations. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://quizlet.com/11733058/contract-law-intention-to-create-legal-relations-flash-cards/ Duty of care. (March‚ 2006). Retrieved from http://ww2.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ecconnections/CCH_P_March_2006_English.pdf Intention to create legal relations. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.lawteacher.net/contract-law/essays/intention-to-create-legal-relations.php Proving fault: What
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declarations in respect of matters which related to the affairs of the association and for certain other relief‚ which in substance was to enforce his rights under the articles. On an application by the defendants for a stay of the action pursuant to s 4 of the Arbitration Act‚ 1889‚ and to refer the matters in dispute to arbitration in accordance with the terms of art 49‚ Held: (i) art 49 must be treated as a statutory agreement between the members and the association as well as between themselves
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system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed
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Different approach taken by the Court of Appeal in Williams v Roffey was it fair or not? It is commonly accepted within the English Contract Law that the models of contractual fairness must exist in contractual disputes. Essential to these models is the doctrine of consideration and the principles that comes under the doctrine of consideration such as laws derived from both Williams v Roffey (1990) and Stilk v Myrick (1809). Starting with the development of the doctrine of consideration and the
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r lwaCYBER LAW Cyber Laws are the basic laws of a Society and hence have implications on every aspect of the Cyber Society such as Governance‚ Business‚ Crimes‚ Entertainment‚ Information Delivery‚ Education etc. WHY THE NEED FOR CYBER LAW? • Coming of the Internet. • Greatest cultural‚ economic‚ political and social transformation in the history of human society. • Complex legal issues arising leading to the development of cyber law. • Different approaches for controlling‚ regulating and
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Peter James and Jenny Shorter are in business together designing and producing ladies hand-made clothing to order. They are based in Chelsea and trade under the name of J & S Fashions. They have not drawn up or signed any documents to form the business‚ or registered it with anyone. J & S Fashions has recently set up its own web page on the Internet‚ intending to gain customers that way and to expand. It has been suggested to Peter‚ by a friend in a pub‚ that it would make "sound business sense"
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