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Prior to the insertion of Section 10(A1) to the Criminal Law Act 1977, was it a crime to obstruct the enforcement of a high court writ of possession?
Prior to the insertion of section 10(A1), what was the legal status of obstructing a high court enforcement officer who was on official business in the course of evicting a former tenant against whom ...
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What is the source of the legal stigma to returning items to shops for refunds to different cards than were used to buy them?
A consumer purchased an item from a ship using a bank card as payment. Almost all shops when processing returns will at least make a token gesture or pretence of ensuring that the card which is ...
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Can federal courts overturn state court decisions on matters of state law?
If a state court rules, for example, that a particular state law is unconstitutional under the state constitution, can this decision be overturned by a federal court?
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Jury and Witness intimidation
Let's say in this hypothetical scenario you have an extremely devout Christian man on trial for a crime where he could be executed.
He gets called to the stand and under examination makes a speech in ...
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Is a Discord server owner required to ask for ID for adult content in the UK?
Consider somebody is running a Discord server that allows for NSFW content. They use the NSFW tag on the relevant channels, so as to defer to Discord's own "I am over 18" button for ...
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Where can I read detailed sequence of events in court cases?
I am a graduate student but not a lawyer, so I have access to databases that might be needed for this through the university library website.
I am looking for fun reading, mostly. I was once told that ...
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Are (or would) Reddit's 2023 API changes considered anticompetitive?
Earlier this year, the website Reddit has announced API changes, that include making the API paid on a way that forced 3rd party clients for Reddit to shut down. More details can be seen on these news ...
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Are we entitled the reward? And what do I do since they are refusing to pay?
I’m going to use Person a,b,c….. so on so forth as the people during this question. This actually happened… less than 5 days ago.
So some random stole a truck. $90,000 truck at that about 2 weeks ago (...
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Alcohol purchase refusal
In my county alcohol sales are until 2am Monday-Thursday, Friday-Sunday 3am. I was recently at a local convenience store and was refused service due to the franchise owner having a lock on computers ...
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Is a non-exclusive and revocable license valid consideration for a legal agreement/contract?
This question pertains to U.S. law, and California law specifically, if it matters.
The motivation behind this question is the scenario where a company has supplied parts or equipment usage to a non-...
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Can an employer legally help a line manager at an English Employment Tribunal but not tell their employee (claimant) they will do this?
The background
After enduring months of a stressful and toxic work environment marked by harassment, the employee then attended a probationary review (PR) meeting with their line manager.
During the ...
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Delete facebook account but unable to login? [closed]
Unfortunately I visited facebook after a longtime to permanently delete my account and did a password reset. It flagged the action as suspicious and I cannot go back but 'Upload photo ID'.
I then ...
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A person from different country has been harassing and threatening me because I reviewed his course negatively, what can I do? [closed]
Series of events:
I reviewed his course on one of the "not so popular" online platform. It has just few 100s of views so far. But most course buyers take that review seriously.
I was from ...
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Is it legal to punch someone in the face if they ask to buy your daughters and wife at a fancy restaraunt?
Imagine you are eating dinner at a fancy restaraunt with your wife and three daughters, aged 7, 11, and 16…
A patron at the table behind you shoves himself in between you and your wife. He boasts in a ...
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Why are US convicts sent to prison with a public "rap sheet" detailing the charges against them?
I watched a documentary where it was stated that US convicts would be sent to prison with a piece of paper detailing what they have been convicted of. Many other inmates would try to steal this ...
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Can a student who is 18 but still in highschool leave their parents house [closed]
I have a friend who is in an abusive household and we were just double checking before I let him live with me but he is 18 and still in highschool. We were just making sure the parents can’t get me ...
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Could my son get in legal trouble for a poor taste joke he made on social media?
My son is 16 and runs a meme page on Instagram. A couple of hours ago, he posted a photograph of Lord Mountbatten with the caption "hey British people, the IRA made Lord Mountbatten go boom, how ...
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I was asked to leave a store for no reason,then employee snatched item out my hand that belonged to me, I was the ordered out of the store,legal?
I went to the store to return a item but I didn't have the correct receipt,so continued into the store to purchase other items.The Mgr came up to me and told me to leave the store, I asked him why?He ...
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Null and voided [closed]
I have a title loan, I made a payment on 11/2. I left the business location, they made a new contract without any changes on it, the same day without my consent neither my knowledge they also signed ...
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Pressing charges for an unlawful car seizure
I was given a 28 day to proceed with a civil complaint against the local police force due to an unlawful vehicle seizure. Preparing for the worst, I have recorded all my communication with them, which ...
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Can a person be convicted for violating a law that had been ruled unconstitutional by a lower court but was later reinstated?
Suppose that the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a federal law is unconstitutional. Because I live in the Ninth Circuit, I am now allowed to "violate" the law.
What if ...
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In U.S. is there any IP concern when my own company pays expenses for prototype development? [closed]
This question pertains to U.S. law, and California specifically if that matters.
Suppose person A founds a company that is owned by themselves and a trusted partner person B. Person A has a majority ...
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Legality around a low scale sport prediction betting website in Norway [closed]
I have been trying to research if there is a room for a sport prediction website on a small scale. From what I understand I have found that it is a room under a certain limit on profits ,but not ...
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Given the success of asbestos and tobacco lawsuits, would one against producers of leaded gasoline potentially succeed?
It is well known that lead and in particular tetraethyl lead (the antiknock compound added to gasoline) can profoundly affect the central nervous system -- indeed, if people are worried about water ...
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software copyright for microservice using frameworks in cloud environment
I am trying to work on a new web software project, using the same web framework and tech stack that I used for previous project where its copyright has been granted to someone else.
The problem is ...
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I've bought a truck from a guy and i noticed that it was an ID title & said salvage damaged or not specified &the person sell sign as buyers
Can an individual in Missouri sell a vehicle without giving purchaser a title, when the advertisement stated it was a free and clear title. Can the seller sell the vehicle without owning it.
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Where does the idiomatic term “caution+3” come from?
As an alternative to arrest, English police may summon one to make an appointment at a police station for a so called voluntary interview, which is often derisively mocked in that it ironically often ...
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Does an independent constable officer have a choice not to arrest someone they encounter who is subject of a warrant?
Collin the Constable holds the Office of Police Constable making him an independent servant of the crown who is said to be individually and independently responsible for all of his conduct carried out ...
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Can psychiatric illness factor into the question of guilt?
Imagine a patient suffers from Tourette’s, which causes them to involuntarily swear and shout epithets (for example, sexist or racist slurs such as the n-word). In the U.K., this is very likely to be ...
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Possible water contamination
I recently contracted H. Pylori (a stomach bacteria). This is commonly contracted from a contaminated water source. Around the time I got it I began using the water fountain in my apartment complex so ...
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Can you ever be certain that you will not be tried for an alleged crime?
Suppose someone is involved in a self-defense altercation where the other party ends up dead. As far as I understand this could result in one of the following outcomes:
The police investigate and a ...
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What are the cross-jurisdictional effects of British police powers?
I believe that an officer of the Metropolitan Police or British Transport Police could just as easily arrest a person within the City of London (which has its own police force) as one of Surrey police ...
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Spending overpaid stipend instalments
Bob was a student and received a stipend grant for his living expenses whilst doing research at an academic institution for post-graduate studies. He came to rely on these for his monthly living ...
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Is it legal for an American citizen to obtain BRICS currency and then exchange those bills for U.S. dollars sometime in the future?
I would like to know if it is legal for an American to go to a foreign exchange bank in their area, exchange a certain amount of U.S. dollars to obtain the bills of the foreign currencies of the BRICS ...
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If a former witness was found guilty of a crime or deemed otherwise unreliable, does it retroactively discredit their former cases?
Let's say, for example, a person previously testified in a criminal case that they saw someone murder someone else. Based largely on this testimony, a jury convicts the defendant.
Later on, the ...
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What is the closest equivalent to criminal compensation orders in your jurisdiction(s) of expertise?
In the U.K., or at least in England, if Bob is convicted of a crime of which Alice is a victim, Bob may be ordered by the court at sentencing to pay to it on Alice’s behalf a sum representing losses ...
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Are all sums includable in a criminal compensation order in principle also recoverable privately via civil claims?
Alice was assaulted by Bob, but suffered no injuries (thus incurred no medical expenses) or other damages or loss. She complains to police, who eventually charge Bob. Bob is convicted, and sentenced ...
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Can you be retried if you appeal a partial acquittal?
I know that in the US Double Jeopardy protection means that if you are acquitted the prosecution cannot attempt to appeal or retry you (except for very narrow exceptions). However, a defendant is ...
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Can I sue a ADA for filing a false criminal complaint in WI [duplicate]
The Assistant District Attorney (ADA) filed a false criminal complaint by referring to someone else's crime and representing it as mine to the courts in Wisconsin. Can I sue the ADA for that conduct?
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wash rule applicability between regular and retirement accounts
I have a regular brokerage account and a retirement brokerage account.
Suppose that I actively trade in both accounts in a given tax year.
I know that at tax time, my broker will generate two ...
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Discrimination against Jews [closed]
I manage an insurance company. We are concerned about losing Israeli customers and Israeli diaspora customers due to the conscription callup. Is it legitimate to discriminate against issuing customers ...
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Is privilege often misused to mean confidential?
It seems to me that these two terms may be completely different and yet they often seem to be used in an interchangeable and anyway an overlapping manner.
Under data protection laws, data controllers ...
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Copyright risks for code contributed by generative AI
Suppose a company is developing software, and an engineer/coder uses some code generated by Code LLaMA or some similar generative AI.
Microsoft has brought out copilot, which does a similar thing and ...
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What stops stolen software from offering a valid license?
A common pattern in software distribution is to have an installer program that pops up and offers the user a license to the software, and prompts the user to accept it. This End User License Agreement ...
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How to request to stop communication? [closed]
A person is harassing (in the colloquial sense) my family — contacting us with the intention to harm, annoy and manipulate. Although we try to avoid the contact, they keep finding new ways (e.g. ...
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What are the powers of a retail security guard compared to a police officer?
I watched a video about the legality of security guards doing random compulsory receipt and bag checks and it raised a question for me. So of course they can stop you in the act to prevent an imminent ...
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Dental Work not authorized [closed]
Contacted dental office to set up fillings for two teeth. Office said there were three together and it was easier to do all three at once. Patient stated that insurance only covered two per year and ...
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Extent to which a will is holographic
"Albus" and "Severus" are making a will together. They do not want to bother with an attorney or witnesses, so Severus handwrites it, under the assumption that doing so will make ...
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Retroactive lack of testamentary capacity
"Juan" makes his will. A year later, he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and so loses testamentary capacity. Often, the medical diagnosis for Alzheimer's comes well after the victim's ...
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What are our legal actions? [closed]
On October 26th, 2023 I met up with this lady at her home to sign a handwritten contract and gave her money which was supposed to be for first months rent and a security deposit. She didn't write out ...
