Questions tagged [any-jurisdiction]

Questions where the asker is interested in any jurisdiction

16 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
5 votes
0 answers
87 views

To what extent can actors use characters they've played?

Dean Norris, who plays DEA agent Hank Schrader in Breaking Bad, offers personalized videos on Cameo. For about $500, you can pay him to record a personalized video message. He donates the proceeds to ...
Marsroverr's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
347 views

Has anyone ever been acquitted of trespassing or another crime because a property sign did not say "POSTED"?

It appears that the word "POSTED" on private property signs is, in some jurisdictions, legally significant. Has anyone ever been acquitted of trespassing, or any property owner lost a ...
Someone's user avatar
  • 13.9k
2 votes
0 answers
42 views

Is it ever possible to "sell" the right to action a tort?

Suppose Bob discriminates against Alice on a date 1/1/2023. Alice has a right to sue Bob for this discrimination for some limited period, but she doesn't care to bother with the hassle of pursuing ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
100 views

Is an employer required to provide full time sign interpreters to mute employees?

I visited a retailer and went through the self checkout till where I was assisted by a mute employee, who communicated with me through a sign interpreter whose job seemed to be to shadow and ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
38 views

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 ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
280 views

Can a ban from a venue be nullified by subsequent admittance?

Bob was expressly told by an employee Emily of a business to never return to that location. A month later, he returns and Emily advises her colleague Colleen the Bob has been banned. A year later Bob ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
36 views

What legal limits are there on large scale population genetic capture and analysis?

A recent paper speculates that it is currently possible to capture human genetic material from the environment in a way that individuals can be identified and their genetics analysed. Inadvertent ...
User65535's user avatar
  • 5,880
1 vote
0 answers
47 views

Where is the line between patentable algorithms and copyrightable creative expression in software?

My understanding is that algorithms are protected by patents, and creative expression is protected by copyright. This could be illustrated by the following hypothetical: Suppose a company releases a ...
User65535's user avatar
  • 5,880
1 vote
0 answers
264 views

What does it mean for a hearing that has been listed to be “vacated”?

Does it more strongly suggest that it will have been dispensed with finally, or that it will be rescheduled/relisted for another date?
Seeking answers's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
99 views

How many people are charged and convicted for actions that are part of BDSM activities?

I was reading the answers to a questions I posted earlier, and I realized that my own question's assertion that BDSM activity "produces a sizeable risk" to the person doing the "S" ...
user0306's user avatar
  • 1,611
0 votes
2 answers
105 views

Can selective assertion/enforcement of legitimate rights be discriminatory?

A shop exists where a tonne of shoplifting takes place by people of all races. But the security guard only calls the police on the black shoplifters. A pawn shop gives collaterally secured loans to ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
65 views

Is it lawful to have a dating website that is free for women but charges men initiation +membership fees?

An American dating platform charges men an up front fee for “verification” and then an ongoing monthly fee for “membership,” while openly stating that “membership is free for women”. Is this ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
85 views

Who is the data controller of footage taken on a retail worker’s personal phone?

An on-duty retail employee draws their personal smartphone while in uniform and commences recording a customer. Who is the data recorded and held/controlled by, for GDPR purposes? Does the customer ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
83 views

How are commital proceedings for contempt of court initiated, and who may the process be instigated by?

An injunction was obtained against Bob for allegedly disrupting/sabotaging the Epsom Derby Jockey Club, prohibiting him from doing such things again in the future. He violated this injunctive ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
104 views

Is there a name for meta/anti-reprisal provisions such as S27 Equality Act 2010?

The equality act has some anti retaliatory provisions which it terms as anti-“victimisation”. Is there any more general term for such provisions as of this type, which protect claimants from otherwise ...
Seeking answers's user avatar
-4 votes
1 answer
78 views

Is the principle of making extra allowances for amateur litigants stronger in the UK?

Amateur litigants, also called pro se litigants or litigants in person perhaps among other terms, are decidedly supposed to be actively accommodated and assisted by the courts in the UK so as to “...
Seeking answers's user avatar