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What can I do if my ex-employer denies receipts for repayment?
The repayment is for relocation expenses they paid for me. I have signed a relocation repayment agreement with them. I have quit the company now and they are asking for repayment. However, when I ...
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Has there ever been a common-law-only jurisdiction?
Is there, or has there ever been, and jurisdiction governed only under common law, with no statutory law?
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Crimes commited in foreign country with capital punishment
So the death penalty does not exist in the UK, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I beleive our laws also state that a person may not be extradited for prosecution if the conviction of the crime will ...
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It is a 'fair use' of trademark if a book's advertising refers to a famous book series?
For instance can a book based on (or about) ancient mythologies be advertised as 'for fans of the Percy Jackson books'?
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What is the difference between a money order and a money judgment?
Presumably there is some distinction as it is made in the name of the so called register of orders fines and judgments. So what is the difference?
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Pay Additional Dwelling Supplement if buying a new main residence?
This applies to purchasing a home in the UK:
If I were to buy a new house that will become my new permanent residence, but I don't sell my current home and instead intend to let it out, do I need to ...
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Would something sold by accident have a claim from the intended buyer?
Say an item in a checkout line is accidentally scanned and paid for by the person in front of the person who wanted to buy it. Say it's the last of an item, and the person who paid decides to keep it. ...
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Conditional intent with reasonable belief that the condition cannot be met
D1 and D2 carry out a burglary (offence A). D1 acts as principal,
entering the premises and stealing. D2 assists or encourages D1 by
acting as a lookout. However, In the course of the burglary, D1 ...
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What is the legal basis of Kate Middleton's threats against paparazzi photographing her in public?
Follow-up question to Is it legal to photograph someone in public after they explicitly withhold consent?
Kate Middleton has in the past been followed by paparazzi everywhere. She reacted to that by ...
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Is it legal to photograph someone in public after they explicitly withhold consent? [duplicate]
As I understand it, it's generally legal to photograph someone in public, because consent can be assumed. It has to work this way because otherwise it'd be impossible for e.g. journalists to take a ...
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Can a big box store sue me or demand I return items I did not order?
I'm in California for reference.
I've been working with the kitchen design people at a big box store and they came out and did the measurements. They were paid for by me. We decided on a design after ...
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Is Blizzard in violation of REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 for not letting users change their account real name?
When a player creates an account in battle.net Blizzard asks for your real name but many players registered when they were stupid little brats and wrote some pretty dumb things. The problem is that ...
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Is "proven" always pronounced "prohvun" rather than "proovun" in Scottish legal contexts, or only when referring to verdicts?
In Scottish criminal trials, the verdict can be guilty, not proven, or not guilty, and in this context the word "proven" is always pronounced "prohvun" and never "proovun"...
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Question about the power of Belgian law [closed]
The police took my children from me by force, according to my wife’s words and wishes, and by order of the Public Prosecutor, according to what the police said, and the matter was not presented to me!!...
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Is it reasonable for a data controller to require proof of one’s address before honouring a subject’s right of access
Alice has requested access to her personal data from a shopkeeper.
Barbara has submitted a SAR to a police force for BWV footage.
They both require one item of identification and another for evidence ...
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Is there such a thing as citizens arrest in International Waters?
Say someone knows for CERTAIN that a speedboat in International Waters is carrying something illegal can they do a citizens arrest and stop the boat ? And then hand it over to the navy or police ?
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Clarification of unpaid breaks and OT
I'm reflecting on my experiences from many years ago, when I worked in a restaurant in California. A common shift would have me clock in at 11am, work until 640pm, then punch out for two consecutive ...
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What types of legal reasons may motivate online platforms to ban users who are found to have committed serious offences [closed]
According to media reports, Theo Bertram, vice president of public policy Europe at TikTok, said his company is “committed to providing a space that embraces gender equity, supports healthy ...
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Is the public domain revocable?
If a work enters the public domain, can someone "privatize" it by trying to copyright/trademark/etc. the same work without changes?
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Living Revocable Trust and Death
If a person dies with a living revocable trust then that trust becomes irrevocable at the date of death. When it becomes irrevocable, does the date the trust was created change?
That is, if a person ...
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Can one hold a video playback device in public that shows pornography in the U.S.?
Alice stands in a public square holding a television that shows pornographic video content. Is she protected by the first amendment?
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Must Alice provide ingredients for baked goods she sells produced by a third party
Alice’s Restaurant sells pastries prepared by Bob’s bakery but when asked for ingredients listing she suggests that a customer look at Bob’s bakery’s website or if that fails then even looking to its ...
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Is a relationship consultant an introduction agent?
With regard to Part 5.1 (starting on page 81) of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 regarding introduction agents, I have the following hypothetical question:
Let us suppose that ...
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In UK, how hard can you hold a builder to their quoted price?
I was hoping to have some building work done in England and got two quotes: I would have liked three or four, but it was quite enough work to get two. To my surprise, they different hugely: one was ...
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Which countries law applies in online defamation?
Let's say Person A who lives in Germany writes defamatory statements on Twitter, incorporated in the US, about Person B who lives in Thailand.
Person B suffers damage abroad as a result of the Tweets. ...
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Right of Way NY
I have a property in NY state that is deeded with a right of way across the edge of a neighboring property.
When I bought the property the access path was stone and a clear road. Over the summer the ...
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Do the articles of the human rights act or ECHR have any set orders of precedent when it comes to balancing rights that mutually conflict?
I guess I imagine that absolute deemed rights would take precedence over others’ relatives deemed rights but beyond this is there any further more granular order of precedence for resolving conflicts?
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Recording patients in a Physical Therapy Clinic
Consider a hypothetical physical therapy clinic in California. It is my understanding that it would be against the laws of the clinic to video tape the patients without their knowledge. Please ...
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Is one witness all that's needed to prove a civil case?
So a couple of weeks ago I parked at my apartment building and when I came back to my car the following day, I found a note that I had hit the car beside me when I parked and that the other party had ...
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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 ...
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Can a US govt lawyer become judge?
Can a person who has an attorney-client relationship with the US Government (typically, an licensed lawyer employed by the govt) ethically become a judge in the US?
If so, how is the apparent conflict ...
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Is it true that common law courts will not resolve a question without a controversy?
Is it true that common law courts will not resolve a question without a controversy and will not give governments pre-emptive advice on the legality of laws or regulations?
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Is it possible to prosecute Booking.com if a scam was done by another party through their portal?
Due to an in app message request to verify my credit card on Bookingcom I lost a lot of money. I reported it to my bank, Booking.com and the property whose account was compromised.The transaction was ...
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using external images of multiple different licenses in a single document-oriented project
I am working on a project to create (in PDF) letter charts for children for alphabet learning. This involves a number of different pictures from different sources (but mostly Wikipedia) and different ...
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When and how did the adversarial aspect of the criminal justice system originate, and to what extent is/was it actually adversarial?
As I understand, originally all judicial courts derived their authority from the crown. So too, was the prosecutor in criminal matters referred to as “the crown.” So the crown is both the judge and ...
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What is the principle underlying prosecution costs orders?
The most obvious rationale would be a sense that the public purse should not suffer for the crimes of an individual, while the cost of prosecuting and giving a fair trial to an ultimately innocent ...
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Why would someone who is charged with murder appear before Westminster (or any other) Magistrates Court?
According to media reports, NX121 is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court. But isn’t murder an indictable only offence?
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Business overcharged me: Can I refuse to pay?
Say a business overcharges me. Examples:
Cleaner quoted me a price of $50, but failed to mention it was actually $50 per hour so the total bill was $200 instead of the $50 I expected.
Restaurant ...
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What's the worst thing a lawyer can do to me? [Country has high corruption] [closed]
I'm interested in getting a citizenship. This will involve hiring a specific lawyer. This is his process: https://www.rubilarcitizenship.com/citizenship
1st year: 7 month of stay
2nd year: 7 month of ...
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Can a government lawyer's duty of loyalty be ended in Canada?
I assume the following:
A lawyer employed by the Government of Canada (GC) has an attorney-client relationship with GC.
The "attorney" is the lawyer, the "client" is "...
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In the U.S., can a higher court request to review the legal case of a lower court without request for review by non-court members?
I was reading about certiorari, and I was under the impression that courts have the authority to request to review a legal case of a lower court without someone, such as a party to the case, ...
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What is the statutory basis for the existence of "judicial advisory committees" in Canada?
The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs states, on its website, that one of its responsibilities is related to the appointment of federal judges:
managing the Judicial ...
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Can I be sued for evading a ban on a web forum? [duplicate]
I participate on a web forum where I have received multiple bans. The first ban was because people didn't like what I wrote, the subsequent bans have been because I had already been banned and the ...
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Why send a notice to evict if the tenant has already left?
My wife and I were living at an apartment complex in Michigan with property managers from hell. Long story short, we decided it was worth leaving the lease early. There was a lease contract buy-out ...
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What Act of Parliament established the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs in Canada?
The website of the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada states that the office was established in 1978, but gives no reference to the statutory provision that establishes it.
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Does a person have a right to a bench trial?
There is the famous right to be tried by a jury of your peers, but do you also have the right to a bench trial, if you prefer?
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What is the correct term to describe a party to an action who is really only a sock puppet for the party's legal counsel and expert witness?
I have encountered a situation where one of the parties (a government department) is actually forced into their position by a combination of their legal counsel (DOJ) and expert witness (law ...
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What is the most likely offence, if any, committed in England by vegan extremists displaying graphic footage of slaughter in public?
Vegan activist groups such as “anonymous for the voiceless” go out to public places in order to openly display video footage of gruesome cruelty to animals, materials showing sexual abuse of animals, ...
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Would the proposed "Stop Pot Act," as it is currently written, actually do anything if passed?
H.R. 5323, the "Stop Pot Act," is a bill currently in the 118th Congress to discourage states from legalizing recreational use of marijuana by cutting their federal highway funding by 10%. ...
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What Would be the Legality of a Company Paying Individuals for their Data?
Let's say I started a new social media company, which collects and sells it's users' data. To entice people to use my social media site, I give them a cut of the money that I get from selling that ...
