[pic] The Bra Boys are a gang of young blokes who enjoy their surf amongst the beaches of Maroubra on New South Wales who occasionally get made out to be something they are not by the media. Main gang members Sunny and Koby Abberton have made a documentary to tell their side of the story and prove their innocence. Today I will be discussing and reviewing whether or not it is true that the "Bra Boys" are depicted by the media as being maligned. Within the Bra Boys documentary they are stating
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If one party breaches: Damages ‐ The party who is harmed can request money from the other party equal to the loss from the breach. The court said that you can recover damages for the difference between what you expected to get in the contract and what you actually got. OR Specific performance ‐ If it is still possible to perform the contract, the court can require the party to perform. Defenses (things that can make contracts void): Unconscionability: If one party tricked another party
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extremely narrow range. Conflicts of the recognition of like-kind properties often happen between taxpayer and the Tax Count. Therefore, it may hard for owner A to take this tax advantage of like-kind exchange. This paper will focus on qualification issue of like-kind exchange. It will firstly briefly show the relevant Federal Income Tax code of like-kind exchange and highlight two controversial parts when those codes applying. Additionally, several relevant cases will be analyzed to show how like-kind
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A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, in a momentous decision yesterday, simplified the course of action to be adopted in patent litigation, in order to avoid multiplicity of proceedings. The appellant in the instant case, Dr. Aloys Wobben was a scientific engineer who has to his credit, several inventions in the field of wind turbine generators and wind energy convertors, with 100 patents in India. The respondents, Yogesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra
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has also brought with it a plethora of novel legal issues, many of which remain unresolved. Courts have spent innumerable hours in a bid to compress the vast and seemingly boundless world of Internet commerce into the restrictive confines of commerce laws originally developed for a brick-and-mortar marketplace. Trademark laws have proven particularly difficult to stretch into this emerging technological arena. One of the most divisive trademark issues today is whether the sale of trademarks as “keywords”
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lawyers write. What students learn in the Legal Writing and Analysis, Appellate Advocacy, and other courses that fulfill the upper-level writing requirement is essential to becoming an effective advocate. As in many law schools' writing courses, students learn the basics for formulating, writing, and defending a legal argument — research, jurisdiction, use of authority, standards of review, and effective methods for completing written legal analysis. II. Distinguishing Features. Legal writing places
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phenomenon. In severe cases, some convicts may try committing suicide. Issues relating to the administration of capital punishment are vast and varied. Often, talk about the use of death penalty concentrates more on sentimental arguments pertaining to the moral issue emanating from the administration of death penalty. This paper attempts to study the issues that surround capital punishment by making use of the system analysis approach. It shall endeavor to explore the dehumanizing effects brought
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Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper Cristal Irvin CJS/245 April 7, 2015 Samantha Brown Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper At one point in history there was only one system of justice for the people of the United States. As time went by, the justice system shifted into two structures which are known as the Juvenile and Criminal Justice System. It was recognized that children and adults were not committing the same crimes. The states responded to this issue by establishing
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PETROLEUM CO. ET AL. No. 10–1491, U.S. Supreme Court Issue:Can you sue Corporations under this Tort? Does the Alien Tort Statue even apply to outside the US or to what extent can you prosecute? Rule: 28 U.S.C. § 1350 : US Code - Section 1350: Alien's action for tort - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. Analysis: The case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Shell
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* Case name, Citation, and Court: In re Romano (2006) 353 B.R. 738; 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 2953 Key Facts: a) Kevin J. Farley ("Farley") was a certified public who employed in Allstate and ultimately became a fifty-percent shareholder of Allstate Carting, Inc. b) The Debtor/Defendant, Phillip A. Romano was the President and other fifty-percent shareholder of Allstate. c) While engaged as a consultant, Farley became aware of the Romanos' practice of writing checks for personal expenses
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