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Lien from subcontractor whose work was redone
Consider the following scenario:
General contractor GC takes on a construction contract to repair/refurbish a house. Part of the work was subcontracted out to subcontractor A; however subcontractor A'...
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What is a charity?
Without legal rigour, defining a charity is relatively straightforward. However, legally there are many ways to set one up. According to the gov.uk website, in the United Kingdom the four most common ...
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What is the law regarding the specificity of support for a proscribed organisation?
The police have described quite general rules for interpreting section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act with regards Palestine Action. The act says:
(1A) A person commits an offence if the person—
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What fair use provisions are covered by the constitution in the US?
Here in New Zealand, there is a bill in parliament to amend the copyright act, to specifically allow parody and satire. I was reading the bill and one sentence confused me.
The purpose of this Bill ...
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Is there any hard data or objective information on how high profile media attention affects criminal trials?
I think I remember reading somewhere (so take it with a huge grain of salt) that in reality, criminal trials are rarely the thrilling 50/50 toss-ups they are on TV. In reality, criminal trials only ...
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How would double jeopardy apply in the P. Diddy case?
I had a question earlier today about double jeopardy, and the answer was surprising to me, it also raises a strange implication for the P. Diddy trial.
Basically, double jeopardy means you can't be ...
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How does double jeopardy work? [duplicate]
Full disclosure, I did go looking and there are a lot of questions about double jeopardy here, but they all concern specific scenarios. They answered a lot of questions for me, but I'm still lacking ...
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Could a man accidentally rape his girlfriend’s twin sister? [duplicate]
Just to be clear, I am absolutely not making light of the seriousness of sexual assault.
I saw this supposedly true story on Reddit, and now I can’t help but wonder. (Unfortunately I don’t know what ...
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Does a domain name count as common law trademark for an app?
My app is named "Strong Smile".
The brand website for the app is "www.strongsmile.com"
Do I have common law trademarks for
Strong Smile
StrongSmile
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Can a complainant always hire a lawyer to keep himself anonymous, instead of requesting an anonymization order or publication ban?
Undoubtedly, a complainant can optionally hire a lawyer to represent them in any complaint.
A complainant can request a confidentiality, or anonymization, sealing order, or exclusion order, ...
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how does inverted index solve copyright problem?
Like Microsoft Academic Graph, also OpenAlex includes the abstract of articles as inverted indexes:
Object: The abstract of the work, as an inverted index, which encodes information about the ...
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Entry of appearance
Sometimes reading a state code (in this case Pennsylvania) makes me think that law makers never had logic as part of their education and have no common sense as part of their personas. Look for ...
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Can damages extend beyond bankruptcy?
"Billy Bob" decides that a chainsaw and a high-vis vest makes him a professional arborist, and goes into business (despite lacking any of the needed training, licensing, and insurance needed....
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Vacant land in Ontario — How to find owner's contact info to inquire about purchase
Scenario:
A person wants to contact the owner of a vacant parcel of land in rural Ontario to inquire about purchasing the land. The land isn't listed/advertised as being for sale.
There is no mailbox
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If a defendant does not have a lawyer, can they still raise an objection when in court?
And if so, are there any restrictions or things that a pro-se defender is not permitted to do because they gave up a lawyer? Related to objections, of course.
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