The Situation:The Victorian Court of Appeal in Australia has delivered a decision with guidance to lawyers on their duties when dealing with witnesses in civil cases where there is a risk that the witnesses' evidence might give rise to a subsequent criminal prosecutio...
The lawyer cited California case law such as Manning vs Department of Motor Vehicles (1998) which stated: “[is]a …. report, which discloses a patent physical impossibility on its face, ”‘the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious ...
For example, no separate category of juvenile offender could be found in Western legal systems before the mid-19th century, and in Australia, six- year-old children were incarcerated in prisons (Cunneen and White, 2011). However, this ideal of absolute equality in criminal law was criticised ...
aJuries make a decision on the facts of a case, not on points of law, Juries are usually not used in civil cases except in defamation cases, and not at all in the Australian Capital Territory or South Australia. Majority verdicts are accepted in most types of criminal and civil cases. ...
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The Article titled "IGNORANCE OFLAW MUST BE AN EXCUSE IN CIVIL MATTERS" by Mr. Narender Sharma, to say the least, stems out of utter ignorance - ignorance not of any law - but the ignorance about the very need for codified law for an orderly society! The grounds advanced by the ...
As readers no doubt know: (i) U.S. law does recognize legal person liability; (ii) further recognizes legal person criminal liability; and (iii) does not require the act or conduct of a so-called “controlling mind,” or high-level executive to trigger legal person criminal liabili...
Dispute Resolution in Qatar "Mediation is one of the most effective tools of nonviolence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise." - Miroslav Lajcak Qatar adopts a legal system based on the civil-law legal system, substantively and procedurally harmonized with Islamic law. Isl...
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The chairman of the Business Council of Australia’s global engagement committee, Warwick Smith, described Senator Wong as a “consummate diplomat” who, alongside Australia’s ambassador to China, Graham Fletcher, had steered the nation’s relationship with China back on track. /...