A recent 2020 decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court,Virk v. Satnam Education Society of B.C., was a reminder that in wrongful dismissal litigation, the employer has the burden to prove an employee's failure to mitigate. When an employee has been wrongfully dismissed, they are obligat...
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Taiwan rules in favor of same-sex marriage Taiwan's judicial body Wednesday ruled that the current laws that request "marriage between a man and a woman" must be amended, or a new law passed within two years to protect the rights of same-sex couples. Cooperation grows between China, B&R ...
Rules extending Consumer Data Right obligations to non-bank lenders finalised Date: 6 March 2025Source: Federal Register of Legislation Abstract: On 3 March 2025 the Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Rules 2025 (Cth) (Amending Rules) were registered....
Exploration of Typical Cases: The People’s Court Case Database was Officially Online and Accessible to the Society 2024年2月27日,最高人民法院举行人民法院案例库(“案例库”)建设工作新闻发布会。案例库收录了经最高人民法院审核认...
This was an application for default judgment made by collecting society Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA). APRA claimed that the respondents, being a South Australian nightclub, K Illusion, and its director Mr Yang, had infringed copyright in six musical and literary works by the p...
Recent cases and projects of note include Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Ltd (No. 2) [2020] EWHC 1581 (Technology & Construction Court); UBB v Essex CC [2019] (Admin) )(Planning Court); Watford BC(Gateway, Watford Business Park) CPO 2020; Shirley-v- ...
Accordingly, to address inclusive positivism, we followed Flanagan and Hannikainen in describing a society of which there is no reason to suppose that morality is recognized as a condition of legality: Figuria is a large, industrialised state, with a law-abiding population. Its constitution ...
Dubbed the BC Wallet, the pilot program launched last September and is currently being tested by a small number of family duty counsel lawyers through the Law Society of British Columbia. According to the Ministry of Citizens’ Services, work being done on the wallet is open-source and ...
Beyond climate change, the planet faces several other environmental challenges that are at least as threatening, such as the loss of biodiversity. In each