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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
See this page:
If the citation column does not include a hyperlink, then copyright restrictions prevent BAILII from publishing the judgment (missing cases may be available on other commercial/...
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Where can one find the full decisional text of R v Hale (1979) 68 Cr App R 415, [1979] Crim. L.R. 596? [closed]
Can’t seem to find anything other than bare summaries. Can anyone find it anywhere online?
https://lawprof.co/criminal-law/property-offences-cases/r-v-hale-1979-68-cr-app-r-415-1979-crim-l-r-596/
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What precedents specify the scales of compensation for false arrest, and how would one set about finding them?
According to an unreferenced law firm’s website,
As a general guideline, you may be able to claim around £870 for the first hour of false imprisonment, which increases to around £5,210 for 24 hours.
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Is there ever any consultation between judiciary and legislative draftspeople?
Often one sees judges attempting speculatively to infer legislators' intents by reasoning about their language. Yet nonetheless the objective seems to be to ascertain the legislators' original ...
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Find case law for Acts of Parliament
I am new to the field of law, focusing on common law (criminal only) in the jurisdiction of England & Wales.
I have searched the government legislation website for various acts, in this case the ...
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Is there a way to look up results of a case in the United Kingom just by having the case number?
I recently found a case on law360 that I want to know the outcome of.
In the article, they mentioned the following information:
case number (HT-2021-000213)
High Court of Justice of England and Wales
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The parties in an appealed criminal case
I have a question with regards to the parties of a criminal case on appeal.
In a civil case for example, Adam v Seaside Holdings Ltd, the parties are:
Appellant: Adam
Respondent: Seaside Holdings Ltd
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