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Can an employee in the UK (England) be imposed a contractual duty to subject themselves to marijuana tests?
Bob, a citizen of the UK, is a white collar employee of a UK construction company. They never engage in hazardous work or work that is, within the scope of its risk, can endanger others.
Can the ...
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What is the process if a debt collector is unable to identify someone?
What is the process if a debt collector is unable to identify an individual of which they have purchased debt on?
I am aware that many of these debt collectors often don't get much information to go ...
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How does one meet the "serious harm" threshold in libel cases (UK)?
I'm trying to sue someone in the UK for libel. (I'm in the US.) I've had some UK attorneys willing to take my case, but not on conditional fee. I recently contacted a pro bono organization there, and ...
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How to find what arguments were used in a case?
Is there a public record of the arguments used in court cases?
There is a news story in the UK at the moment about the Post Office prosecuting sub-postmasters for fraud, where it was the post office ...
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Missed flight, can we take the airline to court to claim money to rebook remaining flights?
A couple of weeks ago me and my partner went on holiday. We had booked with Thai Airways and had a multi-part ticket. London -> Bangkok, Bangkok -> Tokyo, Osaka -> London (via Bangkok)
On the day of ...
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Giving live streamed video as date stamped evidence of an event in court (UK)
I am planning on serving a notice to quit directly to my landlord soon, and the plan is to live stream putting the letter in the envelope and posting it at their address, so it's very clear that the ...
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Duty of care dilemma when reporting Web vulnerabilities to both Stakeholders and Web Service owner
Ok, I am going to ask this question with an Analogy.
A Locksmith is walking in the street and comes across a door. The door seems to be well secured to a normal user and is actually a door to safe ...
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Position statement claiming that something is evidence
In the family law proceedings I'm dealing with the following sentence written by the solicitors of the respondent:
"This Statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I make it known ...
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Can a defendent travel overseas if served with a claim/summons to UK civil court?
If i have am served a claim form by the claimant, can I travel overseas?
Also, if I am overseas and receive the claim form whilst overseas, can I ignore it if I am not a citizen of the country which ...
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What are the regulations regarding position statements?
"By 4pm on 7 August 2018 both parties must send a written statement to each other"
Everyone knows what is expected and what to do.
Other Court orders are not so specific, they only mention a ...
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Can a litigant in person prepare the bundle?
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_27a
Responsibility for the preparation of the bundle
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A bundle for the use of the court at the hearing shall be ...
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How to ensure that the order drawn by a party is checked by another party?
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part40/pd_part40b#1.1
Drawing up and filing of judgments and orders
1.1 Rule 40.2 sets out the standard requirements for judgments ...
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Is a fraudster liable for losses in this situation?
The usual rule of law is that a fraudster is liable for all losses/restitution, due to their fraud, whether or not reasonably foreseeable.
Suppose a fraudster's deception causes a person to take a ...
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Falsely admitting to breaking a civil injunction
So say somebody asked Bob if he'd broken a civil injunction, which Bob hadn't, but Bob admitted to having broken that injunction. Bob was taken to court, but it quickly became apparent Bob could not ...
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How do we claim the estate of someone who died under a different name in a different country?
The father of my wife (from Germany) died in London 10 years ago, with a different name, but with the same family name (for example was born in Germany with the name Johannes Doe, and in London died ...
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