Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
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What are the laws on showing another company's logo in commercial photos?
On a webpage we would like to have a background image demonstrating our product on different devices. The current images we have contain an Intel logo and an iPad (logo not visible but clearly an iPad)...
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The legality of fictional stories involving sex with minors
I have a quick question as I am curious about the legality of websites such as literotica as an example.
These websites are aimed at the kink community. I have heard Literotica
contains countless ...
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What does a "Notice requiring possession" letter mean?
I am renting a house in the UK.
My contract is for a year, started in December last year and will expire in December 2015.
In the tenancy agreement says Landlord can cancel the contract with 2 ...
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What legal protections exist against doxxing in the UK
Doxxing is the unfortunately growing phenomenon of having your personal data posted on public web sites, or even in commercial media (newspapers, TV/radio etc.)
What, if any, laws does this break in ...
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What liabilities do the police/CPS have if you are found innocent?
Being accused of a crime you did not commit is an expensive problem. The police may kick your door in and ransack your house looking for evidence. They may deprive you of your property (phones, ...
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Does an employer have to compensate travel time to mandatory training in the UK?
If an employer in the UK makes an employee go to mandatory training, does the employer have to compensate the employee for the travel time?
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Cheapest country to form a business within the European Union [closed]
I am a Greek (freelancing) software developer interested in forming a company to be able to legally invoice my clients. Crazy taxes in Greece prohibit myself from running a company in my own country (...
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Taking payments online via personal website
I'm very close to releasing a business website with my brother-in-law.
It's a brewery business (based in the UK) and we'll be taking payments via a secure payment gateway, such as PayPal.
As we'll ...
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Is it illegal to sell malware?
Is it illegal to produce and sell malware?
If no, is there any data I need to collect on the customers?
Is it illegal to produce and sell Crypters(programs that hide other programs from antivirus)?
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Right of return for already replaced goods
Around 9 months ago I purchased a product, a pair of headphones, in the UK directly from the manufacturer. After 5 months, this product became defective, and was exchanged for another identical ...
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Is there an official UK law that gives the spelling of each word?
Is there an official UK law that gives the spelling of each word?
For example, in the Netherlands, there is a spelling law (Spellingswet), and they also publish the Green Booklet to make it ...
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What are customary items for an hourly lawyer to bill?
This question presumes the hourly billing method and the lawyer's perspective. To avoid broadness, I restrict this question to the UK (but please advise whether I should remove this).
I already know ...
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Do I lose my rights as a British citizen when I travel to an other country for tourism?
A friend of mine got detained at the airport in Jordan because his name matches a name of someone who has issues with the Jordanian authorities.
My friend is British and he only was passing through ...
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What is the likelihood of successfully suing a psychologist for detaining you under the Mental Health Act (UK)
My friend was sectioned (= committed) some years ago by two social workers and a psychologist. He now believes it was unjust and wants to "clear his name".
I have advised him to drop it ...
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Legality of scanning a site with SSLLabs SSL Server Test in order to find and report weaknesses
I am wanting to scan a site (which I do not own) to see if they are vulnerable to anything like Heartbleed or the POODLE attack, not because I want to exploit any such vulnerabilities for malicious ...
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