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Category: Law
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Not one to be looked to in an emergency
“I suppose the wife communicated the proposition and her misery in some way to her husband (what passed was not and could not be given in evidence); but at all events, the effect on the man was simply stupefying. He is, I judge, a slow-witted man: if not exactly stupid, certainly not one to be… Read more →
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Selfless dedication
Lord Grabiner advances this argument with some force. He says that any other view is heresy and that he is incontrovertibly correct. Indeed he goes as far as to say that he is prepared to go to the stake on this point. One cannot but be impressed by this level of selfless dedication to his… Read more →
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Swiftly dismissed
“At present, the Court is not saying that Braham can never, ever, ever get his case back in court. But, for now, we have got problems, and the Court is not sure Braham can solve them. As currently drafted, the Complaint has a blank space — one that requires Braham to do more than write… Read more →
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A wayward Chevy struck a tree
A wayward Chevy struck a tree Whose owner sued defendants three. He sued car’s owner, driver, too, And insurer for what was due For his oak tree that now may bear A lasting need for tender care. The Oakland County Circuit Court, John N O’Brian, J, set forth The judgment that defendants sought, And quickly… Read more →
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Order me a pizza, mate
HIS HONOUR: The trial—– DEFENDANT: Look – now listen here, mate, you don’t know what you’re fucking talking about. HIS HONOUR: Now you listen to me—– DEFENDANT: No, no. HIS HONOUR: No, you listen to—– DEFENDANT: Don’t come blooming start your shit, right, mate. HIS HONOUR: You listen here, Mr B—– DEFENDANT: You don’t there… Read more →
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Free choice and compulsion
GLEESON CJ: What do you mean by “free choice”? TEHAN QC: What we mean by “free choice”, your Honour, is a choice unconstrained by any pressure, hope of advantage or benefit or force or coercion or compulsion, a true free choice. GLEESON CJ: You would be surprised to know that there are places I would… Read more →
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The Lesson
GAUDRON J: Now, would you like to read section 80 of the Constitution, Mr Wilson? MR WILSON: Read section 80? GAUDRON J: Yes, that is what – and see exactly what it relates to. MR WILSON: I will read section 80 of the Constitution. It says: The trial on indictment of any offence against any… Read more →
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The Dictator
MR WILSON: Down in Canberra they have erect the Magna Carta monument. Have you been to see it? You will not answer? Mr Callinan, have you seen it? CALLINAN J: Look, you cannot really ask me questions, but, yes, I did see it, Mr Wilson. MR WILSON: Well, this is a two-way thing, you were… Read more →
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A Rock and an Island
The Government argued that the Notty was in international waters or on the “high seas” because “Saint Vincent Rock is a rock. If it was an island, it would be called Saint Vincent Island, not Saint Vincent Rock.” Ultimately, we must determine whether it is a rock or an island according to the statutory definitions… Read more →
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Physical activity
“Whilst all reasonable people know that any form of physical activity is both unpleasant and dangerous, and probably unhealthy as well; and whilst sport, which is communal physical activity, suffers the added feature of exposing its participants to the perils of tribal barbarism; nonetheless the law has never regarded the playing of sport as contrary… Read more →