Questions tagged [england-and-wales]
Questions specific to England and Wales
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In what circumstances can someone be a co-defendant in a trial when they are not charged with a crime?
It has recently been reported that the former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been tried and jailed for ten and a half years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements in his capacity as an MEP.
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Is a consequence of waiving privilege for new representation that anyone can now access the privileged material?
A person was convicted of murder.
They take on new legal representation to help them appeal against the conviction.
They waive privilege to give their new lawyer access to the notes of conversations ...
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Is there a legal reason why the police are being charged with contempt but not perjury?
A Northamptonshire police chief constable has been found guilty of contempt of court for repeatedly failing to obey rulings to hand over video of a wrongful arrest.
The judgment is Buzzard-Quashie v ...
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What laws determine how long a court case lasts?
It is reported that the Palestine Action court cases will be limited to only 36 minutes.
This is the first time I have heard of such a time limit set in advance of a trial, the language used by the ...
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Is it illegal to record conversations in someone else's house when you are not part of the conversation?
Alice is living with her parent, Bob and is secretly recording conversations that Bob is having with visitors. These are conversations that Alice is not part of. The recordings are done using a smart ...
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How to interpret the double reasonableness test for identifying abusive tax arrangements?
In the United Kingdom, a sufficient condition in determining whether an individual's tax arrangements are abusive is the double reasonableness test in GAAR. This states that tax arrangements will be ...
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Why does the Equality Act 2010 contain a provision mandating its amendment?
A person's race is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. The term "race" is defined in Section 9(1) as including a person's colour, nationality, or ethnic/national origins. ...
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Big Money: lawyer makes payment to wrong person, what happens next?
This question is based on some legal events that happen in the book Big Money, by P. G. Wodehouse.
The cast is as follows:
Berry, engaged to Ann
Ann, engaged to Berry
Lord Biskerton, friend of Berry
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Meaning of 'completed month' in employment contract [closed]
In my employment contract with a university in England it states:
your holiday entitlement will accrue on a pro-rata basis for each complete month of service
My department is being closed and I am ...
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English law: Debarred vs Article 6 rights: Are Article 6 rights removed?
English law (England and Wales) allows for a litigant to be debarred from participating further in proceedings if they fail to pay cost orders made against them and if the court is satisfied that they ...
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What is meant by a 'one month' notice period in an employment contract? [duplicate]
In an employment contract with an English university, it is stated that the notice period for both parties is 'one month'. The department is being closed, and HR have sent a letter giving four weeks' ...
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How do courts handle conflicts between a person's duties as both a trustee and a director?
Consider the following hypothetical involving an individual ("Bob"), a hypothetical company ("The Company"), and a hypothetical trust containing shares in The Company ("The ...
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What would she be recorded as in death? [closed]
Let's say that the person was born in country A. She has a birth certificate from country A, along with an abroad citizen ID card, but not a passport from country A as she was never assigned one. She ...
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Would a claim for costs include the cost of the claim for costs itself? (UK)
Let's assume that I have won a family court matter in England as a litigant in person.
Getting cost awards in family matters is unusual but the other party behaved not just unreasonably, but also ...
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Inheritance of copyright interest: is it held jointly, or jointly and severally?
I have recently been tracing the heirs of a man who wrote an unpublished manuscript. The author was English, and on his death, his widow donated the manuscript to the British Museum Library (now the ...
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