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Lost of shoes: Security has no duty of care to look after your personal belongings, placed outside your premises, knowing that there will always be a risk of theft, no matter how small that risk is. Not negligent either, coz that would be an unjust burden on security to look out for every apartment....

Generally a contract would be legally enforceable. But in practise, not every aggrieved individual, will have the strengths, financially and mentally to actually pursue the case to the courts of law. Litigation is a lot of hassle, esp when the amount involved does not justify legal action in the fir...

I assume you're signing it without witnesses, which is best, if you intend to default on it later. There are a few ways to get around it, first: Write on the top of each page "without prejudice", meaning that the document cannot be tendered in a court of law as evidence. Nevertheless the law will al...

well i've been hit by a bolt of lightning coz if what you detailed above is true, then the Police or the IO rather clearly gave a new meaning to the Penal Code ss350 and 349. "whoever intentionally uses force...he will illegally cause injury, fear or annoyance...is said to use criminal force to that...

------------------------------------without prejudice----------------------------- well..firstly you'd need to read thru your tenancy agreement detailing the terms and conditions. The law does recognise tenants rights as well as landlord (house owners) rights. In other words, its a balance of rights...

well...the worst day in a car's life is its first day, coz once it rolls out of the showroom, tendency is that it will drop in value by 20%. Banks, insurance companies and re-insurance companies are big businesses in the field of high finance, clearly way out of the league for an average Joe to chal...

Well the "criminals" are thriving for sure, I can't agree with you more, but,to me, its not a farce coz they have excellent lawyers advising them on techniques to exploit the loopholes in the law, and they never give up. I guess these two traits which pave their way to success should be a model for ...

Medical practitioners have always been given a special place in the eyes of the law, in that they are very often accorded special protection against liability, even when they are factually negligent. The fact of this case concerns a salesman under employment of a business entity, and as such disting...

Its true that its always best to get a written contract detailing the terms of employment or any contract for that mater, but unfortunately in real life not everything we do can be neatly written down into contracts. But that does not mean the aggrieved party has no recourse in law. In the court of ...

well in any contract you're bound by your signature (L'estrange princilpe), including all those terms and conditions found herein, no matter if its in small print or printed on a standard form. You would be able to rescind the contract if you can prove a genuine and honest mistake, or you were under...

With rgds to EU law, you mentioned that the UK does not recognize European Law? But i do beg to differ, coz when Westminster passed the 1972 legislation: European Communities Act, the Parliament concede their supremacy to the EU. There have been numerous cases whereby the ECJ has issued judgements a...

sheeesh...its dat bad huh. I guess there are countless UK citizens who are disappointed with Blair, I was reading about Lord Irvine, who was once the Lord Chancellor, and Blair's ex-room mate during their university days. He got so pissed off by the govt's meddling in the judiciary that he resigned ...

well if he wants to cut n paste my previous posts , i guess its their right, and its fine with me, sundaymorningstapleR, i dun think you should question them, like a headmaster does. Frankly speaking, if you think my statements are inaccurate, dats your right too, and i respect that. But my slant is...

well as lawyers we're used to championing conflicting lines of arguments, eventhough it conflicts with our own moral values or what we said before in previous cases, but its nothing personal. It surely is irritating n baffling to non-lawyers but then again we've already sold our souls to the Devil a...

Honestly speaking, Blair made lots of promises in his political manifesto "Bring Rights Home" but ten years down e road, not all of his promises have been truly delivered. Was surfing BBC.co.uk and it showed a picture of a man carrying a card at downing st, saying:" Good Riddance" ! (hehehe...dats w...