Legal Issues

First of all, the defendant has committed more than one offence. First, he is in possession of some illegal drugs and chemicals in his car which is a criminal offence on its own. Secondly, he flees from the police officer which is another offence that he commits by failing to comply with the officer requirement. The third offence is that he was in possession of guns in his car. There are chances that when he was trying to reach the floor of his car, he wanted to take the gun and shoot at the officer....

It is crucial to keep a good image of a law firm so as to gain and maintain the potential clients trust (Henderson  Galanter, 2008). The manner in which the law firm shows its outward image clearly tells what the law firm is with all the activities and the quality therein. Majority of law firms have attempted to employ various techniques to present the best image to their potential clients but each of the method applied has specific effectiveness and no one method is similar to the other. Another...

The field of law in its own certainty requires much deliberation and clarity.  Parties representing either side of an issue occasionally become so deadlocked that resolve seems impossible.  Third-party assistance is a concept developed as an alternative to an actual long trial.  All the pertinent issues being represented from either side are taken into consideration and evaluated for flaws, misconceptions, and illegalities.  It is important to preserve the legally binding relationship...

Question 1 I submit that there is a contract between Kath and Andrew because of the following reasons. First, there is an element of offer. Usually, for a contract to be considered legal, there must be an offer that should be accepted by both parties- Brogden v Metropolitan Railway co (1877) 2 APP Case 666. This is considered the root of any form of bargain. Since the offer is the basement of any form of transaction, it needs to be in reasonable detail. In other words, it should be clear and explicitly...

There are times when it is really necessary that a company cut off on its expenses, when this is taking place, it mean that some people or rather some workers will have to be laid off especially if their performance is inefficiency. This paper looks into some issue that needs to be considered while laying off employees and the legal implications associated with it. It also looks on some drawbacks or expenses that affect a company when it decides to lay off employees. Scenario 1 In this case, I...

To avoid claims of discrimination, a company should put in place measures that accommodate employees with disabilities. In the simulation, hiring Oscar would have required innovative solutions to increase his mobility. Building ramps alongside staircases and refitting one of the company vehicles to carry a wheelchair will ensure that Oscars mobility improves. This is necessary as the job description entails lots of travelling to meet potential clients. Under Title VII, administering drug abuse...

Lien is a term that originates from a French origin and stands for liaison or link. Thus, the lien claims are linked to either property of individuals. The lien claims are any security interest attributed to a property which may be real or personal property.  Some of the lien claims may be on real property such as construction material where in this case is called construction lien and it can be called suppliers lien if it is referring to the material supply. The lien claims can also be called...

Hearsay is the word used in legal circles to describe any statements made outside a court of law or outside legal proceedings concerning or relating to a court case. Hearsay is not usually admissible as evidence in a court of law in the United States of America according to any statute except in some major exceptions. The rule against hearsay is defined so that a persons verbal assertions can not be presented as argument for or against a case unless he or she is brought before the court to testify...

Hearsay is the word used in legal circles to describe any statements made outside a court of law or outside legal proceedings concerning or relating to a court case. Hearsay is not usually admissible as evidence in a court of law in the United States of America according to any statute except in some major exceptions. The rule against hearsay is defined so that a persons verbal assertions can not be presented as argument for or against a case unless he or she is brought before the court to testify...

Over the past years, a lot of racial employment discrimination lawsuits have been filed against different companies resulting into enormous amounts of settlements and agreements. Under the Article VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964, policies have been laid down to prevent these lawsuits. Companies must implement policies in order for them to avoid any violation under Title VII and its amendments. It is given the companies always look for and hire the most competent and qualified candidate for the...

Advise Denise, Ethel Francis and Gareth as to whether or not they have acquired any interests in Camden Cottage. Co-ownership happens when two or more people own the right of ownership in a particular property all at the same time. The law governing co-ownership is a set of rules that deal with the property that is simultaneously owned by more than one individual. There are different kinds of co-ownership of property such as joint tenancy, tenancy in common and the so-called tenancy by the entirety....

The legal affair team of Schering Corporation led by the Joseph C. condor et al sued the food and drug administration for unfair granting of licenses to manufacture of generic drugs.  While the Schering Corporation carries out research on drug manufacture As well as distributes its manufactured drug products, they think that food and drug administration has applied wrongly the regulatory methods of drug manufacture and distribution particularly concerning generic drugs. According to the Schering...

In the first instance, the implementation of a change in any system that affect employees without obtaining their entire consent or coming to a settlement on the issue, is questionable. In this case, the drivers would have to go through a reduction in their net pay due to the change in the billing and bookkeeping practices. Unless, the change is statutorily enforceable, the system could not have been implemented without adequately compensating the drivers. The company could take the defense that...

It is very hard to make a comprehensive comparison of the trends of crime and subsequent appropriation of justice particularly between two or more nations. This is occasioned by the fact that there is no universal legal system and each nation applies different levels of severity against offenders. Moreover, the data used to make these comparisons is collected from different bodies which use varying data collection techniques making standardization difficult to achieve. The authors of this report...

There are many contradicting debates on the best way of combating criminology in our human society. It is the wish of every individual wish to see justice done for both the offender and the offended. Based on this reasoning, many proponents of punishment have claimed rightly that executing punishment on criminals is the only solution mainly because it gives equitable justice to the criminal offenders for the wrongs they have committed against others in the community (Tan, 2008). Nevertheless, the...

The current justice system of the U.S. has its foundation in the Judicial Act of 1789. With this act, the U.S. Congress implemented a constitutional provision which stated that,  the judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.  Over the years, the Judicial Act of 1789 has been altered on numerous occasions (Wheeler  Harrison, 1994). However, in line with the Act,...