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CHAPTER TWO – WHAT IS PROTEST? Protest is the expression or demonstration of dissent or objection. Protest has existed for as long as humans have held opinions and power over each other. It has accompanied every great change in history. Talking of nonviolent direct action, Martin Luther King (in Why We [...]
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CHAPTER ONE – THE JURISDICTION OF THE FAMILY COURT AND THIRD PARTY INTERESTS It is an established fact that any dispute between a spouse and a third party regarding the beneficial ownership of property can be adjudicated in financial remedy proceedings. As stated by Lord Denning MR in Tebbutt v Haynes [...]
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FREE CHAPTER from ‘A Practical Guide to Stroke Claims in Clinical Negligence’ by Iain Dodd
25/06/2025CHAPTER ONE – AN OVERVIEW OF STROKE Purpose and core issues This book focuses on strokes affecting the brain rather than the spine (although the principles are the same) which is outside the scope of this text. This chapter is designed to provide an understanding of stroke and to become accustomed [...] -
CHAPTER TWO – WHAT IS A MANAGER? I think it is fair to say that most people, when asked what a manager of a block of flats was, would come up with something along the lines of a managing agent: a person who takes on the responsibility of managing the repairs, [...]
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CHAPTER TWO – TENANCIES WHICH ARE PROTECTED BY THE LTA 1954 Section 23(1) LTA 1954 states that ‘Subject to the provisions of this Act, this Part of this Act applies to any tenancy where the property comprised in the tenancy is or includes premises which are occupied by the tenant [...]
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CHAPTER ONE – THE SCOTTISH DEFINITION OF FRAUD The classic definition of fraud is relevant to all aspects of fraud in personal injury actions. It is therefore important to understand the definition and what is required to establish fraud in Scotland. John Erskine [Inst, III,I,16] and George Joseph Bell [Principles, para [...]
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CHAPTER TWO – THE DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY OF A PROPERTY AND AFFAIRS DEPUTY Introduction This book does not address the decision-making authority of a deputy for health and welfare matters. Through practice, and following the decision in Re Lawson, Mottram and Hopton (appointment of personal welfare deputies)[1], they remain relatively rare. More [...]
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CHAPTER ONE – THE MANOR AND ITS DEVELOPMENT Introduction The English manor existed as a working institution from Anglo-Saxon times until the end of 1925. Its zenith ran from the Norman Conquest of 1066 until 1289, when the statute of Quia Emptores initiated a process of gradual decline drawn out over [...]
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CHAPTER TWO – THE COMPLAINT Central to the role of the FOS is the resolution of complaints. The concept of a ‘complaint’ is one that appears throughout DISP, so it makes sense to consider this first before going on to look at the FOS’s jurisdiction (as to which, see the following [...]
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CHAPTER THREE – SCHEDULE 1 AND STATUTORY CHILD SUPPORT: A DOUBLE ACT? This legislation is underused. I seek to explain here its origins and objectives. It was the warmup act for the Child Support Act 1991, but it can be so much more than the big-name headline went on to achieve. [...]