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INTRODUCTION The territorial[1] and offshore[2] waters of the United Kingdom hosts over twenty known species of marine mammals, including cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and pinnipeds (seals and walrus[3]). Among the most encountered cetaceans are the harbour porpoise (Phocoena Phocoena), bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), white-beaked dolphin […]

CHAPTER TWO – THE UNFAIR RELATIONSHIP PROVISIONS The unfair relationship provisions are found at sections 140A, 140B and 140C of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, as amended. The provisions in force are set out below. 140A Unfair relationships between creditors and debtors The court may make an order under section 140Bin connection with […]

CHAPTER ONE – WHAT IS GREY BELT POLICY? (1) The National Planning Policy Framework Under NPPF 153, all development in the Green Belt is subject to the Very Special Circumstances (“VSC”) test, unless subject to a specified exception: “Inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should not […]

CHAPTER TWO – INTESTATE ESTATES According to research, around 6 out of 10 adults in the UK don’t have a Will[1]. Business development opportunities on the Will writing front aside, this means that more likely than not, you are going to have to administer an intestate estate (that is to say […]

CHAPTER ONE – THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR BULLYING CLAIMS In this chapter we will look at the following: The definition of bullying. The source of the legal rights available to an employee or worker who has been bullied in his or her workplace. The ways those legal rights can be enforced. […]

CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION Dispositions made void pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986 are amongst the most common and mundane of insolvency related claims that lawyers and insolvency practitioners are likely to see. Nearly any person, corporate or real, who holds and exchanges assets and is made insolvent by order of […]

CHAPTER TWO – THE 1996 HAGUE CONVENTION The 1996 Hague Convention provides a structure for effective reciprocity and international co-operation in child protection matters.[1] The Convention provides jurisdiction to issue protective measures based on the child’s presence in the refuge State, allowing courts handling return applications to implement necessary safeguards. The […]

CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION What Is the Primary Threat to Your Loved One’s Finances? It is famously said that sometimes the best hiding place is the one that’s in plain sight. Sadly, it is estimated that millions of older adults experience financial abuse each year, and the financial losses associated with […]

CHAPTER ONE – DEVELOPMENT OF FEED LAW Introduction In this introductory chapter, we briefly examine the development of United Kingdom (UK) law relating to animal feed and how it has gradually evolved to form the somewhat complex set of provisions we see today. The end of the nineteenth century and […]

CHAPTER TWO – CHOICES AVAILABLE Available options Assisting suicide DNACPR Resource allocation Discharge from hospital Compulsion Introduction The core of this book is about how patients (and doctors) make choices about medical treatment (and, by extension, when and how decisions should be made in the “best interests” of patients who […]