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    City of London v Samede and others [2012] EWHC 34 (QB) What is at stake in this litigation for the parties in the case and more broadly? (500) In this case, we have the defendants’ protest camp which was set up in St. Paul’s Churchyard on 15 and 16 of October 2011. It consisted of 150-160 tents, many used by protestors, either regularly or from time to time, as overnight accommodation and for several other activities and services. The defendant protestors had started to infringe on the area around

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    The floods were caused by the eighth heaviest ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure of 994 mm (39.1 inches) which lashed the metropolis on 26 July 2005, and intermittently continued for the next day. 644 mm (25.4 inches) was received within the 12-hr period between 8am and 8pm. Torrential rainfall continued for the next week. The highest 24-hour period in India was 1,168 mm (46

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    Batman and Superman, first created only a year apart from each other, get compared to one another all the time (Batman vs Superman). In the movies The Dark Knight (2008) directed by Christopher Nolan, and Superman (1978) directed by Richard Donner, Batman and Superman are portrayed very differently, especially since the movies came out in different times. After doing further research, I have concluded that Batman and Superman go down a similar path but split off into two completely different directions

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    A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas - washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a storm, hurricane, or tropical storm or melt water from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods can also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam, or a human structure such as a man-made dam, as occurred before the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Flash floods are distinguished from a regular flood by a timescale less

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    After begging his dad, Bruce and the family exit into an alley where they were confronted by an armed mugger named Joe Chill, who shoots his dad and kills both Bruce parents, Thomas and Martha. Moments later, Bruce is comforted by James Gordon when Commissioner Gillian B.

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    From Beowulf to Superman, Why we need our Heroes Heroes, from Beowulf to Superman our cultures have always created heroes. We may always have political, social, economic and religious differences, but at the end of the day we all have one thing in common, heroes. They help define who we are and what we want to be. They give us hope and inspire us to head in the right direction. They show us that good will always triumph over evil and that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Heroes

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    the American society, Americans and the society became more loose. Thanks to high demands of alcohol, increasing numbers of Speak-easies got into urban cities to supply illicit alcohol. "In 1929, the police commissioner of New York City estimated that there were 32,000 speak-easies in the metropolis, double the number of saloons and blind pigs of the old days."7 According to this estimated number of speak-easies, more people went to speak-easies for drinking after prohibition enforced. Some speak-easies

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    Increasing Crimes

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    Bureau, incidences of crime since the early days of independence has gone up by more than 5 times, and this ofcourse excludes the large number of unreported crimes, especially related to smaller thefts, crime against women and the many cases where the police just refuse to

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    Joker and Batman Essay

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    Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. He has since become, along with Superman and Spider-Man, one of the world's most recognized superheroes.[1] Batman was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, although only Kane receives official credit for the character. Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, billionaire industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist

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    Liability for Omissions The law has historically been reluctant to impose a general liability for omissions as opposed to positive acts. This means that there is no general duty of care in tort to act in order to prevent harm occurring to another. In Smith v Littlewoods Organisation, Lord Goff stated clearly that “the common law does not impose liability for what are called pure omissions”. Similarly, in Yuen Kun Yeu v A-G of Hong Kong, Lord Keith stated that people can ignore their moral responsibilities

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