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    As one of the original airlines in the U.S., American Airlines principle service has been transporting passengers and cargo domestically and internationally since 1934 (American Airlines, 2014). They service over 270 cities around the United States and 50 countries around the world (American Airlines, 2014). Other services include cargo transportation of which they make a sizable revenue each year; American is actually the founding member of Oneworld alliance which is “one of the largest scheduled

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    Lord Toulson mentioned the Judicature Act 1873 in the case of AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors , and what ensued from it. The case deals with the applicable principles of causation in the case of a breach in trust. It held that a “but for” was application in such circumstances for equitable compensation. The case deals with a standard re-mortgage of a residential property. It starts when Mr and Mrs Sondhi applied to AIB group for a loan of £3.3m. Noting that they already had a mortgage

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    the trust is not completely constituted, it will be ineffective as the general rule requires. Equity will not be able to help because of two of its maxims "equity will not assist a volunteer" and "equity will not perfect the imperfect gift" . The court will be prevented from coming to the aid of a volunteer beneficiary regardless of how undesirable the outcome might appear. i. Is this a gift in favour of the sister or a trust in favour of his friends? If it is a trust, has the settlor sufficiently

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    Identify Case Law

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    anti- social behaviour or enforcing fines. The crown court deals with more complex cases such as murder, rape or robbery, appeals or cases referred from magistrate’s court. Trials are heard by a judge and jury of 12 members of public that have been selected. Cases within the crown court come from magistrates as they have greater power over decisions and outcomes when dealing with sentencing or convicting. The court of appeal within the criminal court system hears appeals from the crown

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    disputes. They usually involve litigation parties who are fighting closely related family members over estate assets. Inheritance fights are not new. In his 1853 novel Bleak House, Charles Dickens told the story of a fictitious family lawsuit in Chancery Court called Jarndyce v. Jarndyce. In this legendary case, the large estate was finally consumed by legal fees over the course of several generations. Jarndyce is a fictional case, but the moral of the story is as relevant today as it was in Dickens’

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    To aid in the development of his characters, Charles Dickens often allows tangible details to illustrate aspects of his characters' personalities. These details ranged from descriptions of their living spaces and their appearances to the characters’ names. In Bleak House, Dickens uses this technique often, giving his readers a deeper insight into the personality of a character through their interaction with the material world. He provides these descriptions in conjunction with explicit statements

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    into everything she finally comes to her senses and realises he will never love her so she makes a deal with a man from the court he is to kill evert and in return she would marry him and he would be king of luna but as soon as it was the night of the assassination she had cold feet and they had a nice talk but then the door was open and everett was shot levana stabbed the court member and ended up being exactly like the person she hated the most someone that had no regard for someone's life a selfish

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    Niccoló Machiavelli is perhaps the greatest political thinker in history. He was a historian, musician, a poet, and he wrote comedies. He liked poetry as much as he liked philosophy. Machiavelli wrote and collected poems. His works, which are inspired by his life experiences, have been read by many of the worlds greatest politicians. Niccoló Machiavelli’s writing was influenced by the Medici family, the Soderini government in Italy, and his own diplomatic career. His great work, The Prince,

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    One such instance where a declaratory judgment does not generally serve a useful purpose or terminate controversy is where there is another action pending in a different courts involving the same issues. Indeed, generally “courts will not entertain a declaratory judgment action if there is pending, at the time of the commencement of the action for declaratory relief, another action or proceeding involving the same parties and in which the identical issues that are involved in the declaratory action

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    Employed barristers are at the moment mainly concerned with preparatory work and giving advice, rather than with representing cases in court. The Access to Justice Act 1999 does however allow them to appear in court if they so choose. Barristers have rights of audience in any court and they will usually be engaged by a solicitor on behalf of a client. There are currently over 100,000 solicitors in the UK. The governing body for solicitors

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