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Identification of evidence lacking in a murder case, the lawyer says

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Article content The lawyer for the double-murder suspect Gerald David Benn said Monday there’s no evidence to identify his client as the gunman in the fatal shootings of two Calgary men. Article content And defense counsel Andrea Urquhart argued even if there was, there’s nothing in the Crown’s case to show the gunman planned the deadly attack and the accused should only have to answer a charge of second-degree murder. Article content Urquhart made the comments in a directed verdict application before Justice Nick Devlin at the conclusion of the Crown’s case in Benn’s trial on two counts of first-degree…
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Missing Markham lawyer faced legal battles, complaints: court

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A missing Markham lawyer who investigators now suspect was met with foul play was embroiled in a number of legal battles and facing professional complaints at the time of her disappearance, recent court filings show. Isabella Dan, 53, was last seen nearly two months ago on March 3 in the area of ​​Water Walk Drive and Verclaire Gate in Markham, Ont. New details outlined in court filings made to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and reviewed by CTV News Toronto show that, in the weeks since the lawyer’s disappearance, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has obtained a court…
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Ed Sheeran copyright case: Songwriter’s lawyer points to ‘smoking gun’

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Musician Ed Sheeran was in Manhattan federal court Tuesday as a copyright infringement trial got underway involving alleged similarities between his Grammy-winning song “Thinking Out Loud” and the Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” Sheeran, seated in a dark suit and tie at the defense table, listened to the opening statements in the case, which was brought forth by the heirs to “Let’s Get It On” co-writer Ed Townsend. “If you remember nothing else about this trial, about this case, simply remember it is about giving credit where credit is due,” said renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who…
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Definition, Essentials and Duties of Bailor and Bailee under the Indian Contract Act, 1872

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Bailment in simple words means delivering goods to a particular person without transfer of ownership. It is a technical word or term in common law although etymologically it means overhanding of goods. Anyone who gets custody without possession is not a bailee. If any person is already in possession of the goods of other contracts to hold them as a bailee he or she will hence become bailee and the owner will become the bailor in such cases. In the bailment contract, the bailee’s duty is to deal with the goods according to the instructions given by the bailor. 1.…
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Hunter Biden lawyers to meet with Justice Department officials next week as scrutiny of investigation intensification

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CNN — Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet next week with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from Justice Department headquarters to discuss the long-running investigation into the president’s son, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The Hunter Biden legal team had reached out to Justice officials in recent weeks, asking for an update on the case. As is routine, when lawyers request a status update, they were invited to meet next week, according to one source familiar with the meeting. Weiss, the US Attorney in Delaware who was appointed by…
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Trump lawyer reportedly ordered to testify in the Mar-a-Lago case

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When Jan. 6 investigators sought answers from John Eastman, the Republican lawyer respondent with predictable pushback: He argued that he couldn’t testify because his work related to keeping Donald Trump in power after his 2020 defeat was protected by attorney-client privilege. It was at that point that the political world received a helpful legal primer about the limits of the legal protection: Communications between attorneys and clients are not protected if they’re discussing committing crimes. (Eastman ultimately took the Fifth.) Today, the same issue is coming to the fore in a way the former president isn’t going to like —…
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Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina’s arguments on hush-money case, explained

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Comment on this storyComments Few Americans in modern history have run through a series of lawyers as colorful — and often, of such dubious reliability — as Donald Trump. And now we have a new entry in a long succession: Joe Tacopina. In appearances on ABC News, Fox News and MSNBC this week, the high-profile criminal defense lawyer rather enthusiastically laid out Trump’s defense against a potentially imminent criminal charge in Manhattan. In the course of doing so, though, Tacopina lodged a series of questionable claims about the case. The potential charges apparently deal with the $130,000 hush-money payment that…
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What is Communication & modes of Communication under the Indian Contract Act?

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According to Section 2(h) of the Indian Contract Act 1872, An agreement enforceable by law is a contract. Before a contract comes into existence the promisor has to signify his willingness and a promise has to signify his assent. It, therefore, becomes necessary to explain what is meant by such signification and what should be the mode of the same. To bring into notice the willingness or assent of the parties to enter into a contract one needs to communicate. This mode of communication can be postal or instantaneous. Section 3 of the Indian Contract Act states that communication can…