What is Communication & modes of Communication under the Indian Contract Act?

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 […]

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Lifespans into the 140s predicted by centuries-old Gompertz law

Dividing changes in mortality rates between compression and postponement. credits: PLOS ONE (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281752 A recent paper in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that humans have yet to reach their maximum age and that there might not even be one. In the paper, “Mortality postponement and compression at older ages in human cohorts,” David […]

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s expert witness endures scathing cross-examination by the plaintiff’s attorney

An expert witness in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski collision trial claimed plaintiff Terry Sanderson’s health symptoms could be linked to dementia rather than the 2016 ski collision. Sanderson was suing Paltrow for $300,000, claiming he was severely injured when Paltrow rammed into him from behind during a day on the slopes at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort. […]

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Trump lawyer ordered to testify in classified documents case in landmark ruling, sources say

Evan Corcoran has been ordered to testify, piercing attorney-client privilege. A federal judge has ruled that a lawyer for former President Donald Trump must provide additional testimony before a federal grand jury investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors asked Judge Beryl Howell […]

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Important update for customers of Porter Davis (in liquidation)

Following from the Grant Thornton’s, liquidator of Porter Davis, Customer Meeting this morning, there are still many questions left unanswered and we can appreciate that there may be some uncertainty that exists regarding what your rights and obligations are and what you should do next. Our Building team at PCL Lawyers will use tomorrow’s Webinar […]

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Emergencies Act: Convoy in ‘full swing’ by invocation, feds say

OTTAWA – The “Freedom Convoy” movement was still in “full swing” the day the Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act early last year, justifying the extraordinary measures, a federal lawyer said Wednesday during a judicial review of the government’s historic decision. The notion of the protests and blockades across Canada were being brought under control […]

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Province should pay legal fees from fatality inquiries into Indigenous teen suicides: judge

The Alberta government should pay the legal fees for a small First Nations children’s services agency that appeared at the fatality inquiries into the suicides of four Indigenous teenagers, a judge ruled in a strongly-worded 15-page decision. Fatality inquiries took place last year into the suicides of four Maskwacis teenagers — between the ages of […]

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