The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill poses an unprecedented and unacceptable threat to the right to protest”. Discuss.

ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS

“The Equality Act 2010 does not have the capacity to address issues of structural inequality”.
Discuss and give examples both in support of and in opposition to this statement.

“It is not only the police’s exercise of stop and search powers that deserves criticism, but the courts’ failure to hold them to account”.
Discuss.

“The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill poses an unprecedented and unacceptable threat to the right to protest”.
Discuss.

“Public inquiries may be flawed, but they are crucial for fact-finding and ensuring change in the wake of tragic events in which the state is implicated”.
Discuss.

“The Human Rights Act 1998 has given too much power to judges”.
Discuss with reference to relevant cases.

Develop a plan to evaluate your policy recommendation in the future, including a description of the plan components.

Shoplifting

ADD 10-pages to the attached paper addresses the following:

Make recommendations for policy change or new policy based on the research.
Analyze the potential consequences, both intended and unintended, of your policy recommendation.
Develop a plan to evaluate your policy recommendation in the future, including a description of the plan components.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the prosecution evidence and explain all of Paul’s options in police interview taking into account the advantages and disadvantage of each option for him, and what your overall advice to him would be.

Criminal law SECTION A

You speak to Paul in a private consultation and he tells you that he can’t remember much but what he can remember is Rob Stanforth jumping out at him from nowhere and pulling a knife on him; they had a fight and he thinks that Rob must have fallen on his own knife. All he wanted to do was get away and so he ran off – he didn’t realise Rob was injured otherwise he would have called for an ambulance himself. He thinks the blood might be Rob’s; he just didn’t notice it in his panic to get away. He tells you he has a full-time job as a plumber with a local firm and has worked there for 3 years. He lives on his own but his family live nearby. He has a three- year-old daughter from a previous relationship who lives with her mother, also nearby. He has been in trouble in the past but managed to turn his life around and has a stable relationship with his girlfriend Tessa Ullswater; they are due to be married next year. In relation to his previous for failing to surrender he tells you that this was a genuine mistake and he got the date wrong.

Answer EITHER question 1 or question 2

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the prosecution evidence and explain all of Paul’s options in police interview taking into account the advantages and disadvantage of each option for him, and what your overall advice to him would be.

OR

Despite any advice you give to Paul he is charged under s.18, Offences Against the Person Act 1861. He is remanded in custody pending his first appearance at the magistrates’ court. The prosecution plan to apply to have Paul remanded in custody at his bail hearing. Explain what their likely arguments might be, and how you would counter their arguments, including any conditions that could be offered in order to best secure release on bail.

What do you recommend be done in terms of legislation, policy, research and practice to further develop the topic ? What requires clarity or gap filling ?

Advanced criminal law

Your writing should be a debate – by words / an ‘argument’.
Think about the salient parts of the debate – this forms the piece.
Table of Contents / Work plan
Introduction
General / Specific Problematic
Central Research Question(s) i.e. “What is being asked ?” – are there substantive similarities / differences across the law / current academic thought ?
Methodology: what is our process ? Where we go next ? VIP – how will we analyse the material collected ? What is it that we will look for to try and confirm / deny the CRQ ? i) debate ii) comparisons iii) discussion
Analysis & Findings: Confirm, deny, and modify the literature with our analysis. [Possible interviews would require and ethics application]. Focus on the CRQ – answer it.
Introduction is copied here; then write it in the past tense. Go through the essay and ask what is the value added at each step ? Highlight the key themes / issues and ask if you have been able to answer the CRQ ?
Recommendation: what do you recommend be done in terms of legislation, policy, research and practice to further develop the topic ? What requires clarity or gap filling ?

Demonstrate an understanding of the regulation governing the allotment of shares including the duties placed on directors in this regard and an ability to apply this understanding.

In this assignment would like you to add the following:
DO THE WHOLE OF QUESTION 1 AND THE WHOLE OF QUESTION 5.

– Distinguish between the various types of unincorporated business organisations.
– Explain the doctrine of corporate personality and understand the implication thereof on the liability of directors/shareholders.

– Understand and evaluate the jurisprudential basis for piercing the corporate veil, including in corporate groups;

Critically evaluate the effect of case law on veil-piercing on various stakeholders, including voluntary and involuntary creditors, shareholders, directors, and members of the public.

-Analyse the contractual nature of the Articles of Association. Understand the constraints on alteration of the Articles.

a)Understand the functions of the board of directors in Company Law and Corporate Governance.

b) Understand the distribution of power and authority between the board and the general meeting.

c) Explain the appointment, tenure, remuneration and removal of directors.

d) Demonstrate an understanding of the basis of disqualification from office in general and a critical awareness of the effectiveness of the relevant statutory provisions in dealing with delinquent directors.

a) Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of shares;

b) Demonstrate an understanding of the regulation governing the allotment of shares including the duties placed on directors in this regard and an ability to apply this understanding;

 

Which witnesses of fact should we call to give oral evidence at trial and why?Do you foresee any practical arrangements that need to be made to enable those witnesses to give evidence at trial?

It is 12 April 2022. You are a trainee with ULaw LLP. Your supervising solicitor, Zach Purdue, has asked you to assist him with a case. ULaw LLP acts for Agri-Grain Ukraine SA, a large agricultural business operating in Ukraine. It is in a dispute with Mr. Mykhaylo Turgenev, a Ukrainian citizen and, until recently, the sole shareholder of a Ukrainian agricultural company called Silo-Grain Ukraine LLC.

The dispute is progressing in the Commercial Court in London. The most recent statement of case, being Mr. Turgenev’s Reply and Defence to Counterclaim, was filed and served on 25 March 2022. Agri-Grain does not intend to file a Reply to Defence to Counterclaim. A Case Management Conference is scheduled for Friday, 1 July
2022.

Junior Counsel instructed on behalf of Agri -Grain has drafted the attached List of Common Ground and Issues. Whilst this document has not been finalized, Zach Purdue is not anticipating any changes to this document prior to the CMC. Zach Purdue also provides you with a note of a recent meeting that he has held with Viktoria Kovak, the Director of Investments at Agri-Grain.

Read Documents A and B before answering the questions on the next page.

QUESTION 1
Zach Purdue has asked you to help him prepare for the forthcoming CMC in this case. He asks you to prepare a memo analyzing the following:
1. Which witnesses of fact should we call to give oral evidence at trial and why?Do you foresee any practical arrangements that need to be made to enable those witnesses to give evidence at trial?

2. Should we follow the client’s suggestions in relation to the appointment of a valuation expert in respect of the silos ? Is this a case in which the use of a single joint valuation expert might be suitable? What happens if we need to instruct a replacement valuation expert after the CMC has taken place? Explain your answer.

3. What documents must ULaw LLP file and/or serve on behalf of Agri-Grain in advance of the forthcoming CMC and by when?

Explain the main ethical concerns arising in Mary’s case and evaluate their significance for this case.

Law & Ethics Mental Health Ireland

Mary is 20 years of age. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has been engaging with adolescent and adult mental health services for the past 5 years. Her mental health had improved and stabilised over the last 18 months. She lives alone in a small apartment close to her parents with whom she has had a close, but conflictual relationship since her teenage years. Her entire family is very active in their local church and she often joins them at religious services. Her parents alerted her community mental health team two months ago, saying that she seemed increasingly irritable, had stopped her usual activities and had withdrawn from them.
Advise Mary whether she can lawfully terminate her pregnancy.
Explain the main ethical concerns arising in Mary’s case and evaluate their significance for this case.

Compare in different jurisdictions. For example, China and India have imposed strict liability to the intermediary, failure to comply would lead to severe penalties.

Liability of the internet intermediary for hate speech: how far should it go?Liability of the internet intermediary for hate speech: how far should it go?

– Explain and compare freedom of expression and hate speech
– Examine a controversial issue that should the internet platform be responsible for third party content? Even though such intermediaries do not produce hate speech content by themselves, they store and transmit such information. Accordingly, it is their duty to monitor and remove those illegal contents.
– Analyse how hate speech and free speech could be balanced in order to examine how far an online intermediary’s liability should be. A heavy burden of an intermediary would restrict freedom of expression and impede innovation.
– Compare in different jurisdictions. For example, China and India have imposed strict liability to the intermediary, failure to comply would lead to severe penalties. Meanwhile, in the US there are wide exemptions of intermediary’s liability, granting them immunity to a monetary penalty.