which is NJs highest court and is known as the court of last resort. It reviews decisions of the state’s lower courts and is composed of a Chief Justice and 6 Associate Justices. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court which is an intermediate appeals court and reviews decisions of the Trial, Tax, and Municipal Courts. Appellate Divisions are appealed to the Supreme Court and the judges sit in one of eight appellate parts. Tax Court only hears cases involving tax laws and is authorized by 12
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EXPENSES Malayan Weaving Mills Sdn Bhd v Director General of Inland Revenue The Case Issues: Whether the provision made for retirement benefits that had been taken into account in the sale of the appellant’s printing and dyeing mill was allowable or not allowable (capital expenditure or revenue expenditure) under s33(1) of the Income Tax Act 1967. The Facts: In Malayan Weaving Mills Sdn Bhd vs Director General of Inland Revenue [(2000) MSTC 3778], the taxpayer owned and operated three
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Vivendi Universal January 24th 2011 1) What is a class action? Does this kind of procedure exist in French Law? Why? Class action = a legal procedure which allows a group of persons (at least 100 persons) who suffered a damage resulting from a same act to act within a common procedure. In the US Lax, there are 5 steps for a class action lawsuit: 1) The summons and complaints 2) The class action certification 3) The notification to the public 4) The litigation phase
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Question 1: Class action is a group of victim that joined together to have common procedure. For now, such a procedure is not foreseen in France. It is necessary to form an association so that it can take legal action. The project to introduce the group action in French law provokes a lively scholarly debate: To his supporters group action allows consumers to not be deterred by the cost of proceedings to recover sums for small amounts earned against them in violation of the law.
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the laws are carried out; and finally the judicial branch where the state settles disputes and interprets the laws. Adopted in 1849, Article VI of the California Constitution states that the “judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and Superior Courts, all if which are courts of record.” (California Secretary of State, 1849). There are approximately three levels to the California state court system:
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amount of authority. Most authority = Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Middle authority = Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District Least authority = Dallas County Criminal Court 5. Provide the citation for the United States Supreme Court’s decision in this case. After hearing the oral arguments and reading the parties’ appellate briefs, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, affirmed the decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989). 6. What effect did
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Addressing International Legal and Ethical Issues Simulation Summary Law/421 • What are the issues involved in resolving legal disputes in international transactions? Resolving legal disputes in international transactions should have an international arbitration for resolving disputes internationally. There should be a legal backing to enforce contracts with cross-border multi-jurisdiction transactions. Thus, a dispute resolution clause should be added just in case there are any infractions
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by Teddy's Supplies to help explain to the company what the case against them will entail. You have gleaned the facts from your investigations into the situation to date. You have never talked with Virginia Pollard. The case is currently in the appeals stage and the company executives have some questions for you. Answer them using the most recent legal information you can find. 1. Teddy's Supplies' CEO has asked you to advise him on the facts of the case and your opinion of their potential liability
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death by hanging. The Boyce and Joseph case went through the Barbados appellate process twice Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (2004) and Caribbean Court of Justice (2006). In 2002, their appeal to the Barbados Privy Council (BPC) for commutation of the death sentences was dismissed as well as their appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). Joseph and Boyce filed application before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) for a declaration that of a violation
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Arbitration resolves the conflicts speedy because the proceedings are less formal than a court case. There also cannot be appealed or over-turned unless the arbitrator showed bias, discrimination, or fraud, so the dispute is not prolonged by a long appeal process. Besides that, arbitration goes through the flexibility of scheduling in the court system and arbitrators have more flexible schedules than judges. Therefore, parties have better control the timing of the arbitration proceedings. For parties
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