Groundbreaking Legal Sentence: Rehabilitation through Law School

Renewing ourselves involves morning learning from the news like “Rehabilitation through Law School”. As a law student, I’m intrigued by this groundbreaking “Federal Sentence Includes Law School’’ (link below) for a cocaine trafficking case – Ms. Madill was accused of trafficking cocaine in 2018. I have several questions after reading this unique sentence. What is…

Torts Law – Negligence

‘’Porter v The West Bloke Hotel’’ (This is a fictional case) Advice to Elliot 1, Duty of Care Analysis The occupier of premises must exercise the standard of care accordingly.[1] The West Bloke Hotel has full control over the premises, therefore has the duty to ensure the safety of the entrants. Elliot is not the…

Defences to Defamation

“Belgian Designer Accuses Virgil Abloh of Copying. Again.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/fashion/virgil-abloh-walter-van-beirendonck-kanye-west-louis-vuitton.html (This paper is only for educational purposes. This is just a case study. ) The defamatory imputations in the publication may include: 1, Original words written by Ezra Marcus, the reporting fellow of the NYT – ”The implication, of artistic theft, was clear.” 2, Original words…

Legal Interest and Equitable Interest

Bahr v. Nicolay (No.2) (1988) 164 CLR 604 Case Analysis I   CASE BRIEF – Background Bahr v Nicolay was a case heard in the appellate jurisdiction of the High Court of Australia. The appellant, the Bahrs (‘Bahrs’), sued the first respondent, Nicolay (‘Nicolay’). Thompsons (‘Thompsons’) was the second respondent. This is a complicated case exploring…

The Right of Self-determination

This is a case study about – AB v Western AustraliaAH v Western Australia[2011] HCA 426 October 2011P15/2011 & P16/2011 Background Facts AB and AH are two females who desire to appear as male. After going through certain surgeries such as bilateral mastectomies, they applied to the West Australian Gender Reassignment Board for the re-born…