British Constitutional Reform

Posted on: 27 January, 2007

Author: Sharon White

Among its salient features are the establishment of a Supreme Court in the United Kingdom, the modification of the duties of the Lord Chancellor, reduction of the deputy speakers from 25 to 12, and th... The Constitutional Reform Act of 2005 upholds the British constitution by enshrining judicial independence and the doctrine of separation of powers. Judicial independence requires that the judiciary be separate and independent from the other branches of the government, namely, the executive and the legislative, in order to uphold the rule of law. This principle requires that the law be administered by the cold neutrality of...

How to Build a Mediation Presentation That Will Make an Insurance Adjuster’s Sphincter Tighten

Posted on: 30 November, 2006

Author: Bob Gerchen

A jury consultant reveals the critical strategies he has used to help clients build multi-million-dollar, multi-media mediation presentations that make insurance adjusters sit up, take notice and write big checks. I arrived to help my client prepare for his upcoming mediation.  The first thing he did was show me all the wonderful family photos he had of his client and her husband, the decedent. “My guy was the perfect plaintiff,” the attorney began.  “Spent tons of time with his kids.  He was the one who took them to school most every morning, he coached all their teams.  An elder in...

Agency Law

Posted on: 21 November, 2006

Author: Andrew Sandon

The origins of the doctrine of necessitous intervention by someone who is in a legal relationship with the defendant lie in the principle of agency of necessity, where an agent went beyond his or her authority by intervening on behalf of the principal in an emergency. Because of the circumstances of necessity, particularly the impracticability of the agent communicating with the principal, the courts were prepared to treat the agent as though he or she had the necessary authority to do what was reasonably necessary to save the principal's property. If an agency of necessity was established, the agent would...

When a handshake is not enough: why you need a Partnership Agreement

Posted on: 28 March, 2006

Author: Richard Cussons

If you want to avoid uncertainty and the automatic application of unsuitable statutory law, a partneship agreement is a wise investment... If you set up in business with one or more other people but do not wish to set up a limited company, a partnership arrangement will be deemed to exist at law without the need for a formal contract. However, whilst a written partnership agreement is not required to form a partnership, if you wish to avoid uncertainty and the automatic application of potentially unsuitable statutory law, a formal agreement is a wise investment. What happens if we don’t...

Importance Of Resolution In Scanning

Posted on: 25 February, 2005

Author: BLUR LOTERIÑA

Are you getting confused of the resolution requirements for scanning? Of the “high-res” your scanner offers? And do you really need it or will it just make your work slower? Whenever we scan an image, we are very much particular with the resolution and details that we get. Our ultimate goal is to have the exact copy of the original image. Not all scanners provide us with what we want. Although there are those which seem to give us a lot better than what we need.A standard resolution for an image should be 300dpi (dot-per-inch) and 400dpi for images containing...

Types of Truck Accidents

Posted on: 04 November, 2004

Here are the most common types of truck ... Brakes ... trucks use air brakes ... Most are ... units. Air enters the chamber when the brakes are applied, the p Here are the most common types of truck accidents:--Truck Brakes MalfunctionHeavy trucks use air brakes exclusively: Most are drum-like units. Air enters the chamber when the brakes are applied, the push rod moves out turning the slack adjuster which rotates the S-cam and forces the shoes into the drum.Brakes are a heat engine, they convert kinetic energy or motion into thermal energy or heat. Suppose a 400-horsepower engine grosses...