Civil Law in UK Law
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Insurance Fraud and the Role of the Civil Law
Two UK Supreme Court decisions have considered insurance fraud. The first, Versloot Dredging BV v HDI‐Gerling Industries Versicherung (The DC Merwestone), concerned the use of a fraudulent device b...
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The civil law: a potent crime-fighting device
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to increase the awareness of attorneys-at-law about the potential risks that they may encounter as a result of the developments in “intermeddler liability”. ...
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The Loss of Chance in Civil Law Countries: A Comparative and Critical Analysis
Bearing in mind the judgments recently given by the Portuguese Supreme Court, which have recognized the right to be compensated for loss of chance for the first time, this article sets out to disco...
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Codes of Conduct for the Judiciary in Civil Law Countries: The Dutch Example
Is a code of conduct for the judiciary necessary for safeguarding the reliability of courts? In the civil law tradition codes of conduct are not widespread. Some international initiatives follow th...
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Frustrating the Fraudster — Civil Law Weapons
Fraud has never respected national boundaries. But the advent of the Internet and modern technology has increased the ease with which money and documents can be transferred worldwide. The Fraud Adv...
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SITUATIONS WHERE LIABILITY WILL ARISE UNDER CIVIL LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES WHEN BANKS AND OTHERS HANDLE PROCEEDS OF CORRUPTION
The Committee has considered the present state of English civil law in relation to remedies available to victims of money laundering. We summarise here the relevant rules and principles of English ...
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Epistemological Considerations in Private Law: Exploring Taxonomical Structures in the Common Law, Civil Law and beyond
This paper aims to further the classification discourse by examining the importance and function of taxonomical structures in private law. The paper begins by considering the extent to which it is ...
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Some Points of the Civil Service Law of Switzerland
by Dr. Ernest Steiner, Barrister-at-Law Due to the federal character of the Swiss State, there is a notable diversity in the administrative structures of the Central Authority, the several cantons ...
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Civil Remedies in Law Enforcement: The Planning Experience
Enforcement of regulatory controls has traditionally been left to the criminal law. In the last 15 years there has been an increasing interest in using civil remedies for this purpose. Most of the ...
- Reconciling legal certainty in corporate divisions with respect for civil law remedies: Case C-394/18 I.G.I. Srl v. Maria Grazia Cicenia
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