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Rules, practices and identities: an interactional sociolinguistic study of Queen’s Speech Debates in the House of Lords by Howard, Victoria

“…This PhD thesis adopts an interactional sociolinguistic approach to analysing how speakers in Queen’s Speech Debates in the House of Lords construct intersecting identities as they negotiate institutional and interactional rules and practices. …”
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Bicameral conflict resolution in an asymmetrical Parliament: nine case studies from the House of Lords 1976-2012 by Williams, Fiona

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Good act, poor implementation: the report of the House of Lords Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 by Bartlett, Peter

Subjects: “…Mental Capacity Act Mental Capacity Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards DOLS House of Lords…”
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Good act, poor implementation: the report of the House of Lords Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 by Bartlett, Peter

Subjects: “…Mental Capacity Act Mental Capacity Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards DOLS House of Lords…”
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Some flexible proposals to solve problems of illiterat guarantors in three-party bank-lending transactions in Malaysia by Noor Inayah Yaakub

“…This was stated in the recent House of Lords’ decision in National Westminster Bank Plc v. …”
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Applying the ex turpi causa principle in tort actions by Todd, Stephen

“…We can find a number of different justifications in the cases, with significant contributions being made by the House of Lords and the UK Supreme Court, the High Court of Australia, and the Supreme Court of Canada. …”
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Making energy research more responsive: public dialogue as experiment by Mohr, Alison

“…Since the influential 2000 ‘Science and Society’ report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, research councils and Government departments have sponsored dialogues around several prospective technologies and associated policy options including the commercialisation of genetically modified crops, stem-cell research, nanotechnology and synthetic biology. …”
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Salomon in local setting / Mohd Yusof Mohd Salleh by Mohd Salleh, Mohd Yusof

“…The introduction primarily deals with the decision by the House of Lords in Salomon v Salomon and Co. It is of the writer's View that this is important so as to see and understand the Principle of corporate personality. …”
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Appeals to the judicial committee of the privy council / Rashidah Abu Bakar by Abu Bakar, Rashidah

“…The writer also devotes some time to a discussion of the historical and practical similarities and differences between the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee. In Chapter II, discussion is centred around statutory provisions and agreements regulating the procedure of appeals to the Judicial Committee. …”
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Professional negligence in the legal profession / Rozita Shaikh Salleh by Shaikh Salleh, Rozita

“…In this chapter, the case of Rondel V Worsley, in which the House of Lords decided that a barrister enjoys immunity in professional negligence is discussed. …”
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Protection of minority under the company law a comparative study / Ruziah Mohd by Mohd, Ruziah

“…The above dicta expressed by the two of England foremost commercial judges represent judicial thinking on the rights of the minority shareholders, and demonstrate the progress made by such shareholders in securing greater protection over the years, culminating in the landmark decision of the House of Lords in Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd." …”
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Restitution of tax which has been paid under mistake of law by Md Abdul Jalil

“…That maxim is acceptable in criminal cases but it is not applicable or desirable in recovery of money or tax paid under mistake of law. Hence, the House of Lords after almost two hundred years has overruled the Bilbie decision in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council, decided in 1998…”
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Restitution of tax which has been paid under mistake of law by Jalil, Md. Abdul

“…That maxim is acceptable in criminal cases but it is not applicable or desirable in recovery of money or tax paid under mistake of law. Hence, the House of Lords after almost two hundred years has overruled the Bilbie decision in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Lincoln City Council, decided in 1998.…”
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Case commentary Sri Inai (Pulau Pinang) Sdn Bhd v Yong Yit Swee : the duty of care owed by a landlord to the lawful visitors of a tenant / Dr. Irwin Uj Ooi by Irwin, Uj Ooi

“…The fact that this submission was actually made by counsel was due either to an ignorance of one of the fundamentals of the law on negligence, or a very audacious attempt at changing the law that has stood since Donoghue v Stevenson.1 Ever since the groundbreaking efforts of Lord Atkin and the majority of the House of Lords3 more than 70 years ago, there was no requirement in negligence that a claimant had to have a pre-existing contractual relationship with the defendant to establish a duty of care. …”
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Defendants negligence causing nervous shock or psychiatric injury to plaintiff/claimant: a critical appraisal by Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig

“…In Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1991] WLR 1057, the House of Lords appears to have adopted a compromise position whereby the test is one of ‘foresight’, but one where foresight has a coded meaning. …”
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The rules in Rylands v. Fletcher in Malaysia / Hapriza Ashari by Ashari, Hapriza

“…The rule was propounded by Blackburn J. which was later approved by the House of Lords and now regarded as detinitive "We think that the true rule of law is, that a person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escape, must keep it in at his peril, and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. …”
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Recovering non-pecuniary losses in breach of employment contract under Malaysian law by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig

“…The availability of compensation for non-pecuniary losses such as wounded feelings or the effect of the dismissal on his reputation or the chances of finding other employment arising from the manner of the dismissal were excluded by the House of Lords in their landmark case of Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488. …”
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Reception of Derbyshire principle relating to suit for defamation by central or local government bodies: The ambivalence of Malaysian judiciary by Yaakob, Adnan, Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali

“…However, an important dent to this rule was made in the seminal case of Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd and others [1993] AC 534, by the United Kingdom House of Lords that on the grounds of public interest in the freedom of expression, the courts will not allow free speech to be fettered, by permitting government bodies, whether local or central, to sue for libel. …”
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