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Corporate Law and Your Business
Major corporations and small businesses alike need to understand how corporate law will effect their business practices. Before you go into business for yourself learn the nuances of corporate law, and figure out whether or not you will need a corporate lawyer to set up your business structure.
The Grey Area Of Law - Civil Lawsuits
Contrary to popular belief, most courtroom cases actually involve civil lawsuits. If you have be summoned to court as the defendant in a civil lawsuit you need to find out how to protect your rights as well as your assets. Failing to appear in court for a civil lawsuit can lead to criminal charges in some cases.
DUI Laws and Your Rights
Drunk driving is one of the leading causes of traffic accidents and vehicular homicide across the world. Although DUI laws are tough, every person accused of DUI is not necessarily guilty. Learn what your rights are and find out what steps you need to take if you are accused of driving while intoxicated.
Squatting Law Request
Sheffield Hallam University has published a report, on the behalf of the charity Crisis which deals with homelessness, which suggests that the government’s plans to make squatting a criminal offence within the UK will do more harm than good.Currently the law in England and Wales does not make squatting itself a criminal offence and the coalition government had planned on bringing in these tough new measures in order to combat the number of homeless people using private property to seek shelter.
However the report states that, far from intruding into people’s homes or property, squatters generally only flock to abandoned or disused buildings and no evidence is present to suggest that they have dislodge anyone from their property. Furthermore, the evidence from Sheffield Hallam University argued that for homeless people, squatting was often a last resort after being rejected by hostels or homeless shelters.
If the new changes in the law are to succeed, it would mean that squatters would, if caught, face criminal charges of unlawful usage of electricity or even burglary. Indeed, the report further found that nearly 50% of homeless squatters had either physical or mental ill health further gaining opposition to the government’s plans by human rights groups.
Opponents to the changes in the legal code argue that these people are only squatting due to the high price of housing in England and Wales and that, in reality, the criminalisation of squatters will not see any drastic or sustained decrease in the levels of reported squatting in the UK.
04.10.2011. 17:42