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A new app is to be rolled out in the UK, giving users the full range of consumer legal advice and support is being touted at £24 a month, a pound short of ‘a pony’ in English money slang.
The app, called LegalDefence, currently being piloted, will be rolled out early next year. The app is a sustained attempt to establish the concept of pre-paid legal services in the UK, which has been around for some time in the US. The app has been developed by LegalShield, a US company founded in 1972 by Harland Stonecipher.
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KALAIVANAN SUBRAMANIAM v. PP [2018] 10 CLJ 628
HIGH COURT MALAYA, JOHOR BAHRU
COLLIN LAWRENCE SEQUERAH J
[CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 42S-04-05-2016]
27 JULY 2017CRIMINAL LAW: Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 – Section 7 – Trafficking in firearms and ammunition – Pistol and bullets found in ceiling of accused’s house – Contradictions involving difference as to time in which firearms and ammunition were discovered – Whether material – Whether accused had control and possession of firearms and ammunition – Whether nexus established between firearms and accused – Evidence Act 1950, ss. 8 & 27 – Whether defence failed to raise reasonable doubt on prosecution’s case – Whether conviction and sentence affirmed
CRIMINAL LAW: Arms Act 1960 – Section 33 – Possession of arms and ammunition for unlawful purpose – Pistol and bullets found in ceiling of accused’s house – Contradictions involving difference as to time in which firearms and ammunition were discovered – Whether material – Whether accused had control and possession of firearms and ammunition – Whether nexus established between firearms and accused – Evidence Act 1950, ss.8 & 27 – Whether defence failed to raise reasonable doubt on prosecution’s case – Whether conviction and sentence affirmed
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal – Appeal against conviction and sentence – Pistol and bullets found in ceiling of accused’s house – Contradictions involving difference as to time in which firearms and ammunition were discovered – Whether material – Whether accused had control and possession of firearms and ammunition – Whether nexus established between firearms and accused – Whether defence failed to raise reasonable doubt on prosecution’s case – Whether conviction and sentence affirmed – Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, s. 7 – Arms Act 1960, s. 33 – Evidence Act 1950, ss. 8 & 27
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Over there, over here, prepaid concept to hit UK
UK firm Slater & Gordon teams up with US company to pilot app offering consumer legal advice for 'a pony' a month.
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Companies 'can sack workers for refusing to use fingerprint scanners'
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NHS manager awarded £1 million pay-out for unfair dismissal
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Supreme Court to rule if customers can sue Apple claiming App Store is illegal monopoly
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'All banks in Malaysia must have three core values'
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