So a few years back the Scottish government intended to abolish the need for corroboration citing the fact that it made prosecution of rape harder, but doesn't what is going on down south right now actually give us a much needed example of it working as it should, obviously neither approach is perfect but I prefer to err on the side of ensuring as few innocent people are convicted as possible.
There's an article in the Telegraph at the moment summing up the fact that corroboration forces officers to dig deeper as they can't rely simply on the word of someone to present a case
>In a rape allegation, which might depend largely on one person's word against another, a hard-pressed English police officer or prosecutor can ignore the need to gather any evidence beyond that of the complainant; a Scottish police officer knows, simply, that with only the complainant's evidence the case must fail. The result is that prosecutions are likely to be better prepared in Scotland, and important evidence – whether it favours the defence or the prosecution – is less likely to be missed.
Also noting that we don't seem to be having the alarming number of rape cases falling apart as is happening there.
I'm just starting to discover Law of One. It is certainly something of substance, though I don't yet know enough to know what I think. They do offer some dates that line up perfectly:
> In the case of the Atlanteans, enlargements upon the information given resulted in those activities distorted towards bellicosity which resulted in the final second Atlantean catastrophe one zero eight two one [10,821] of your years in the past, as you measure time.
> Many, many were displaced due to societal actions both upon Atlantis and upon those areas of what you would call North African deserts to which some Atlanteans had gone after the first conflict. Earth changes continued due to these, what you would call, nuclear bombs and other crystal weapons, sinking the last great land masses approximately nine six zero zero [9,600] of your years ago.
Time cycles line up reasonably well too. Here's some more info on Atlantis:
> The Atlantean race was a very conglomerate social complex which began to form approximately three one oh oh oh, thirty-one thousand [31,000] years in the past of your space/time continuum illusion. It was a slow growing and very agrarian society until approximately one five oh oh oh, fifteen thousand [15,000] of your years ago. It reached quickly a high technological understanding which caused it to be able to use intelligent infinity in a less informative manner. We may add that they used intelligent energy as well, manipulating greatly the natural influxes of the indigo or pineal ray from divine or infinite energy. Thus, they were able to create life forms. This they began to do instead of healing and perfecting their own mind/body/spirit complexes, turning their distortions towards what you may call the negative. > > Approximately eleven thousand [11,000] of your years ago, the first of the, what you call, wars, caused approximately forty percent of this population to leave the density by means of disintegration of the body. The second and most devastating of the conflicts occurred approximately one oh eight two one, ten thousand eight hundred twenty-one [10,821] years in the past according to your illusion. This created an earth-changing configuration and the large part of Atlantis was no more, having been inundated. Three of the positively oriented of the Atlantean groups left this geographical locus before that devastation, placing themselves i
... keep reading on reddit ➡Case revolves around a fender bender in USA.
Claim is for personal injury and damages over and above rental car insurance amount (rental car insurance was maximum protection available).
What is the likelihood of a judgment being enforced on a UK citizen for something like this.
If the individual were to just avoid going to America again could this just be avoided.
Accident was minimal - but claimant going through every Avenue possible to get money. Claimant has history of such claims.
Defendant took all reasonable insurance steps before the incident.
Accident took place while working in America.
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I see WAY too many posts in here about how “My boss told me that I was being fired for discussing pay!” or any other variation of labor law violations, but no concrete evidence to support those claims.
If what you’re doing is protected by law, and your manager/HR suddenly wants to “chat” when you know you’ve been doing something to cause a stir make sure you do every single thing in your power to get that conversation on record. Get it in a text or an e-mail if you’re in a 2 party consent state. Start recording audio on your phone before you ever meet with a superior if you’re in a 1 party consent state. Even if the meeting is about how great you’re doing, you never know until you have one and employers aren’t exactly counting on you to record any conversation in the first place.
If they call you unexpectedly, don’t pick up the phone unless you know how to record a phone convo. If you don’t know how or don’t feel comfortable trying, go into work the next day, let them pull you in for the talk and THEN start recording.
If they do break a law DO NOT REMIND THEM THAT WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS ILLEGAL
It will only make them more likely to cover their tracks. If they think you’re too stupid to know your rights, they will let their guard down. If you show them you’re smarter than that they will try whatever shady shit they can to stop you. Catch them with their pants down. Take your evidence straight to whatever government agency handles shit like that, and let them surprise your employer.
Do not, under any circumstance, give the lowlifes you work for the upper hand. Gather your evidence quietly and pull the rug out from under them.
Very disappointed as I now have nothing to do over the weekend
Below is a quote from the article, which I will need to find time to read more in depth. The first mention I heard of the mistranslation was from an awesome New Books In Philosophy podcast on Haack's new book Truth Proof and the Law which can be found here.
Quotation from Susan Haack's Federal Philosophy of Science: A Deconstruction -- And A Reconstruction >..., before Popper realized how misleading this was, and adopted the word “corroboration” instead, he went along with Rudolf Carnap’s translation of his word “Bewährung” as “confirmation,” and for a while even used the word “confirmation” himself. But in a footnote added to the English translation of The Logic of Scientific Discovery, he writes: >>Carnap translated my term ‘degree of corroboration’ . . . as ‘degree of confirmation’. . . . >>I fell in with his usage, thinking that words do not matter. . . . I myself used the term ‘confirmation’ for a time . . . .Yet it turned out that I was mistaken: the association of the word ‘confirmation’ did matter . . . . ‘degree of confirmation’ was soon used . . . as a synonym . . . of ‘probability’. I have therefore now abandoned it . . . .
Hello there! I’m a student who has applied for law at universities across the country for law and one of my options is University of Edinburgh. As an international student, I need my degree to be as flexible(?) as possible. I know in the Middle East, where I’m based, English Law is quite popular. I have doubts about whether the LLB from Edinburgh might limit my occupational mobility. How easy is it to convert (?) my Scots law degree to an English one? Would it matter at all when qualifying as a solicitor in England? Is there a special exam or would I have to take the GDL? Please let me know what you think! I would love to hear from Scottish solicitors in England.
Hiya - I'm holding offers from Aberdeen, Dundee, Strathclyde and Edinburgh for Scots law and wondering if any one here has studied at any of these unis and has any info to share.
I'm leaning towards Strathclyde, however not completely sure yet.
Do any of these universities have a more respected law course?
I'm thinking against Edinburgh as I have heard that the uni is very posh and filled with Private school students etc.
Cheers - sorry if this is wrong sub
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There is a lot of debate in Scottish society about what kind of country we would like to be after the pandemic.
Many people look to Nordic countries like Norway for inspiration on how we could do things different here in Scotland.
So from a Scot: what’s good and bad about life in Norway?
Any government policies or cultural policies you think are positive?
