Podcast Episodes

Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pre-trial procedure: Interrogatories + Deposition (Part Two)

Conduct of depositions

Depositions usually take place at the office of the court reporter or in the office of one of the law firms involved in a case. However, depositions are also sometimes taken at…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Tort law (2022): Liability: Respondeat superior + Volenti non fit iniuria + Ex turpi causa non oritur actio (Part Two)

Trespassers.

The Occupiers' Liability Act 1984 (and in Scotland the Occupiers' Liability (Scotland) Act 1960) requires all owners of property to take reasonable steps to make their premises safe for …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Intellectual property: Geographical indication

A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (for example, a town, region, or country). The use of a geographical …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against justice: Miscarriage of justice (Part One)

A miscarriage of justice occurs when a grossly unfair outcome occurs in a criminal or civil proceeding, such as the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit. Miscarriages…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Sentencing: Capital punishment (Part Two)

Juvenile offenders.

The death penalty for juvenile offenders (criminals aged under 18 years at the time of their crime although the legal or accepted definition of juvenile offender may vary from one…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Pre-trial procedure: Interrogatories + Deposition (Part One)

In law, interrogatories (also known as requests for further information) are a formal set of written questions propounded by one litigant and required to be answered by an adversary in order to clari…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Tort law (2022): Liability: Respondeat superior + Volenti non fit iniuria + Ex turpi causa non oritur actio (Part One)

Respondeat superior (Latin: "let the master answer"; plural: respondeant superiores) is a doctrine that a party is responsible for (has vicarious liability for) acts of their agents. For example, in …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Intellectual property: Database right + Plant Treaty

A database right is a sui generis property right, comparable to but distinct from copyright, that exists to recognise the investment that is made in compiling a database, even when this does not invo…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Sentencing: Capital punishment (Part One)

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, …

Published on 3 years ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against justice: Compounding a felony + Malicious mischief + Malfeasance in office + Miscarriage of justice

Compounding a felony was an offense under the common law of England and was classified as a misdemeanor. It consisted of a prosecutor or victim of an offense accepting anything of value under an agre…

Published on 3 years ago