The common law cause of action for wrongful use of civil proceedings has been codified at 42 Pa.C.S.A. Section 8352, et seq. The statute is referred to as the Dragonetti Act. The tort of wrongful use ...

The judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal in Commissioner SARS v Bosch (394/2013) [2014] ZASCA 171 (19 November 2014) (Bosch case) dealing with the fiscal consequences of a deferred delivery ...

The maximum amount for fines that can be imposed by regulations made under Acts of Parliament has been increased to $1 million. This follows the passage of the Interpretation (Amendment) Act, 2016 in ...

The Constitutional Bench has touched upon an issue of extreme public importance as it too found itself in a zigzag situation while interpreting Pakistan Army Act, 1952, in conjunction with fundamental ...

Last week I posted on two Senate Democrats, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado, expressing concern that the government was abusing a section of the Patriot Act that allows the broad ...

Song Sio-chong explains why this is impossible even if Hong Kong judges and lawyers try to do so by making references to the Basic Law Many judges and lawyers believe that in judicial review cases, ...

Many high-elevation lakes in designated wilderness are stocked with native and nonnative fish by state fish and game agencies to provide recreational fishing opportunities. In several areas, this ...

(New York) – The Chinese government’s new official judicial interpretation expanding existing law to punish “online rumors” is a major blow to freedom of expression in China, Human Rights Watch said ...

Vermont’s Supreme Court reversed course in a decision issued Friday that untangled confusion surrounding Act 250’s jurisdiction in towns with no zoning and subdivision regulations. Recently, in a ...

It is like the law of the law, or the law policing the law, or the law behind the law. The million dollar question is, who watch the watchman? A Proclamation is said to be a subsidiary legislation, ...