You are a civilian member in the Domestic Violence Unit of a police agency for which you provide administrative and operational support to assist front line officers in their investigation of domestic violence matters. One role you have is to assist police officers in completing a risk assessment tool to buttress any Bail Hearing (Show […]
Paula Plaintiff’s Really Bad Week, Part 2 Introduction Decide whether Paula Plaintiff has any legal claims arising from another series of unfortunate events. After reading the scenario, answer the questions that follow, making sure to fully explain the basis of your decision. Paula’s bad luck continues. Five days after the events detailed in your […]
Description ‘Anglo-American systems of intellectual property are typically modelled as utilitarian. It is argued that adopting the systems of copyright, patent and trade secret leads to an optimal amount of intellectual works being produced and a corresponding optimal amount of social utility’. A D Moore, ‘Lockean foundations of intellectual property’ (2015) 7 (1) WIPO Journal […]
You are a claims handler for an insurer. One of the insurer’s policyholders XYZ Ltd, is a wholesale fireworkdistributor. XYZ Ltd has a public liability insurance policy with an excess of £5,000.XYZ Ltd have stored all its fireworks in the same industrial premises for over 20 years. Recently a small residential housing estate has been […]
You are a claims handler for an insurer. You have received a claim from one of the insurer’s policyholders,ABC Ltd, a bus company. One of ABC Ltd’s buses was involved in an incident which resulted in seriousinjuries to two pedestrians. The whole incident was caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras andthe policyholder has accepted full […]
You are a claims handler for an insurance company and are dealing with two insurance claims as follows: Claim One A claim by the next of kin following the death of an employee who was killed by a forklift truck during thecourse of their employment. The forklift truck was being operated in a non-designated area […]
You are a claims handler for an insurer. One of your insurer’s policyholders, Paul, owns a rare vintage motorcar. The vintage car is insured under an agreed value insurance policy for the sum of £120,000. This agreedvalue is based on an expert valuation carried out in 2015. The policy has been renewed annually, with nosubsequent […]
You are a claims handler for an insurer. A policyholder of the insurer is a farmer who has submitted a claim inrespect of the following losses caused by a lightning strike: • Total loss of a tractor that caught fire when it was struck by lightning.• Fire damage to crops grown to feed the farm […]
Olivia owns an office premises. The office is insured under a commercial combined insurance policy, whichstates the following: • ‘The burglar alarm must be maintained in full working order at all times and activated when the premisesare unattended.’• ‘The insured must remove the safe keys from the premises when the premises are unattended.’One evening, Olivia […]
You are a claims handler for an insurer specialising in household insurance. One of the policyholders has home insurance, which includes buildings and contents cover. When the insurance policy was incepted the policy holder confirmed the property was their permanent residence. The policyholder notifies you of a claim for water damage to the property and […]
