matthewheath

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by matthewheath 4y ago
I only have immediate knowledge of UK law, but lawyers will generally have a duty to the court to act with independence in the interests of justice. This tends to mean that in situations where one side are self-represented or using the serv
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by matthewheath 4y ago
> Then the next time I use it the previous order won’t have cleared out despite me picking it up, and I’ll have to go in and “cancel” the order. Yes, I have noticed that here in the UK. I have to keep cancelling the previous order even t
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by matthewheath 4y ago
That's not money laundering. More like corruption/bribery.
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by matthewheath 4y ago
It is possible to get a freezing order through the courts to freeze assets like land, property, bank accounts, etc. It operates similarly to the European Account Preservation Order, and under the right circumstances it is possible to apply
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by matthewheath 4y ago
Yes, King Charles III will pay the same taxes as Queen Elizabeth II did - he agreed to it during the Accession Council meeting. Only the Monarch and income from the Duchy of Cornwall (paid to the Prince of Wales) are exempt from income, cap
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by matthewheath 4y ago
> Indeed, given they swear an oath to the monarch, they're probably not even able to bring about that vote. The oath itself wouldn't stop the British Parliament passing an Act of Parliament to abolish the Crown and replace it w
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by matthewheath 4y ago
Don't know what your background is/what you're looking for - but your story both resonated with me and pissed me off at how you were treated. Happy to refer you to my current company/help you get a much better paying job
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by matthewheath 4y ago
Unreasonableness will have an impact as to whether costs are awarded and/or how much will be awarded but the general principle is still that the losing side pays. Obviously, that will vary depending on the circumstances of the case
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by matthewheath 4y ago
> what is power except the ability to impose negative consequences for not following instructions? Yes, I think power is exactly this. > What 'power' does England have over Scotland other than the power that Scotland has agr
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by matthewheath 4y ago
I think prudence really depends on the whim of the executive, since generally the executive is Parliament given the majority it normally possesses. A number of British governments have historically shown little regard for the unpredictabl
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by matthewheath 4y ago
In England, the losing side usually pays at least a large portion (if not all) of the costs of the winning side. 100% cost awards are rare, but generally the costs burden is placed on whoever loses. This seems to reduce frivolous lawsuits (
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by matthewheath 4y ago
> Would it be illegal to make a law whose punishment was an oubliette? No, it would not be illegal to make a law whose punishment was an oubliette. The British Parliament is sovereign and supreme, and can make any law it wishes. The devo
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by matthewheath 4y ago
On point 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the court of the Council of Europe) blocked such deportations, etc. under the European Convention on Human Rights -- nothing to do with the EU. The ECtHR is tasked with upholding fundam
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by matthewheath 4y ago
The target being a "public figure" might well have factored into the Crown Office's decision to prosecute, as part of the public interest test under the Prosecution Code. If the target were a random member of the public, it s
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by matthewheath 5y ago
Perhaps it's not legal - I presume someone would need to file suit under the Act for it to be determined. That said, the link is highlighted as www.washingtonpost.com and the ad text also mentions The Washington Post so it might be arg
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Emerging evidence that mindfulness can sometimes increase selfish tendencies(bbc.com)
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by matthewheath 5y ago
No, some are still broadsheets, such as the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, and the Sunday Times.
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by matthewheath 5y ago
I wonder what on earth the police want with patient data from the NHS. What's wrong with obtaining a warrant to access the necessary data on a case by case basis? (Although I can think of very few cases where patient data would help so
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by matthewheath 5y ago
Congratulations!
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by matthewheath 5y ago
I'm very sad to hear that you were threatened with a lawsuit — it's an impressive project. Unclear what jurisdiction you're in (probably the US), but in the UK they would have a hard time arguing in court that your project da
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by matthewheath 5y ago
Snowplow Analytics | Technical Support Engineer | https://snowplowanalytics.com | Full-time | Remote (US) Our mission is to empower data teams to build a strategic data capability that delivers high-quality, complete, and releva
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by matthewheath 5y ago
> Not only that £59,000 was actually stolen but that the accused received the money. Can only speak for English and Welsh law, but this isn't accurate. Theft is prosecuted under the Theft Act 1968 and does not require the accused to
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by matthewheath 6y ago
Yeah - we didn't have many Support folks in SF. I think the compensation bands were based on Chicago.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
I don't know what qualifies as "massive base salaries" but most folks in Support (the team I worked on) were on around $70k+ USD base compensation. Profit sharing happened twice a year, but I don't remember it ever going
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by matthewheath 6y ago
To be fair to them, they do a pretty decent profit share every year. It is compensation based, so it's nothing life-changing (only say, 5-10% of your total compensation) but it was nice! First and only place I've ever participated
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by matthewheath 6y ago
I'm in the UK where options as part of job compensation are relatively rare. I joined as a contractor originally so wouldn't have been entitled to them regardless, but also they're a US company and only recently (1 year ago)
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by matthewheath 6y ago
I believe only a few of the original Zapier folks have options (I don't hold any myself, for example but I joined when they were around 70 people).
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by matthewheath 6y ago
> if, say, Google steals your bike that would be purely economic damage. Surely the UK legal system would still punish that...!? Yes, they would. This is because there is a specific Act of Parliament known as the Torts (Interference wit
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by matthewheath 6y ago
In the UK at least, these consequences (website going offline / certificate warning / unsearchable in the search engine) would likely be deemed "pure economic loss" following Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin &amp
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by matthewheath 6y ago
> To be legal you need to get the user's consent, upfront, for that tracking. No, that's just one basis for processing data. Another basis for server-side tracking like this could be legitimate interest. The site will need to

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