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A farmer telling their child: “one day, all this will be yours” followed by years of toil, long hours and little pay, in reliance on that promise, is a familiar scenario in farming communities.

Clashes over the ownership of the family farm are sadly not uncommon among farming families. Legal battles often ensue after a family member works on the farm for years, often for low pay and ...

Many years ago, when I was a young court attorney to a criminal court judge, there was, within the omnibus applications available to a criminal defendant, an application known as a “Clayton motion,” ...

From Chehade v. Foley & Lardner, LLP, decided today by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman (N.D. Ill.): The following facts are accepted as true for the purpose of resolving Defendant's partial motion to ...

As we all know, promises are made and broken all the time. What, if anything, can the law do to assist? Bermuda law, like English law, is usually uninterested in the simple promise, or, more ...

\xa0What is the weight of a promise? A\xa0promise is a powerful thing. In law and in business, not every promise carries weight. Some promises are just words, while others can land you in court if you ...