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11 July 2013 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7568 / Categories: Features
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Law in 101 words

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Animal fighting

Causing or attempting to cause an animal fight is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, s8, punishable by imprisonment up to 51 weeks, a fine up to £20,000 or both. Receiving money for admission to, publicising, betting on, participating in, and training an animal or keeping premises for an animal fight are also offences, as are, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, being present at and supplying, publishing or showing a video recording of an animal fight. An animal fight is placing a “domestic” animal with an animal or a human, for the purpose of fighting, wrestling or baiting.

Double portions

The court presumes that a parent does not intend a child benefit twice if, having left him a portion by will, he then gives him a portion inter vivos. In Kloosman v Aylen and Frost (2013), the deceased left one third of his estate to each of his two daughters and his son. He then gave £100,000 to

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NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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