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Law in 101 words

11 July 2013 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7568 / Categories: Features
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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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