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By Philip Meyer

ISBN-10: 0195396634

ISBN-13: 9780195396638

Sturdy attorneys have a capability to inform tales. whether or not they are arguing a homicide case or a posh monetary securities case, they could capably clarify a sequence of occasions to judges and juries in order that they comprehend them. the simplest attorneys also are capable of build narratives that experience an emotional effect on their meant audiences. yet what's a story, and the way can attorneys cross approximately developing one? How does one rework a chilly presentation of proof right into a seamless tale that essentially and compellingly takes readers not just from aspect A to indicate B, yet to issues C, D, E, F, and G to boot? In Storytelling for attorneys, Phil Meyer explains how. He starts with a practical concept of the narrative foundations of litigation perform after which applies it to quite a number sensible illustrative examples: briefs, judicial critiques and oral arguments. meant for felony practitioners, academics, legislations scholars, or even interdisciplinary teachers, the booklet bargains a simple but entire rationalization of the relevant function of narrative in litigation. The e-book additionally deals a story device package that vitamins the analytical talents generally emphasised in legislations institution in addition to useful information for practising lawyers that may support them craft their very own felony tales.

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I det aktuella fallet fann HD att företagaren inte kunde ha varit omedveten om att förfarandet inneburit vissa risker. Banken kunde därför inte sägas ha brustit i sitt informationsansvar, trots att den vid sin rådgivning underlåtit att informera företagaren om det osäkra rättsläget. 142 I 17 § KommL stadgas att om kommissionären visat försumlighet vid fullgörande av sitt uppdrag, ”äge kommittenten rätt till ersättning för skada, som därigenom tillskyndats honom”. – I NJA 1995 s. 693 åtog sig en fondkommissionär, som stod under bankinspektionens143 tillsyn, att bedriva handel med indexoptioner för en kunds räkning.

HD fann att den biträdande juristens handlande saknade nära samband med dennes tjänst. Advokatbyråns möjligheter att övervaka den anställde och därigenom avvärja brottet ansågs ha varit små. Det bedrägliga handlandet hade således inte skett ”i tjänsten” och kunde därmed inte föranleda principalansvar för advokatbyrån (3 kap. 174 NJA 2000 s. 175 I fallet ansågs en advokatbyrås principalansvar omfatta anställd advokats handlande som särskilt förordnad boutredningsman, trots att advokaten inte kunde anses ha åtagit sig uppdraget på byråns vägnar och byrån därför inte ansvarade för uppdragets fullgörande (3 kap.

Mäklaren företräder normalt försäkringstagaren, medan ombudet vanligen företräder försäkringsgivaren. Se vidare prop. 2004/05:133 s. 30 f. och 43 f. 186 Andra mäklare än försäkringsmäklare – inte minst fastighetsmäklare (prop. 1983/84:16 s. 60) – anlitas däremot vanligen av säljaren; jfr Tiberg & Dotevall s. 142 och 144. 187 Förslaget till 15 § 1 st. lagen (1984:81) om fastighetsmäklare innehöll ursprungligen en presumtionsregel enligt vilken fastighetsmäklarens provision skulle betalas av säljaren (oavsett om det var säljaren eller köparen som anlitat mäklaren).

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