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WHO IS AN ARBITRATOR

INTRODUCTION Arbitration is a part of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and is a popular form of ADR used to resolve dispute that is used by individuals and business to resolve disagreements in place of litigation. Arbitration provides flexible, better-quality justice, less time consuming and less expensive resolution of the dispute. [i] WHO IS AN ARBITRATOR?[ii]…

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What is domicile of a person?

The term domicile is not defined in the Act. The domicile of a person is the place where he has his true, fixed, permanent home and establishment go which he intends returning. Every person must at all times. Possess a domicile  Two things are therefore essential to constitute domicile. 1) Residence and 2) An intention…

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COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW

Even though legal systems around the world vary greatly, the two legal systems- common law and civil law are the most widely accepted and used systems. Some consider these to be very contrasting and not capable of co-existing whereas others are of the opinion that the two systems are way more compatible than they appear…

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CHILD MARRIAGE – VOID OR VOIDABLE

Child marriage means “a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child”. Child means “a person who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, and if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age”. Many a times, in discussions and discourses, terms like ‘early marriages’ or ‘forced marriages’…

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