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Articles by BAPOO M. MALCOLM

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Would You Arrest Romeo’s Juliet?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   28 October 2014 at 11:33

Can mercy and death go together? Here lies the difference between euthanasia and murder Everyone has heard of star-crossed lovers and family feuds. Romeo and Juliet. Laila-Majnu. The McCoys and Hatfields. A famous cricketer taking a sworn enemy&rs ..


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Which Came First, the Chicken or the Horse?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   17 October 2014 at 17:17

Untitled 1 The law sides with the injured and against the negligent There was a time during the 1940s, when a chicken cost Rs. 2 and annas 12. That is Rs. 2.75. So what would you say if someone paid Rs. 100? That too for a dead chicken! A story ..


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Now Which Leg Was It?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   26 September 2014 at 12:10

Be a pest and ask questions, before medical negligence ends up causing serious problems Many years ago, a typically British-humour movie series had titles starting with �Carry On�� One was a film called �Carry O ..


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"It's Mine" - "No, It's Mine"

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   16 September 2014 at 16:15

This is not to sound racist and must be taken in the right spirit of mistaken identity. We always used to say that all the Chinese look alike, which is that it would be difficult to tell one apart from the other. But then, of course, it was an exa ..


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Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   11 September 2014 at 11:10

Gifting. Getting. Buying. Selling. All in a day�s work. Or so we think. We need to think again. There is a saying in law, �Caveat Emptor�. It means, �Let the buyer beware�. The onus of a bad purchase is on the buyer ..


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Litigation to derail justice

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   27 August 2014 at 11:14

A case for prosecuting the prosecutors Regular readers of Moneylife, and others, will recall an article called �Who Will Guard the Guardians?� �Quis custodiet ipsos custodies.� In that piece, we had mentioned that a public ..


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Reasonable Woman?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   08 August 2014 at 11:38

Can a woman argue that that the �reasonable man� rule should not apply? Moneylife readers will agree that the author is a big fan of women�s rights and equality. But then there are times� A smile may be faintly visible. ..


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Arbitration, a Grey Area?

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   04 August 2014 at 12:59

Is ADR �Alternate� Dispute Resolution or �Additional�? The author is no fan of ADR, especially in normal litigation. While there is a lot to be said about arbitration in highly technical matters, experience shows that ADR i ..


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In one ear and then into the other

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   28 July 2014 at 12:25

The 6th of February, 1976, was a Friday; a bad day to break your leg. The operating room was disinfected every weekend. So one had to endure excruciating pain for 3 days, till the coming Monday. But there is always a silver lining. In sympathy, the ..


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Miss Luck, Miss Molly and Revaluation

  BAPOO M. MALCOLM   18 July 2014 at 13:03

The story of Moll Flanders, an English woman, who sought her fortune in the new colonies, is a tragic one. Miss Luck would remember and forget her with high frequency. Good and bad times descended on her and evaporated like dew-drops under the summ ..


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