It found that a fixed term in an employment agreement rebuts the
presumption of reasonable notice of termination
at common law by providing a clear end date of employment.
At issue here is the raison d'être of the European Union and the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice and, in particular, the
Common European Asylum System, based on mutual confidence and a
presumption of compliance, by other Member States, with European Union
law and, in particular, fundamental rights.
At common law and under earlier statutes, there was a
presumption that children under 14 were incapable of forming any criminal intention, so the police were routinely kept out of school disciplinary matters.