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Professional conduct | BPTC Help
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Professional Conduct – In 1894 the Bar Council was established to provide regulation, representation and advice to Barristers….
What Lecturers Look For in Your Law Essay
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Law Essay Study Guides
LawTeacher.net shares What Lecturers Will Look For In Your Law Essay. To start with, what is required depends on the law assignment and the university you attend….
Calculating Your Dissertation Grade
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Law Dissertation Study Guides
The following is a rough guide as to the characteristics of each grade band (the actual percentages will depend on your university grading system), Calculating Your Dissertation Grade….
Court Room Etiquette
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Advocacy – Court Room Etiquette. You need to be familiar with the etiquette of the court you are appearing before, such as the correct way……
What is Advocacy?
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Advocacy is when a solicitor attends court to represent their client. In simple form, advocacy is the art of communication….
Re-examination of Witnesses
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Advocacy – Re-examination. Once a witness has given their evidence-in-chief and been cross-examined by the other side the solicitor may re-examine……
Examining Witnesses – Examination-in-chief
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
This is where you obtain evidence from your own witnesses. You need to ensure that your witnesses give clear evidence and that they do not talk too……
Differences Between Examination-in-chief and Cross-examination
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Advocacy – Differences between examination-in-chief and cross-examination. With examination in chief the witness is allowed to tell their side of the story. In cross-examination you do not want the witness to tell the story. You indicate the point you wish to make and put it to the……
Effective Advocacy
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Effective advocacy depends on two things; one is good preparation and the second is having persuasive oral communication skills….
Presenting the Evidence
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
To establish and enhance the credibility of your case, ensure your evidence is consistent with the established facts, common sense and within itself….
Opening and Closing A Case
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Advocacy – Opening and Closing a Case. If opening a case you should always introduce yourself and the other side to the Court….
Advocacy Professional Ethics
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Advocacy – Professional Ethics. Solicitors owe a duty to their clients to do the best for them. In addition, solicitors owe a duty to the court……
Advocacy – LPC and Becoming a Trainee Solicitor
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Advocacy – the Legal Practice Course, and becoming a trainee. The Solicitors Regulation Authority, which regulates solicitors in England and Wales……
Advocacy – Cross-Examination
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Advocacy -Examining Witnesses – Cross-Examination. This is the process of questioning your opponent’s witnesses….
Examination of Expert Witnesses
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Categories: Advocacy Study Guides
Advocacy – Examining Witnesses – Examination if Expert. One of the first questions to be asked to an expert witness in examination-in-chief……
Watford Electronics v Sanderson – Summary
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was a family owned business involved in the sale, largely through mail order, of computer equipment. When the claimant company moved……
Wakefield v Duckworth
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Mr Duckworth requested as low a price as possible for the photographs because his client was not a wealthy man. Mr Wakefield sought to recover the……
Vacwell Engineering Co v BDH Chemicals
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant, BDH Chemicals Ltd, supplied the complainant with chemicals contained in glass ampoules. This had a label stating ‘harmful vapour’ on it….
Thompson v Metropolitan Police Commissioner
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case concerned two conjoined actions by claimants who had been manhandled, assaulted, and abused by police officers employed……
Yip-Chiu-Cheung v R
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant entered into an agreement with an undercover narcotics officer in a hotel in Hong Kong. The agreement was that the defendant was to……
Wall v Collins – 2007
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The appellant asserted that he had a right of way over a track which passed over one part of his property, as well as into……
Woodward v Mayor of Hastings
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff, aged twelve, slipped on an icy surface on the step of a church whilst he was at school. He fell over and sustained injuries. A cleaner had brushed away snow from the step but not placed any material down to neutralise the ice left behind which therefore left the step in a dangerous condition….
Transco v Stockport MBC
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The Claimant was the owner of a gas pipe which passed under the surface of an old railway between Stockport and Denton. The Defendant was the local……
Tribe v Tribe – 1996
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff operated a company which sold clothing from a number of shops. The landlord served schedules of dilapidations in relation to two……
Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey v Turner & Townsend
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant employed the defendant to project manage the building of three construction projects on its property. The works were carried out……
Tomlin v Standard Telephones and Cables
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A man claimed against his employers for damages for personal injuries sustained during the course of his employment. The man’s solicitor and……
Trespass To The Person Cases
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Trespass To The Person. In an action for damages for assault and false imprisonment it appeared that the plaintiff had contracted with the defendants to enter their wharf and stay there till the boat should start and then be taken by the boat to the other side….
Ward v London County Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A fire engine driver injured the claimant by running a red light while driving to deal with an emergency. The claimant sued the driver’s employers….
Troughton v MPC
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant got into a taxi whilst heavily intoxicated and asked to be driven to Highbury but did not specify his address. The driver stopped to obtain clearer directions from the defendant…
Withers v Perry Chain Co Ltd – 1961
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Ms Withers was employed by the defendant factory doing bicycle hub assembly work. She contracted dermatitis from having contact with grease….
TSB Bank v Camfield – 1995
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
C stood as security for a loan from a bank for her husband’s business. C’s husband had made an innocent misrepresentation that the liability of the……
Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 N.E. 441 (1932)
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Case Summary of Ultramares Corporation v Touche 174 N.E. 441 (1932). Tort law in the United States covering indeterminate liability and privity….
Wheeler v Office of the Prime Minister – 2008
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign……
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking – 1971
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Automatic ticket machine at car park; incorporation of terms displayed inside. Thornton drove his car to a car park. Outside the car park, the prices were displayed and a notice stated cars were parked at their owner’s risk…
With v O’Flanagan – 1936
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant entered into negotiations with the defendant for the purchase of the defendant’s medical practice. During the negotiations, the defendant represented to the claimant that the practice took in around £2,000 per year….
Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Trendtex had a claim in England against the Central Bank of Nigeria [‘CBN’] for damages amounting to approximately USD 14 million….
Welton v North Cornwall District Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff was the owner of a guest house in North Cornwall. An environmental health officer employed by the defendant council to carry out……
YL v Birmingham City Council – 2007
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Y was a resident of a care home run by a healthcare company (S). Her placement had been arranged by the respondent local authority (B)……
Tulk v Moxhay – Case Brief
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Established that there are occasions in which equitable covenants can bind future purchasers of property and ‘run with the land’. The claimant, Tulk, owned several properties in Leicester Square, London, and sold one such property to another….
Wilson v Tyneside Window Cleaning Co
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The complainant was a window cleaner that worked for the defendants, Tyneside Window Cleaning Co. Mr Wilson was an experienced worker….
Vernon v Bosley – (No. 1)
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The plaintiff suffered distress after witnessing fire fighters attempt to rescue her children from the wreckage of a car following a road traffic accident….
Undue Influence Case Summaries
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Cases on Undue Influence. Class 1 – Actual undue influence. Class 2 (2A and 2B)- Presumed undue influence….
White and Bluett – 1853
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The defendant was sued by his deceased father’s executors on a promissory note acknowledging a debt owed by the son which was signed by……
White v Bluett – 1853
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Contract law – Consideration. Bluett Sr. lent his son, the respondent in this case, a sum of money and died before his son had repaid this to him. Bluett Sr. and Jr. had agreed on this and completed a promissory note to this effect….
Walker v Northumberland County Council
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
Employer’s duty to provide safe system of work; whether duty extends to risk of psychiatric illness. Mr Walker was a social worker employed by the defendant who had a heavy, emotionally demanding caseload and suffered a mental breakdown in 1986….
Ward v Tesco – 1976
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The claimant was injured when they slipped on spilled yoghurt in the defendant’s store. The defendant adduced evidence that they regularly inspected and cleaned the floors and had policies requiring staff to deal with spillages as soon as they were detected….
Vaughan v Vaughan – 1953
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
A case summary for LawTeacher.net about Vaughan v Vaughan [1953] 1 QB 762, where a wife was granted a revocable licence by the promise to remain in the matrimonial home after divorce….
Torreggiani and Others v Italy 43517/09 (ECHR, 08 January 2013)
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The case of Torreggiani and Others v Italy deals primarily with the Article 3 prohibition on torture or inhuman and degrading treatment…
Tinn v Hoffman and Co 1873
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
It was held in this case that there was no contract between Mr Tinn and Mr Hoffman for the iron. The cross offers were made simultaneously and without knowledge of one another; this was not a contract that would bind the parties for the iron….
Yewen v Noakes – 1880
Article. Published: March 7, 2018
The definition of an employee. There was a statutory exemption for premises which were occupied by a “servant” or person occupying the premises “for the protection thereof.”…
