LawTeacher

LawTeacher
6,553
Articles Published

LawTeacher.net is the UK’s leading provider of academic legal support, offering both writing services and an extensive collection of law study resources for students in the UK and overseas.

Founded in 2003 by Grey’s Inn graduate Barclay Littlewood, the Company was built on a commitment to excellence, with unique guarantees and a high standard of service from day one.

The team includes over 500 UK legally qualified writing experts, with many practising solicitors and barristers, and several former lecturers.

Areas of Expertise

Contract LawCriminal LawConstitutional and Administrative LawEU LawTort LawProperty LawEquity and TrustsJurisprudenceCompany LawCommercial LawFamily LawHuman Rights LawEmployment LawEvidencePublic International LawLegal Research and MethodsDispute ResolutionBusiness Law and PracticeCivil LitigationCriminal LitigationProfessional ConductTaxationWills and Administration of EstatesSolicitors’ Accounts

Articles by LawTeacher

Equity is a Body of Rules

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

As discussed above it is clear that equity is a body of rules which was developed to supplement the shortcomings of the common law, some of which……

Gifts that have been made in contemplation

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The position in relation to Agatha is relatively straight forward. She has made several gifts that may be contrary to her will; however, we have ……

Disability Discrimination Act and Impairment

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Following intensive campaign for the introduction of widespread civil rights legislation for disabled people, the government introduced ……

Copyright Infringement Permission

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Copyright Infringement Permission. Under UK copyright law, owners of certain works prescribed in s.1(1) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (hereafter CDPA 1988) are given a bundle of property rights….

Enforceability and Validity of the Restraint Clause

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

A sample LawTeacher.net essay on contract law tackles Australian law and the Enforceability and Validity of the Restraint Clause, analysing several rugby contracts in the process….

Performance of Existing Duty

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

What is performance of existing duty? Its means that makes a promise to another person in order to exchange for the others promise or performance…

The Question about Validity of Postal Rule

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

INTRODUCTION The postal rule remains one of the most controversial and confusing part of modern contract law as it diverts from the general rule ……

One-sided Contract

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

A one-sided or unilateral contract is a contract in which only one party makes an express promise, or undertakes a performance without first securing a reciprocal agreement from the other party….

Privity and Relationship to Doctrine of Consideration

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The meaning of privity of contract doctrine is that only persons who are parties to a contract are entitled to take action to enforce it. A ……

Employment Status in Employment Law

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The question of the Employment Status in one of the most difficult to answer in Employment Law….

Breach of Treaty at Customs Case

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The Union shall comprise a custom union which shall cover all trade in goods and which shall involve the prohibition between Member States of customs duties on imports and exports……

Sentence of Defendants Criminal Record

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Discuss the relevance to sentence of a defendant’s criminal record. Draft a new sentencing provision (to replace section 143(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) to assist judges and magistrates….

Legal Issues in Social Agreements and Contract Law

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Case examples covering legal issues in social agreements and offer and acceptance under contract law….

Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems of Justice

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Adversarial and inquisitorial systems of justice represent two different means of conducting trials with adversarial systems used in common law jurisdictions such as England and the inquisitorial system being prevalent in mainland Europe. This essay will outline the characteristics of each system and consider which one is best suited to the assessment and evaluation of facts….

Rules of Contract Law Tutorials

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The general rule for the doctrine of privity imposes that only the parties to a contract are entitled to take action in order to enforce it so ……

Lawsuit with Entrepreneurs in Business Law

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The legal environment in a business context is becoming more complex, because potential legal problems may arise from anywhere….

Punishing the Guilty Protecting the Innocent

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The purpose of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) is to deliver justice for all, by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent….

What is Performance of an Existing Duty

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

In the view of the traditional, performance of an existing duty should not constitute consideration. Sometime, one person makes a promise for another to exchange for other person promise or something that the person……

Questions on Elements and Remedies in Contracts

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

List and discuss with example all the main elements constituting a valid contract. Write notes with examples on the three most important remedies ……

Courts Role and Environmental Rights

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The environment is the resource base for all life and is the basis on which many of our fundamental rights depend (EDO NSW and EDO Victoria, 2009), as humans we have the right to live in a clean and healthy environment, with clean water and unpolluted air….

Unfair Dismissal and Employment Rights Act

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Unfair dismissal is the term used in English, Welsh and Scottish Law to describe an employers action when terminating ……

Fraud

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

A fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual….

Environmental Law Case Study: Pollution of River

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

This brief analyses a pollution incident which occurred in September 2006 when an amount of the chemical perchloroethene (PCE) escaped from a hole….

Current Practice in the United Kingdom Constitution

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Free English Legal System (ELS) Essays – UK Constitution!…

Broken Windows Theory of Policing

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Explain the Broken Windows theory of policing. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach….

A Trust Is an Obligation Which Binds a Person

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

A trust is an obligation which binds a person (or persons) to deal with property for the benefit of beneficiaries or for a charitable purpose in ac……

The Legal Requirements of Self-defence

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

What Are The Legal Requirements Of Self-Defence?…

Domestic Violence

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Domestic violence is defined by the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MCADSV) as “a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors that adults or adolescents use against their current or former intimate partners” (MCADSV, 2006, p. 1)….

Investigate the Police Powers

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

This essay aims to investigate the police powers relating to stop and search, and what rights citizens have when they find themselves in such situations….

Meaning of a Legally Binding Contract and Its Significance in Business

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Table of Contents Any agreements enforceable by law are a contract in a sense. However, not all agreements are contract which are not enforceable ……

Analysing the Benefits and Disadvantages of Diversity

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Diversity: People diversity add value to the organization if handle in the right manner , diversity contain almost all ways in which people differ ……

Alcohol Related Crime

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The notion that alcohol consumption usually results in negative consequences has been ingrained in our collective consciousness from time immemorial….

Legal Status of Temporary Agency Workers

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Since the introduction of the Employments Rights Act 1996, the question whether a claimant in an unfair dismissal case is or is not an employee ……

Founder, History of Native Customary Law in Sabah and Sarawak

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Customary law is the law of the local people as developed and handed down from time immemorial. A local word which is quite……

Fast Track Courts

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

……

Armchair Doctrine Interpretation of Wills

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

THE APPLICATION OF THE ‘ARM CHAIR DOCTRINE’ FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF WILLS This section incorporates what is known as the armchair rule. This ……

Art is Product of Human Creativity

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Art is subjective. Art is a product of human creativity and is nearly impossible to intrinsically define. So, it is unfortunate that to protect art from being copied, and therefore devalued, in the UK one must pigeon-hole it into narrow fields….

Prison Population Punishments

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The prison population in England and Wales exceeded its current ‘usable operational capacity’ of just under 82,000 in February 2008….

Provocation Partial Defences to Murder

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Provocation is one of the major partial defences to murder. The defence acknowledges human frailty and mitigates the punishment of the offence of murder….

Director May Manage the Company

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Although a company director may manage the company as he sees fit, he is a fiduciary in relation to the company and must reflect this relationship in all he does….

Protection by European Law: Crop Pollution

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

A problem questions that plays particular regard to the principles of direct effect and indirect effect, incidental direct effect and state liability….

Mechanisms in Environmental Law

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Modern Regulatory Regimes Have Predominantly Supplanted The Common Law As The Main Mechanism For Environmental Protection. The Challenges Posed By Environmental Degradation,…

Legal Systems in English Law

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

English law is based upon a common law system. This developed historically because of the fact that prior to the Norman Conquest, there were various different legal systems governing different parts of the British Isles…

Unascertained Goods and Specific Goods Cases

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Unascertained goods are goods not specifically identified at the time a contract of sale is made. Specific goods are goods specifically identified at the time a contract of sale is made….

The Law of Provocation

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The law of provocation has been accused of being discriminatory against female defendants, forcing them to plead diminished responsibility to secure a manslaughter conviction….

Reynolds Defence

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

In English law the defamation is defined as “publication of a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right thinking members of a society generally or which trends to make them to shun or avoid that person….

Review of Purdy v Director of Public Prosecutions (UK Suicide Case)

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Critically Assess The Significance Of The House Of Lords’ Recent Ruling In R (On The Application Of Purdy) V Director Of Public Prosecutions [2009] UKHL 45….

Criminal Procedure Code

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

……

Unfair Dismissal Regime and Employees Job Security

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

Unfair dismissal is the term used to illustrate an employers action when terminating an employees employment contrary to the requirements ……

Trustee and Investment and the Trustees Acts

Essay. Published: February 2, 2018

The 2000 Act tried to remedy some of the deficiencies of the 1961 Act, so that investment of trust property will be less cumbersome….