Barry Kingston was involuntarily drugged by a friend. While Kingston was intoxicated, his friend encouraged him to perform sexual acts on a 15 year old boy. The incident had been a set up by his friend. Kingston was convicted of indecent assault....

R v Ghosh - 1982

Case Summaries

Meaning of dishonesty under the Theft Act 1968. The defendant, Ghosh, was a locum consultant at a hospital who falsely claimed to have carried out a surgical operation in order to claim money when in fact that operation had been carried out by someone else under the NHS...

The Rule in Rylands vs Fletcher

Essay: Criminal Law

This paper focuses on the rule of Rylands vs. Fletcher. A case heard in the 1860s where Fletcher sued Rylands for damage the plaintiff believed the defendant caused....

Salomon v Salomon - Case Summary

Case Summaries

A Case Summary of Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (Salomon v Salomon) - Separate Legal Personality (SLP) is the basic tenet on which company law is premised. ...

Rylands v Fletcher - Case Summary

Case Summaries

Liability under Rylands v Fletcher is regarded as a specific type of nuisance, a form of strict liability, where the defendant may be liable without having been negligent. ...

ASBL v Bosman (Bosman Ruling) - Case Summary

Case Summaries

The Bosman ruling significantly changed the landscape of football transfers, making it easier for players to move between clubs and countries in the EU....

USA v Julian Assange

Case Summaries

The grand jury returned an indictment, holding that Assange knowingly accessed a U.S. Government computer system illegally, exceeding his authorised access to obtain classified information regarding U.S. national security...

Donoghue v Stevenson Case Summary

Case Summaries

Donoghue v Stevenson, a Scottish dispute, is a famous case in English law which was instrumental in shaping the law of tort and the doctrine of negligence in particular. ...

Internet Service Providers and Protection from Liability

Essay: International Law

When do Internet Service Providers have protection from liability for content they transport or host, under European law? ...

Sexual Offences Act 2003

Essay: Criminal Law

A number of criminal offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (the Act) require consideration of the issue of consent....

Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority - 2012 Case Summary

Case Summaries

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was accused of sexual offences in Sweden in August 2010. From 2012, he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden....

The Bosman Ruling and it's Implications on English Football Clubs

Essay: Sports Law

The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) decision in Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football Association (ASBL) v Bosman changed the face of football when it prevented clubs from demanding transfer fees for out-of-contract players...

Alexander v Mercouris

Case Summaries

A case examining the liability of parties under contract law, particularly in the realm of services that have been promised but subsequently not rendered....

O'Neill vs Dominick Healy & Sons

Case Summaries

A legal discourse on the liability of an employer for psychological injuries suffered by an employee due to work-related stress....

Ford and Owen v FCA

Case Summaries

The case concerns the regulatory action taken by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) against two defendants for their role in the failure of Keydata Investment Services Ltd....

European Sports Law is Incapable of Recognising the Specificities of Sport

Essay: Sports Law

The basis of whether European sports law is incapable of recognising the specificities of sport is the subject of debate in this essay....

What is an Employee - Employment Law Essay

Essay: Employment Law

It has always been problematic to define an employee. The consequences of being an employee can have far reaching consequences for both employee and employer. Many employers use the wording “independent contractor” to avoid the responsibility that arises from the employer employee relationship....

Ivey v Genting Casinos (Crockfords Club) - Case Summary

Case Summaries

In Ivey v Genting Casinos professional gambler Phil Ivey visited Crockfords Club, a casino in London, and played a game of Punto Banco, a form of baccarat....

PGA Tour v Martin - Case Summary

Case Summaries

PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin was a significant case in the realm of sports law and disability rights. Casey Martin, a professional golfer, suffered from a degenerative circulatory disorder that impeded his ability to walk golf courses....

Central London Property Trust v High Trees House - 1947

Case Summaries

In 1937, Central London Property Trust Ltd (CLPT) leased a block of flats in London to High Trees House Ltd (HTH) at £2,500 per year for 99 years. Due to the impact of World War II, there was a drastic under-occupancy of the flats in 1940. ...

Rex v Entain Plc

Case Summaries

The case deals with the allegations and subsequent considerations of violations of the gambling legislations and regulations by Entain PLC and their eventual DPA with HMRC....

European Super League vs UEFA

Case Summaries

In response to financial pressures, 12 major football clubs across Europe announced their intention to create a breakaway tournament named the European Super League (ESL) in April 2021....

Constitutional Impacts of Brexit

Essay: Constitutional Law

The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union gives rise to many legal and constitutional issues....

Development of the Principles of Tort Law

Essay: Contract Law

In the case of Anns v Merton 1977, the plaintiffs were tenants in flats. The flats suffered from damage due to improper foundations which were 2ft ......

Negligence as a Tort

Essay: Tort Law

Negligence as a tort is a breach of a legal duty to take care which results in damage undesired by the defendant to the plaintiff....

Duty of Care

Essay: Medical Law

Duty of care can be described as a control mechanism that is used to establishing if one person can sue another for negligence. The landmark case......

Tort of Negligence Damage and Injury

Essay: Tort Law

In order for a claim of tortuous liability in negligence to be actionable, primarily, certain fundamental pre-requisites need to be established in each case respectively....

Law and Contract

Essay: Contract Law

Negligence refers to reasonable care, or specifically the failure to demonstrate reasonable care where an assumed duty of care towards another is assumed....

Negligence Duty Of Care Cases | Tort Law Cases

Case Summaries

Example cases from English tort law covering negligence and duty of care, and economic loss....

Duty of Care Test in Caparo v Dickman

Essay: Tort Law

An investigation of tests to determine the existence of a duty of care with case examples demonstrating rulings on duty of care....

The Neighbour Principle in Tort Law

Essay: Tort Law

Does the neighbour principle enunciated by Lord Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson provide an adequate basis on which to resolve duty of care questions in the law of negligence?...

A Comparative Study of Muslim and Hindu Wills

Essay: Indian Law

The Indian Succession Act, 1925 consolidated the laws of intestate (with certain exceptions) and testamentary succession, applying to all the Wills and codicils of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains throughout India....

The Classicist and Biological Positivism Approaches to Crime

Essay: Criminology

The following assignment focuses upon the classicist and biological positivist approaches to criminology, comparing and contrasting the two theories. It is, however, important to investigate the history of crime and punishment briefly in order to understand fully the development of each theory....

Strict Liability in Criminal Law

Essay: Criminal Law

In Criminal Law strict liability is an offence that is imposed despite at least one element of mens rea being absent thus the reticence of the courts to impose such liability without this crucial element being present....

Ireland v United Kingdom 1979-80

Case Summaries

Ireland v United Kingdom is a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) principally concerning the threshold at which ‘cruel and unusual treatment’ becomes ‘torture’ for the purposes of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)...

Contract Management Analysis Using Applicable Laws

Essay: Commercial Law

Like it or not, contracts for the National or International Sale of Goods or Supply of Services among parties is unavoidable, the issue is what ......

Are Customary Laws Gender Biased?

Essay: Human Rights Law

The scope of this project is restricted to studying the gender bias in customary laws over property rights in various laws. The researcher would not intend to explore other inequalities, which may follow the same pattern as existent in case of property rights....

Vicarious Liability

Essay: Employment Law

There are a variety of situations in which a party may be charged with vicarious liability. A case in point, parents may be held vicariously liable...

Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence

Case Summaries

Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife....

Vicarious Liability and Employer Employee Relationship

Essay: Employment Law

Vicarious liability is a word that combined with two elements which are vicarious and liability. Vicarious means felt or experienced by reading ......

Concept of Vicarious Liability

Essay: Business Law

Explain the economic logic behind laws related to the concept of vicarious liability The simple definition of vicarious liability is where ......

Gregory v Piper - Case Summary

Case Summaries

The issue in Gregory v Piper was whether a master could be liable for the trespass which occurred as a result of instructions the master gave to another in his employment....

Football Hooliganism Essay - Criminology

Essay: Criminology

This report will look at football hooliganism and how it has changed through the years. It will look at the early years of hooliganism and compare the hooliganism to today’s hooligan firms....

Increase in Police Powers since the 1980s

Essay: Administrative Law

This essay will concentrate on some of the most violent tests the police have had to face in recent history. During these times we have seen political upheaval, football hooliganism and rioting....

Law for Business

Essay: Civil Law

Stuart Pendlebury who just turned 90 years old was gifted an electric blanket from his grandchildren. The blanket caused him burns on his legs and damages to his bed and room décor extensively....

Duress in Contract Law

Essay: Contract Law

Duress is a means by which a person or party can be released from a contract, where that person or party has been forced or coerced into the contract....

R v Lockley - 1995

Case Summaries

In R v Lockley the defendant stole cans of beer from an off-licence. The shopkeeper tried to prevent him leaving the shop with the stolen items....

The Ghosh Test for Dishonesty Has Attracted Many Critics

Essay: Properties and Trusts

One example is Professor Griew, author of “The Theft Acts 1968 and 1978 (7th edn, 1995) Some commentators argue that it creates a “Robin Hood......

The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982

Act Summaries

The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 is an Act that ensures that traders provide services to an adequate standard of workmanship and is applicable to contracts entered into before 1 October 2015, in the United Kingdom....

Criminal Law Dissertation Topics

Law Dissertation Topics

Here you will find a selection of 12 dissertation topics and ideas on criminal and evidence law. We have provided these law dissertation topics to help you....

Writing a Masters Law Dissertation

LLM Study Guide

For many students the completion of their LLM dissertation may well be the first occasion that they have been faced with writing such a lengthy piece of work....

Writing a Law Dissertation - what is expected?

Law Dissertation Study Guides

The following notes are intended to provide the student with an overview of what is expected, or required, in relation to undertaking/completing a law dissertation....

Legal Method and Reasoning Assignment

Essay: Tort Law

I believe the court came to the correct decision. The judges do not discount the employer’s general duty of care, but qualify that risks must be reasonably foreseeable for liability in tort negligence to apply....

R v King

Case Summaries

The defendant had remarried while his previous marriage was still valid. He was prosecuted for bigamy contrary to section 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861...

Case Law on Duress by Threats

Case Summaries

Duress by Threats. The general nature of the defence of duress is that the defendant was forced by someone else to break the law under an immediate threat of serious harm befalling himself or someone else, ie he would not have committed the offence but for the threat. Duress is a defence because.....

Malone v Laskey - 1907

Case Summaries

The claimant lived in a house belonging to her husband’s employer. The claimant’s husband was a tenant, and she had a license to live at the property. Whilst using the lavatory, the cistern was dislodged by vibrations caused by the next-door neighbour’s electricity generator, which fell on her causing her injuries....

McCutheon v David MacBrayne Ltd - 1964

Case Summaries

McCutheon delivered his car to the defendant shipping company for carriage from the Hebrides to the mainland. The car was destroyed when the ship sank because of the company’s negligence. ...

R v Hennessy - 1989

Case Summaries

Diabetes and defences – automatism or insanity in hyperglycaemic cases. The appellant (a diabetic) was apprehended while driving a stolen car. He later collapsed at the police station it became apparent that he was having a diabetic episode....

R v Sullivan [1984] AC 156

Case Summaries

The defendant, a psychomotor epilepsy sufferer, had an epileptic seizure during which he kicked the victim in the head violently. He was charged with causing Grievous Bodily Harm contrary to sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861...

R v Dawson - 1985

Case Summaries

The defendant approached a petrol station manned by a 50 year old male. The defendants attempted a robbery with an imitation gun and a pick-axe handle. The defendants demanded money but did not touch the attendant who pressed the alarm button and the defendants ran away without obtaining any cash....

R v Franklin - 1883

Case Summaries

Mr Franklin took up a larger box from Brighton Pier and threw it into the sea. The victim was swimming underneath in the sea at the time and was struck by the box and died....

George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds - 1983

Case Summaries

The Claimant (George Mitchell) and the Defendant (Finney Lock Seeds Ltd) entered into an agreement where the Defendant would supply the Claimant with 30lb of Dutch winter cabbage seed....

Thompson v London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Case Summaries

Thompson was unable to read and she travelled on a train with her daughter and niece. On the back of her ticket it was printed that the tickets were issued subject to the terms outlined in the company’s time tables. ...

Co-operative Insurance v Argyll Stores

Case Summaries

The plaintiffs granted a lease to the defendant for the use of a unit in a shopping centre for the period of thirty-five years. A clause in the lease required a covenant to keep the premises open for trade during regular business hours in the local area....

Mullin v Richards 1998

Case Summaries

The defendant was a 15-year-old girl who play-fought with rulers with another 15-year-old girl (the claimant). In the course of the game, the defendant’s ruler snapped, causing a splinter to hit the claimant in the eye, blinding her....

Granatino v Radmacher

Case Summaries

A French investment banker married a very wealthy German national. Prior to the marriage, at the request of the wife’s family, an anti-nuptial agreement was signed by both parties....

Barry v Davies - 2000

Case Summaries

Two brand new engine analyser machines owned by Customs and Exise were put up for auction by the defendant auctioneer. Each could be procured from the manufacturer for £14,521 but despite this were listed without a reserve price....

Shanklin Pier v Detel Products - 1951

Case Summaries

The Plaintiffs were owners of a pier in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. They entered into a contract with contractors to have the pier repaired and painted. Under the contract the plaintiff had the express right to alter the contract....

Scriven Bros v Hindley - 1913 3 KB 564

Case Summaries

The complainants, Scriven Bros and Co, instructed an auctioneer to sell large bales of tow and hemp on behalf of them at an auction. The bales looked rather similar in the way they were packaged and the samples that were on display to potential bidders were not easily distinguishable....

Canada Steamship Lines v The King

Case Summaries

Canada Steamship Lines entered into a Crown lease in 1940. The Duration of the lease was for 12 years and the lease pertained to dock property on St Gabriel Basin on the Lachine Canal. All of this was situated in the Port of Montreal....

Kaitamaki v R

Case Summaries

The defendant was convicted of breaking into the victim’s flat and raping her twice. There was no dispute that sexual intercourse had taken place on two occasions, but the defendant contended that the victim had consented or that he had a reasonable belief that she was consenting....

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