Articles tagged as UK Law
UK law covers the laws and legislation of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Essays, case summaries, problem questions and dissertations here are relevant to law students from the United Kingdom and Great Britain, as well as students wishing to learn more about the UK legal system from overseas.
Latest Law Papers tagged as UK Law
Including law essays, dissertations, problem questions, case summaries, and law lectures, suitable for law students working towards their LLB / LLM qualifications or those studying for the new SQE.
Strict Liability in Criminal Law
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....
Last modified: 21st Sep 2023
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)...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2023
Contract Management Analysis Using Applicable Laws
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 ......
Last modified: 16th May 2023
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. Establishing the foundation of how a company exists and functions, it is perceived as, perhaps, the most profound and steady rule of corporate jurisprudence....
Last modified: 2nd Jan 2023
Vicarious Liability
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...
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence
Case Summaries
Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife....
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Vicarious Liability and Employer Employee Relationship
Employment Law
Vicarious liability is a word that combined with two elements which are vicarious and liability. Vicarious means felt or experienced by reading ......
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Concept of Vicarious Liability
Business Law
Explain the economic logic behind laws related to the concept of vicarious liability The simple definition of vicarious liability is where ......
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
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....
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Football Hooliganism Essay - Criminology
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....
Last modified: 27th Oct 2022
Increase in Police Powers since the 1980s
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....
Last modified: 27th Oct 2022
Law for Business
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....
Last modified: 11th Oct 2022
Duress in Contract Law
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....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
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....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
The Ghosh Test for Dishonesty Has Attracted Many Critics
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......
Last modified: 26th Aug 2022
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...
Last modified: 26th Aug 2022
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....
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
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....
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
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....
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
The Bosman Ruling and it's Implications on English Football Clubs
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...
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
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...
Last modified: 9th Dec 2021
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.....
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
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....
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
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. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
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....
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
