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The Data Protection Act 1998

Act Summaries

The Data Protection Act 1998 was implemented with the aim of protecting the personal data of individuals deposited on computer systems......

Last modified: 11th Oct 2021

Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc

Case Summaries

Mohamud had used a petrol station kiosk and approached a member of staff with a question. The employee responded in an aggressive manner and demanded that Mohamud leave immediately. ...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Cases on Mens Rea 2

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Cases on Mens Rea 2. The defendant struck a blow with his belt at Horace Chapple which recoiled off him, severely injuring an innocent bystander. The defendant was convicted of maliciously wounding the victim......

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

City of London Building Society v Flegg

Case Summaries

Here, the Maxwell Browns purchased a property, attaining half of the cost form Mrs Maxell Brown’s parents, the Fleggs. The property was placed solely under the Maxwell Brown’s name with both the Browns and the Fleggs in actual occupancy....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Law of Property Act 1925

Act Summaries

The main object of the 1925 legislation was, therefore, to “facilitate and cheapen the transfer of land”[1]. Of these statutes, the LPA 1925 primarily consolidates and reforms statutory law relating to conveyancing and the law of property, and is regarded as an “essential part of any conveyancer’s bible”...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Caunce v Caunce [1969]

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A husband and wife both made contributions to the purchase price for a property intended to act as the matrimonial home. The property in question was unregistered land, and the husband received sole legal title....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Kingsnorth Finance Co Ltd v Tizard

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A married couple jointly contributed to the purchase price for a property intended to serve as the matrimonial home with the husband taking sole legal title to the property at registration....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Holland v Hodgson

Case Summaries

The considerations necessary to differentiate fixtures from chattels. The owner of a mill mortgaged the mill to the claimant. The owner also under the bankruptcy provisions relevant at the time transferred all of his property to a trustee, the defendant. ...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Agency by Necessity Law

Contract Law

According to S142 Contract Act 1950, an agency may arise by necessity or in an emergency. Agency of necessity means a person may become the agent of another without being appointed as such under certain circumstances. ...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

R v Inglis

Case Summaries

Murder – Mercy killing as a mitigating factor for sentencing under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Schedule 21. The appellant, Frances Inglis (F), was convicted of murdering her son Thomas (T). T was in a vegetative state due to serious head injuries....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Thorner v Major 2009

Case Summaries

The claimant had worked on the defendant estate’s farm for over a decade without pay, believing that he would inherit the land when the defendant died. While the defendant once gave the claimant a bonus stating that it was for his ‘death duties’, he never explicitly told the claimant he would inherit...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Chambers v DPP - 2012

Case Summaries

A 26-year-old man learned that an airport from which he was due to travel was closed due to heavy snow-fall. He responded on Twitter by tweeting: “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Doctrine of Consideration

Consideration Law

As defined by Sir Frederick Pollock, consideration is an act or forbearance of one party, or the promise thereof, is the price for which the promise of the other is bought, and the promise thus given for value is enforceable....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Consumer Rights Act 2015

Act Summaries

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (the “CRA 2015”) is generally regarded as a significant piece of legislation in the area of consumer rights. The CRA 2015 received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015 and came into force on 1 October 2015....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

The Human Rights Act 1998

Act Summaries

In New Labour’s 1997 General Election Manifesto, Tony Blair proposed a radical programme of constitutional reform to ‘increase individual rights, decentralise power, open up government and reform Parliament....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Criminal Law Act 1977

Act Summaries

The aim of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (“the Act”), which came into force on 8 September 1977, is to amend the law in England and Wales with regard to criminal conspiracy and replace the common law in that area....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Criminal Attempts Act 1981

Act Summaries

The Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (“the Act”) is an Act which amends the law of England and Wales regarding attempts to commit offences and conspiracy to commit offences which, in the circumstances, cannot ultimately be committed...

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

The Serious Crime Act 2007

Act Summaries

The Serious Crime Act 2007 (“the Act”) received royal assent on 30 October 2007 and made several significant changes to the criminal law. The intention of the Act is to frustrate serious (often organised) crime by allowing the police to act without the necessity to bring criminal proceedings....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Coroners and Justice Act 2009

Act Summaries

The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 ('the Act') changes the law on coroners and criminal justice in England and Wales. The Act is divided into nine parts......

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Land Registration Act 2002

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The Land Registration Act 2002 repealed and replaced the previous legislation governing land registration. In principle, this the piece of primary legislation governing the activity of the Land Registry, but further to this role, the 2002 Act was intended to facilitate the introduction of e-conveyancing....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Children and Young Persons Act 1933

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The Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA) 1933 is one of the older pieces of child protection legislation. Some of its parts are still in force today....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Intoxicating Substance (Supply) Act 1985

Act Summaries

The Intoxicating Substance (Supply) Act 1985 is a short piece of legislation, designed to prohibit the supply of drugs, not controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Criminal Damage Act 1971

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The Criminal Damage Act 1971 is the leading piece of legislation, concerning offences involving damage to property. In April 1969, the Law Commission released a working paper and subsequently in 1970 – a report, which aimed to review the criminal law on the offences of damage to property....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

R v McNaughten - M'Naghten

Case Summaries

M'Naughten murder and pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity. In January 1843, at the parish of Saint Martin, Middlesex, Daniel M’Naghten took a pistol and shot Edward Drummond, who he believed to the British Prime Minister Robert Pell, wounding him fatally....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021

Lowery v Walker - 1911

Case Summaries

The defendant was the owner of a savage horse which he knew had the potential to cause damage to other individuals and without warning; he placed into a field to graze, knowing that members of the public cross on their path to a local railway station....

Last modified: 6th Oct 2021