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
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James v Woodall Duckham Construction
Case Summaries
The claimant fell from a ladder during the course of his employment with the defendant construction company. He suffered minor injuries but......
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Legal System to be Morally Neutral
General Law
Among many other issues, the Law regulates abortion, euthanasia, the availability or otherwise of capital punishment for criminal...
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Perrett v Collins - 1998
Case Summaries
The plaintiff sustained personal injuries when the light aircraft in which he was travelling during the test flight. The first defendant was the pilot of......
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JT Stratford v Lindley
Case Summaries
The respondents were the officers of a trade union and sought to unsuccessfully negotiate an agreement on behalf of their members......
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Keates v The Earl of Cadogan - 1851
Case Summaries
The defendant entered into an agreement with the claimant for the lease of a property for a term of three years......
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London and Blenheim Estates v Ladbroke
Case Summaries
The Leicestershire Coop owned land in and around one of their stores in Leicestershire to London & Blenheim Estates; the sale included the right to......
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Lloyd's v Harper - Case Summary
Case Summaries
A father wrote a letter to the managing committee of Lloyd’s, which held himself responsible for all of his son’s actions as an underwriting member......
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Knightsbridge Estates Trust v Byrne - 1939
Case Summaries
The plaintiff company granted a mortgage to the defendant’s insurance company. The mortgage deed provided for repayment in eighty instalments......
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Paragon Finance v Nash - Summary
Case Summaries
Mr and Mrs Nash obtained a mortgage from Paragon Finance for their matrimonial home. The mortgage agreement allowed Paragon to vary the rate......
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Home and Overseas Ins Co v Mentor Ins Co (UK)
Case Summaries
Mentor Insurance entered in a number of reinsurance contracts with Home and Overseas Insurance under a standard form of contract with Clause (18)......
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R v Adaye
Case Summaries
The defendant had been warned by a doctor in Africa who had been treating him for sexually transmitted infections generally......
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Keown v Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust
Case Summaries
Keown was an eleven-year-old child who had been climbing an external fire escape, from the underside, at the defendant’s hospital trust when he fell......
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Janvier v Sweeney - Case Brief
Case Summaries
Janvier (J) was a maid servant. Sweeny (S) and another man (D) were private detectives who wished to see certain letters......
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Parents and Children Case Notes | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Case Summaries
Parents and Children Case Notes. The relationships between children and parents are complex. In different contexts, the word 'parent' can include biological parents (married or unmarried), step-parents, adoptive parents, foster......
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Hyman v Hyman - Summary
Case Summaries
The appellant, Mr Hyman, was married to respondent. He left her to live with another woman. Both he and the respondent executed a deed of separation......
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Parkinson v College of Ambulance - Case Summary
Case Summaries
The defendant, Harrison, was secretary of the College of Ambulance, a charity. He told the plaintiff, Colonel Parkinson, that he could procure a......
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Huth v Huth - 1915
Case Summaries
The defendant, Captain Huth, sent an allegedly defamatory letter in an unclosed envelope through the post to his four children....
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Particular Average and Insurance Laws
Finance Law
Arnould defined “particular average” as ‘ a loss arising from damage accidentally and proximately caused by the perils insured against, to some particular interest, as the ship alone or the cargo alone....
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Luxmoore May v Messenger
Case Summaries
The Court of Appeal held that the standard of care owed by auctioneers was to give a considered opinion as to the value of the goods....
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Perry v Suffields - 1916
Case Summaries
The seller offered to sell a house with vacant possession for a price of £7,000. This offer was accepted by the buyer immediately......
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Jaggard v Dickinson - 1981
Case Summaries
The defendant had been told by a friend that they could stay at their house and “use it as their own”. Returning to the street drunk one evening the......
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National Westminster Bank v Skelton
Case Summaries
The claimant bank sought repossession of the defendants’ dwelling house in terms of a legal mortgage. The mortgage in favour of the bank was as......
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Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd
Case Summaries
The workmen in a quarry and a few slow-moving vehicles were proceeding to the canteen for a lunch break. The way was around a......
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Handyside vs United Kingdom
Human Rights Law
In Handyside v. United Kingdom, it was held that freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of a democratic society and one of the basic conditions for its progress...
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Iqbal v London Transport Executive
Case Summaries
A bus conductor, who had been previously prohibited by his employer from driving, disobeyed his employer’s instructions and drove a bus for a short......
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