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.
Claims for Psychiatric Damage by Secondary Victims: Areas for Reform
Tort Law
This report examines psychiatric damage claims for secondary victims, who face restrictive controls which have limited the amount of meritorious claims significantly....
Last modified: 5th Jul 2019
Refusal of Medical Treatment
Medical Law
The best interest came into being when the patient refused to consent. The common law prior to the implementation of Mental Capacity Act 2005......
Last modified: 5th Jul 2019
R v Richardson
Case Summaries
The appellant, a registered dentist, had her licence to practice suspended by the General Dental Council in 1996 but continued to treat patients......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Brown and Stratton
Case Summaries
Brown and Stratton were cousins who jointly attacked Stratton’s father as Stratton found his father’s ongoing gender reassignment embarrassing....
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Stones - 1989
Case Summaries
The defendant, Stones, was caught running away from a house that had been burgled. When he was arrested and searched he was found......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v G and F
Case Summaries
After police searched one of the defendant’s (G) flat, they found indecent images of children on a laptop computer. The police then searched his mobile......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Kemp (1957) 1 QB 399
Case Summaries
The defendant assaulted his wife with a hammer. He had no previous history of violence and no apparent motive. He was charged with causing......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Brown 2011
Case Summaries
The appellant, Brown was married to the victim and they had two children. The couple was undergoing a divorce. Brown had contact with the......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v George - 1956
Case Summaries
The defendant had a foot fetish, and on two occasions attempted to remove shoes off the feet of young girls without their consent for the......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Campbell - 1991
Case Summaries
Tony Campbell (C) arrested after loitering outside a post office, wearing sunglasses and carrying something heavy, after police had......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Clarke - 2009
Case Summaries
Clarke suffered from type 1 Diabetes and had a Hypoglycaemic attack at the wheel of his vehicle, causing him to hit two pedestrians......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Ong [2001] Cr App R (S) 117
Case Summaries
The defendant had planned to switch off the floodlights at a Premier League football game between Charlton and Liverpool......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Saik - 2006
Case Summaries
The defendant, Saik, operated a bureau de change near Marble Arch in London. Saik changed money that had been gained as proceeds of crime into......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Fiak - 2005
Case Summaries
Fiak had been sitting in a car, parked outside his house, when he was approached by police officers who had suspected he was in......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Hennigan
Case Summaries
Hennigan drove at eighty miles per hour and hit the side of a car, driven by Lowe, who was emerging from a turning in a road....
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Shepherd - 1862
Case Summaries
The defendant was the mother of an eighteen year old girl who had died as a result of complications during childbirth. After going into labour......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Geddes - 1996
Case Summaries
Gary William Geddes (G), 29, was discovered in the toilets of a school to which he had no connection, with a rucksack. When leaving the school......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
R v Secretary of State for Wales
Case Summaries
The appellant was the owner of a Grade II listed building which was subject to a notice of removal in respect of a carillon......
Last modified: 4th Jul 2019
Mortages for Land Ownership: Failure to Pay Instalments
Land Law
The Land Registration Act 1925 aimed to introduce a comprehensive system of land registration of title to land to determine the ownership of land....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Useful Definitions in Land Law
Land Law
A restrictive covenant is an interest in the land of another recognised by equity whereby the owner of one piece of land may hold a restrictive covenant....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Quotation Made by Lord Woolf
Judicial Law
The aim of this essay is to examine the quotation made by Lord Woolf CJ with regards to certainty and flexibility within the doctrine of judicial precedent; it is important to consider the principles of judicial precedent that facilitate certainty and flexibility within the law and also the principles that cause weakness....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Protection of Children Involved in the Judicial Process
Family Law
Equitable rights of children are not given any special pre-dominance and in the majority of cases freedom of expression will prevail....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Patient Midwife Legal Essay
Medical Law
This is a case involving confidentiality issues between patient and midwife. The details of the case are specifically...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Liability of an Occupier of Land to Visitors
Land Law
How far had the common law liability of an occupier of land to visitors and other entrants been enhanced by statutory provisions?...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Land Registration Act
Land Law
The Land Registration Act certainly goes some distance towards providing a functional regime for the regulation of transaction with land....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
