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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.

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Nexus Contracts Theory and Principal Agent Theory

Commercial Law

In the previous essay of this course we described theory of the firm presented by Coase (1937), in which is demonstrated that the inducement of ......

Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019

How business laws effect business operations

Commercial Law

In the current world business are playing an important role in every aspect of life. One’s standard of living, life style, education and even ......

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The Impact of the 1998 Human Rights Act

Administrative Law

The HRA was conceived of as a way of establishing access to justice in British courts....

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Powers and Liabilities Between Agent and Principal

Commercial Law

Agency is a tri-parte relationship between an agent, his principal and third party. Whilst the vast majority of agency relationships are governed ......

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Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony Article

Example Essays

Critically discuss the law in England and Wales and the use of expert opinion evidence regarding the reliability of eyewitness identification evidence....

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The Impact Of Alternative Business Structures

Example Essays

Discussion about alternative business structures (ABS) and their effects on transforming the delivery of legal services....

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Should The Defendant Bear Burden Of Persuasion?

Example Essays

Difficulties in deciding whether the defendant should bear the burden of persuasion on any issue. Is there ever a good reason to require it?...

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Critical Assessment of Business-to-Business Contracts

Example Essays

Critical assessment of the operation of implied terms and liability rules in business-to-business contracts an example law essay....

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Misappropriated Trust Property and Liability

Example Essays

How much knowledge should a recipient of misappropriated trust property have before they are imposed with liability?...

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Exceptions to No Recovery for Pure Economic Loss

Example Essays

Exceptions to the Normal Position of No Recovery for Pure Economic Loss in Negligence. Does the common law approach rest on principle and policy?...

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Sale of Goods Act 1979

Commercial Law

Together, the Sale of Goods Act 1979, The Consumer Protection Act 1987, and the General Product Safety Regulations from 2005, provide protection to...

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Potential Liabilities of Harrington & Nephew Ltd.

Tort Law

The foremost cause of action against Harrington arises in the tort of “nuisance”- commonly defined as “interference for a substantial length of time by owners or occupiers of property with the use or enjoyment of neighbouring property”....

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Defamation is the Publication of a Statement

Tort Law

Defamation also called calumny, vilification, slander and libel is the communication of a statement......

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Actions for Damages in Private Enforcement

Tort Law

The case of Devenish is primarily an action for damages; however, the case has a much more significant impact than can be comprehended from the judgment alone....

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The Compensation Act 2006 and the Culture Created

Tort Law

Within tort law to establish if the compensation act 2006 has done little to address the problems of the compensation culture firstly it is ......

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The Terms of the Trust

Properties and Trusts

In order to be a valid trust, the declaration of the terms of the trust must be certain. The settlor must declare the terms with sufficient ‘certainty’ so that the trustees know what they must to do, or the intended trust fails....

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To What Extent Does the UK Have a ‘Constitution’?

Public Law

In order to answer the question as to whether the UK has a ‘constitution’, this essay shall firstly define what is meant by the term. Secondly......

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Donoghue v Stevenson

Tort Law

Donoghue, 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....

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Bus Service Industry in Britain

Transportation Law

The bus industry in Britain was regulated by Road Traffic Act 1930 after a rapid growth in the 1920s....

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Immigration Legislation

Public Law

The basic framework of United Kingdom (UK) immigration law - that is, the laws controlling the entry into, residence in and departure from the UK...

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Voluntary Dispositions of Property

Properties and Trusts

The decision (in Pennington v Waine [2002] 4 All E.R. 215) appears to give courts of equity an unfettered discretion as o whether a voluntary gift or trust should take effect...

Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019

The Property of the Borrower

Properties and Trusts

There are two main issues to be discussed in the statement given by the question, (i) whether the Quistclose trust is a resulting trust, and (ii) the statement which states “it is a default trust which fills the gap when some part of the beneficial...

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Serving as a Soldier in the Employment

Tort Law

Higgins, a serving solider in the employment of the Ministry of Defence ('MOD'), was on active duty in Afghanistan in 2009. One day, he was on......

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Proprietary Estoppel Purchasers and Mortgagees

Properties and Trusts

Case law (in particular, Ramsden v Dyson (1866) LR 1 HL 129, 170, per Lord Kingsdown, and Taylors Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Trustees Co Ltd...

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Reasons Why Omissions Require Different Treatment From Positive Conduct

Tort Law

In Stovin v Wise, Lord Hoffmann put forward three ‘sound reasons’ that justified the general common law rule against liability for omissions...

Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019