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.
Withholding or Withdrawing in Children the Ethical and Professional Context
Medical Law
“The purpose of medicine is to do away with the sufferings of the sick to lessen the violence of disease and to refuse to treat those who are ove… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Difference Between Common Intention Constructive Trusts and Propriety Estoppels
Properties and Trusts
This essay will explain the relationship between common intention constructive trusts and proprietary estoppels and whether or not it can be stated… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Computer Misuse Act
Technology Law
The growth of computer use over recent years has resulted in many operations becoming computerised, both in the work place and in everyday life. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Surrogacy Resource Allocation Rights, Duties and Obligations
Medical Law
Definition: Surrogacy is defined as a medical practice or a medical act in which a woman carries a child belonging to someone else. The Women, who carries the child, will not become the legal parent of the baby in accordance.. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Trust Law and Trustees
Properties and Trusts
Trust Law and Trustees. A trust is created by will in the same way as any other declaration of trust. Providing the requirements of section 53(1)(b) and (c) Law of Property Act 1925 are complied with… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Watts and Another v Morrow- [1991] 1 W.L.R. 1421
Properties and Trusts
The case was first brought to court in November 1987, after the claimant, Mr. and Mrs. Watts had discovered that the property they had purchased required repairs not mentioned by the defendant, a surveyor, in his report in August 1986 prior to their purchasing of the property at a cost of £177,500, £2,500 over the asking price. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Breach of a Legal Duty
Tort Law
Negligence may be defined as ‘the breach of a legal duty to take care that results in damage undesired by the defendant to the claimant’. ...
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Trust Properties
Properties and Trusts
In the scenario presented there are various trust properties that need to be examined, to see whether or not they have fulfilled the required formalities to create an express trust or whether they will pass through the testators will ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Place of the Doctrine of Parliamentary
Public Law
The Parliament is one of the pillars of separation of powers and it is the main legislative body in the UK. The theory of parliamentary sovereignty ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Law of Torts
Tort Law
There remains, in my opinion, just because ‘shock’ in its nature is capable of affecting so wide a range of people, a real need for the law to place some limitation on the extent of admissible claims ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
R v Chan Fook
Case Summaries
The appellant, Mr Chan-Fook, had accused the victim, a lodger, of the theft of his fiancé’s engagement ring. The appellant, after striking the victim… ...
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R v Hayward
Case Summaries
A husband and wife had an argument that led to the husband chasing his wife out into the street. The wife collapsed during this altercation and died. ...
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R v Savage
Case Summaries
The defendant was charged with unlawful and malicious wounding contrary to Offences Against the Person Act 1861, s 20. The defendant had thrown a… ...
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R v Parmenter – 1991
Case Summaries
The defendant was prosecuted under four counts of grievous bodily harm for injuries inflicted upon his infant son, including bruises… ...
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R v Rai
Case Summaries
In June of 1996 the defendant, Rai, applied to Birmingham City Council’s social services for a grant in order to adapt the bathroom in his home for his… ...
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R v Devonald – 2008
Case Summaries
The defendant, believing the victim to have treated his daughter badly during their relationship, posed as a young woman to correspond with… ...
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R v Codere – 1916
Case Summaries
C appealed against his conviction for murder. At trial, expert witnesses had disagreed on whether he could be certified as insane. ...
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R v Pembliton
Case Summaries
The defendant was ejected from a pub and became engaged in a physical altercation in the street. This escalated until he threw a large stone at his… ...
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R v Chan Wing-Siu
Case Summaries
On May 31st 1980, the Appellant along with two others, in Kowloon, entered the premises of the two victims (a husband and wife) in order to collect a debt. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
R v Jackson – 1985
Case Summaries
Four members of a gang agreed to shoot a friend of theirs in the leg. He was on trial for burglary and it was hoped by the gang members that being shot in… ...
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R v Sharp 1857
Case Summaries
The defendant was accused of breaking and entering a burial ground and removing the remains of his mother who was buried there. He did this under…. ...
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R v JF Alford Transport
Case Summaries
The first defendant was a lorry operator transport company; the second defendant was its managing director while the third was the… ...
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R v Braham – 2013
Case Summaries
The appellant, Braham, had been convicted of the rape and assault of the victim, who was his partner at the time. It was alleged that… ...
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R v HM Attorney-General for England and Wales – 2003
Case Summaries
The defendant was a New Zealander and former SAS member. In 1992, one of his commanding officers wrote a book and included a chapter… ...
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R v Elbekkay
Case Summaries
The appellant had been out for the evening drinking with the victim and her boyfriend. They returned to the victim’s flat and the victim retired to bed… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
