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.
Issue of the Tort of Negligence
Tort Law
The problem-solving question addresses the issue of the tort of negligence. What is tort then? Winfield states, “Tortious liability arises from the breach ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Courts Have Developed and Limited Law for Psychiatric Victims
Tort Law
This report examines the way the courts have developed and limited the law in relation to claims for psychiatric harm by secondary victims ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Private Nuisance and its Boundaries
Properties and Trusts
A person is guilty of committing private nuisance who does any act, or is guilty of an illegal omission, which is an unlawful interference with a persons use or enjoyment of land, or some right over it… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Property Fiduciary Capacity
Properties and Trusts
Property Fiduciary Capacity. A fiduciary is someone who has fiduciary obligations; the obligation to act loyally to the principal to whom one is a fiduciary. The rule is applied strictly and is incontestable but questions ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
In Any State There Are Three Primary Bodies
Public Law
The rise of Parliamentary sovereignty coincided with the gradual erosion of the prerogative powers of the crown. By the end of the 17th century the… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Distinction between Solicitors and Barristers
Public Law
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers, and a lawyer will usually only hold one title, ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Legal Principles in Tenancy and Licenses
Properties and Trusts
It is not always necessary for the party seeking to gain the equitable interest to have put any monies into the property at all. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Existence of a Written Constitution in the UK
Public Law
Is it correct to say that the United Kingdom does not have a constitution. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
The Ability to Make These Decisions Is Called Mental Capacity
Medical Law
Every day we make decisions about lots of things in our lives. The ability to make these decisions is called mental capacity. Treatment refusal is commonly seen and heard in hospitals and care home. Most of these individuals rejecting treatment… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Pre-action Protocol for Personal Injury
Personal Injury Law
In April 1999 the civil claim procedure known as Legal Aid was replaced by the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). These are also sometimes known as The Woolf Reforms because they were instigated by Lord Woolf, the then Master of the Rolls. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
What Extent Is the British Prime Minister Different From German Chancellor?
Public Law
A good way to evaluate parliamentary systems is analyzing how easy (or difficult) is for any parliamentary.. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Manufacturer Liability: Harm to ‘Ultimate Consumer’
Tort Law
This case study concerns the liability of a manufacturer of a product for harm which is suffered by the “ultimate consumer” of that product. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Property Ownership
Properties and Trusts
If it was a legal ownership in one’s party name and if the title documents include declaration of trust then it is conclusive but if not, it will be argued as followed. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
That Law in Claims of Negligence: Court Positions
Tort Law
To prove that a duty of care existed the claimant must show the defendant owed them a duty of care in respect of the type of damage which was suffered. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Psychiatry and Ethics Case Report Refusing Treatment Bipolar Disorder
Medical Law
A 56 years old woman, Fran, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She is currently detained under section 3 of the Mental Health Act (MHA) for a manic episode. Concurrently, Fran suffers from diabetes mellitus and eye complication (diabetes retinopathy)… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Freehold of a Large Victorian House
Properties and Trusts
Nigel has just bought the freehold of a large Victorian house in Harpenden from Meryl. The house is set back from the road which a wide forecourt in front. It also has a large garden at the rear backing onto Harpenden Common…. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Legalities of Joint Ownership
Properties and Trusts
There are two methods in holding the equitable estate for joint owners. The two methods either being a joint tenancy or a tenancy in common. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Theoretically Consent is Available to Murder
Tort Law
Theoretically consent is available to murder and all non-fatal offences against the person. However in actuality, consent could not be used for any… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Passing of Property and Risk
Properties and Trusts
In Mr Gregson’s interest it is important to know if the property in the goods in question had passed to the buyers in their respective situations and with which party was the risk present. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Northern Ireland, A Freehold Estate
Properties and Trusts
Discuss, with reference to relevant NI legislation and case law. Any type of an estate in land can be divided into two general categories, these… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Computer Misuse Act of British Parliament
Technology Law
The computer misuse act 1990 (chapter.18) of UK Parliament has different sections. According to the computer misuse act, hacking into the computer system and releasing of computer viruses are serious criminal offences. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Comment on Patenting Sporting Apparatus
Sports Law
The longest standing, best known, and arguably, economically most valuable form of protection of rights provided by the law of intellectual property comes in the form of the patent. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Trusts in the Family Home
Properties and Trusts
The law on constructive trusts in the family home context is permeated by a tension between the desire of the courts to achieve a result they… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Uncodified British Constitution
Public Law
The term constitution can be applied to any overall system of law that defines the functioning of a government. In an additional sense, it could be… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
