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.
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… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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…. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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… ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
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
R v Coates
Case Summaries
The defendant was a senior naval rating at the time of the incident and the complainant was a naval medical assistant, both working aboard a ship. ...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Consumer and Commercial Law
Commercial Law
Generally contracts are concluded by providing express terms in the agreement and such express terms specifically mentioned and agreed by parties may be oral or in writing. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
The Concerns Over Money Laundering
Commercial Law
Money Laundering is a serious crime that affects the economy as a whole, hampering the social, economic, political, and cultural of developed … ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Tort Law Must be Established
Tort Law
For damages to be claimable in tort law it must be established that the Defendant owed the claimant a duty of care, that the duty was breached and that this breach of duty caused the claimant some harm. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
A Democratic Regime
Public Law
There is a plethora of mechanisms that enable Parliament to scrutinise Government, and to an extent they ensure proper accountability. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
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
