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.
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
Action for Negligence
Tort Law
In regards to Tim actions, I will be advising Tim on whether he is liable for the damage caused to Peter and Sanjev. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Legal Rights and Equitable Interest in a Property
Properties and Trusts
This brief explores the claim by John Locke to having the right to property within their own person, and whether relationship is recognised at law. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
The Rule of Law Explained
Public Law
The rule of law does not have a fixed and precise definition, and its meaning can be different between nations, … ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Duties of the Charterer Towards the Ship Owner
Transportation Law
Compare and contrast the duties, responsibilities and liabilities of the charterer towards the ship owner under both time and voyage charter parties. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
The Recovery of Compensation
Tort Law
The Law On The Recovery Of Compensation For Pure Psychiatric Harm Is A Patchwork Quilt Of Distinctions Which Are Difficult To Justify, Lord Steyn, Frost V Chief Constable Of South Yorkshire Police [1999]2 AC 455 1T 500. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
The Law Surrounding Privacy in the UK Is Complex
Properties and Trusts
UK common law has held that there is no tort of invasion of privacy, even at the lament of the courts and this has since be affirmed even in the… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Freehold Estates
Properties and Trusts
In this scenario, all five properties are owned by Miss Stanfield as estates in fee simple absolute possession (freehold) . Therefore she is capable of granting leases for her freehold estates. ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Fault Definition: A Negligent or Intentional Failure
Properties and Trusts
Fault is an essential ingredient of tort law. Different torts bear different level of fault or no-fault. Negligence is the foundation of Tort law… ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Security for Repayment of a Loan
Security law
Mortgages are essentially a pledge or security for the repayment of a loan. Usually, the response of a mortgage lender would be to take possession of the mortgaged property when a borrower continuously defaults on the mortgage, ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
An Analysis of a Housing Lease Agreement
Properties and Trusts
Lease agreement The contract selected here is lease agreement which is a contract between two parties in which the landlord gives right to tenant … ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Duty of Utmost Good Faith
Tort Law
Duty Of Utmost Good Faith; Avoidance As A Discretionary Right ...
Last modified: 2nd Jul 2019
Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429, CA
Case Summaries
Mr Honick and Mrs Rawnsley bought a property as beneficial joint tenants. They had originally agreed to move into… ...
Last modified: 1st Jul 2019
Public Law
Public Law
Drawing upon the constitutional and democratic models you have studied, explain the range and effectiveness of attempts to constrain arbitrary power. ...
Last modified: 30th Jun 2019
Rules Made by Controlling Authority
Public Law
What is Law? A set of Rules made by controlling authority which are legally binding on all citizens For a thriving legal system which continues to … ...
Last modified: 30th Jun 2019
Entick v Carrington
Public Law
Entick v Carrington is a seminal case in English constitutional law. Although superficially concerning trespass, the decision in this case was also to have profound constitutional implications for common law jurisdictions across the globe. ...
Last modified: 30th Jun 2019
Remoteness of Damage
Transportation Law
We have already looked at causation, and the relevant factors, such as intervening acts and multiple causes. We said then that remoteness of damage came into those situations. ...
Last modified: 30th Jun 2019
