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 Grewal – 2010
Case Summaries
At the time of the incident, the defendant was a student who had become drunk after drinking too many free cocktails at a… ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
R v Powell and English
Case Summaries
In the first case, the appellants Powell (P) and Daniels (D), and another person went to the house of a drug dealer. As soon as he opened the door… ...
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R v Craig and Bentley – 1952
Case Summaries
Derek William Bentley (B), 19, and Christopher Craig (C), 16, attempted to burgle a warehouse. B carried a knife and a knuckle-duster… ...
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R v Cooper; R v Schaub
Case Summaries
The defendants met the victim at a bar and asked her to show them where the nightclubs were in the area. The victim ultimately… ...
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R v Jheeta – 2007
Case Summaries
The defendant and the victim were in a consensual sexual relationship. The defendant began sending anonymous threatening messages to the victim… ...
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R v Stephenson – 1979
Case Summaries
The appellant attempted to sleep in a hollow which he had made in a haystack. Because he was cold, he started a fire in that hollow. ...
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R v Dowds – 2012
Case Summaries
The defendant, Dowds (D), killed his partner with a knife by inflicting 60 wounds on her. He sought to rely on the partial defence of… ...
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R v Crutchley
Case Summaries
Ann Crutchley (AC) strangled her newborn baby. The two surgeons testifying in the case stated that the strangling had taken place before… ...
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R v Parker – 1977
Case Summaries
The appellant had tried (and failed) to place a telephone call in a street telephone booth. This infuriated him and in a rage… ...
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R v Flatt
Case Summaries
Flatt had a drug addiction and fell in debt to his supplier to the value of £1,500. The supplier had told the appellant to take possession of some drugs… ...
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R v Steer
Case Summaries
Steer went to his business partner’s property rang the doorbell and after no answer, fired a rifle at the bedroom and sitting room windows and the door… ...
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R v Gurpinar; R v Kojo-Smith and Caton
Case Summaries
Mr Gurpinar and Mr Kojo-Smith were convicted of murder. Mr Gurpinar claimed self-defence, accident and lack of intent to cause serious injury… ...
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R v Bunch – 2013
Case Summaries
The defendant, Bunch, murdered the victim in front of her husband by stabbing her more than 20 times after the relationship between the two ended. ...
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The Caveat Emptor Principle, has been Followed
Commercial Law
The caveat emptor had been seen as a powerful tool to the extent that many jurisdictions have tried to overpower or neutralize it by establishing … ...
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R v C (Barry)
Case Summaries
The defendant was convicted on a number of counts of sexual and violent offences against four different women between the years of 1967-1987. ...
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Rights and Liabilities Under Forms of Shares
Business Law
In one of the landmark English cases it was pertinently that “A share is a right to a specified amount of the share capital of the company … ...
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R v Mowatt
Case Summaries
The defendant and a friend were out late at night, and came across the victim, at which point the defendant knocked the victim… ...
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R v Marangwanda
Case Summaries
The defendant was responsible for assisting in caring for two young children, as he was engaged in a romantic relationship… ...
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CIF Versus An FOB Contract
Commercial Law
This brief discusses the legal implication why buyers and sellers would prefer a c.i.f. contract rather than an f.o.b. contract. The brief starts … ...
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Impacts on Documentary Credit Law
Commercial Law
Introduction to Free Trade and Regulation Regulation is an alternative to free market institutions in the process of allocating, producing … ...
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R v Quayle
Case Summaries
The appellants appealed against convictions for the cultivation, production and possession of cannabis and cannabis resin. ...
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Meaning and Effect of Separate Legal Personality
Business Law
Answer both questions (1,000 words approx. each question): 1. “The company is at law a different person altogether from the subscribers to the … ...
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R v Clarkson; R v Carroll; R v Dodd
Case Summaries
The defendants were drinking when they heard sounds indicating that a woman was being raped. They entered the room where the sounds… ...
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R v Miller – 1954
Case Summaries
The defendant, Mr Miller, had been the husband of the victim who, at the time of the alleged offence, had left the respondent and filed… ...
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