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.
Administrative Authority And Effects Of Proportionality
Administrative Law
‘Proportionality puts the burden on an administrative authority to justify its actions and requires some consideration of alternatives. In this … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
The UK Constitution: Origins and Characteristics
Administrative Law
The UK constitution looks confusing to a foreign observer: most states have a written constitution which is a document with special … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
The Unfair Contract Terms Act
Commercial Law
The brief discusses the Unfair Contract Terms Act of 1977 (UK) and the EC Directive on Unfair Consumer Contracts (Council Directive 93/13EEC). It … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
The Business of Banking
Business Law
The business of banking is fraught with dangers due to the instability in the world economy and like any other enterprise the bank too can face untold events and we should remember that bank failures are not a new issue. ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Weaknesses in Current Corporate Manslaughter Regime
Business Law
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 In brief, an organisation will commit corporate manslaughter if the way … ...
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The Legal Profession
Administrative Law
The Legal Profession. Defining the term ‘legal profession’ is more difficult than one may anticipate. ...
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Timeload Ltd Versus British Telecommunications
Commercial Law
The case of Timeload Ltd v British Telecommunications plc is the one that regardless of the fact that English law does not yet explicitly e… ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Exam Problem Questions
Business Law
MSc Construction Ltd (hereafter MSc Ltd) is the current freeholder of a luxury block of apartments. It decided that the apartments needed renovating. ...
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The Most Efficient Way to Treat Insolvent Companies
Business Law
The adverse effect of the collapse of corporate enterprise is the principal concern of Corporate Insolvency Law. Its dramatic implications on the … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Evaluation of Directors Duties
Business Law
Background of the Act: “The law commissions and the Company Law Review concluded that a statutory statement of duties … ...
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Theory of the Lex Mercatoria
Commercial Law
Lex mercatoria is the Latin expression for a body of trading principles used by merchants throughout Europe in the medieval. Literally … ...
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Remedies Available to Minority Shareholders Members
Business Law
INTRODUCTION: In every legal system there are certain rights and liabilities of a legal person. One of the basic purpose of law is to protect … ...
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Market Abuse
Business Law
This Assignment will look at the meaning of Market Abuse and the problems that are associated with it. ...
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Liability of Principal from Perspective of Law
Commercial Law
An agent’s act is binding on the principal if it is done within his authority. Anything which the agent done in excess of that authority does … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
A Matter of Partnership Law
Business Law
Since the Roman times, a few people or more would run a business together with a view of making profit. That is why creating the Partnership Act of 1890 was a benefit as it stated the relationship ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Characteristics Of Commerce And Trade
Commercial Law
Commerce and trade has been a characteristic of all human societies from time immemorial. With the expansion of trade it was necessary to branch … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
Freedom of Expression and Right To Privacy
Administrative Law
The brief deals with Articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It investigates the right to privacy and the right … ...
Last modified: 28th Jun 2019
R v Griffiths
Case Summaries
The defendant was a seller of limes who entered into a conspiracy with seven lime farmers to defraud the Ministry of Agriculture… ...
Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
R v Rostron – 2003
Case Summaries
Both R and C appealed against their conviction. They argued that the golf balls were abandoned by their original owners and, thus, removal… ...
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R v St George – 1840
Case Summaries
The Defendant (St. George) got into an argument with the victim, a Mr Durant. During the course of this argument, the Defendant took out a gun and… ...
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R v Saw – 2009
Case Summaries
Five appellants sought leave to appeal their sentences and a sixth appellant appealed against his sentence for burglary of an occupied dwelling house. ...
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R v Martin – 1881
Case Summaries
The defendant decided to play a practice joke on theatre goers by barring the exits to a playhouse, cutting the lights on the exits… ...
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R v Mullen [2000] QB 520
Case Summaries
Mullen was brought back to England from Zimbabwe due to being wanted by the police. Upon his arrival, he was arrested and later convicted of conspiracy… ...
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R v Lowrie – 2005
Case Summaries
The defendant had made a series of repeatedly false calls to the emergency services. This was a consistent form of behaviour for the defendant… ...
Last modified: 27th Jun 2019
