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.
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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.
TSB Bank v Camfield - 1995
Case Summaries
C stood as security for a loan from a bank for her husband’s business. C’s husband had made an innocent misrepresentation that the liability of the......
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Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey v Turner & Townsend
Case Summaries
The claimant employed the defendant to project manage the building of three construction projects on its property. The works were carried out......
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Wakefield v Duckworth
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Mr Duckworth requested as low a price as possible for the photographs because his client was not a wealthy man. Mr Wakefield sought to recover the......
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Law on Racial Hate Crimes
Foreign Law
The ratio decidendi of the case is that using the phrases “bloody foreigners” and “go back to your own country” can be defined as a racially aggravated offence under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 section 31...
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Walters v North Glamorgan
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N, an NHS trust, appealed against a decision granting damages to the claimant (C) for a psychiatric condition C suffered as a result of events......
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Warner Bros v Nelson - Case Brief
Case Summaries
The defendant was a film artist, otherwise known as Bette Davis, who had entered into a contract with the plaintiffs, Warner Bros. Pictures......
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Toomes v Conset
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The property in question was the subject of a lease for sixty years. This lease had been granted as a collateral security against the sum of......
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Trendtex Trading v Bank of Nigeria
Case Summaries
The Central Bank of issued an irrevocable letter of credit to pay for quantities of cement ordered by the Nigerian Ministry of Defence....
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Winterbottom v Wright - 1842
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The defendant contracted with the postmaster general to supply a mail coach for the purpose of carrying the mail along a particular route....
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Wilson Smithett v Bangladesh Sugar
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A company responded to a tender invitation concerning the sale of sugar with Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries. Following the submission of the tender......
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Watts v Morrow - 1991
Case Summaries
Watts instructed Morrow to provide a full structural survey on a house he wished to purchase. The report found the property to be sound......
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Wilson v Tyneside Window Cleaning Co
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The complainant was a window cleaner that worked for the defendants, Tyneside Window Cleaning Co. Mr Wilson was an experienced worker....
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Tribe v Tribe - 1996
Case Summaries
The plaintiff operated a company which sold clothing from a number of shops. The landlord served schedules of dilapidations in relation to two......
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Wright v Lodge - 1993 - Case Summary
Case Summaries
Mr Wright was a driver injured by a collision that took place on a dual carriage motorway. The second defendant, Miss Shepherd, had been driving......
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Tito v Waddell (No 2) [1977] Ch 106
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Banaba island was a British settlement and the land was owned by individual Banabans. The Crown granted a license to a British company to mine the......
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Wood v Odessa Waterworks Co (1889) 42 Ch D 636.
Case Summaries
Case Summary of Wood v Odessa Waterworks Co (1889) 42 Ch D 636. The constitution of a company and dividend payments....
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Tolley v Fry
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The defendants were owners a chocolate manufacturing company. They advertised their products with a caricature of the claimant......
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Yuanda UK v WW Gear Construction
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The claimant was a contractor instructed to install a glazed curtain wall in a hotel constructed by the defendant. The contract entered into between......
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Torquay Hotel Ltd v Cousins
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Cousins was part of a trade union. Members of the trade union called a strike at the Torbay Hotel and the Imperial hotel......
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Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse
Case Summaries
Trendtex had a claim in England against the Central Bank of Nigeria [‘CBN’] for damages amounting to approximately USD 14 million....
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Transco v Stockport MBC
Case Summaries
The Claimant was the owner of a gas pipe which passed under the surface of an old railway between Stockport and Denton. The Defendant was the local......
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White v Blackmore - 1972
Case Summaries
Mr White was thrown into the air and died from his injuries. Mrs White claimed damages in negligence and for breach of s2 Occupier’s Liability Act 1957....
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Whiston v Secretary of State For Justice
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In Whiston v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] UKSC 39, the Supreme Court considered the issue of whether a person released from prison on a home detention curfew who is subsequently recalled to prison under s. 255 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, has rights pursuant to article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human Rights....
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Z v UK Case Summary
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Z and Others v United Kingdom (Application No 29392/95). The applicants, four siblings, Z, a girl born in 1982, A, a boy born in 1984......
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