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.
The Sea Angel 2007
Case Summaries
The Sea Angel was a vessel used by Tsavliris to assist in the salvage operations concerning the Tasman Spirit… ...
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Veral v Great Yarmouth BC
Case Summaries
Great Yarmouth Council, which was under a Conservative majority granted a licence to the National Front… ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Das v Linden Mews Ltd
Case Summaries
Two residents of Linden Mews formed a company called Linden Mews Ltd. The purpose of the company was the purchase… ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Wall v Collins 2007
Case Summaries
Doctrine of merger of leasehold and freehold interests, extinguishment of easements ...
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Shiloh Spinners Ltd v Harding
Case Summaries
The claimants (S) were assignees of two long leases of adjoining mills. S assigned part of the premises to T, who in turn assigned to H. ...
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Small v Oliver & Saunders (Developments) Ltd
Case Summaries
The claimant owned a house next to the defendant who was a housing developer. The developer had two pieces of planning… ...
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Nicholls v Lan
Case Summaries
A married couple, the Nicholls, jointly owned a property. Mr Nicholls subsequently entered bankruptcy… ...
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DGM Commodities Corporation v Sea Metropolitan SA
Case Summaries
In October 2007, the defendants (the owners of a vessel) chartered a vessel to the claimants (the charterers)… ...
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Wilkie v Redsell 2003
Case Summaries
Claim for equitable relief denied by claimant’s own unconscionable conduct. ...
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Cowcher v Cowcher
Case Summaries
Mr and Mrs Cowcher were together for almost 20 years, marrying in 1953. In 1963, they had bought a house together… ...
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The Right of ‘Private Life’ Under the View of the ECHR
Human Rights Law
In UK, the Courts use the article combined with the provisions included in British legislation and the Human Rights Act 1998, to protect private life. ...
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A history of the UK’s Employment Law
Employment Law
It has been a forty years since the first legislation that protected workers from arbitrary/ unfair dismissal was first established. ...
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Case Study: Entrapment in Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Prior to the enactment of the ECHR by the Human Rights Act 1998 there had been different interpretations of S101 of the Magistrates Court Act. ...
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Parental rights in legal abortion: The Human Rights Act
Human Rights Law
The brief seeks to understand the rights of a pregnant woman and the rights of a foetus, considering cases of rape or sexual violence. ...
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Gissing v Gissing [1971]
Case Summaries
The parties married in their early twenties and the wife worked throughout the marriage as part of a printing company. ...
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Re Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England’s Conveyance
Case Summaries
The Ecclesiastical Commission, who was charged with the responsibility to distribute the incomes for the Church of England… ...
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R (Wheeler) v Office of the PM
Case Summaries
The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister… ...
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Chartered Trust plc v Davies
Case Summaries
Whether lease could be repudiated due to nuisance from adjoining premises ...
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Raising Capital in Business: The Companies Act 1985
Company Law
When companies borrow money through debt, that is, from a lender, they will often enter into a debenture agreement with the lender. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Cross Examinations in Rape and Sexual Offence Cases
Criminal Law
The cross examination of complainants in sexual cases as to their sexual history was limited by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, 1999. ...
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How Adverse Possession Is Interpreted in Common Law
Common Law
Issues in relation to the doctrine of adverse possession and how it has been interpreted through the common law and through statute. ...
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Analysis of the Water Framework Directive 2000
Environmental Law
Discuss the context, content, significance and impact of the Water Framework Directive 2000 upon the British environmental law and practice. ...
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Shared Residence Orders in English Courts
Family Law
A contact order usually accompanies the residence order, providing for the other parent to be allowed contact with the child. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
The law of passing off: Intellectual property rights
Tort Law
Copyright is a form of intellectual property right which creates, for the owner of the copyright, propriety rights in the things they have created. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
R (on the application of Beresford) v Sunderland CC
Case Summaries
A new town development created a town plan that identified an open space in the town as a playing field/parkland. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
