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.
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. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
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. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
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
London & Blenheim Estates Ltd v Ladbroke Retail Parks Ltd
Case Summaries
The Leicestershire Coop owned land in and around one of their stores in Leicestershire to London… ...
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Lloyd v Dugdale [2001]
Case Summaries
The defendant had arranged for his company to do building work on the claimant’s land on the understanding that the claimant would grant… ...
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Duke of Norfolk v Arbuthnot
Case Summaries
The parish church, St. Nicholas Arundel, was a cruciform church with a central tower. Part of it, located to the east… ...
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Bankway Properties Ltd v Pensfold-Dunsford
Case Summaries
Landlord and tenant; assured tenancy; rent review clauses and security of tenure ...
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Stockdale v Hansard
Case Summaries
Privilege of a single House of Parliament and court’s authority to review privilege ...
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Haywood v Brunswick Permanent Benefit Building Society
Case Summaries
In May 1866, C.J. granted a plot of land to E.J. to use subject to a rent of 11l. The indenture contained a covenant… ...
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Oxley v Hiscock
Case Summaries
Ms Oxley and Mr Hiscock were in a relationship, but not married. They decided to purchase a house together… ...
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Sandhu v Farooqi [2003]
Case Summaries
The claimant was the freeholder of a flat in which the defendant had lived for several years. ...
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Bennet v Bennet
Case Summaries
This case concerned a transaction between a mother and her son and the presumption of advancement in equity. ...
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Bull v Bull
Case Summaries
A mother and son jointly purchased a property, however the son contributed a greater proportion of the original… ...
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King v David Allen & Sons Billposting Ltd
Case Summaries
A tenant of a lease over a cinema gave the claimant a license to advertise within the grounds in exchange for a fee. The tenant brought their… ...
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Clore v Theatrical Properties Ltd and Westby & Co Ltd
Case Summaries
Whether agreement lease or license; whether binding upon third party with notice ...
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Orgee v Orgee [1997]
Case Summaries
The defendant agreed to farm the claimant’s land on the understanding that he would be given an agricultural tenancy… ...
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Russel v Russel (1783)
Case Summaries
Depositing title deeds raised presumption of equitable mortgage. ...
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Phipps v Pears 1965
Case Summaries
Negative easement of protection against the weather by a neighbour’s house ...
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Peckham v Ellison (2000)
Case Summaries
This case dealt with two neighbouring terrace council houses built in the 1940s. Each house was let out by the… ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v Allen (TW) & Sons Ltd
Case Summaries
The defendants sold to the plaintiffs timber to be imported from Finland through a contract, made in early 1914. ...
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Re Quaffers Ltd’s Application (1988)
Case Summaries
The claimant’s land was bound by two restrictive covenants prohibiting business use of the land and the sale of alcohol. ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
National Car Parks Ltd v Trinity Development Co (Banbury) Ltd
Case Summaries
Landlord and tenant; whether agreement in relation to a car park was a lease or license ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Pritchard v Cook & Red Ltd
Case Summaries
The claimant, Pritchard, purchased a prize rally car from the defendant, Cook and Red, on the basis that the defendant had advertised… ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Horrocks v Forray [1976]
Case Summaries
The claimants in this judgment were the executors of an estate and the defendant had been the owner of the estate… ...
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
