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 Majewski
Case Summaries
Voluntary intoxication no defence to offences of “basic intent” such as assault. The appellant (M) was convicted following a brawl in a pub in which he assaulted the landlord and customers and the police officers who arrested him. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Haseldine v C.A. Daw
Case Summaries
The case involved a hydraulic lift which was used to access the upper floor flats of an apartment block which were rented out to tenants. The landlord remained in occupation of the lift and had insurance against third party risks in the course of using the lift. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Cambridge Water v Eastern Countries Leather Plc
Case Summaries
The Defendants were engaged in leather tanning at Sawston. During their work, as a result of the process of degreasing pelts, small quantities of a solvent known as Perchloroethene (PCE) was spilt on the floor of the building in which the Defendants carried out their activities. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
G Scammell and Nephew Ltd v Ouston
Case Summaries
Ouston agreed to purchase a new motor van from Scammell but stipulated that the purchase price should be set up on a hire-purchase basis over a period of two years, with some of the figure being part-paid by a van that Ouston already owned. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Esso Petroleum v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
Case Summaries
Intention to create legal relations and consideration for a contract of sale in the formation of contracts. Esso, a petrol company, by which customers would receive one free World Cup coin for every four gallons of petrol purchased. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
R v Constanza – 1997
Case Summaries
Whether words alone could constitute an assault and the temporal element of fear of immediate violence. A man was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm of a female ex-colleague. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Hartley v Ponsonby – (1857)
Case Summaries
When performance of an existing duty can be consideration.. The defendant, Ponsonby, was captain of a ship on which the plaintiff was a sailor. The sailors contracted to serve on board the ship for a maximum of three years to any ports required until her return to the UK. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Jolley v Sutton London Borough Council
Case Summaries
The relevance of the extent and kind of remoteness of damage to the imposition of tortious liability. The defendant, Sutton London Borough Council, negligently left a dangerously derelict boat abandoned on a beach that they owned, albeit they had placed a warning sign on the boat advising that it not be touched. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Re Ellenborough Park
Case Summaries
The necessary requirements for granting an easement. The titular park area, Ellenborough Park, was a park in Weston-super-Mare which was owned jointly by two tenants. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
The Postal Acceptance Rule
Contract Law
The postal acceptance rule, created in 1818, arguably is not in line with laws on modern communication such as fax, email and e-commerce systems and subsequently attracts much criticism. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Collins v Godefroy – (1831)
Case Summaries
Performance of an existing duty is no consideration. Godefroy, the defendant, brought an action against an attorney for negligence and caused Collins, the plaintiff, to be subpoenaed to attend and give evidence. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Ward v Tesco – 1976
Case Summaries
The claimant was injured when they slipped on spilled yoghurt in the defendant’s store. The defendant adduced evidence that they regularly inspected and cleaned the floors and had policies requiring staff to deal with spillages as soon as they were detected. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Brinkibon v Stahag Stahl – 1983
Case Summaries
The complainants, Brinkibon Ltd, were a company that was based in London. They were buying steel from the defendants, Stahag Stahl, who were sellers based in Austria. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
R v H – 2005
Case Summaries
The defendant propositioned the victim sexually and attempted to pull her towards him and place a hand over her mouth by grabbing at the pocket of her tracksuit. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
The Case of Proclamations
Case Summaries
In what turned out to be a landmark case concerning the Royal Prerogative, Sir Edward Coke (the Chief Justice of Common Pleas) was asked to express his opinion as to whether the monarch could prohibit new buildings or the making of wheat. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
The Supremacy of Parliament
Public Law
The parliament emancipation is based on the rule of law. [2] The supremacy of parliament is designated in two main parts which are the unlimited legislative sovereignty of parliament and second is the deficiency of any competing power in the state of accomplishing the overriding acts of assembly. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation – 1979
Case Summaries
The court allowed the buyer’s appeal. The court found that the buyer’s order was not an acceptance of the initial offer from the seller but a counter-offer which the sellers had accepted by returning the signature section of the buyer’s letter. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Lifting of the Corporate Veil Essay
Business Law
From the juristic point of view, a company is a legal person distinct from its members [Salomon v. Salomon and Co. Ltd. (1897) A.C 22]. This principle may be referred to as the ‘Veil of incorporation’. The courts in general consider themselves bound by this principle. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Spartan Steel v Martin & Co
Case Summaries
The Court of Appeal held that even where a plaintiff is clearly owed a duty in respect of physical damage to property, any ‘pure’ economic loss suffered in addition to physical damage are unrecoverable as either too remote, or outside the scope of the duty of care. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Case Study on Application of The Sale of Goods Act 1930
Contract Law
Essential elements of a contract of sale and a case study looking at whether The Sale of Goods Act applies where the purchase goods were damaged. ...
Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Blackburn v Attorney General – 1971
Case Summaries
The claimant, Blackburn, asserted that the decision by Parliament to allow Britain to join the Economic Community and sign the Maastricht Treaty was illegal as it diminished their own sovereignty, and violated the theoretical conception of the ‘Queen in Parliament’ ...
Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
R v SS Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union
Case Summaries
A House of Lords case concerning how compensation is awarded under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The case is considered a very important ruling on the extent of the Ministerial prerogative powers. ...
Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
R v Cunningham – 1957
Case Summaries
Intention and the meaning of malice in s.23 OAPA 1861. The appellant removed a gas meter in order to steal the money inside. The meter however was connected to the neighbouring house which was occupied by the appellant’s future mother-in-law. ...
Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
Involuntary Manslaughter Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Legal cases on involuntary manslaughter – 1. An unlawful act. 2. The act must be dangerous. 3. Substantial cause of death. 4. Mens Rea. ...
Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
R v Adomako – 1995
Case Summaries
Dismissing Mr Adomako’s appeal, it was held that in cases of manslaughter by criminal negligence involving a breach of duty the ordinary principles of the law of negligence applied to ascertain whether the defendant had been in breach of a duty of care to the victim. ...
Last modified: 25th Oct 2021
