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.
Merchant Shipping Act 1988
Act Summaries
The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 was enacted to tackle the unfair quota hopping by foreign fishing vessels in British territorial......
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Act Summaries
Computer Misuse Act 1990. The Computer Misuse Act (1990) was introduced to help deal with the problems caused by the misuse of computers and communication......
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Companies Act 2006
Act Summaries
The Companies Act (CA) 2006 was introduced as part of the long awaited reform of company law. It significantly replaced the Companies Acts of 1985......
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION [TREATMENT OF CLAIMANTS] ACT 2004
Act Summaries
In 2002 the UK Labour government published a White Paper entitled 'Secure Borders, Safe Haven: Integration with Diversity......
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Act Summaries
In the decades following the Second World War, globalisation and new technology caused a boom in industries such as the film, publishing, and the music industries, and businesses had a greater reach than ever before. With this surge in activity came an increased need for trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights, and a demand for a unified approach across all nations....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
European Communities Act 1972
Act Summaries
This Act was granted Royal Assent on 17 October 1972 and meant that the United Kingdom became an official member of the EEC....
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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Act Summaries
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was introduced as a response to a growing perception that the public had lost all confidence......
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Employment Rights Act 1996
Act Summaries
The Employment Rights Act 1996 introduces itself as ‘an Act to consolidate enactments relating to employment rights. As such, one of the main aims behind the Act was to bring together into a single piece of legislation much of the existing law in relation to employment rights....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Sexual Offences Act 2003 - Summary
Act Summaries
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 repealed most sections of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. It represented a large-scale revision of the law of sexual offences....
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Family Law Act 1996
Act Summaries
The Family Law Act 1996 was envisioned to modernise the divorce process and is seen as one of the most radical and far-reaching reforms of family law in the past century....
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Trade Marks Act 1994
Act Summaries
The Trade Mark Act (TMA) 1938 was said to have caused a 'great deal of judicial frustration thus indicating a strong need......
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Human Tissue Act 2004
Act Summaries
The Human Tissue Act 2004 (HTA 2004) was introduced to address serious concerns raised in the course of the 1998 Kennedy Inquiry....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Indecent Images of Children (IIoC) Legislation
Criminal Law
The most recent addition to the law of IIoC was made via section 64 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Subsidiarity in the EU and Brexit
EU Law
In true subsidiarity, the European Union acts as a high decision organ mandated to tackle issues that previously were difficult to deal with at the state-level....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Psychiatric Injury Claims in Tort Law
Tort Law
Psychiatric injury is a newly developed, incremental extension of the law and therefore has to be addressed separately....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Is the Bribery Act 2010 Harmful to UK Companies?
Business Law
The UK’s anti-bribery legislations has persistently been criticised, both domestically and abroad, for being outdated and difficult to apply in practice....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 Impact
Criminal Law
Since LASPO 2012 was implemented, more people are being denied access to justice....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Effect of Brexit on Parliamentary Sovereignty
Constitutional Law
In this paper, I will discuss the continuous growth in the common law as well as the rise in powers of the judiciary in the United Kingdom....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act : Grenfell Tower
Criminal Law
Once the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has concluded, the likelihood of subsequent prosecutions brought forward against the parties involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower is evidently high....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Effect of EU Membership on the UK Constitution
Constitutional Law
This essay will analyse how being a member of the European union and council of Europe has undermined the UK constitution to such an extent that the UK is no longer sovereign....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Regulation of Press Ownership in the UK
Communications Law
Media concentration raises specific concerns regarding ownership in terms of political, cultural as well economic areas....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Breach of Confidence and Private Information: Human Rights and Brexit
Human Rights Law
The essay will discuss if the breach of confidence is superfluous and is likely to wither on the judicial vine with use of the key elements of breach of confidence and the misuse of private information....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Duties of Directors in Company Law
Company Law
There has been much debate surrounding the duties laid out in the Act, and whether they go far enough to ensure that directors cannot abuse their power and privilege. ...
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Issues in UK Divorce Laws
Family Law
This essay will focus on whether it’s necessarily to reform the English divorce laws, to improve and manage how divorces are petitioned and carried....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
Influences of Law-Making in UK Parliament: Brexit Bill
Constitutional Law
Parliament is the supreme law-making body in the United Kingdom, and can make or amend laws as they wish....
Last modified: 7th Jun 2019
