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 R – 1992
Case Summaries
The defendant married his wife (complainant) in August 1984. After the marriage did not work, she moved out in October 1989 and took her son to live with her parents. At the time of the incident in November 1989, they were separated but not legally divorced. ...
Last modified: 29th Sep 2021
Duties and Responsibilities of Company Directors
Company Law
A summary of company director duties according to the Companies Act 2006 and systems of enforcement to ensure these duties of directors are implemented. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Offer or An Invitation to Treat
Contract Law
An analysis based on a statement, of whether a situation is an offer or invitation to treat, according to Section 2 (a) of the Contracts Act 1950. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Offer and Acceptance
Properties and Trusts
A summary of the essential elements required to form a contract and an explanation of each of the elements. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
The Charities Act: Inconsistencies in Charity Classification
Commercial Law
The definitions of what a charity is and its purpose are explained in the Charities Act 2006 and is subject to the control of the High court. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Judicial System Differences
Constitutional Law
In different countries there are various types of judicial systems and each one of them has their own ways of governance. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v Bree 2007
Case Summaries
The defendant, Bree (B), visited his brother at University and went for an evening out with him and others, including the complainant (C). Both B and C consumed considerable quantities of alcohol, before returning to B’s brother’s home ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Cases on Preliminary Crimes
Case Summaries
Preliminary Crime Case Summaries. The defendant members of the ‘National Front’ had conducted a campaign against a Mr and Mrs W (a white couple) fostering black children. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Esso Petroleum v Mardon – 1976
Case Summaries
The Court of Appeal held that the contract could not be voided for misrepresentation as the defendants presented the inflated figure as an estimate rather than as a hard fact. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Murphy v Brentwood District Council
Case Summaries
The defendant local authority had negligently approved plans for the footings of a house (a task which fell within its responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act 1936). The claimant purchased the property, but some time afterwards it began to subside as a result of defects in the footings. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd
Case Summaries
Seven boys detained in a borstal – a type of youth detention centre, were working on an island under the supervision of three officers. The borstal boys escaped from the island at night with the plaintiffs’ yacht and damaged it. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Beswick v Beswick – 1968
Case Summaries
The court granted the widow an order of specific performance for the payment owed by PB’s nephew as an administrator to her husband’s estate. The court held that the damages would also not be limited due to the loss that had been caused to PB’s estate. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v Pittwood – 1902
Case Summaries
The defendant was employed by a railway company to operate the gate at a level crossing across the track. He lifted the gate to allow a cart to pass across, but then failed to put it back down before going for his lunch break. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Shaw v DPP – 1962
Case Summaries
Conspiracy to Corrupt Public Morals – Prostitution – Public Morals – Court’s Ability to Create New Offence. The defendant created magazines, which contained personal adverts for prostitutes. This included their personal contact details, photographs and descriptions of their services. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Re McArdle – 1951
Case Summaries
Past consideration is no consideration.. Mrs McArdle had already performed the work before she asked for payment. Her consideration was in the past. Past consideration is not good consideration. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v Miller [1983] 2 AC 161
Case Summaries
The court concluded that as he was responsible for having created the dangerous situation, the defendant was under a duty to take action to resolve it once he became aware of the fire. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Cutter v Powell – 1795
Case Summaries
Partial performance of a contract. Mr. Cutter, a sailor, was hired for a voyage and given a promissory note from his employment that ten days after the ship arrives at Liverpool, he will pay Mr. Cutter a certain sum. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Bisset v Wilkinson – 1927
Case Summaries
Whether a statement is one of fact or opinion for the purposes of rescinding a contract. The defendant in this matter was the purchaser of land in New Zealand which was purchased by the claimant for the purpose of sheep farming. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2)
Case Summaries
Undue influence; married couple; notice of risk; protection of wife and lender. The case concerned eight joined appeals in which homeowners had mortgaged their houses to secure loans used by the husbands for their respective businesses. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v A (No.2)
Case Summaries
In dismissing the appeal, the Court held that s.41(3)(c) of the 1999 Act should be construed, where necessary, by having regard to the interpretative obligation under s.3 of the 1998 Act and by giving adequate consideration to the need to protect a complainant from indignity and the possibility of humiliating questioning ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Ruxley v Forsyth – Case Brief
Case Summaries
Pool not built to specified depth; whether cost of re-instatement recoverable. Ruxley agreed to build a swimming pool at Forsyth’s home. The contract specified the depth of the pool was to be seven feet and six inches. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries
Case Summaries
Delayed delivery of boiler to laundry company; whether lost profits recoverable. Victoria Laundry Ltd (VLL) ordered a large boiler from Newman Industries Ltd (NIL) in contemplation of some lucrative dyeing contracts. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v Prince – 1875
Case Summaries
Where a statute is silent as to the mens rea for an offence, the court is not bound to read a mens rea requirement into the statute. The offence was one of strict liability as to age, therefore a mens rea of knowledge of the girl’s actual age was not required to establish the offence. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Page v Smith – 1996
Case Summaries
The House of Lords found in favour of C, albeit by a bare majority (Lords Keith and Jauncey dissenting) and held that, provided it was reasonably foreseeable that C would suffer some physical injury as a result of D’s negligence, it was not necessary that the type of harm caused was itself reasonably foreseeable ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
R v Kennedy – 2007
Case Summaries
It was held that as the victim was a fully informed and consenting adult, who had freely and voluntarily self-administered the drug without any pressure from the defendant, this was an intervening act. ...
Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
