Articles tagged as UK Law
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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.
Robinson v Balmain New Ferry Co. Ltd
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Robinson (R) paid a penny to cross on a ferry, however he narrowly missed the ferry and changed his mind about crossing. R attempted to leave through the gate he came through, however it required another penny to be paid to leave. ...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Darlington BC v Wiltshier Northern
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The agreement between WNL and the finance company stipulated that all rights and causes of action against WNL were assigned to DBC. DBC brought… ...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Morrells of Oxford Ltd v OUFC
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The claimant (M) applied for an injunction to enforce a restrictive covenant contained in a conveyance of land against O, who proposed to convert the land to use a football stadium. ...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Moncrieff v Jamieson
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Easements and ancillary rights between dominant and servient tenements. The case was an appeal against an earlier case which had ruled that where one had a right of vehicular access from a public road, this also meant that they had a right to park on the servient tenement. ...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc
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Mohamud had used a petrol station kiosk and approached a member of staff with a question. The employee responded in an aggressive manner and demanded that Mohamud leave immediately. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Cases on Mens Rea 2
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Cases on Mens Rea 2. The defendant struck a blow with his belt at Horace Chapple which recoiled off him, severely injuring an innocent bystander. The defendant was convicted of maliciously wounding the victim… ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
City of London Building Society v Flegg
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Here, the Maxwell Browns purchased a property, attaining half of the cost form Mrs Maxell Brown’s parents, the Fleggs. The property was placed solely under the Maxwell Brown’s name with both the Browns and the Fleggs in actual occupancy. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Caunce v Caunce [1969]
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A husband and wife both made contributions to the purchase price for a property intended to act as the matrimonial home. The property in question was unregistered land, and the husband received sole legal title. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Kingsnorth Finance Co Ltd v Tizard
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A married couple jointly contributed to the purchase price for a property intended to serve as the matrimonial home with the husband taking sole legal title to the property at registration. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Holland v Hodgson
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The considerations necessary to differentiate fixtures from chattels. The owner of a mill mortgaged the mill to the claimant. The owner also under the bankruptcy provisions relevant at the time transferred all of his property to a trustee, the defendant. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Agency by Necessity Law
Contract Law
According to S142 Contract Act 1950, an agency may arise by necessity or in an emergency. Agency of necessity means a person may become the agent of another without being appointed as such under certain circumstances. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
R v Inglis
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Murder – Mercy killing as a mitigating factor for sentencing under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Schedule 21. The appellant, Frances Inglis (F), was convicted of murdering her son Thomas (T). T was in a vegetative state due to serious head injuries. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Thorner v Major 2009
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The claimant had worked on the defendant estate’s farm for over a decade without pay, believing that he would inherit the land when the defendant died. While the defendant once gave the claimant a bonus stating that it was for his ‘death duties’, he never explicitly told the claimant he would inherit ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Chambers v DPP – 2012
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A 26-year-old man learned that an airport from which he was due to travel was closed due to heavy snow-fall. He responded on Twitter by tweeting: “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!” ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Doctrine of Consideration
Consideration Law
As defined by Sir Frederick Pollock, consideration is an act or forbearance of one party, or the promise thereof, is the price for which the promise of the other is bought, and the promise thus given for value is enforceable. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
R v McNaughten – M’Naghten
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M’Naughten murder and pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity. In January 1843, at the parish of Saint Martin, Middlesex, Daniel M’Naghten took a pistol and shot Edward Drummond, who he believed to the British Prime Minister Robert Pell, wounding him fatally. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Lowery v Walker – 1911
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The defendant was the owner of a savage horse which he knew had the potential to cause damage to other individuals and without warning; he placed into a field to graze, knowing that members of the public cross on their path to a local railway station. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Morgan Crucible v Hill Samuel
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The plaintiffs were bidding to take over a third party company, which was being advised by the defendants. During the bidding process, the defendants made a number of negligent misrepresentations to the third party company, which resulted the plaintiffs suffering a loss. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
R v M (J) and Another – 2012
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JM and SM had been involved in a fight with a few doormen in a nightclub. One of the doormen, who had no signs of health problems, had a renal artery aneurysm and died. JM and SM were charged with affray and manslaughter caused by an unlawful act (affray being the unlawful act). ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
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The claimants (C) were all police officers who had been on duty within Hillsborough Stadium during the eponymous disaster, in which 95 Liverpool FC fans were killed and many others injured. ...
Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
White v Jones – 1995
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Considers professional negligence and the circumstances in which a third party can bring a claim on such grounds. A man, Mr White, wished to change his will so as to leave £9000 for the benefit of his two daughters, who he had chosen to exclude at the point of his will’s initial drafting. ...
Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Watt v Hertfordshire County Council – 1954
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The claimant worked for the fire department, and was answering a call involving a woman trapped under a lorry near the fire station. This involved moving a heavy piece of equipment to the scene to lift the lorry. ...
Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Re A (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment)
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The parents of conjoined twins, M and J, appealed against a decision to allow an operation to surgically separate them which would result in the death of M. M had severe brain abnormalities, no lungs and was supplied with blood by her sister. ...
Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Hillas and Co v Arcos
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Interpretation of Terms – Agreement to Negotiate – Enforceability. Hillas bought some timber from the timer merchants Arcos Ltd. They purchased 22,000 units of timber, and the agreement also contained an option that they would be able to buy up to 100,000 units the next year at a discounted rate of 5%. ...
Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
Great Peace Shipping v Tsavliris
Case Summaries
The defendants, Tsavliris Salvage International Ltd, were a company that offered salvaging facilities to ships in the South Indian Ocean that needed assistance. A ship called the Cape Providence required help after it had endured structural damage at sea. ...
Last modified: 5th Oct 2021
