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.
Vicarious Liability in Tort Law
Tort Law
Vicarious liability is where one person is held liable for the torts of another, even though that person did not commit the act itself....
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Shareholder Wealth Maximization
Business Law
Maximizing shareholder wealth is often a superior goal of the company, creating profit to increase the dividends paid out for each common stock....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
A Company is an Artificial Person Created by Law
Business Law
The incorporation of a company is an artificial entity recognized by the law as a legal person that exists independently. This paper analyses the development of the corporate structure....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Breach of Contract Case Summaries
Contract Law
Summaries of breach of contract cases including breaches under performance, agreement and frustration....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Delegated Legislation
Constitutional Law
Delegated legislation is law made by some person or body other than parliament, but with the permission of parliament....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
The Separation of Powers
Constitutional Law
This paper will individually discuss the three functions of separation of powers and the relationships between them....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Postal Rule of Acceptance
Contract Law
This paper examines the creation, development and application of the postal rule of acceptance in contract law....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
The Tort of Negligence
Tort Law
The Tort of Negligence is a legal wrong that is suffered by someone at the hands of another who fails to take proper care to avoid what a reasonable person would regard as a foreseeable risk....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Separate Legal Entity of a Company
Business Law
How a company is a separate legal entity and what that means for the liability of its shareholders and directors in law....
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Critical Analysis of Lords Decision in Street v Mountford
Business Law
This assignment will consider the case of Street v Mountford and consider the decision and speech of Lord Templeman and analyse whether or not the correct conclusions were reached. The assignment will then go on to consider the implications of the case and its subsequent application....
Last modified: 15th Sep 2021
Family Law: Divorce Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Family Law: Divorce. A marriage may come to an end in various ways, the most common of which is still the death of one partner. A decree of nullity in the case of a void marriage is evidence that there was never a valid......
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Case Summaries on Burglary
Case Summaries
Criminal law case summaries covering and burglary and aggravated burglary. R v Brown - A witness, having heard the sound of breaking glass, saw the defendant partially inside a shop front display. ...
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Robbery Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Robbery. A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Criminal Law Case Summaries
Case Summaries
The defendant, Bree (B), visited his brother and went for an evening out with him and others, including the complainant (C). All present consumed considerable quantities of alcohol, before returning to B’s brother’s home....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
McCann and Others v UK - 1995
Case Summaries
The applicants lodged an application with the Commission on 14 August 1991, on the grounds that the deaths of Daniel McCann, Mairead Farrell and Sean Savage by members of the SAS were in violation of Article 2 of the ECHR;...
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Negligence in Public Policy Case Summaries
Case Summaries
According to the ILEx Part 2 syllabus, candidates need to be aware of the continuing trend to restrict liability particularly for public bodies eg X v Bedfordshire County Council......
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Agreement Case Summaries - Formation, Acceptance, Termination
Case Summaries
Agreement case summaries covering formation of a contract, acceptance and termination of an offer. Payne v Cave (1789) - The defendant made the highest bid for the plaintiff’s goods at an auction sale, but he withdrew his bid before the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Theft Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Summaries of theft cases covering appropriation, property, belonging to another, the mens rea of theft, intention to permanently deprive, and intention to use or dispose of goods....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Undue Influence Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Cases on Undue Influence. Class 1 - Actual undue influence. Class 2 (2A and 2B)- Presumed undue influence....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Contract Law Mistake Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Mistake Cases covering common mistake, unilateral mistake, and mutual mistake contract law case summaries....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Discharge Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Cases on discharge of contract covering the general rule and modification to it, agreement, breach, frustration and limitations of the doctrine....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Duress Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Contract law duress cases including duress to the person, duress to goods, economic duress and remedies. Barton v Armstrong [1976] AC 104 - A (the former chairman of a company) threatened B (the managing director) with death if he did not agree to purchase A’s shares in the company. ...
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Strict Liability Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Cases on Strict Liability. The defendant ran off with an under-age girl. He was charged with an offence of taking a girl under the age of 16 out of the possession of her parents contrary to s55 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (now s20 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956)....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Contract Law Intention Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Contract law intention cases - social and domestic agreements, business / commercial agreements. Lens v Devonshire Club (1914) It was held that the winner of a competition held by a golf club could not sue for his prize...
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
Damages and Remedies Case Summaries
Case Summaries
A shipowner was held liable to a charterer in damages for loss of a cargo which had been caused by a combination of perils of the sea and the unseaworthiness of the ship....
Last modified: 7th Sep 2021
