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Trial On Indictment Lecture Notes
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Up until recently, the magistrates’ court had to decide if there was a prima facie case against the defendant, ie, if there was enough evidence on a ‘first look’ to justify sending the defendant for trial at the Crown Court. The procedure was regulated by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996:...
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Trespass to the Person Lecture Notes
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An assault is an act which intentionally causes another person to apprehend the infliction of immediate, unlawful, force on his person. It was said in R v Meade and Belt (1823) 1 Lew CC 184, that ‘no words or singing are equivalent to an assault’....
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Trespass To Land Lecture
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Trespass to land occurs where a person directly enters upon another's land without permission, or remains upon the land, or places or projects. This tort is actionable per se without the need to prove damage....
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Statutory Interpretation Lecture Notes
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Notes from Smith & Bailey on the Modern English Legal System, Third edition 1996, p351-403; cases in Jacqueline Martin, The English Legal System, chapter 3....
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Breach of Statutory Duty Lecture
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If a person suffers damage due to the breach of a statutory duty s/he may be able to bring an action for breach of statutory duty simpliciter. The careless performance of a statutory duty will not give rise to a cause of action unless there exists a right of action for breach of statutory duty simpliciter or a common law duty of care in negligence....
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Sentencing Lecture Notes
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When deciding the type of sentence and amount, magistrates and judges (the court) will consider a number of factors. Note that the relevant law has now been consolidated in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000....
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Principles of Sentencing Lecture
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There are five general aims or functions or justifications of punishment: Deterrence, Rehabilitation, Protection of Public, Retribution, and Symbolic Denunciation...
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Power of Courts Lecture - Mentally Ill Offenders
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The sentencing powers of courts over mentally ill offenders are contained in the Mental Health Act 1983. Hosptial Order: By s37, a person convicted of an imprisonable offence may be given a hospital order, which authorises his admission to and detention in a specified hospital....
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Powers of Courts Lecture - Adult Offenders
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DEFERRED SENTENCE: The court may defer passing sentence on an offender for the purpose of enabling the court to have regard in dealing with him to (a) his conduct after conviction (including, where appropriate, the making by him of separation for his offence)...
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9 Main Features of Woolf Lecture
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Main Features of Woolf. The Civil Procedure Rules aimed at simplifying procedure with a single set of rules covering the High Court and county court for example, by having one method of starting a case (a Claim Form)....
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Limitation of Actions Lecture Notes
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The effects of the limitation periods are procedural rather than substantive in that they bar a remedy and do not extinguish the claim itself. Sir John Donaldson MR stated: ‘it is trite law that the English Limitation Acts bar the remedy and not the right, and furthermore, that they do not even have this effect unless and until pleaded’....
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Liability for Statements Lecture Notes
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The usual principles of Donoghue v Stevenson do not apply to negligent misstatement. In order for there to be a duty of care not to make negligent misstatement, there must be a “special relationship” between the parties....
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Woodward v Mayor of Hastings
Case Summaries
The plaintiff, aged twelve, slipped on an icy surface on the step of a church whilst he was at school. He fell over and sustained injuries. A cleaner had brushed away snow from the step but not placed any material down to neutralise the ice left behind which therefore left the step in a dangerous condition....
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Liability for Land and Premises Lecture
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The common duty of care is a duty to take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that the visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which he is invited or permitted to be there....
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Liability for Goods Lecture
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The purchaser of goods, which turn out to be defective, will sue in contract for breach of the terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979, or the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, which cannot be excluded against a consumer (Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977)....
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Law Reform Lecture Notes
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The social reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), argued for constant radical legislation to achieve the greatest happiness of the greatest number. From thistime efforts were made to demystify law and to see it as a set of practica lrules....
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Judicial Precedent Lecture 1
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Judicial precedent means the process whereby judges follow previously decided cases where the facts are of sufficient similarity. The doctrine of judicial precedent involves an application of the principle of stare decisis ie, to stand by the decided....
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Interference With Goods Lecture Notes
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The action for trespass to goods, trespass de bonis asportatis, affords a remedy where there has been a direct interference with goods in the claimant’s possession at the time of the trespass, whether that be by taking the goods from him or damaging the goods without removing them....
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Tanner v Tanner [1975]
Case Summaries
Whether a contractual licence will be implied in respect of allowing a woman to remain in occupation of a property whilst her children are of school age....
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Intention Law Lecture Notes
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The parties must intend the agreement to be legally binding. But how can the court find out what is in the parties’ minds? The nearest the courts can get to discover this intention is to apply an objective test and judge the situation by what was said and done. The law divides agreements into two groups, social & domestic agreements and business agreements....
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Human Rights Interpretation and Application in UK Law
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Prior to the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998, the European Convention was directly relevant to statutory interpretation because it could not be a source of rights and, unless a statute was ambiguous, it could not be used for statutory interpretation....
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Equity Lecture Notes
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Before 1066 all laws were local and enforced in the manorial, shire and hundred courts. Under the Normans, Royal Courts began to emerge from the King’s Council (Curia Regis). These did not take over the jurisdiction of the local courts immediately, but over a long period of time the local courts lost jurisdiction over cases and thus lost income....
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Death Lecture Notes
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If death is caused by any wrongful act, neglect or default, and the tortfeasor would have been liable if death had not ensued, the tortfeasor shall be liable to an action for damages, even though the person injured has died (s1(1)). ...
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Criminal Appeals Lecture Notes
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If the defendant pleaded guilty, an appeal lies from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court against sentence only. If the defendant pleaded not guilty, he can appeal to the Crown Court against either conviction or sentence or both (s108(1) Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980)....
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The Civil Justice System Lecture Notes
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Lord Woolf, Access to Justice (Final Report, July 1996), identified a number of principles which the civil justice system should meet in order to ensure access to justice. The system should:...
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