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.
Duty of Care
Medical Law
Duty of care can be described as a control mechanism that is used to establishing if one person can sue another for negligence. The landmark case… ...
Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Tort of Negligence Damage and Injury
Tort Law
In order for a claim of tortuous liability in negligence to be actionable, primarily, certain fundamental pre-requisites need to be established in each case respectively. ...
Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Negligence Duty Of Care Cases | Tort Law Cases
Case Summaries
Example cases from English tort law covering negligence and duty of care, and economic loss. ...
Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Duty of Care Test in Caparo v Dickman
Tort Law
An investigation of tests to determine the existence of a duty of care with case examples demonstrating rulings on duty of care. ...
Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
The Neighbour Principle in Tort Law
Tort Law
Does the neighbour principle enunciated by Lord Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson provide an adequate basis on which to resolve duty of care questions in the law of negligence? ...
Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Strict Liability in Criminal Law
Criminal Law
In Criminal Law strict liability is an offence that is imposed despite at least one element of mens rea being absent thus the reticence of the courts to impose such liability without this crucial element being present. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2023
Ireland v United Kingdom 1979-80
Case Summaries
Ireland v United Kingdom is a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) principally concerning the threshold at which ‘cruel and unusual treatment’ becomes ‘torture’ for the purposes of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2023
Contract Management Analysis Using Applicable Laws
Commercial Law
Like it or not, contracts for the National or International Sale of Goods or Supply of Services among parties is unavoidable, the issue is what … ...
Last modified: 16th May 2023
Vicarious Liability
Employment Law
There are a variety of situations in which a party may be charged with vicarious liability. A case in point, parents may be held vicariously liable ...
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Vicarious Liability Cases | Negligence
Case Summaries
Examples of vicarious liability case around the subject of matrimonial issues between husband and wife. ...
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Vicarious Liability and Employer Employee Relationship
Employment Law
Vicarious liability is a word that combined with two elements which are vicarious and liability. Vicarious means felt or experienced by reading … ...
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Concept of Vicarious Liability
Business Law
Explain the economic logic behind laws related to the concept of vicarious liability The simple definition of vicarious liability is where … ...
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Gregory v Piper – Case Summary
Case Summaries
The issue in Gregory v Piper was whether a master could be liable for the trespass which occurred as a result of instructions the master gave to another in his employment. ...
Last modified: 4th Nov 2022
Football Hooliganism Essay – Criminology
Criminology
This report will look at football hooliganism and how it has changed through the years. It will look at the early years of hooliganism and compare the hooliganism to today’s hooligan firms. ...
Last modified: 27th Oct 2022
Increase in Police Powers since the 1980s
Administrative Law
This essay will concentrate on some of the most violent tests the police have had to face in recent history. During these times we have seen political upheaval, football hooliganism and rioting. ...
Last modified: 27th Oct 2022
Law for Business
Civil Law
Stuart Pendlebury who just turned 90 years old was gifted an electric blanket from his grandchildren. The blanket caused him burns on his legs and damages to his bed and room décor extensively. ...
Last modified: 11th Oct 2022
Duress in Contract Law
Contract Law
Duress is a means by which a person or party can be released from a contract, where that person or party has been forced or coerced into the contract. ...
Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
R v Lockley – 1995
Case Summaries
In R v Lockley the defendant stole cans of beer from an off-licence. The shopkeeper tried to prevent him leaving the shop with the stolen items. ...
Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
The Ghosh Test for Dishonesty Has Attracted Many Critics
Properties and Trusts
One example is Professor Griew, author of “The Theft Acts 1968 and 1978 (7th edn, 1995) Some commentators argue that it creates a “Robin Hood… ...
Last modified: 26th Aug 2022
The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
Act Summaries
The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 is an Act that ensures that traders provide services to an adequate standard of workmanship and is applicable to contracts entered into before 1 October 2015, in the United Kingdom. ...
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
Criminal Law Dissertation Topics
Law Dissertation Topics
Here you will find a selection of 12 dissertation topics and ideas on criminal and evidence law. We have provided these law dissertation topics to help you. ...
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
Writing a Masters Law Dissertation
LLM Study Guide
For many students the completion of their LLM dissertation may well be the first occasion that they have been faced with writing such a lengthy piece of work. ...
Last modified: 25th Aug 2022
R v King
Case Summaries
The defendant had remarried while his previous marriage was still valid. He was prosecuted for bigamy contrary to section 57 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 ...
Last modified: 9th Dec 2021
Case Law on Duress by Threats
Case Summaries
Duress by Threats. The general nature of the defence of duress is that the defendant was forced by someone else to break the law under an immediate threat of serious harm befalling himself or someone else, ie he would not have committed the offence but for the threat. Duress is a defence because.. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Malone v Laskey – 1907
Case Summaries
The claimant lived in a house belonging to her husband’s employer. The claimant’s husband was a tenant, and she had a license to live at the property. Whilst using the lavatory, the cistern was dislodged by vibrations caused by the next-door neighbour’s electricity generator, which fell on her causing her injuries. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
