Articles tagged as UK Law
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Liability for Land Law and Premises Legislation
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The rules enacted by the two next following sections shall have effect, in place of the rules of the common law ...
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Defamation Act 1952
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In an action for slander in respect of words calculated to disparage the plaintiff in an office, profession, calling, trade or business held or carried ...
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Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934
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LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1934 | Law Teacher ...
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Merchant Shipping Act 1988
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The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 was enacted to tackle the unfair quota hopping by foreign fishing vessels in British territorial… ...
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Hedley Byrne v Heller – Brief Case Summary
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Case Summary of Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd (1964) AC 465 (HL). Claiming Economic Loss and Experts. In 1963 the House of Lords established that in limited circumstances – if a duty of care arose in the making of statements – pure economic loss in tort could now be recoverable in English law. ...
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Caparo v Dickman Case Summary
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Case Summary of Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2. The tripartite test in establishing duty of care. Caparo is the landmark case which has created the tripartite test in establishing duty of care. ...
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Rylands v Fletcher – Case Summary
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Liability under Rylands v Fletcher is regarded as a specific type of nuisance, a form of strict liability, where the defendant may be liable without having been negligent. ...
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R v Dudley and Stephens – 1884
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The availability to the defence of necessity for murder. The two defendants and a boy between the ages of seventeen and eighteen were cast away in an open boat at sea following a storm. ...
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Entick v Carrington [1765]
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An individual’s rights over their property. On 11th November 1762 the defendant and three other named individuals entered a property belonging to the claimant and spent four hours there searching all of the rooms, breaking open boxes and going through all of the claimant’s possessions. ...
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Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 St Tr 1030
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Case Summary of Entick v Carrington (1765) 19 St Tr 1030. Government officials cannot enter private premises without legal authority. ...
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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co – 1893
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Emphasised the significance of offer and acceptance in contract law; distinguishes between offers and invitations to treat. The issue in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co was whether the advert in question constituted an offer or an invitation to treat. ...
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Donoghue v Stevenson Case Summary
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Donoghue v Stevenson, a Scottish dispute, is a famous case in English law which was instrumental in shaping the law of tort and the doctrine of negligence in particular. ...
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Partridge v Crittenden – 1968
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Facts in Partridge v Crittenden. The defendant advertised for sale a number of Bramblefinch cocks and hens, stating that the price was to be 25 shillings for each. Under the Protection of Birds Act 1954, it was unlawful to offer for sale any wild live bird. ...
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Pharmaceutical Society v Boots – 1953
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The defendant ran a self-service shop in which non-prescription drugs and medicines, many of which were listed in the Poisons List provided in the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, were sold. ...
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Salomon v Salomon – Case Summary
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A Case Summary of Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 (Salomon v Salomon) – Separate Legal Personality (SLP) is the basic tenet on which company law is premised. ...
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R v Secretary of State for Transport, ex parte Factortame
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Reaffirmed the supremacy of European Community law over the domestic laws of a Member State in the event of conflict. New British legislation required that to register a ship in Britain, most of its owners to be of British nationality. ...
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Land Registration Rules 2003
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The Land Registration Act 2002 repealed and replaced the Land Registration Act 1925, which until then governed land registration. ...
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The Parliament Act 1911
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The Parliament Act of 1911 [‘the Act’] emerged from political circumstances surrounding the relationship between the two UK parliamentary bodies… ...
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Police Reform Act 2002
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The sociological and political context was one of increased strain on police resources and widespread problems with the police ...
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Civil Procedure Rules
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The Civil Procedure Rules were used by all courts after 1999 and replaced the Supreme Court Rules and County Court Rules. ...
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Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
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The changes to the law that can be seen by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 which were based on recommendations contained ...
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Rent Act 1977
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The Rent Act 1977 is the piece of legislation which introduced the category of protected tenancy in the law of England and Wales. ...
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Coroners and Justice Act 2009
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The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (‘the Act’) changes the law on coroners and criminal justice in England and Wales. The Act is divided into nine parts… ...
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The Equality Act 2010
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The principle of equality is an indispensable element of a democratic society. Equality law in Britain, however, is a recent… ...
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Magistrates Court Act 1980
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The Magistrates Court 1980 was an Act passed by Parliament which implemented the recommendations of the Law Commission… ...
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