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.
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
Blundell v St Andrew’s School 2007
Case Summaries
Maternity leave – right to return to work – ‘same job’. The claimant teacher had taught a reception class before taking maternity leave. Upon her return, she was offered a role either as a floating teacher or taking a class of older children. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd
Case Summaries
EQUITY – MANDATORY INJUNCTIONS WHICH ASSIST A BREACH OF CONTRACT. A local council had contracted with the defendants for construction work on their land. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Holman v Johnson – 1775
Case Summaries
Agreement for the sale of tea at Dunkirk valid and value of tea recoverable. The plaintiff sold and delivered a quantity of tea to the defendant knowing that the defendant intended to smuggle it into England (without paying the relevant duty). ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
R v Hale – 1978
Case Summaries
Robbery under Section 8(1) Theft Act 1968, actus reus, immediately before or at the time of stealing using force on any person. Two defendants entered the victim’s house and stole her jewellery box from her bedroom. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Santley v Wilde 1899
Case Summaries
Collateral advantages and presumptions about oppressive conduct. The owner of a lease of a theatre wanted to carry on a theatre business there and took out a mortgage of £20,0001 in order to do this, secured against the lease, over five years. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
R v Horncastle and Others 2009
Case Summaries
Case Summary of R v Horncastle and others [2009] UKSC 14 (SC). Hearsay evidence and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). R v Horncastle and others was an English legal case concerning the rules on hearsay evidence. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Trespass To The Person Cases
Case Summaries
Trespass To The Person. In an action for damages for assault and false imprisonment it appeared that the plaintiff had contracted with the defendants to enter their wharf and stay there till the boat should start and then be taken by the boat to the other side. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Hannaford v Selby
Case Summaries
Trust – Beneficial Interest – Common Intention – Property – Repossession – Licensee – Notice – Reasonable Time. The defendants, the Selby family, were the parents of the complainant, Mrs Hannaford. The Hannaford family bought property in their own name and used the money from selling their former home ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
