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.
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Smith v Chadwick - 1884 - Case Summary
Case Summaries
The prospectus of a company, which was created for the purposes of a takeover of an ironworks enclosed the following statement......
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Horsfall v Thomas - 1862
Case Summaries
The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to make him a steel gun which the defendant would pay for with two bills of exchange....
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Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer - Case Summary
Case Summaries
The Claimant and Defendant had a contract under which the Defendant purchased an overhead conveyor system from the Claimant....
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Watford Electronics v Sanderson - Summary
Case Summaries
The claimant was a family owned business involved in the sale, largely through mail order, of computer equipment. When the claimant company moved......
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R v Clarence
Case Summaries
The defendant, Charles James Clarence (CJC) was charged for unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm upon his wife Selina Clarence (SC) and......
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Hunter v British Coal
Case Summaries
The claimant (C) was driving along a roadway in a mine owned by the defendant company (D) when he drove into a hydrant, causing it to leak water....
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Dooley v Cammell Laird - 1971
Case Summaries
The claimant (C) was a crane operator working for the defendant (D). C was loading cargo from a quay onto a ship when the rope carrying the load snapped....
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Chadwick v British Railways Board - 1967
Case Summaries
The claimant, Henry Chadwick (C) was described as a cheerful man who was active in his local community and ran a well-known window cleaning company....
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Kay v Lambeth LBC
Case Summaries
The appellants appealed against decisions that Art.8 provided no defence to possession applications....
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Wainwright v Home Office
Case Summaries
The claimants were strip-searched for drugs on a prison visit. At trial, the judge found trespass against the person in relation......
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R v Olugboja
Case Summaries
The defendant and the co-accused met the complainant and her friend at a discotheque and offered to take them home. However, the defendant......
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Pennyfeathers Ltd v Pennyfeathers Property
Case Summaries
The key issues were whether the obligations of the second and third defendants as directors of the first claimant were superseded by the buy-out agreement AND......
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Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
Act Summaries
Learn about the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977...
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Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority
Case Summaries
Dr Johnstone, a junior doctor at University College Hospital was required under his employment contract to work 40 basic hours......
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Long v Lloyd - 1958
Case Summaries
The plaintiff was a haulage contractor who saw an advert for the sale of a lorry which was described as in ‘exceptional condition’....
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Dennant v Skinner and Collom [1948] 2 KB 164 (KBD)
Case Summaries
Case Summary of Dennant v Skinner and Collom [1948] 2 KB 164 (KBD). Establishing the general position in inter praesentes....
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Karsales v Wallis - Case Brief
Case Summaries
The Defendant (Mr Wallis) agreed to buy a used car if the vendor was able to find a company with which the Defendant could enter into a hire-purchase......
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Countess of Dunmore v Alexander (1830) 9 S. 190
Case Summaries
The Countess of Dunmore (C) was looking to change servant and wrote to Lady Agnew (LA) requesting information on the character of one of her servants......
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Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
Case Summaries
The plaintiffs were a firm of solicitors at which Cass was a partner. Cass was a compulsive gambler and dishonestly obtained money from the firm’s bank......
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Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148
Case Summaries
Case Summary of Knight v Knight (1840) 3 Beav 148. Private express trusts must demonstrate the 'three certainties'....
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Osman v Ferguson - 1993
Case Summaries
P, a school teacher, formed an unhealthy attachment to a 15-year-old male pupil. P repeatedly harassed the pupil. In May 1987, P changed his surname......
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Prohibition and Misuse of Drugs Act
Administrative Law
A drug has been described in the Oxford Dictionary as: “a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested ......
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Liability for Land Law and Premises Legislation
Act Summaries
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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Tort of Negligence Between Defendant and Plaintiff
Contract Law
A recent study (Redmond, Stevens & Shears, 1990, p. 250&251;) found that negligence defined as a defendant who breach of the duty of cares that ......
Last modified: 17th Dec 2020
For Liability in Negligence to Arise
Medical Law
The defendant owes the claimant a duty of care; (2) the defendant has acted in breach of that duty, and (3) as a result, the claimant has......
Last modified: 17th Dec 2020
