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.
Medical law and Ethics: The UK, Netherlands and Belgium
Medical Law
Compare and contrast the law relating to both embryonic stem cell research and abortion in Germany and England & Wales. To what extent has each jurisdiction adopted a consistent approach to the status of and/or respect due to the human embryo/foetus? ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Law on Balloting and Industrial Action
Employment Law
In order to assess how far the law on balloting democratizes or inhibits the taking of industrial action this paper will look at the background to the law on industrial action, examine the current legislation on balloting and associated case law, both domestic and international. ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Effectiveness of Anti-money Laundering Legislative Provisions in the UK
Law Dissertation Examples
Though, the main focus of this discussion will be on UK’s anti-money laundering initiatives to tackle the problem, its history, the sectors where money is laundering, scale of it, UK’s implication of international measures, brief effect of Brexit, role of financial institutions and regulatory bodies will be discussed. ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Potential Outcomes of Criminalising Forced Marriage (FM)
Law Dissertation Examples
The following dissertation will discuss and evaluate the effect and likely outcome of criminalising forced marriages (FM). It is important to define what a FM is as there are several myths and stereotypes in society. Forced marriage can be defined as a marriage which occurs when one or both parties to the marriage have been pressurised into marriage. ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Contact Orders and Abusive Parents’ Access to Children
Law Dissertation Examples
This paper discusses the courts’ approach when granting contact order and concludes that the law has not found a satisfactory approach to the issue of contact where there is a history of domestic violence perpetrated by the father against the child and the resident mother. ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Principles of Limited Liability and Corporate Personality
Law Dissertation Examples
This dissertation will discuss the principles of limited liability and corporate personality and the courts’ reluctance to disregard the corporate veil the principle called “piercing the Corporate Veil” ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Individual Freedom and Social Contract Theory
Law Dissertation Examples
The Social Contract Theory is what is called a meta-narrative by post-modernist writers in that it attempts to give an overarching explanation of law’s legitimacy which makes a number of assumptions about human nature, the structure that law ought to take and what the social contract agrees upon. It is these criteria which we will be evaluating in the work. ...
Last modified: 24th Aug 2021
Regulation and Investigation of Crime on Social Media in the UK
Law Dissertation Examples
The purpose of this project is to explore the potential and limits of the proposal to link users’ social media registrations to their national identity number, as a means to address the challenges for traditional criminal law in tackling crime on social media. ...
Last modified: 23rd Aug 2021
Effect of Race and Gender Bias on Jury Decisions
Law Dissertation Examples
The issue of racial and gender bias in juries is a very contentious issue, it is raised due to a perceived lack of fairness in a jury trial. The notion of trials by jury has developed substantial over the years. In 1215, following the Norman Conquest, The Magna Carta included recognition that a person has the right to be trialled by ‘the lawful judgment of his peers’. ...
Last modified: 23rd Aug 2021
Should Sexting be Criminalised to Combat the Issue of Revenge Porn?
Law Dissertation Examples
This study will explore the issue of revenge porn which is a niche area under cyber-bullying in the 21st century. The definition of revenge porn is a distribution of explicit images or videos of an individual without consent. ...
Last modified: 23rd Aug 2021
The Eugenia, Ocean Tramp Tankers Corporation v V/O Sovfracht
Case Summaries
The vessel Eugenia was let to the charterers for “a trip out to India via Black Sea” from the time Eugenia was delivered to them in Genoa. Under Clause 21 in the contract between the two parties, the vessel was not to be brought within any zone which is dangerous as a result of any actual or threatened act of war ...
Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
Judges Interpretation of Legislation
Constitutional Law
Parliament makes the law but it is the roles of judges to interpret parliament’s words. They have a measure of discretion and creative power … ...
Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
Does the UK Have a Constitution?
Constitutional Law
Constitution can be defined as the rules and practices that determine the composition and functions of the organs of central and local government … ...
Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
Morgan v Odhams Press
Case Summaries
The defendant was a journalist collecting material on a dog doping gang story, whereby he put a key witness (who agreed to talk to him) under his surveillance while investigations were ongoing. ...
Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
Principle of the Separation of Powers
Constitutional Law
The separation of powers is a constitutional principle introduced to ensure that the three major institutions of the state namely; the legislative, the executive and the judiciary are not concentrated in any single body whether in functions, personnel or powers. ...
Last modified: 23rd Jun 2021
Relationship Between the Judiciary and Government
Constitutional Law
To be able discuss the relationship between the government and the judiciary it is first crucial to outline the Doctrine of Separation of Powers. According to this doctrine in any state, three essential bodies must exist: the executive, the legislature and the judiciary ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Problem Question – Dispositions to a Will
Equity Law
When considering any disposition it is paramount to interpret it in such way that most effectively fulfils the testator’s intention and to ensure that the true intention is not exposed to any injustices that could alter the original meaning. ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Problem Question on Equity and Trusts
Environmental Law
The owner of the legal interest cannot be a trustee of the trust property until aware of the facts alleged to affect his conscience. In order to establish a trust there must be identifiable trust property ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Loss of Right to Reject and Terminate a Contract
Commercial Law
The focus on the paper is where the right to reject and terminate has arisen but lost at a later stage. For example, once the buyer makes a total waiver, for instance, a statement that he will forgive the seller no matter what he does, he will lose the right to reject and terminate. ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Vicarious Liability
General Law
Vicarious Liability. Employed persons are, then, divided into two essential groups. The first group is ‘those employed to perform services in connection with the affairs of the employer and over whom the employer has… ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
History of the Tort of Vicarious Liability
Tort Law
The following paper shall investigate the origins and development of the tort of vicarious liability. In doing so it shall provide an analysis for the usage of the legal terminology in an effort to produce distinctions. ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Previously Under the Common Law also Known as Case Law or Precedent
Business Law
Vicarious liability is the legal liability imposed on one person for torts and crimes committed by another, even though they are not… ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company
Contract Law
Mrs. Louisa Elizabeth Carlill who had seen the advertisement bought one of the balls and eventually used it three times daily for nearly two months until when she contracted the flu on January 17, 1892. Hence due to her adherence of the instructions she claimed £100 reward from the Carbolic Smoke Ball Compan ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
Advertisement is a Unilateral Offer
Contract Law
The appellant can argue that the advertisement is a unilateral offer and respondent published it having an intention of a binding agreement. In the advertisement, the respondent has included the exact time, date and conditions. People can clearly identify by looking at the advertisement that the respondent had a serious intention of having a binding agreement. ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations
Contract Law
However, introduction of Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act and The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations is certainly making some progress. And the introduction of these standards the delay of payment will continue to decline, as well as business expenses of companies. ...
Last modified: 11th Jun 2021
