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.
Hannaford v Selby
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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
Corporate Officer of the House of Commons v Information Commissioner
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PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – JURISDICTION. Numerous requests were made to the House of Commons under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for detailed breakdowns of some MPs’ claims under the Additional Costs Allowances scheme. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Melbury Road Properties 1995 Ltd v Kreidi
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LAND LAW – REGISTRATION – CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST. The defendant sought to extend his lease pursuant to a statutory framework. He served the notice of claim required, and was later informed… ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Cases on Actus Reus
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Cases on Actus Reus. The defendant, a diabetic was charged with assaulting his victim. The assault occurred whilst the defendant was in a state of hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar level due to an excess of insulin). ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Marriage and Nullity Case Summaries
Case Summaries
According to Lord Penzance in Hyde v Hyde (1866) LR 1 PD 130, concerning the validity of a Mormon marriage, marriage may be defined as “the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others”. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Participation Case Summaries
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Cases on participation. The defendant had deliberately given false information to the book-keeper of the company for which he worked, knowing that it would be entered into the accounts. As the book-keeper had innocently entered the wrong information, the defendant was convicted as the principal on a charge of falsifying the accounts. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Terms of The Contract Case Summaries
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Terms of Contract Cases. The plaintiffs, who had shipped goods for many years with the defendants, who were forwarding agents, agreed to a changeover in the method of shipment to enable goods to be carried in containers stored below deck on the ship. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Intoxication Case Summaries
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Cases On Intoxication. The defendant had been convicted of various counts alleging actual bodily harm, and assaults upon police officers. The offences had occurred after the defendant had consumed large quantities of alcohol and drugs. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Equitable Remedies Case Summaries
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The court refused specific performance to a buyer of a set of Hepplewhite chairs saying that they were ‘ordinary articles of commerce and of no special value or interest’. Note: the buyer was contracting with a view to resale and for personal use. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Non-fatal Offence Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Case summaries covering non-fatal offences including common law assault and battery, assault and ABH, malicious wounding and GBH. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Necessity Law Law Case Summaries
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Necessity Law. Necessity law arises where a defendant is forced by circumstances to transgress the criminal law. The generally accepted position is that necessity cannot be a defence to a criminal charge. The leading case is… ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Murder and Unlawful Killing Cases
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Murder is a crime of specific intent. Intention in this context includes direct or oblique intent. Direct intent covers the situation where the defendant desired the death. Oblique intent covers the situation where the death is foreseen by the defendant as virtually certain, although not desired for its own sake. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Exclusion Clause Case Summaries
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Contract law exclusion clause cases including incorporation, interpretation and unfair contract terms. The plaintiff bought a cigarette machine for her cafe from the defendant and signed a sales agreement, in very small print, without reading it. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Promissory Estoppel Cases
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An example of promissory estoppel is where A promises B that he would not enforce his legal rights and B acted and relied on it without giving any consideration. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Cases on Mens Rea
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Mens Rea Case Summaries. The defendant, in order to frighten Mrs Booth, her rival for the affections of Mr X, put burning newspaper through the letterbox of Booth’s house and caused the death of two of her children. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Consideration Case Summaries
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Re McArdle (1951) A wife and her three grown-up children lived together in a house. The wife of one of the children did some decorating and later the children promised to pay her £488 and they signed a document to this effect. ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Self Defence Case Summaries
Case Summaries
Self Defence. At common law the defence of self-defence operates in three spheres. It allows a person to use reasonable force to: (a) Defend himself from an attack… ...
Last modified: 6th Sep 2021
Undue Influence in Equity Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes
“Equity gives relief on the ground of undue influence where an agreement has been obtained by certain kinds of improper pressure which were thought not to amount to duress at common law because no element of violence to the person was involved” (GH Treitel, The Law of Contract). ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Trial On Indictment Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes
Up until recently, the magistrates’ court had to decide if there was a prima facie case against the defendant, ie, if there was enough evidence on a ‘first look’ to justify sending the defendant for trial at the Crown Court. The procedure was regulated by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Trespass to the Person Lecture Notes
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An assault is an act which intentionally causes another person to apprehend the infliction of immediate, unlawful, force on his person. It was said in R v Meade and Belt (1823) 1 Lew CC 184, that ‘no words or singing are equivalent to an assault’. ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Trespass To Land Lecture
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Trespass to land occurs where a person directly enters upon another’s land without permission, or remains upon the land, or places or projects. This tort is actionable per se without the need to prove damage. ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Statutory Interpretation Lecture Notes
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Notes from Smith & Bailey on the Modern English Legal System, Third edition 1996, p351-403; cases in Jacqueline Martin, The English Legal System, chapter 3. ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Breach of Statutory Duty Lecture
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If a person suffers damage due to the breach of a statutory duty s/he may be able to bring an action for breach of statutory duty simpliciter. The careless performance of a statutory duty will not give rise to a cause of action unless there exists a right of action for breach of statutory duty simpliciter or a common law duty of care in negligence. ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Sentencing Lecture Notes
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When deciding the type of sentence and amount, magistrates and judges (the court) will consider a number of factors. Note that the relevant law has now been consolidated in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
Principles of Sentencing Lecture
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There are five general aims or functions or justifications of punishment: Deterrence, Rehabilitation, Protection of Public, Retribution, and Symbolic Denunciation ...
Last modified: 2nd Sep 2021
