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.
Is Parliamentary Supremacy Under Attack? Considering Judges, EU and Constitutional Conventions
EU Law
The main attack of Parliamentary sovereignty is the UK’s membership of the EU. The UK joined the EU in 1972 through the European Communities Act and with this membership, it is arguable that Parliament effectively signed off their supremacy. ...
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Effect of EU Regulations on Parliamentary Sovereignty
Problem Question Examples
A case study problem question in how the European Union regulations effect British parliamentary sovereignty...
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Critique the Impact of the Principle of Supremacy
Public Law
In the constitution of the United Kingdom, Parliament is the supreme law making authority which has the power to make or unmake any law whatever......
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Impact of Judges, the EU and Conventions on Parliamentary Supremacy
Constitutional Law
After joining the EU, the most significant case that highlighted and then clearly showed the EU’s supremacy status over the UK was the Factortame case. ...
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Public Law Presentation – Parliamentary Sovereignty
Public Law
The origins of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty are controversial: some attribute its origins to the early 16th century, when Parliament......
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Analysis of the Supreme Court's Reasoning in Cherry/Miller (No 2)
Example Essays
This essay will attempt to demonstrate that the Supreme Court’s reasoning upheld key constitutional principles in line with the Westminster view....
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Supremacy European Community Law
English Legal System
The supremacy of Community law has most defiantly undermined the principle of Parliamentary sovereignty in the constitution of the United Kingdom. ...
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Parliamentary Sovereignty Part of UK Constitution
Constitutional Law
Parliamentary sovereignty is a fundamental part of the UK’s constitution, it is where Parliament is the supreme legal authority, which has the power to create or end any law....
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Parliamentary Sovereignty in the UK after HRA
Constitutional Law
In order to approach this question it is necessary to focus on a variety of issues. In order to determine if parliamentary has been overturned or refined by the Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998...
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Most Important Feature of a Company
Business Law
Introduction In today’s world where business has become very complex and production is done on a large scale requiring large amount of funds ......
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Ultra Vires and Third Party Rights
Business Law
Ultra vires in company law is used to indicate an act of the company which is beyond the powers conferred ......
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
The Reform of the Ultra Vires Rules
Business Law
S (31) (1) of the Companies Act 2006 is a retrograde step in terms of a company’s capacity. The provision re assert the ultravires problem ......
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Company Lawyers the Ultra Vires Doctrine Maintains
Business Law
A familiar principle by company lawyers, the ultra vires doctrine, maintains that for registered companies, since the objects clauses ......
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
The Ultra Vires Rule in Relation to English Company Law
Company Law
It was in the nineteenth century 1 that the courts established the doctrine, which became known as the ultra vires doctrine. The actual term......
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Significance of the Memorandum of Association
English Legal System
There can be no doubt that the significance of the Memorandum of Association (“Memorandum”) has gradually diminished ever since the first limited companies were recognised under English law over 150 years ago....
Last modified: 18th Nov 2020
Discuss Criticisms of the Doctrine of Privity of Contract
Contract Law
Privity of contract is fundamental criteria in a contract and in parallel with doctrine of consideration. Uncertainty in this area of contract ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
The Doctrine of Privity in Outline
Contract Law
It is proposed to introduce the doctrine of privity in outline in Part A. In Part B, the purposes behind the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (hereafter “the Act”) will be analysed in light of judicial criticism...
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Only Persons Who Are Parties to a Contract Can Take Action
Contract Law
The privity of contract doctrine dictates that only persons who are parties to a contract are entitled to take action to enforce it. A person who ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Critical Study of Privity of Contracts
Contract Law
INTRODUCTION Only a person who is a party to a contract can sue on it’ or’ a stranger to a contract cannot sue’ is an axiomatic principle of ......
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Reforms of Doctrine of Privity
Contract Law
It is proposed to introduce the doctrine of privity in outline in Part A. In Part B, the purposes behind the Contract ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Privity and Relationship to Doctrine of Consideration
Contract Law
The meaning of privity of contract doctrine is that only persons who are parties to a contract are entitled to take action to enforce it. A ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Doctrine of Privity and Rules of Consideration
Contract Law
The general rule under the doctrine of privity is that someone not a party to a contract cannot be liable under it nor benefit from it. The ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Doctrine of Privity in Contract in Contract Law
Contract Law
Considering whether or not the traditional doctrine of privity of contract within contract law has become outdated and in dire need of reform....
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
Rules of Contract Law Tutorials
Contract Law
The general rule for the doctrine of privity imposes that only the parties to a contract are entitled to take action in order to enforce it so ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
English Doctrine of Privity of Contract
Contract Law
The common law doctrine of privity of contract dictates that only persons who are parties to a contract are entitled to take action to enforce ......
Last modified: 9th Nov 2020
