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.
Alfred F Beckett Ltd v Lyons
Case Summaries
The case involved a claim made by the plaintiff that as an inhabitant of the County Palatine of Durham… ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
Pugh v Savage [1970]
Case Summaries
Pugh was the owner of a farm which included field A. Field A was accessed from the highway along a lane, into a field… ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
Parker-Tweedale v Dunbar Bank plc
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PT brought an action challenging the sale of the property by the defendant mortgagee, DB, after his wife had missed… ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
J Sainsbury plc v Enfield LBC
Case Summaries
An individual had conveyed part of his land to the first claimant, subject to restrictive covenants stated to be binding on the latter’s… ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Melluish v BMI (No. 3)
Case Summaries
BMI acquired and then hired out plant and machinery, such as central heating equipment and crematoria equipment, to local authorities. In each case… ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Wilson v Wilson [1969]
Case Summaries
Rectification of trust on grounds of mistake; effect of equitable interests. ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Williams (JW) v Williams
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The effect of the purpose of a trust in providing a family home on an attempted claim for a sales order under the 1925 LPA. ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Re Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England’s Conveyance
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The Ecclesiastical Commission, who was charged with the responsibility to distribute the incomes for the Church of England… ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Oh Hiam v Tham Kong
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The appellants owned land in Malaysia. Six plots were in rubber growing land, while another in a village contained… ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Gissing v Gissing [1971]
Case Summaries
The parties married in their early twenties and the wife worked throughout the marriage as part of a printing company. ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Job v Potton
Case Summaries
Liability for shares of profits of tenants in common under the Statute of Anne. ...
Last modified: 21st Mar 2026
Donohoe v Ingram
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A couple jointly occupied a home alongside their children. The father subsequently entered bankruptcy and their creditors sought to… ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Kreglinger v New Patagonia Meat & Cold Storage Co Ltd
Case Summaries
Collateral advantages and clogs on the equity of redemption. ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Donohoe v Ingram
Case Summaries
The impact of exceptional circumstances on sales orders resultant from bankruptcy; can sales orders violate human rights. ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Gore and Snell v Carpenter
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A husband and wife owned two properties. They were joint tenants of both. As their marital relationship had broken… ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Binion v Evans [1972]
Case Summaries
The defendants promised the sellers of land that they would permit the claimant to continue living in one of the cottages for the remainder… ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Lovett v Fairclough (1991)
Case Summaries
The defendant owned an estate adjoining a river owned by the claimant. His predecessor in title had fished from the river for a long period… ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
R (on the application of Beresford) v Sunderland CC
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A new town development created a town plan that identified an open space in the town as a playing field/parkland. ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Stilk v Myrick 1809 – Case Summary
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Performance of an existing duty is no consideration. Stilk v Myrick is a case that was decided over 200 years ago but nonetheless the principle that it developed remains a core feature of the law of contract and more particularly that of consideration. ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
Attorney-General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd – Case Summary
Case Summaries
The Belize government established a company to take over the country’s telecommunications services. The articles of association… ...
Last modified: 15th Mar 2026
R v Woollin
Case Summaries
Case Summary of R v Woollin [1999] AC 82. The facts of Woollin comprised of the defendant throwing his three month old baby to the ground in frustration when it would not stop crying, leading to the baby dying from a fractured skull. ...
Last modified: 13th Mar 2026
R v Blaue – 1975
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After the victim refused the defendant’s sexual advances the defendant stabbed the victim four times. Whist the victim was admitted to hospital she required medical treatment which involved a blood transfusion. ...
Last modified: 13th Mar 2026
Issue of Consent in R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212
Criminal Law
The case of R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212 demonstrates the potential for prejudice to affect outcomes in criminal law cases. ...
Last modified: 13th Mar 2026
R v Brown and Stratton [1988] Crim LR 484
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Brown and Stratton were cousins who jointly attacked Stratton’s father as Stratton found his father’s ongoing gender reassignment embarrassing. ...
Last modified: 13th Mar 2026
R v Brown – 1985
Case Summaries
The defendant, Brown, broke a shop window and stuck the top half of his body through the hole while rummaging about inside the shop in order to steal the contents. His lower half remained outside the shop. ...
Last modified: 13th Mar 2026
