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.
Corporate Liability in Criminal Law
Business Law
1. Introduction: Corporate liability in criminal law outlines the extent to which a corporation as a legal body can be made liable for the ......
Last modified: 20th Dec 2019
‘Fault Is the Cornerstone of the Tort Law’
Contract Law
Fault definition: A negligent or intentional failure to act reasonably or according to law or duty; an act or omission giving rise to a criminal in......
Last modified: 29th Nov 2019
Environmental Law Case Study: Pollution of River
Environmental Law
This brief analyses a pollution incident which occurred in September 2006 when an amount of the chemical perchloroethene (PCE) escaped from a hole....
Last modified: 29th Nov 2019
Sports Injury Law
Tort Law
Sports Injury Law. In order to analyse and give advice to the issues raised in our question we must consider the law of tort and the criminal law along with the relevant case law in regards to sports/sports activities and whether an injured player is entitled to compensation for the injuries suffered from an act of participator violence......
Last modified: 27th Nov 2019
How is Negligence Determined?
Tort Law
Negligence can be described as the carelessness in everyday terms or failure to take the proper level of care....
Last modified: 27th Nov 2019
Foresee Ability Court
Tort Law
The fact in Donoghue V. Stevenson was that the appellant drank a ginger beer that was bought by her friend in a café and she drank part of it from her cup....
Last modified: 27th Nov 2019
Tortuous Doctrine of Rylands v Fletcher Relevance
Contract Law
Introduction This paper focuses on the rule of Rylands v Fletcher, a case that was heard in the early 1860s (specifically 1860-1868). In this case ......
Last modified: 14th Oct 2019
Legal Issues In Relation To The Contract
Contract Law
‘Crooked, Shifty & Dodgy’ have just been offered a contract to act as accountants to ‘Build ‘n’ Go’. It is essential to write a report ......
Last modified: 14th Oct 2019
Incorporating an Exclusion Clause in Contracts
Contract Law
As a general rule, an exclusion clause would be effective if it is incorporated in the contract at the time when the contract is made....
Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
Cullinane v British Rema Manufacturing
Case Summaries
Cullinane purchased a clay pulverising machine from British ‘Rema’ Manufacturing Co Ltd (BRMCO). BRMCO warranted the machine processed six tonnes......
Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
A Breach of a Contract Occurs
Contract Law
With regards to remedies there are many different types of remedies, but the main one being Damages. The purpose of damages is to put the claimant ......
Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc
Contract Law
In January 2003, Transfield Shipping Inc of Panama (Transfield) chartered The Achilleas from the Mercator Shipping ......
Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
Principle of Awarding Damages to a Party
Contract Law
Damages are a financial remedy which aims to compensate the injured party for the consequences of a breach in the contract they were in. In ......
Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
Interrelationship between Contract and Tort Law
Contract Law
In The Cases Of The Wagon Mound And Hadley V Baxendale, How Did Their Outcome Affect The Law On Remoteness And Create An Interrelationship Between Contract Law And Tort Law...
Last modified: 11th Oct 2019
General Principles and Remedies for Contract Breach
Contract Law
What are the general principles in the formation of a contract? What are the various forms of remedies available for a breach of contract? Give ......
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
Whether a Valid Offer has been Communicated
Contract Law
The first issue to consider is whether a valid offer has been communicated from Amelia to Zac. Though it is Zac who specifies the amount ......
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
An Offer Must be Clear
Contract Law
Intention of the parties will determine the advertisement is an offer or an invitation to treat. For instance the case is Majumder v Attorney ......
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
Four Main Rules in Contract Law
Contract Law
Explaining the relevant rules on formation of contracts, consider whether a contract for the purchase of the VX47 was made between Lisa and M.J. Electrical....
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
Is Legislation the Most Important Source of Law?
English Legal System
This essay will explore how legislation is the most important source of Law in England and Wales and what each source of law consists of. ...
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
Undisclosed Principal
Contract Law
In considering the extent to which the law as it relates to undisclosed agency reflects the above statement by Lord Lindley in the case of Keighley, Maxsted & Co. v. Durant,...
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
Flawed Rules Of Statutory Interpretation
Administrative Law
The purposive approach is now regarded as the predominant approach to statutory interpretation in the UK. Some scholars may argue that the literal ......
Last modified: 10th Oct 2019
Tort of Negligence in Medical Care: A Case Study
Tort Law
In the case it was found any action that has been taken, would take reasonable care to prevent injuries to persons that could be foreseeable claimants....
Last modified: 9th Oct 2019
Doctrine of a Duty of Care
Tort Law
The word tort is derived from the French word of the same spelling which means mischief, injury, wrong, or calamity from the Latin tortus meaning twisted....
Last modified: 9th Oct 2019
The duty of care
Tort Law
The duty of care arises in the tort of negligence, a relatively recently emerged tort. The general principal is that you should not harm those people to whom you owe a duty of care by your acts of omissions....
Last modified: 9th Oct 2019
Set New Standards for Contractual and Pre Contractual Relations
Contract Law
A contract is essentially private, it is a creation of rights and obligations initiated entirely by free consenting parties to perform certain ......
Last modified: 9th Oct 2019
