Tag: UK Law

Section 3 of Human Rights Act
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: The presupposition when reading the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) s.3 is that the courts have been given the remit to interpret statutory ......

What is Judicial Review?
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Judicial review is the process by which the superior court exercises its supervisory jurisdiction over the proceedings and decisions of inferior ......

The Board of Directors Play a Pivotal Role in Any Effective Organisation
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Corporate governance is a system which deals with rules, regulation and procedure of a business that how can it be proceeded and to overcome the pr......

Reforming Director Liability in UK Company Law
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Director liability is of especial concern within company law because there has to be the correct balance between lifting the corporate veil and holding the director who has failed in his/her duties to account....

Testate Succession and Intestate Succession
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Succession affects everyone as all property must pass to someone else on death....

R v Lord Chancellor (ex Parte Witham)
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Heard at the Royal Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division. On the 19th February 1997 John Witham with permission of Lightman J. applied for a ......

UK Corporate Governance Code and the Legislative Framework
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Company Law Student #: 085175332 Introduction The Financial Reporting Council has recently promulgated its revised UK Corporate Governance Code......

Constitutional Search and UK Parliament
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Dicey’s classic definition has 3 basic points. These are That parliament is the sovereign law making body and can enact any law it wants on any ......

A Public Limited Company
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: A public limited company is a popular business model for many corporate governance reasons. Corporate governance can be defined as ‘the system of laws, rules and factors that control operations of a company....

In a Recent Review of UK Company Law
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: there was no merit in imposing a more integrated regime on groups of companies which would take away flexibility and strike at the limited ......

Consideration Is One Party Who Are Willing to Exchange Value for Value
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: The orthodox view is that, performance of an existing duty should not constitute consideration. Discuss...

Commercial Law
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Charlie used to run his own business as a chocolate maker....

The Development of the Doctrine of Frustration
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: The principle of freedom to contract is a founding principle upon which the world of commercial contracts operates. This strictly means ......

Law Governing Rape and Sexual Assault
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: The law governing rape and sexual assault is contained in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (SOA 2003) which came into force on ......

Does Discrimination Exist in Nursing in the NHS?
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: This chapter will introduce the definition of discrimination and the types of discrimination. The aim of this chapter in to review the main ......

Succesfully Claim Damages for the Distress
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: In 20th July 2009, Lucy Smith contracted with Horizon Builders Ltd development of project at Moor View House. Following a telephone conversation ......

The Last Pieces of Legislation
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: One of the last pieces of legislation to slip through its parliamentary stages before the start of the new parliamentary year was the Coroners and Justice Act....

Existence of a Partnership Criticized
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Partnership Act 1890 the Act is constantly being criticized as of advanced age and thus fails to suit the vast number of modern partnership......

Reasonable Expectations of Parties Concept
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: In systems of law where there is a general duty of good faith in the performance of contracts the need to supplement the written contract ......

Changes in Relation to Miscarriage of Justice
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: A miscarriage of justice is therefore, mutatis mutandis, a failure to attain the desired end result of ‘justice’.......

Area of Company Law - Legal Personality
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: ......

Liability for Negligent Misstatement
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: In seeking to critically evaluate the view that 'Liability for negligent misstatement has never been clearly defined' with reference to the......

Analysis of the Equality Act
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: The introduction to Equality Act 2010 Equality Act 2010 is an act of the Parliament of United Kingdom which taking effect from October ......

Punitive Damages
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: Exemplary damages' also known as punitive damages are damages which are intended to punish the defendant and seek to effect retribution, as well as being concerned to deter the defendant from repeating the outrageously wrongful conduct...

Regulating the Employer's Powers of Dismissal
7th Aug 2019
Introduction: The first employment Acts in use in the UK regarded the employee more as a servant to the employer than a contributing member of the workforce....