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.
Offences Against the Person Act
Criminal Law
The scenario in question is focusing on the Offences Against the person Act (OAPA) as well as the area of consent. ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
A Trust is a Legal Arrangement
Equity Law
A Trust is a legal arrangement which involves an individual (the Settlor) transferring legal title of properties to another person or body … ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Gray V Thames Trains Ltd [2009]
English Legal System
Ex trupi causa non ortiur actio is a very important maxim. Before discussion on how their Lordship applied the principle in the Gray case let see what’s the maxim. ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Relationship of Trust with Ogbolo
Properties and Trusts
In a summary the facts of the case are that Gari, a settlor had the intention of entering a relationship of trust with Ogbolo, his brother as the trustee and have as beneficiary of that trust Melechi-Ede. ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Sales by a Non-Owner
Properties and Trusts
Sales by a Non-Owner. Does the present law relating to sales by a non-owner strike a fair balance between the interests of the original owner of goods and someone who in good faith has bought them from a non-owner who had no authority to sell them? ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Patentability of Computer Programs or Software
Technology Law
The concept of patents is considered to have originated from the Venetian Statute of 1474 in Italy, issued by the Republic of Venice. The main aim of this concept was to recognize the efforts of inventors ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Ministry of Sound v World Online
Case Summaries
M was one of a group of companies that appealed against a summary judgment that had refused its application for the payment of a final instalment… ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby
Case Summaries
The plaintiffs, Herbert Morris Ltd, manufactured hoisting machinery. The defendant, Saxelby, was employed and trained by them… ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Patel v Ali – 1984
Case Summaries
The first and second defendants were joint owners of a property and contracted to sell it to the plaintiffs. The husband of the first defendant was… ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Mendelssohn v Normand Ltd – Case
Case Summaries
The Claimant parked in a garage owned and operated by the Defendant. There was a notice board in the car park which stipulated that the Defendant would… ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Broken Windows Theory of Policing
Criminology
Explain the Broken Windows theory of policing. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Unfair Dismissal and Employment Rights Act
Employment Law
Unfair dismissal is the term used in English, Welsh and Scottish Law to describe an employers action when terminating … ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
What is Performance of an Existing Duty
Contract Law
In the view of the traditional, performance of an existing duty should not constitute consideration. Sometime, one person makes a promise for another to exchange for other person promise or something that the person… ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Punishing the Guilty Protecting the Innocent
Criminal Law
The purpose of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) is to deliver justice for all, by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent. ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Lawsuit with Entrepreneurs in Business Law
Contract Law
The legal environment in a business context is becoming more complex, because potential legal problems may arise from anywhere. ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Employment Status in Employment Law
Employment Law
The question of the Employment Status in one of the most difficult to answer in Employment Law. ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Disability Discrimination Act and Impairment
Employment Law
Following intensive campaign for the introduction of widespread civil rights legislation for disabled people, the government introduced … ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Essentialia and the Contract of Employment
Employment Law
Definition: Employment contract Oral or written, express or implied, agreement specifying terms and conditions under which a person consents … ...
Last modified: 13th Aug 2019
Provide a Critical Evaluation of the Current Definition of Reckless
Criminal Law
Recklessness is a problematic area of the criminal law, since there is no strict definition of what constitutes it… ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
Employment Law and Practice of England
Employment Law
For an organization, employees are one of the most important assets. In today’s scenario, there is a lot of debate on the issues related … ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
Status of an Employee
Employment Law
Status of an Employee. There are many different tests in order to determine the status of an employee. Some of these tests consist of control test, mixed test, integration/Organisation test, multiple factor test and the control test being the first of its kind to decide the status of an employee, ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
A Case of Wrongful Dismissal
Employment Law
James is a computer programmer at Mega- Bytes Ltd and has worked for them over the last twelve years; he was dismissed without any notice. His … ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
Traditional Principle of Deviation in Maritime Law
Contract Law
“The true view is that the departure from the voyage contracted to be made is a breach by the ship owner of the contract, a breach of such … ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
McPhail v Doulton
Equity Law
In order to allocate property according to the testator’s wishes, equity recognises both a trust and a power of appointment. ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
External Sources of the Contract of Employment
Employment Law
Employers and employees are generally free to agree whatever contractual terms they wish, provided certain statutory rights are … ...
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
