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.
Provocation Partial Defences to Murder
Criminal Law
Provocation is one of the major partial defences to murder. The defence acknowledges human frailty and mitigates the punishment of the offence of murder. ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Prison Population Punishments
Criminal Law
The prison population in England and Wales exceeded its current ‘usable operational capacity’ of just under 82,000 in February 2008. ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Meaning of a Legally Binding Contract and Its Significance in Business
Contract Law
Table of Contents Any agreements enforceable by law are a contract in a sense. However, not all agreements are contract which are not enforceable … ...
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Birth and Our Legal System
English Legal System
The term ‘birth’ plays an important role in many subsections of our legal system. In addition, it is obvious from the outset that this term is not always used to convey the same meaning ...
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Police Powers Abuse
Criminal Law
Police Powers Abuse. This question relates to the discussion of the interaction and compatibility of the use and abuse of the statutory police powers with the Civil liberties of individuals. ...
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Sexual Orientation Discrimination Laws
Employment Law
To critically analyse sexual orientation discrimination laws and problems recognised with the right to have a religion and religious beliefs … ...
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Unfair Contract Terms Act
Contract Law
Unfair Contract Terms Act. if one considers the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UTCCR) if the term does not create an unfair balance in detriment to the consumer it can be upheld. Yet as this does create an unfair balance and puts Gillian at a loss then she will be protected from the exclusion clause as a consumer. ...
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Evidence Can Be Excluded If Prejudicial
Criminology
Do we need further rules of evidence to adequately deal with expert scientific evidence? Evidence can be excluded if it is more prejudicial that… ...
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Wrongful Dismissal (WD) and Unfair Dismissal
Employment Law
Winn LJ commented that the general rule to termination is that, the resolution of relations between employers and employees should be attained… ...
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The Most Controversial Areas in the Law of Evidence
Criminal Law
Law of Evidence Evidence of Bad Character of Party -To Admit or Not to Admit? Radhika Chitkara 1662 III Year, B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) Date of Submission… ...
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Employment Legal Rights
Employment Law
Employment Legal Rights. Employment Law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which govern the legal rights, and restrictions on workers and their organizations. It resolves many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees. ...
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Criminal Liability – Acts of Desperation
Criminal Law
It seems to indicate that Karen needs some social assistance, illustrating the need for not criminal charges but referral to the Local Authority. ...
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Gender Issues in Criminal Justice
Criminal Law
Currently many government accords a lot of priority to womenn on issues related to talking with victims of rape in comparison to men. Although the history of criminal justice shows that females ...
Last modified: 14th Aug 2019
Performance of an Existing Duty Is Cannot Constitute a Consideration
Contract Law
According to the law, performance of an existing duty is cannot constitute a consideration. Now seems that the performance of an e… ...
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Offer and Invitation to Treat Contents
Contract Law
Offer An invitation communicated by one party to another to enter into a legally binding contract on certain specified terms. Specific Offer … ...
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Principles of Unfair Dismissal Cases
Employment Law
For several years the contract of employment was, with a few exceptions, the exclusive determinant of all matters contained by the employment relationship. ...
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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. ...
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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 … ...
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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… ...
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Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxelby
Case Summaries
The plaintiffs, Herbert Morris Ltd, manufactured hoisting machinery. The defendant, Saxelby, was employed and trained by them… ...
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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
