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.

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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.

Examples of Property Law and Trust Cases

Equity Law

One should assume that the trust instrument requires the house to be kept as capital and only the income to be applied for the benefit of beneficiaries....

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Undue Influence of Another

Contract Law

In this essay I will be explaining notice, actual or constructive undue influence I will also be critically......

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Doctrine of Precedent and Principle of Law

Constitutional Law

The doctrine of precedent means identical cases are treated alike (the principle of stare decisis). Lower courts in the United Kingdom are ......

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Criminal Jurisdiction

Criminal Law

A case is brought to court when an individual is accused of breaking the law....

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Oral Contract Dispute

Contract Law

Contracts are an essential part of business transactions especially in provision of services and goods needed to sustain business operations...

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Can the Performance of Existing Duty Amount to Consideration?

Contract Law

What is performance of existing duty? Its means that makes a promise to another person in order to exchange for the others promise or performance ......

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Analysing the Doctrine of Consideration in Law

Contract Law

Lord Goff described contract law in England as being ‘hampered’ by the ‘unnecessary doctrine of consideration’. White v Jones [1995] 2 AC 2......

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Principal Requirements of the Tort of Negligence

Contract Law

The principle requirements of the tort of negligence are that the defendant should owe the claimant a duty of care, that there should be a breach ......

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Art is Product of Human Creativity

Criminal Law

Art is subjective. Art is a product of human creativity and is nearly impossible to intrinsically define. So, it is unfortunate that to protect art from being copied, and therefore devalued, in the UK one must pigeon-hole it into narrow fields....

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Details of Case Cannot Slot into Formula

Contract Law

It is generally accepted in modern writings on the English law of contract that during the latter half of the nineteenth century a concept of ......

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Does the House of Lords Bind Itself?

Constitutional Law

The doctrine of binding precedent requires that all courts bind all lower courts and, to some extent, also bind themselves....

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Fast Track Courts

Criminal Law

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Increased Parliamentary and Judicial Scrutiny

Constitutional Law

Prerogative powers remain an important element of the United Kingdoms constitution. Should they be subject to greater Parliamentary and judicial ......

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Company Law 2006 Companies Act

Company Law

A trading company has implied power to borrow, however, whether express or implied, it carries implications by law a power to give a security for the loan...

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Legal Concept of Remoteness the Tort Negligence

Contract Law

This paper discusses the legal concept of remoteness in the tort of negligence. The central question for analysis is the appropriateness of ......

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English Law Can Be Divided Into Four Main Sources

Constitutional Law

Common or Case Law is the basis of the English legal system and its inception can be traced as far back as 1066 during the reign of William the ......

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Common Law on Rape

Common Law

I will start this essay by stating that it is relatively difficult to disagree with the statement in the question that until recently the development of the common law...

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Privatisation Most Important Political Issue

Company Law

Privatisation is gradually becoming the most important political issue of all time,it has been adopted and practised by most countries in the world,...

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Contract Law in Guarantee Agreements Application

Contract Law

Introduction In law, a contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law or by binding arbitration. That ......

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The Acknowledgment of the Legal Personality of the Company

Company Law

A company is incorporated when it receives a certificate of incorporation, thus it has a ‘separate legal personality’. In law the company will ......

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Section 14 of the Companies Act 1985

Company Law

This paper examines the case law relating to S.14(1) of the 1985 Act and considers Lord Greene’s view, with conclusions on the established jurisprudence....

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Approaches the Courts Use to Interpret Statues

Constitutional Law

There are actually five rules for interpretation statues, but only four are mainly used. The reasons that statues or acts have to be interpreted ......

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Most Important Source of English Law

Constitutional Law

Case-law, also known as Common law, is a main source of law; this is because most modern English Law has not become statutory. Therefore ......

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A Comparison of Consideration Cases

Contract Law

From orthodox view, the performance of an existing duty should not constitute consideration. A performance of an existing duty is a responsibility ......

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Judicial Killings and Judicial System of Bangladesh

Constitutional Law

Extra Judicial Killings by law enforcement agencies are now very common in Bangladesh. Though there is no legal definition of an extrajudicial ......

Last modified: 12th Aug 2019