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.
Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Constitutional Law
United Kingdom despite the fact that it lacks a Bill of Rights or any other formal document that guarantee the fundamental rights of an ......
Last modified: 12th Aug 2019
Does Commercial Law Exist?
Company Law
Does Commercial Law Exist? Commercial law in England and Wales is not susceptible to succinct categorisation as a unified body of law such as, for example, criminal law or the law of torts. Goode has commented:...
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Doctrine of Consideration
Contract Law
Contract Law is a western idea basically born out of the mutual mistrust of the business people...
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Law of Defamation and Human Rights
Constitutional Law
The need to protect someone’s reputation is so important that under the English legal system there is a law of defamation. It is in place ......
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The Partial Defence of Provocation
Common Law
Up until the 12th November 2009, provocation was a common law partial defence only to murder. It originated from the common law but was given statutory form in The Homicide Act 1957, section 3. If a defendant successfully pleaded provocation,...
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A Sole Proprietorship is Unincorporated Businesses
Company Law
A sole proprietorship is unincorporated businesses owned by one person and fully conducts the business itself. It is the ea......
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Sales of Goods
Company Law
About the middle of the nineteenth century, it was found that English traders engaged in transoceanic commerce quoting prices......
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Judgment on the Nature of an Offer
Contract Law
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1953] 2 WLR427 Case Analysis Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain ......
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Ensuring Employers Retention Monies Are Protected
Contract Law
Facts In this case there is a building contract where retention is to be deducted and retained by the Employer from interim payments made ......
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The Doctrine of Binding Precedent
Constitutional Law
In any community laws are laid down to regulate and guide the actions of its citizens. Failure to adhere to these laws, results in a person ......
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The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages
Contract Law
The damages doctrine came under particular focus by Fuller and Perdue, (for ease I will hereby refer to just Fuller) whom are believed to have stimulated the twentieth century discussions much further than that which had previously existed,...
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The Difference Between Employee, Worker and Self-Employed
Employment Law
The distinction between the notions of ‘employee’, ‘worker’ and ‘self-employed’ persons is not sufficiently clear in the UK employment...
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Promote and Frontier Licences Differ
Environmental Law
Describe How Promote And Frontier Licences Differ From Standard Offshore Licences On The UKCS And Explain The Rationale For Their Introduction. Complete Your Answer With An Assessment Of Their Success Or Failure...
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Rights and Obligations of Parties under Contract
Contract Law
A contract is an agreement between parties which is binding in law. Furthermore the rights and obligations of the parties under a contract may ......
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When Parties form Contracts in Daily Life
Contract Law
Introduction: In daily life when parties forms a contract the included terms requires incorporation for the purpose to give them effect ......
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Associative Discrimination and Equality Act
Employment Law
Associative discrimination is the act of discriminating against an individual because of an association with another person who has a protected ......
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Changes in a Employment Contract
Employment Law
An employment contract, or contract of employment, is an agreement between an employer and an employee which sets out their employment rights ......
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Variations to a Contract for a Building Work
Contract Law
Valuation of variation will depend largely upon the timing of the variation order, the location of the work, the quantity of the work involved and......
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Standard Form of Contract For the Execution of Work
Contract Law
A leading manufacturer of confectionery in the UK suffered a devastating fire at their factory in Sheffield. Their insurers have authorised ......
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Criminal Law Theory and History
Criminal Law
Dr Elena Loizidou ‘To understand contemporary criminal law one has to put it in relation to other times. To imagine that we can understand the in......
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Competition Laws in the United Kingdom
EU Law
The hurdles encountered since the enactment of the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 are examined, as well as the developments......
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The Essence of Contract
Contract Law
I INTRODUCTION It has long been argued that an essential element of contract formation is to question whether the parties in dispute may be seen ......
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The Social Contract Theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
Contract Law
Thomas Hobbes (1588 1679) and John Locke (1632 1704) developed their political theories at a time of religious, political and social upheaval in England....
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James Bulger and the Video Recordings Act 1984
Criminal Law
An analysis of the effect moral panics have on the law through criminal cases begins with James Bulger’s murder in 1993. The Sun newspaper described the case as that horrific it ‘highlighted moral decay in Britain....
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A Critical Review of the Key Features, Personnel, Philosophy …
Contract Law
The Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) is the third edition published by the Institution of Civil Engineers which is also referred to as t......
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