Articles tagged as UK Law
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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.
Baker v Willoughby – 1970
Case Summaries
The complainant, Mr Baker, was a pedestrian who had been knocked down by the defendant driving a car in September 1964. The negligent driving by the defendant caused serious injury to his left leg, which left him with mobility problems and unable to work in the labour market as he did before ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Haystead v DPP
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A man punched a woman twice in the face while she was holding her child in her arms. As a direct result of the two punches, the child fell from the women’s arms and hit his head on the floor. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
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The defendant was the successor-in-title to a company which persuaded the claimant to sell his lease to the company in exchange for a promise that he would continue occupying the property rent-free until the defendant gave him one quarter’s notice to leave. ...
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R v Slingsby – 1995
Case Summaries
The defendant, Simon Slingsby, penetrated the complainant’s vagina and rectum with his fingers, accidentally cutting her with the signet ring he was wearing. The complainant did not notice the internal cuts, which later became infected, causing the complainant to develop septicaemia and die. ...
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M v Home Office [1994] 1 AC 377
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Asylum; judicial review; contempt. M was a citizen of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) who arrived in the UK seeking asylum. His repeated applications were rejected, as were his applications for judicial review. ...
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Walker v Northumberland County Council
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Employer’s duty to provide safe system of work; whether duty extends to risk of psychiatric illness. Mr Walker was a social worker employed by the defendant who had a heavy, emotionally demanding caseload and suffered a mental breakdown in 1986. ...
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Douglas v Hello Ltd
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The Douglases were a celebrity couple who sold exclusive photography rights of their wedding to OK! Magazine. An unauthorised freelance photographer gained access to the wedding and sold pictures to Hello! Magazine, a rival competitor. ...
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R v Golds
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Golds admitted to killing his partner and prior to the killing he had sexually assaulted her. The question for the jury was whether he was guilty of murder or manslaughter by virtue of diminished responsibility under s. 2(1) Homicide Act 1957. ...
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New Zealand Shipping v Satterthwaite – 1975
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When performance of an existing duty to third party can be consideration. The appellants were stevedores engaged as independent contractors to unload machinery from a ship. The contract between the respondent machinery owners and the carriers contained a limitation clause. ...
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Shadwell v Shadwell
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Performance of a duty imposed by a contract with a Third Party. The defendant was the plaintiff’s uncle. The uncle promised to pay his nephew £150 a year until the nephew’s income reached 600 guineas provided the nephew married his fiancée. ...
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Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd
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A Cabinet minister kept a diary of Cabinet discussions and events with the intention to once publish the contents in a book. After the minister’s death, volume one of the book (Diaries of a Cabinet Minister) was sent for approval to and rejected by the Secretary of the Cabinet. ...
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DPP v Morgan – 1976
Case Summaries
Rape – Consent – Honest Belief to Consent – No Reasonable Belief Required if Honest and Genuine Belief to Consent. The defendant was a Royal Air Force Pilot and he had invited his friends over to have sexual intercourse with his wife. ...
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R v Cato – 1976
Case Summaries
Mr Cato and the victim prepared their own syringes and then injected each other with heroin. The victim died. Mr Cato was convicted of manslaughter and administering a noxious thing contrary to s. 23 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. ...
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Ingram v Little – 1961
Case Summaries
The Plaintiffs were joint owners of a car. A fraudster attempted to purchase the car by cheque, which they initially refused. He pretended to be a reputable business man and the Plaintiffs then accepted payment by cheque. ...
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Re Polemis and Furness, Withy & Co
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The extent of liability where the injuries resultant from tortious negligence are entirely unforeseeable. Employees of the defendant had been loading cargo into the underhold of a ship when they negligently dropped a large plank of wood. ...
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McGhee v National Coal Board – 1973
Case Summaries
To satisfy causation, a claimant need only prove that the negligent behaviour most likely made a material contribution to the injury. The claimant, McGhee, contracted a skin condition (dermatitis) in the course of his employment with the defendant, the National Coal Board. ...
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L Schuler v Wickman
Case Summaries
Schuler were a company engaged in the manufacture of types of tools. They had contracted with Wickman, who had sole rights to sell Schuler products in the UK. ...
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Arcos v EA Ronaasen & Son – 1933
Case Summaries
English purchasers concluded a contract for the sale of staves of timber wood from the English agents of a Russian company for the purposes of making cement barrels, specifying staves of Russian redwood and whitewood to be of half-an-inch in thickness ...
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Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd
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Whether restraint of trade clauses are unlawful. The appellant, Thorsten Nordenfelt, was a Swedish gun manufacturer with a valuable, world-wide business. ...
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National Provincial Bank v Ainsworth
Case Summaries
A man, his wife and children were occupants of a piece of property, though the defendant was the sole registered proprietor. The property was later used to secure an overdraft for the his company, and the bank which granted the overdraft registered a charge against the house accordingly. ...
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Madzimbanuto v Lardner-Burke
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At the time of this case, Southern Rhodesia was a self-governing British colony. In 1965, the government unilaterally declared its independence, but this was viewed as illegal by the British government. ...
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R v Latimer – 1886
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Doctrine of Transferred Malice. The defendant was in an argument with another in a pub. The argument escalated and the defendant attempted to hit the other man with his belt, but missed. ...
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Shirlaw v Southern Foundries Ltd
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Shirlaw was appointed managing director of Southern Foundries (SF) for a fixed term of ten years. SF was taken over by another company who altered the pre-existing articles of association empowering two directors and a secretary to remove a director, irrespective of the terms of his contract. ...
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Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice 2014
Case Summaries
This appeal is concerning the law in relation to assisted suicide and whether it contravenes with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) Article 8 right to respect for private and family life. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings
Case Summaries
The first case, Makdessi, involved the sale of a controlling interest in a marketing company where the defendant agreed to sell his stake to the claimant. In the second case, ParkingEye, the defendant parked his vehicle in a shopping centre which was privately owned and managed by the claimant. ...
Last modified: 28th Oct 2021
