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.
Legal Rights and Liability of Parties
Contract Law
In advising the parties, as to their legal rights and liability, I will discuss the different hypothesis which arises within each situation....
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Doctrine of Precedent in English Legal System
Constitutional Law
As the doctrine of precedent is an essential part of English legal system, knowing how it works is also undeniably important. Within the ......
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The Freedom of Information
Constitutional Law
The communication structure in a country should be one which allows for a national and international balance that is beneficial to it and to ......
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Current Practice in the United Kingdom Constitution
English Legal System
Free English Legal System (ELS) Essays - UK Constitution!...
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The Law Relating to Exemption Clauses
Contract Law
Critically Discuss Whether The Law Relating To Exemption Clauses And Unfair Terms Is In Need Of Reform....
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The Law Regulating the Offence of Rape
Criminology
The main controversy in this area of law lies within the effect that previous sexual evidence may have on the jurors. It is argued this kind of ......
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Offer and Acceptance Analysis Formula
Contract Law
The offer and acceptance formula, developed in the 19th century, identifies a moment of formation when the parties are of one mind. This classical ......
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Current Position of Privacy Law in the UK
Constitutional Law
In recent years, the law on privacy has developed from the time of the traditional breach of confidence cases such as Coco v Clark (1969) and ......
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Essential Elements of a Valid Contract
Contract Law
1a Explain the different types of business contracts and discuss the essential elements of a valid business contract. (LO1) Business ......
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Stare Decisis et Non Queita Movere
English Legal System
The English system of precedent is based on the Latin maxim: 'Stare Decisis et Non Queita Movere', stand by what has been decided and do not ......
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Patent Infringement Protection
Copyright Law
Patent Infringement Protection - International and Comparative Patent Law: American Home Products v Novartis (2001) RPC 159 elevates the protocol questions to the test for patent infringement. Explain on the basis of the......
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Defence in an Accident Claim
Contract Law
Mr Fellows-Bennett shows you a defence in an accident claim which refers to the damages being claimed as 'too remote' and, in any event ......
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Expression of thought
Copyright Law
Petersen J, giving judgement in 1916, determined that copyright was concerned with protecting the 'expression of thought' and not the 'originality of ideas'. Copyright does not require that an expression must......
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The Origin of Civil Law
Constitutional Law
As well-known civil law or also known as civilian law is a legal system which is influenced by the Roman law and in especially the Corpus... ...
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An Agreement with Specific Terms
Contract Law
An offer refers to the willingness to contract within some specified terms .On the other hand, an acceptance is the unconditional agreement to the ......
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Underrimae Fidei Requires Disclosure
Contract Law
Introduction The Marine Insurance Act 1906 enunciates in s.17 that ‘insurance is uberrimae fidei’. In the following sections , it can be seen ......
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Sale of Goods Contracts
Contract Law
Sale of goods contracts are, without doubt, both the most common and the most important of all commercial contracts...
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The Legality of the Police Stop and Search Powers
Criminology
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent....
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Common Law Reasoning and Institutions
Constitutional Law
‘Judicial precedent is best understood as a practice of the courts and not as a set of binding rules. As a practice it could be refined or ......
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Court Protection for Companies
Company Law
If the Court makes an order to appoint an examiner the examiners duty will be to examine the company’s affairs, the company will have the protection of the Court......
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Confidentiality and Privacy
Confidentiality Law
Confidentiality remains one of the most controversial topics in the arbitration since the 1980s....
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Differences of Employees and Independent Contractors
Employment Law
In the modern industrial era employers have shifted their reliance form employees (dependant or subordinate) to self employed or independent ......
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Discharge or End of a Contract
Contract Law
INTRODUCTION. In contract law, discharge or end of a contract occurs when the parties have fully performed their contractual obligations ......
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Asylum Seekers Children in the UK
EU Law
Asylum seekers children are faced and suffered from the scourge of war they are not decided to wage it or even to effect on it. They are paying t......
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General Principles of Law
English Legal System
The classic account given by Dicey of the doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament, pure and absolute as it was, can now be seen to be out of place in the modern United Kingdom... (Lord Steyn in R (Jackson and Others) v. Attorney General)...
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