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.
Personal Liability on Sham Companies
Company Law
The stakeholder interests are better represented in the presence of insolvency, company and employment law. The board of governance consist......
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Rule for Judging Specific Standard of Care
Contract Law
The first thing I would advise yourself is the on the terminology, an express term is a term that is clearly expressed in the contract; there ......
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Polkey Rule in Employment Law
Employment Law
According to statute law in the UK...
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Legal Liability For Stress Based Injury
Employment Law
In this essay I will discuss the area of stress based psychiatric injury suffered by employees and how due to recent developments in the law ......
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Separation of Powers and the Constitutional Government
Constitutional Law
“… the separation of powers should not be explained in terms of a strict distribution of functions between the three branches of government ......
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Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Southport Corporation (1956)
Contract Law
The first pollution case to reach the house of the lords was in 1956, which involve Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v. Southport Corporation. In......
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Whether the Promoter Can be Personally Liable
Contract Law
Introduction: Often promoters of companies try to enter into contracts on behalf of proposed corporations in order to secure the contract before ......
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Damages and Breach of Contract
Contract Law
Damages and Breach of Contract. This paper aims to discuss and examine the case law, Wrotham Park Estate Co Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd. and analyse the reasons why Brightman J in this case believe that there will be unjust if the nominal sum is......
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Why are Rules of Interpretation Required by the Courts?
Constitutional Law
It is the job of the courts to interpret legislation and in so doing must employ certain approaches in ensuring the provisions of statutes ......
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Overview of the Unfair Contract Terms Act
Contract Law
Introduction A basic concept that emerges in the area of the Law of Contract is the classical theory of freedom of contract, followed by the ......
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Doing Business for Company but Not on Ordinary Terms
Company Law
In ‘Bowen LJ, Hutton V. West Cork Railway (1883) the Judge clearly specified that a Director is a person doing business for the company but not o......
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Both the Actus Reus and the Mens Rea Will Have to Be Proven
Criminal Law
As with any criminal offence there has to be two parts to the crime, the Actus Reus and the Mens Rea. The Actus Reus is all the elements of a......
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Characterisations of Corporations as Aggregates
Company Law
Discuss critically. As long as there have been companies, there has been debate on how companies should be run and who should be in control of them......
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Rethinking of the No Action Clause
Contract Law
Part I: Introduction During the last few decades, the volume of the usage of the trust in financial transactions has increased considerably ......
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The Future of Internet Law: Internet-related Crimes
Criminal Law
'Cyber law' is being developed by judges who must do their best to fit legal disputes on the Internet into pre-existing legal frameworks....
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Misrepresentation Can Be Known As Statements Made on a Contract
Contract Law
Innocent misrepresentation occurs when someone makes a statement believing it to be true, when rather in fact, it is a false ......
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Whether Skyride Owe a Duty of Care
Contract Law
Abdul v Skyride Ltd Although a claim under psychiatric injury is a special case of negligence, I will be applying the elements of the tort ......
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Brussels Convention and English Conflict of Laws
English Legal System
Discuss how the old Brussels Convention and the new Council regulation have affected and altered the traditional rules of English conflict of Laws....
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Duty of Disclosure in Case Law
Criminal Law
If one was to consider risk, then the assumption that the insured knows more than the insurer stands valid by the duty of disclosure in case law....
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The Marine Insurance
Contract Law
The marine insurance is based on an important principle that is ‘Utmost Good Faith’ which is the crown field in this law. It is the responsibility of the ship-owner or the cargo owner to an insurance contract...
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Confidentiality is to Keep Secret
Confidentiality Law
Confidentiality” is to keep secret about something that has been spoken, heard or written in confidence....
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Means of What Should You Do in the Position of Consideration
Contract Law
By doing the question, I would know what is consideration and performance of existing duties. The consideration is just simply said that something that receive by a promisor from promisee. The performance of existing duties......
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Cross-examination Example
Criminal Law
The purpose of this cross-examination will be to challenge the version of events put to the court by Tessa Grayling during the examination-in-chief....
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The Impact of Companies Act 2006, s.172
Company Law
For global economies like the UK, a shift towards codified duties aimed at corporate governance seems inevitable. Anglo-American business management......
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