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.
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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Protection Afforded by the Common Law to Employees Against Stress
Employment Law
At common law, an employer owes an employee certain duties that arise from an employment relationship. One of them is health and safety at work. ...
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Invasion of Privacy Is Not an Acknowledged Tort in the UK
Constitutional Law
Although there is no acknowledged Tort for privacy, there are ways in which it is protected. It has long been acknowledged in case law that there … ...
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Claims Within the Construction Industry
Contract Law
Problem Specification Claims within the construction industry are a common phenomenon as contractors often look to claim for financial … ...
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Compensation for Pure Psychiatric Harm
Contract Law
‘The law on the recovery of compensation for pure psychiatric harm is a patchwork quilt of distinctions which are difficult to justify’, Lord … ...
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To What Extent Does the Current Law Allow a Householder to Use Fatal Force Against an Intruder and Is the Current Approach Satisfactory?
Criminal Law
The doctrine of self-defence is a general defence which is considered to have been ‘an appropriate course of action in the circumstances in which he found himself'[1] carried out in the aim of reducing the risk of the individual becoming a victim of violence[2]. ...
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Penology and the Ethics of Punishment
Criminology
Deontological moral systems are characterized by a focus on obedience to independent moral rules or duties. In order to make correct moral choices, one hash to understand what his or her moral duties ...
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Understanding Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
Constitutional Law
Everyone have a right in a freedom. If person did not break the law, they cannot be punished. Individuals cannot be charged without proper and … ...
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Rule of Law Offers Protection for Citizens
Constitutional Law
Law protects a society from anarchism . It is a set of conducts that is established and enforced by a sovereign authority to ensure and maintain … ...
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Proposal Must Be Definite Promise to Be Bound Provided Specified Terms
Company Law
Richard Chong made an advertisement in the local newspaper, The Star, to reward RM 1000 to anyone who can find and return his lost dog to him, on 1… ...
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Corporate Frauds World Over
Company Law
Corporate frauds world over, are extremely dangerous gambles the corporate executives or employees for a variety of profit maximizing motives encouraged by poor corporate governance mechanisms. ...
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Trends in Copyrightability of the Spoken Word
Constitutional Law
“But why is there no property in ideas uttered in conversation, and in spoken words, while there is property in ideas and words when they come … ...
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Validity of Trusts in Regards to a Will
Equity Law
The validity of these trusts as set out in John’s will require observing, as in order for a valid trust the three certainties must be met unless it can be perceived as a charitable trust. ...
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