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.
R v Jones and Smith - 1976
Case Summaries
The defendants, Jones and Smith, entered Smith’s father’s house and stole two television sets. At his trial, Smith said that his father had given him unreserved permission to enter the house. They were convicted of burglary and subsequently appealed....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
R v Flattery - 1877
Case Summaries
The defendant, John Flattery (JF) posed as a medical doctor and surgeon. The complainant, a young woman aged 19, consulted JF with respect to an illness she was suffering, accompanied by her mother....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
M'Naghten Rules: Knowledge of Wrong and the Windle Case
Criminal Law
This essay will explore the understanding of M’Naghten Rules and the exploration of the Windle case. It will consider whether the “Knowledge of Wrong” as defined by M’Naghten is a satisfactory test of criminality or not, and explore the argument for a review....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
R v Lamb 1967
Case Summaries
Case Summary of R v Lamb 1967 2 QB 981. Involuntary Manslaughter. The appellate judgment of R v Lamb 1967 2 QB 981 (Lamb) clarifies the requisite elements required to satisfy any of the forms of involuntary manslaughter....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
Mehra v Shah
Case Summaries
Mr Shah and his wife had 12 children together. He ran a successful drapery business in Nairobi, which soon expanded to two shops. Some of the children helped out with the business and when they were older, they worked for the shops without receiving pay....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
Fisher v Bell - 1961
Case Summaries
The defendant shopkeeper displayed in his shop window a flick knife accompanied by a price ticket displayed just behind it. He was charged with offering for sale a flick knife, contrary to s. 1 (1) of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
Williams v Hensman
Case Summaries
Co-Ownership – Severance – Modes of Severance of Joint Tenancy. A fund of money had been bequeathed by a mother, on trust for eight children to be invested in order to create an income that would then be payable to her children on the mother’s death....
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
Davis v Smith [2011]
Case Summaries
A husband and wife married in 1988, after which they moved into a property which Mrs Smith had already been a tenant of for some time. In 1989, they purchased the property as joint tenants. ...
Last modified: 22nd Oct 2021
Re Page's Application
Case Summaries
The applicant sought to convert a stable into a dwelling to allow her to live near to her horses. The applicant had acquired planning permission, but was restrained from starting work by a restrictive covenant....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
AG for Northern Ireland v Gallagher
Case Summaries
Whether Gallagher was insane at the time of killing or was incapable of forming an intent necessary to constitute murder as he was drunk. Secondly, whether the M’Naughten test had been correctly applied....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Robert Addie v Dumbreck
Case Summaries
A four-year-old boy was killed as a result of being crushed by the wheel of a haulage system which belonged to a colliery company. The field in which the system was situated in was surrounded by a large hedge, which was essentially ineffective due to the large gaps in it...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Exchange Telegraph v Gregory
Case Summaries
Exchange Telegraph (ET) was a news agency that sent telegraph messages. It transmitted the latest stock exchange updates, had them typed up and made into a newspaper. It contracted subscribers to sell the newspaper....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Peffer v Rigg
Case Summaries
The plaintiff, Peffer, and his brother, Rigg, purchased a property that was registered in Rigg’s sole name but was actually held on trust for them both. They both contributed to the purchase price in equal shares....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Gravy Solutions Ltd v Xyzmo Software
Case Summaries
Gravy sought to impose a freezing injunction against a company related to Xyzmo (called Z), after commission Gravy alleged to have earned was not paid and neither was the principal sum....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Felthouse v Bindley - (1862)
Case Summaries
The complainant, Paul Felthouse, had a conversation with his nephew, John Felthouse, about buying his horse. After their discussion, the uncle replied by letter stating that if he didn’t hear anymore from his nephew concerning the horse, he would consider acceptance of the order done and he would own the horse....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Nickerson v Barraclough [1981]
Case Summaries
Nickerson purchased a land locked field that had a lane running down the side of it for access to the main road. Barraclough owned the lane....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Re Hackney Pavilion Ltd - 1924
Case Summaries
The case addresses the transfer of shares in situations where the board fails to reach a consensus in passing a resolution and where the articles state that board approval is required....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Hyam v DPP - 1975
Case Summaries
The defendant Hyam had been in a relationship with a man before the relationship ended. Hyam then had become jealous of her ex-boyfriend’s new fiancée Ms Booth. She poured petrol through Booth’s letter box and then ignited it using a rolled up newspaper. ...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Lumley v Gye - 1853
Case Summaries
Miss Wagner was an opera singer at Lumley’s theatre on a three month contract. Gye and Wagner made an agreement that Wagner would break her contract and refuse to sing at Lumley’s theatre....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Cattle v Stockton Waterworks
Case Summaries
Stockton Waterworks Co laid down one of their main roads along and under a turnpike road. Private property was either side of the road. The landowner employed Cattle to make a tunnel under the road so he could access his land on the other side of the road easily....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Hyde v Wrench - 1840
Case Summaries
The complainant brought an action for specific performance, claiming that as Mr Wrench refused to sell the farm, this was a breach of contract. Contract – Counter Offer – Acceptance – Offer – Negotiation – Breach of contract – Specific Performance...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Wheeler v Copas - 1981
Case Summaries
The plaintiff was a partner in a bricklaying company. The defendant was a farmer who wanted a house built on his farm and negotiated for this directly with the plaintiff....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Troughton v MPC
Case Summaries
The defendant got into a taxi whilst heavily intoxicated and asked to be driven to Highbury but did not specify his address. The driver stopped to obtain clearer directions from the defendant...
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
DHN Food v Tower Hamlets
Case Summaries
Piercing the corporate veil – groups of companies. DHN Food Distributors Ltd v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [1976] 1 WLR 852 Case Summary. An example of piercing the corporate veil....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
Hedley Byrne v Heller - Brief Case Summary
Case Summaries
Case Summary of Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd (1964) AC 465 (HL). Claiming Economic Loss and Experts. In 1963 the House of Lords established that in limited circumstances – if a duty of care arose in the making of statements – pure economic loss in tort could now be recoverable in English law....
Last modified: 21st Oct 2021
