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.

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Only Parties to Contract Can Enforce it

Contract Law

PRIVITY OF CONTRACT 1. The Privity of Contract Doctrine The privity of contract doctrine dictates that only persons who are parties to a contract … ...

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Proving Undue Influence in Court

Contract Law

2.1 Preliminary First and foremost, any discussion on the law of undue influence must begin with Allcard v Skinner where Cotton LJ clearly stated … ...

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Revocation or Termination of an Offer

Contract Law

Introduction Offer and Acceptance must be established before an agreement or a contract can be said to have occurred. For two parties to reach … ...

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Ways to Resolve a Dispute

Commercial Law

Alternative dispute resolution, also known as ADR, refers to processes and techniques of resolving disputes, with the assistance of an independent… ...

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Consumer Rights Directive Proposed by the EU Commission

Commercial Law

Contracts for the sale of goods are amongst the most common types of contract encountered. To most common people, the experience of contracting… ...

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Statutes and Delegated Legislation

Administrative Law

This assignment will delineate the various stages of the law-making process in parliament. In addition it will consider the importance of the … ...

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Articles Form Contract between Company and Members

Business Law

“The articles are said to form a contract between a company and its members and the members inter se. In terms of enforcement, however, this … ...

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British Airways Should Focus on their Quality Standards.

Business Law

British Airways is a market leader in the United Kingdom air line operations. In the last decade due to immense increase in competition there has been erosion in their.. ...

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E commerce and E Contracts

Commercial Law

The advent of new technologies such as the internet and other networks have changed the business world and provided the trading processes … ...

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Impact of Legal Aid Cuts on Domestic Abuse and Immigration Cases

Criminal Law

While campaigners against the cuts and reforms of legal aid in the United Kingdom seem to receive very little media attention, secondary sources of legislation ensure transparency of the most important and impactful measures taken by the government in creating political policies. ...

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Role of Good Faith in Modern Commercial Law

Commercial Law

In comparison with other common and civil law jurisdictions, in the English commercial law, there is no general obligation for a party to act in good faith, either on contracting, negotiation or even performance. ...

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Separate Corporate Responsibility and Lifting the Corporate Veil

Company Law

This essay attempts to explain why separate corporate personality ensures that the corporate veil is lifted in exceptional cases, and to what extent it is reasonable for British courts to do so. ...

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Liability of Companies for Dishonour of Cheques

Business Law

A cheque is said to be dishonoured when the payment is not made on its presentment to the bank. Before 1988, no liability was incurred in case … ...

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Development of Parody within Intellectual Property Law

Copyright Law

In this essay I will establish a broad definition of parody within intellectual property law and highlight the potential areas of difficulty in defining what constitutes parody. ...

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Outline and Describe the Scottish Civil Court Structure

Example Essays

Scotland’s law is seen as a mixed system and not purely the common law system and this due to scot lawyers preferring to take ideas from Roman Law and other continental legal systems rather than the English Law. ...

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Trademark Infringement vis-à-vis the TATA vs. Greenpeace Case

Business Law

The Trade Marks Act, 1999 has been formulated to act as a powerful tool in the hands of trade mark owners and users and to protect their interests … ...

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Fundamental Rights and Directive State Principles

Administrative Law

When the British left India, after two-hundred years, India’s socio-economic conditions were in shambles. Large sections of the people … ...

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Definition of Employee Relation

Employment Law

Employment relation can be defining as employer and employees relationship in a formal and informal nature that arises between management … ...

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The English Law on Insurance Contracts

Contract Law

The English Law on insurance contracts as it stands today contains some rules which are arguably pro-insurer and consequently highly prejudicial to the assured. ...

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The Evolution of Rape Law

Criminal Law

Many people think that rapists are sexual psychopaths with perverted thoughts and actions. Research, however, disagrees with this myth. ...

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Polluting Event of Churchills

Environmental Law

entify and explain the criminal liability (If any) of each of Brockwells polluting event and that of Churchill’s, and of any individuals involved… ...

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Equality Act and Discrimination Within the Workplace

Employment Law

The recent introduction of the Equality Act 2010 has brought about many changes to the law regarding discrimination within the workplace … ...

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Unfair Dismissal Against Wrongful Dismissal

Employment Law

In the United Kingdom (UK) the two areas of dismissal, Unfair dismissal and Wrongful dismissal have grown and adapted due to changes in the work … ...

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Men’s Rea

Criminal Law

Men’s Rea Law Essay. All the prosecution must show is that the defendant possessed the specified mental state or mens rea towards the required actus reus. This approach, however, as the title suggests, fails to take account of the way… ...

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Risks of Buyer Seller and Ship Owner

Contract Law

In today’s world, the world of commerce and trade, goods are being always transported from one place to another, one country to another … ...

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