Articles tagged as UK Law
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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.
Hirji Mulji v Cheong Yue Steamship Co Ltd
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By a charterparty, made in November 1916, the respondents chartered their steamship to the appellants. The charter was to commence on 1 March 1917 at the port of Singapore. ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
Lloyds Bank v Rosset
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The defendant, Mrs Rosset, was married to Mr Rosset, who was the sole registered owner of the property in question. Mr Rosset had bought this house with his family trust money, which had insisted on his sole ownership as a condition for using that money. ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
Lee v Leeds CC; Ratcliffe and Others v Sandwell MBC
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Landlord’s obligations with regards to ensuring that a property is fit for human habitation ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd
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Lease of warehouse; local authority closed access road; whether lease frustrated. National Carriers Ltd (NCL) granted Panalpina a 10-year lease of a warehouse. The sole means of accessing the warehouse was via a road which was closed by the local authority for 20 months. ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd
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The plaintiff council, the London Borough of Hounslow, entered into a contract with the defendant builders for the… ...
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Expert Clothing Service & Sales Ltd v Hillgate House Ltd
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The plaintiffs granted a lease of twenty-five years to the defendants under an agreement that the defendant would convert… ...
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Hyde v Wrench – 1840
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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 ...
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Muskett v Hill (1839)
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The claimant was a mining group which had been purportedly assigned a person’s right to mine and keep metals… ...
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Sledmore v Dalby 1996
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The claimant leased her house to her daughter and son-in-law (the defendant). The claimant represented to the defendant ...
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Westminster City Council v Clarke
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Local authority homeless hostel; whether occupation agreement was a lease or a license ...
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Grant v Edwards
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The complainant, Mrs Grant, was going to co-habit with Mr Grant. The defendant purchased a house for them to live… ...
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Re Martin’s Application (1989)
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A local authority conveyed land to an individual containing a covenant requiring the purchaser to preserve the land as an open, undeveloped area. ...
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Burgess v Rawnsley [1975] Ch 429, CA
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Mr Honick and Mrs Rawnsley bought a property as beneficial joint tenants. They had originally agreed to move into… ...
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Wheeler v JJ Saunders Ltd
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Wheeler bought properties adjacent to a farm. There were two access points to the properties, one via an access strip… ...
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WG Clark (Properties) Ltd v Dupre Properties Ltd
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The basement flat of an apartment was leased to a tenant. A year later, the parties agreed that the tenant could extend… ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
A (A Juvenile) v R
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A was seen to have spat on a police officer’s rain jacket, during the course of being escorted from one location to another. The rain coat was used as… ...
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Jacobs v Seward
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Miss Lawrence and Miss Senior were tenants in common of three fields used for growing crop. Miss Senior served… ...
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Armstrong v Shepperd and Short Ltd
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The availability of an injunction for trespass where damage was very limited. Whether oral agreement could create an easement. ...
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Lazarus Estates Ltd v Beasley
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The appellant, Mrs Beasley, was a tenant in the respondent’s block of flats. Under s.25(1) Housing Repairs… ...
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Peffer v Rigg
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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. ...
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Jones (AE) v Jones (FW) [1977]
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The defendan’s father bought a house. The defendant, Frederick Jones, supplied one quarter of the purchaser… ...
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Birmingham Midshires Mortgage Services Ltd v Sabherwal
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Whether an interest created by proprietary estoppel can be overreached. ...
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Williams v Hensman
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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: 24th Mar 2026
Re Ballard’s Conveyance
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The vendor included a covenant on the conveyance of property which defined the vendor as successors of the estate… ...
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Wilkes v Spooner
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A lessee of premises (L), upon which the lessee conducted his business as a general butcher, contained a covenant by which L covenanted ...
Last modified: 24th Mar 2026
