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.
Defamation Act 2013 - Summary
Act Summaries
Defamation Act 2013 was introduced in order to reform the law surrounding defamation and to ensure that a fair balance between the protection of reputations and freedom of expression was being attained...
Last modified: 11th Oct 2021
The Data Protection Act 1998
Act Summaries
The Data Protection Act 1998 was implemented with the aim of protecting the personal data of individuals deposited on computer systems......
Last modified: 11th Oct 2021
Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc
Case Summaries
Mohamud had used a petrol station kiosk and approached a member of staff with a question. The employee responded in an aggressive manner and demanded that Mohamud leave immediately. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Cases on Mens Rea 2
Case Summaries
Cases on Mens Rea 2. The defendant struck a blow with his belt at Horace Chapple which recoiled off him, severely injuring an innocent bystander. The defendant was convicted of maliciously wounding the victim......
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
City of London Building Society v Flegg
Case Summaries
Here, the Maxwell Browns purchased a property, attaining half of the cost form Mrs Maxell Brown’s parents, the Fleggs. The property was placed solely under the Maxwell Brown’s name with both the Browns and the Fleggs in actual occupancy....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Law of Property Act 1925
Act Summaries
The main object of the 1925 legislation was, therefore, to “facilitate and cheapen the transfer of land”[1]. Of these statutes, the LPA 1925 primarily consolidates and reforms statutory law relating to conveyancing and the law of property, and is regarded as an “essential part of any conveyancer’s bible”...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Caunce v Caunce [1969]
Case Summaries
A husband and wife both made contributions to the purchase price for a property intended to act as the matrimonial home. The property in question was unregistered land, and the husband received sole legal title....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Kingsnorth Finance Co Ltd v Tizard
Case Summaries
A married couple jointly contributed to the purchase price for a property intended to serve as the matrimonial home with the husband taking sole legal title to the property at registration....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Holland v Hodgson
Case Summaries
The considerations necessary to differentiate fixtures from chattels. The owner of a mill mortgaged the mill to the claimant. The owner also under the bankruptcy provisions relevant at the time transferred all of his property to a trustee, the defendant. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Agency by Necessity Law
Contract Law
According to S142 Contract Act 1950, an agency may arise by necessity or in an emergency. Agency of necessity means a person may become the agent of another without being appointed as such under certain circumstances. ...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
R v Inglis
Case Summaries
Murder – Mercy killing as a mitigating factor for sentencing under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Schedule 21. The appellant, Frances Inglis (F), was convicted of murdering her son Thomas (T). T was in a vegetative state due to serious head injuries....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Thorner v Major 2009
Case Summaries
The claimant had worked on the defendant estate’s farm for over a decade without pay, believing that he would inherit the land when the defendant died. While the defendant once gave the claimant a bonus stating that it was for his ‘death duties’, he never explicitly told the claimant he would inherit...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Chambers v DPP - 2012
Case Summaries
A 26-year-old man learned that an airport from which he was due to travel was closed due to heavy snow-fall. He responded on Twitter by tweeting: “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Doctrine of Consideration
Consideration Law
As defined by Sir Frederick Pollock, consideration is an act or forbearance of one party, or the promise thereof, is the price for which the promise of the other is bought, and the promise thus given for value is enforceable....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Consumer Rights Act 2015
Act Summaries
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (the “CRA 2015”) is generally regarded as a significant piece of legislation in the area of consumer rights. The CRA 2015 received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015 and came into force on 1 October 2015....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
The Human Rights Act 1998
Act Summaries
In New Labour’s 1997 General Election Manifesto, Tony Blair proposed a radical programme of constitutional reform to ‘increase individual rights, decentralise power, open up government and reform Parliament....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Criminal Law Act 1977
Act Summaries
The aim of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (“the Act”), which came into force on 8 September 1977, is to amend the law in England and Wales with regard to criminal conspiracy and replace the common law in that area....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Criminal Attempts Act 1981
Act Summaries
The Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (“the Act”) is an Act which amends the law of England and Wales regarding attempts to commit offences and conspiracy to commit offences which, in the circumstances, cannot ultimately be committed...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
The Serious Crime Act 2007
Act Summaries
The Serious Crime Act 2007 (“the Act”) received royal assent on 30 October 2007 and made several significant changes to the criminal law. The intention of the Act is to frustrate serious (often organised) crime by allowing the police to act without the necessity to bring criminal proceedings....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Coroners and Justice Act 2009
Act Summaries
The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 ('the Act') changes the law on coroners and criminal justice in England and Wales. The Act is divided into nine parts......
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Land Registration Act 2002
Act Summaries
The Land Registration Act 2002 repealed and replaced the previous legislation governing land registration. In principle, this the piece of primary legislation governing the activity of the Land Registry, but further to this role, the 2002 Act was intended to facilitate the introduction of e-conveyancing....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Act Summaries
The Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA) 1933 is one of the older pieces of child protection legislation. Some of its parts are still in force today....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Intoxicating Substance (Supply) Act 1985
Act Summaries
The Intoxicating Substance (Supply) Act 1985 is a short piece of legislation, designed to prohibit the supply of drugs, not controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Criminal Damage Act 1971
Act Summaries
The Criminal Damage Act 1971 is the leading piece of legislation, concerning offences involving damage to property. In April 1969, the Law Commission released a working paper and subsequently in 1970 – a report, which aimed to review the criminal law on the offences of damage to property....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
R v McNaughten - M'Naghten
Case Summaries
M'Naughten murder and pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity. In January 1843, at the parish of Saint Martin, Middlesex, Daniel M’Naghten took a pistol and shot Edward Drummond, who he believed to the British Prime Minister Robert Pell, wounding him fatally....
Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
