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.
How Corporate Expose Shareholders and Directors
Finance Law
In what ways may the corporate veil be pierced in order to expose shareholders and directors to personal liability for the debts of the company?...
Last modified: 17th Jul 2019
Melluish v BMI
Case Summaries
The appellant company provided equipment, such as central heating and crematoria equipment, for local authorities to use in their properties....
Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Morris v Murray - 1991
Case Summaries
After drinking alcohol the whole afternoon, the plaintiff and his friend decided to go on a flight in the friend’s light aircraft. The plaintiff drove a......
Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Monarch Airlines v London Luton Airport
Case Summaries
The Claimant airline had one of its planes damaged by a loose paving stone, while taxing on the runway of the airport operated by the Defendant....
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Pursell v Horn - 1838
Case Summaries
In this case the defendant threw water on the claimant and got both the claimant and the claimant’s clothes, wet. The claimant started an action for......
Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Othman v UK 2012 Case Summary | Abu Qatada
Case Summaries
Othman (Abu Qatada) v United Kingdom (UK) (2012) 55 EHRR 1, 189. Deportation and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)....
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Parmiter v Coupland - 1840
Case Summaries
The claimant was the late mayor of Winchester. A series of libels were published of him in a local newspaper between November 1938 and March 1939......
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Notting Hill Housing Trust v Brackley
Case Summaries
A married couple held a periodic tenancy on a property as joint tenants, which could be terminated with the provision of four months notice....
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Norfolk Constabulary v Seekings
Case Summaries
The defendants, Seekings and Gould, were convicted of attempted burglary of two articulated lorry trailers that were being used......
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Massey v Boulden - 2002
Case Summaries
The case revolved around an open green space close to a public highway between Bilsington and Hythe, known as the Pinn, as well as adjacent land......
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Medforth v Blake
Case Summaries
In 1984 the defendants were appointed as receivers over the pig-farming business of the plaintiff. After the receivership had ended......
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Lonrho v Shell Case Summary
Case Summaries
Shell operated an oil refinery in Southern Rhodesia (SR). Lonrho constructed a pipeline from a port in Mozambique where oil......
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Massey v Midland Bank
Case Summaries
Ms Massey owned a house. Her companion (although they did not live together), P, convinced to charge the house as security for an overdraft......
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Metropolitan Police Commissioner v Caldwell
Case Summaries
The appellant had worked in a hotel and during this employment he developed a grudge against the hotel owner. This eventually came to the......
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Moeliker v A Reyolle - 1977
Case Summaries
The claimant had been apprenticed to the defendant company when he was a teenager and had been employed by them ever since....
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Offord v Davies - 1862
Case Summaries
The defendant, in this case, agreed to secure money to advance to a third party on discount for the space of twelve calendar months....
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R v B [2007] 1 WLR 1567
Case Summaries
The defendant was accused of raping a victim outside of a nightclub. After his arrest, the defendant informed the custody officer......
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Northern Ireland v Lynch - 1975
Case Summaries
The defendant was charged with aiding and abetting a second degree murder. He drove members of the Irish terrorist group the IRA into town where they had......
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Pigott v Thompson
Case Summaries
The plaintiff was a treasurer to the commissioners of the tolls and as such, earned an annual salary and was employed by way of an act of Parliament....
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Macklin v Dowsett - 2004
Case Summaries
Dowsett was in a dire financial situation. He had a bungalow that was condemned by the local authority. He was able to obtain planning for......
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Pritchard v Briggs
Case Summaries
The plaintiff was a tenant of the vendors. His lease contained an option to purchase the retained lands upon the death of both vendors....
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Phipps v Pears - 1965
Case Summaries
The plaintiff and defendant both owned houses which were adjacent to one another, on Market Street, Warwick. Phipps did not insulate his house......
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R v ABCD - 2010
Case Summaries
The defendants participated in an attack against a victim in the victim’s home. The attack was organised by an individual other than the ones who......
Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
Matthews v United Kingdom (1999) 28 EHRR 361 (ECHR)
Case Summaries
Case Summary of Matthews v United Kingdom (1999) 28 EHRR 361 (ECtHR). Article 3 Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)....
Last modified: 16th Jul 2019
