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.
Defamation is the Publication of a Statement
Tort Law
Defamation also called calumny, vilification, slander and libel is the communication of a statement......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Actions for Damages in Private Enforcement
Tort Law
The case of Devenish is primarily an action for damages; however, the case has a much more significant impact than can be comprehended from the judgment alone....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Compensation Act 2006 and the Culture Created
Tort Law
Within tort law to establish if the compensation act 2006 has done little to address the problems of the compensation culture firstly it is ......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Terms of the Trust
Properties and Trusts
In order to be a valid trust, the declaration of the terms of the trust must be certain. The settlor must declare the terms with sufficient ‘certainty’ so that the trustees know what they must to do, or the intended trust fails....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
To What Extent Does the UK Have a ‘Constitution’?
Public Law
In order to answer the question as to whether the UK has a ‘constitution’, this essay shall firstly define what is meant by the term. Secondly......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Donoghue v Stevenson
Tort Law
Donoghue, a Scottish dispute, is a famous case in English law which was instrumental in shaping the law of tort and the doctrine of negligence in particular....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Bus Service Industry in Britain
Transportation Law
The bus industry in Britain was regulated by Road Traffic Act 1930 after a rapid growth in the 1920s....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Immigration Legislation
Public Law
The basic framework of United Kingdom (UK) immigration law - that is, the laws controlling the entry into, residence in and departure from the UK...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Voluntary Dispositions of Property
Properties and Trusts
The decision (in Pennington v Waine [2002] 4 All E.R. 215) appears to give courts of equity an unfettered discretion as o whether a voluntary gift or trust should take effect...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Property of the Borrower
Properties and Trusts
There are two main issues to be discussed in the statement given by the question, (i) whether the Quistclose trust is a resulting trust, and (ii) the statement which states “it is a default trust which fills the gap when some part of the beneficial...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Serving as a Soldier in the Employment
Tort Law
Higgins, a serving solider in the employment of the Ministry of Defence ('MOD'), was on active duty in Afghanistan in 2009. One day, he was on......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Proprietary Estoppel Purchasers and Mortgagees
Properties and Trusts
Case law (in particular, Ramsden v Dyson (1866) LR 1 HL 129, 170, per Lord Kingsdown, and Taylors Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Trustees Co Ltd...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Reasons Why Omissions Require Different Treatment From Positive Conduct
Tort Law
In Stovin v Wise, Lord Hoffmann put forward three ‘sound reasons’ that justified the general common law rule against liability for omissions...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The General Rule in Probate Law
Properties and Trusts
According to the general rule in Probate Law, a testator who wishes to leave property in a trust after his death must express his intention in a will. A secret trust arises when a testator wishes to leave property to a beneficiary...
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
CIF Contracts in Transportation Law
Transportation Law
English law relating to international trade appears to protect the rights of the buyer, by making express provisions for them in legislation....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Defined As the Grant of a Right to the Exclusive Possession of Land
Properties and Trusts
Nigel seeks my advice on the following problems he has experienced since he purchased the freehold on a large Victorian house in Harpenden. The title to.....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Constituting a Trust: The Certainty Test
Properties and Trusts
If the mansion is his residence and if he puts it on a trust prior to his death via a Inter Vivos trust, his tax liability would be substantially reduced....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Withholding or Withdrawing in Children the Ethical and Professional Context
Medical Law
“The purpose of medicine is to do away with the sufferings of the sick to lessen the violence of disease and to refuse to treat those who are ove......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Difference Between Common Intention Constructive Trusts and Propriety Estoppels
Properties and Trusts
This essay will explain the relationship between common intention constructive trusts and proprietary estoppels and whether or not it can be stated......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Computer Misuse Act
Technology Law
The growth of computer use over recent years has resulted in many operations becoming computerised, both in the work place and in everyday life....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Surrogacy Resource Allocation Rights, Duties and Obligations
Medical Law
Definition: Surrogacy is defined as a medical practice or a medical act in which a woman carries a child belonging to someone else. The Women, who carries the child, will not become the legal parent of the baby in accordance.....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Trust Law and Trustees
Properties and Trusts
Trust Law and Trustees. A trust is created by will in the same way as any other declaration of trust. Providing the requirements of section 53(1)(b) and (c) Law of Property Act 1925 are complied with......
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
Watts and Another v Morrow- [1991] 1 W.L.R. 1421
Properties and Trusts
The case was first brought to court in November 1987, after the claimant, Mr. and Mrs. Watts had discovered that the property they had purchased required repairs not mentioned by the defendant, a surveyor, in his report in August 1986 prior to their purchasing of the property at a cost of £177,500, £2,500 over the asking price....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
The Breach of a Legal Duty
Tort Law
Negligence may be defined as ‘the breach of a legal duty to take care that results in damage undesired by the defendant to the claimant’....
Last modified: 3rd Jul 2019
