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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Bratty v AG for Northern Ireland
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Failure to discharge onus of proof in relation to defence of automatism. The appellant (B) was convicted of the murder of an 18-year-old girl. In his statement to the police, he said that he had been overcome with a “terrible feeling” and a “sort of blackness” during the event....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Smith v Eric S Bush - 1990
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Reasonableness of exemption clauses for surveyor reports. The Defendant, Eric Bush was a surveyor who was employed by Abbey National to assess the value of a property which was to be purchased by the Claimant, Mrs Smith....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
R v Morris - 1983
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The defendants were convicted of theft under s.1 of the Theft Act 1968 after switching the labels on products in a supermarket to obtain a lower price. One of the defendants was caught before he paid, while the other was only caught afterwards....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Grainger & Son v Gough 1896
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The defendant wine merchant circulated a catalogue which contained a price list for its products. The claimant ordered a number of bottles of wine from the catalogue and, when the defendant refused to deliver these at the stated price, alleged that a contract had been formed....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
R v Bateman - Case Summary
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Whether level of negligence amounted to gross negligence to warrant criminal liability.. A qualified medical practitioner was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter arising out of the delivery of a patient in child birth, Ms. Harding....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
White & Carter v McGregor - 1962
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White & Carter, the appellants, were advertising contractors that agreed with a representative of a garage proprietor to advertise for his garage for the period of three years. The respondent, the garage owner, wrote to the appellant on the same day of the agreement to cancel as the representative was mistaken during the negotiation....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Harvela v Royal Trust
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The first defendant held shares in company. By means of a telex communication they invited the claimant and the second defendant to make an offer to purchase shares by sealed tender....
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
R v Ireland and Burstow
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Can psychiatric injury be considered bodily harm, and whether ‘inflicted’ ought be interpreted as requiring physical force. The defendant and victim were engaged in a short romantic relationship, which the victim ended. ...
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Cassidy v Ministry of Health 1951
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The claimant was a patient at a hospital run by the defendant who required routine treatment to set the bones in his wrist. Due to negligence on the part of one of the doctors, the operation caused his fingers to become stiff. ...
Last modified: 4th Oct 2021
Caldwell v Maguire
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The claimant was a professional jockey. He sustained severe injuries due to manoeuvres from two other jockeys a left turn in a race, which a later internal investigation by the Jockey Club deemed to be careless and against the rules. ...
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Musgrove v Pandelis
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The Claimant rented rooms above a domestic garage in which the Defendant kept a car. The Defendant’s employee (his chauffeur) was instructed to clean the car and attempted to move it in order to carry out that instruction....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
R v Bailey - 1983
Case Summaries
Self-induced automatism defence unavailable to diabetic convicted of wounding with intent. The appellant (B) was convicted of wounding with intent. He claimed the defence of automatism caused by hypoglaecemia as a result of failing to take food after a dose of insulin....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Rookes v Barnard - 1964
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The claimant was a skilled draughtsman and employee of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), resigned his membership of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD), a registered trade union....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
R v Martin - 2001
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Martin had shot two people that were trying to burgle his home. He killed one of them and wounded the other. At the initial trial, Martin attempted to claim self-defence but was unsuccessful....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Savage and Parmenter
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The foreseeability of the level of physical harm and subjective intent required for the crime of grievous bodily harm. In the first case, Ms. Savage threw beer over her husband’s ex-girlfriend in a bar. ...
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Barclays Bank v O’Brien
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Fraud; misrepresentation; mortgage; married couple. The defendants were a married couple who took out a second mortgage on their home as security for overdraft facilities extended by Barclays to the husband’s company....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee
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The defendant was the body who employed a doctor who had not given a mentally-ill patient (the claimant) muscle-relaxant drugs nor restrained them prior to giving them electro-convulsive therapy....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Bolitho v City and Hackney Health Authority
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A child was brought to a hospital suffering from breathing abnormalities. The doctor summoned to deal with the matter never received the summons due to a low battery on her bleep....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Bannerman v White - 1861
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Affirms that where a representee expressly informs a representor of the significance of their representation to the contract, the representation is likely to be viewed as amounting to a contractually binding term....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Saunders v Vautier
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A sole beneficiary’s right to terminate a trust prior to the date stipulated in the trust. A father left in his will stock in a company for his young son, to be held by a trustee for his son as the sole beneficiary until he turns twenty-five years of age....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
R v Clinton - 2012
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In the first case, Clinton killed his wife in their family home because of her sexual infidelity. He was convicted of murder and arson by the Crown Court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with minimum specified term of 26 years....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
R v Howe - 1987
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In the first case, the two appellants, Howe and Bannister, and the victim were driven by M to an isolated area, where they assaulted the victim and M killed him. Similarly, the three jointly strangled another victim and a third victim managed to escape....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Gunthing v Lynn - 1831
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The court held that the condition to pay $5 extra for the horse if it was lucky, was deemed to be too vague to create a binding contract between the parties. The words contained in an agreement must be clear so that the parties can be sure of the terms upon they are contracting....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers - 2004
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The House of Lords held that the correct test to determine whether information was private was to consider whether a reasonable person of ordinary sensibility placed in the same situation as C would find the disclosure of the information offensive....
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
The Moorcock (1889)
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Ship damaged at defendant’s jetty; whether implied term to take reasonable care. Ship-owners contracted with the defendant wharfingers to discharge a ship at their jetty. The jetty extended into the River Thames where the ship must necessarily ground at low water. ...
Last modified: 1st Oct 2021
