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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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.
A history of the UK's Employment Law
Employment Law
It has been a forty years since the first legislation that protected workers from arbitrary/ unfair dismissal was first established....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Case Study: Entrapment in Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Prior to the enactment of the ECHR by the Human Rights Act 1998 there had been different interpretations of S101 of the Magistrates Court Act....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Parental rights in legal abortion: The Human Rights Act
Human Rights Law
The brief seeks to understand the rights of a pregnant woman and the rights of a foetus, considering cases of rape or sexual violence....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Gissing v Gissing [1971]
Case Summaries
The parties married in their early twenties and the wife worked throughout the marriage as part of a printing company....
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Re Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England's Conveyance
Case Summaries
The Ecclesiastical Commission, who was charged with the responsibility to distribute the incomes for the Church of England......
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R (Wheeler) v Office of the PM
Case Summaries
The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister......
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Chartered Trust plc v Davies
Case Summaries
Whether lease could be repudiated due to nuisance from adjoining premises...
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Raising Capital in Business: The Companies Act 1985
Company Law
When companies borrow money through debt, that is, from a lender, they will often enter into a debenture agreement with the lender....
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019
Cross Examinations in Rape and Sexual Offence Cases
Criminal Law
The cross examination of complainants in sexual cases as to their sexual history was limited by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, 1999....
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How Adverse Possession Is Interpreted in Common Law
Common Law
Issues in relation to the doctrine of adverse possession and how it has been interpreted through the common law and through statute....
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The Rationale for Half and Fully Secret Trusts
Properties and Trusts
The trust is ‘secret’ because, whereas the will is public, the terms of the trust are contained in another document which can remain private....
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Analysis of the Water Framework Directive 2000
Environmental Law
Discuss the context, content, significance and impact of the Water Framework Directive 2000 upon the British environmental law and practice....
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Shared Residence Orders in English Courts
Family Law
A contact order usually accompanies the residence order, providing for the other parent to be allowed contact with the child....
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The law of passing off: Intellectual property rights
Tort Law
Copyright is a form of intellectual property right which creates, for the owner of the copyright, propriety rights in the things they have created....
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R (on the application of Beresford) v Sunderland CC
Case Summaries
A new town development created a town plan that identified an open space in the town as a playing field/parkland....
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Lovett v Fairclough (1991)
Case Summaries
The defendant owned an estate adjoining a river owned by the claimant. His predecessor in title had fished from the river for a long period......
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Melluish v BMI (No. 3)
Case Summaries
BMI acquired and then hired out plant and machinery, such as central heating equipment and crematoria equipment, to local authorities. In each case......
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Alfred F Beckett Ltd v Lyons
Case Summaries
The case involved a claim made by the plaintiff that as an inhabitant of the County Palatine of Durham......
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Union Lighterage Co. v London Graving Dock Co
Case Summaries
A dock and a wharf, divided by a fence, belonged to the same owner in 1860. In the same year, in order to secure the side......
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Borman v Griffith [1930]
Case Summaries
Borman leased a garden which included a paddock, orchard and adjoining gardens, on a long term basis....
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Leigh v Taylor [1902]
Case Summaries
Madame De Falbe was a life tenant of a stately home, in which she had hung valuable tapestries belonging to her. The canvasses were nailed......
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Bannister v Bannister [1948]
Case Summaries
Constructive trust of land; oral agreement to allow vendor to occupy a house rent free....
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Bass Holdings Ltd v Morton Music Ltd
Case Summaries
The plaintiffs granted the defendants a fifteen-year lease, with the option to extend the lease for a period...
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London & Blenheim Estates Ltd v Ladbroke Retail Parks Ltd
Case Summaries
The Leicestershire Coop owned land in and around one of their stores in Leicestershire to London......
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Lloyd v Dugdale [2001]
Case Summaries
The defendant had arranged for his company to do building work on the claimant's land on the understanding that the claimant would grant......
Last modified: 17th Jun 2019