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.
Exemption Clause
Contract Law
An exemption clause is a contractual term by which one party attempts to cut down either the scope of his contractual duties or regulate the other parties right to damages or other possible remedies for breach of contract. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Mistake, Discharge and Breach in Contract Law
Contract Law
Mistake in contract law is an incorrect understanding by one or more parties to a contract and may be used as grounds to invalidate the agreement. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Five Vitiating Factors That Undermine a Contract
Contract Law
An explanation of the five vitiating factors that undermine a contract: Misrepresentation, Mistake, Duress, Undue Influence and Illegality. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Control Over Delegated Legislation
Administrative Law
Delegated legislation is allowing bodies below the parliament to pass their own legislation. There are three main forms of delegated legislation. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
What is Meant by ‘Causation’ in Criminal Law?
Contract Law
Causation in Criminal Law is concerned with whether the defendant’s conduct contributed sufficiently to the prohibited consequence to justify the criminal liability. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
The Historical Development of Equity Law
Equity Law
The historical development of equity law and understanding that equitable principles are distinctive from but not necessarily incompatible with those of common law. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Consideration Need Not be Adequate
Contract Law
According to the law, consideration for a contract must be sufficient but it need not be adequate. Explain what this means and what it is so … ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Pure Economic Loss
Tort Law
Pure economic loss is financial damage suffered as the result of the negligent act of another party which is not accompanied by any physical damage to a person or property. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
What is Vicarious Liability?
Contract Law
Vicarious liability is not a tort. Literally, it means that one person is liable for the torts of another. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
The Nemo Dat Quod Non Habet Rule
Commercial Law
This essay will consider the operation of the nemo dat quod non habet rule and whether the exceptions to it offer an effective compromise. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Relationship Between Morality and the Law
Medical Law
This essay will look at the relationship between morality and the law which will then be illustrated by looking at whether voluntary euthanasia should be legalised in England. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Botham v TSB Bank
Case Summaries
In possession proceedings against the appellant numerous items were held to be fixtures and therefore would become the property of the respondent when the property was repossessed. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Distinction Between Fixtures and Chattels
Properties and Trusts
Determination of fixtures and chattels using cases to illustrate the rule and any exemption of the two. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Differences Between Common Law and Equity
Equity Law
Common law and equitable rights have two different functions. We look at the differences between common law and equitable rights. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
The Jury System
Criminal Law
The concept of the jury system was probably imported into Britain after the Norman Conquest, though its early functions were quite different from those today. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Tests to Determine Employment Status
Employment Law
What is required in law for a worker to be considered an employee and what types of workers are not, starts with several common law tests. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington HA
Case Summaries
The claimant was a senior doctor. She was admitted to a hospital operated by the defendant health service for a minor surgery. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Vicarious Liability in Tort Law
Tort Law
Vicarious liability is where one person is held liable for the torts of another, even though that person did not commit the act itself. ...
Last modified: 21st Sep 2021
Shareholder Wealth Maximization
Business Law
Maximizing shareholder wealth is often a superior goal of the company, creating profit to increase the dividends paid out for each common stock. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
A Company is an Artificial Person Created by Law
Business Law
The incorporation of a company is an artificial entity recognized by the law as a legal person that exists independently. This paper analyses the development of the corporate structure. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Breach of Contract Case Summaries
Contract Law
Summaries of breach of contract cases including breaches under performance, agreement and frustration. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Delegated Legislation
Constitutional Law
Delegated legislation is law made by some person or body other than parliament, but with the permission of parliament. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
The Separation of Powers
Constitutional Law
This paper will individually discuss the three functions of separation of powers and the relationships between them. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
Postal Rule of Acceptance
Contract Law
This paper examines the creation, development and application of the postal rule of acceptance in contract law. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
The Tort of Negligence
Tort Law
The Tort of Negligence is a legal wrong that is suffered by someone at the hands of another who fails to take proper care to avoid what a reasonable person would regard as a foreseeable risk. ...
Last modified: 20th Sep 2021
