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.
The ‘Rescue Culture’ in Financially Failing Businesses
Finance Law
The rescue culture is reinforced by reforming the administration procedure on which the court is based. Lenders are now unable to hold security over companies business and assets and this includes floating charges. They are also prevented from appointing an Administrative Receiver to realise assets so that it satisfies their debt....
Last modified: 10th Jun 2021
Holocaust Denial in the UK - The David Irving Trial
Human Rights Law
The United Kingdom has witnessed one of the most prominent trials regarding Holocaust denial, in the form of Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt. David Irving, a British author, filed a claim after American author Deborah Lipstadt, and her publishers Penguin Books, asserting that Lipstadt had libelled him in her book Denying the Holocaust...
Last modified: 10th Jun 2021
Legal Options for Avoiding a Hard Border Between NI and ROI
EU Law
Critically evaluate the legal options available to the EU and the UK for avoiding a ‘hard border’ for goods moving between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit....
Last modified: 10th Jun 2021
Legal reforms and their influence on major loss claims
English Legal System
The focus of this thesis is on the upcoming legal reforms and their influence on major loss claims particularly. During the course of this chapter, we will be looking at the extension of the fixed fee regime, Part 2 of the Civil Liability Act 2018, the Disclosure pilot and, last but not least, the likely impact of a hard Brexit on the claims culture within the major loss team....
Last modified: 10th Jun 2021
The Royal Prerogative in the UK
Constitutional Law
This essay will aim to address what a Royal Prerogative is and the significance of this power within the U.K Legal framework. In addition, this essay will also look at how other areas of the law...
Last modified: 12th May 2021
Human Rights Act Impact on English law
Constitutional Law
I will be examining the quotation made by Lord Irvine in the article entitled The Human Rights Act Two years on (2003) public law 308. I will ......
Last modified: 6th May 2021
Rights and Obligations in the Tort of Negligence
Business Law
The principle imposing liability in tort for careless behaviour was established in the leading case of Donoghue v Stevenson....
Last modified: 28th Apr 2021
Breach of Duty of Care
Tort Law
Breach Of Duty Of Care. Chris may have a contractual claim as well as a tort claim under the principle in Donoghue v. Stevenson(1) where Lord Adkin formulated the 'neighbour principle'....
Last modified: 28th Apr 2021
Criteria for Raising a Civil Action in Negligence in Common Law
Common Law
To understand the law surrounding negligence we must first look at the foundation of modern-day laws surrounding negligence at common law, these are derived from the case of Donoghue V Stevenson....
Last modified: 28th Apr 2021
Structure of Human Rights Act
Constitutional Law
The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is an outstanding pieces of legislation in the last decade and therefore needs no further introduction. It always ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Human Rights Act 1998
Human Rights Law
The Human Rights Act 1998. The Human Rights Act gives every citizen a clear statement of rights and responsibilities, and it requires all of us in public services to respect human rights in everything we do (Blair 1999: 1)....
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Human Rights Convention
Human Rights Law
Human Rights Convention. The Human Rights Act 1998, came into force in full on 2nd October 2000; guaranteeing the Convention rights of the individual against interference by the state and enabling people in the UK to enforce these rights and liberties in UK courts....
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
European Court of Human Rights Act
Administrative Law
HUMAN RIGHT ACT 1988 The Human Rights Act 1998 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which received Royal Assent on November 9, 1998, and ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Human Rights Act 1998 and the Law Relating to Land
General Law
The Human Rights Act 1998 (which incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into our law (the Convention)) is having a significant impact on domestic law, and when it was implemented in October 2000, there was a lot of speculation about its effect......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Judicial Review and the Human Rights Act
Administrative Law
The incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law by way of the Human Rights Act 1998 which came into force on 2 October ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Unintended Uses of the Human Rights Act
Constitutional Law
After the incorporation of European Convention of Human Rights via the Human Rights Act 1998, there have been considerable critical commentaries ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Outline the Main Provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998
Administrative Law
The European Convention on Human Rights came into being in the aftermath of World War 2 to prevent the types of human rights violations and ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Common Law Reasoning and Human Rights Act
Constitutional Law
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was envisaged to prevent the repetition of the immense Human Rights violation as experienced in ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
R v Graham - 1982
Case Summaries
Paul Graham had been drinking and taking drugs when he and his homosexual partner killed Graham’s wife. Graham claimed he was under duress as his......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
R v Cole - 1994
Case Summaries
The appellant (C) was convicted of two robberies. He claimed the defence of duress on the basis that he was “desperate” for money as he owed money......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Elements of Duress, Necessity and Provocation
Criminal Law
What are the elements of Duress, Necessity and Provocation, how are these differentiated in practice? Suggest ways in which the law may be made coherent....
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
DPP v A - 2000
Case Summaries
The defendant wished to raise the defence of duress to a charge of robbery on the basis that two strangers had threatened to kill......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Reform of Duress and Necessity
Contract Law
'Summarise the provisions and recommendations of the Law Reform Commission in reform of the pleas of duress and necessity' The Law Reform ......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
Wheeler v Office of the Prime Minister - 2008
Case Summaries
The claimant (W) applied for permission to seek judicial review of the decision of the Office of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign......
Last modified: 18th Mar 2021
