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English Law, Common Law Concept, and the Binding Precedent Doctrine

may occur where there different facts or where there has been a change n the law applying to similar cases. The way that the decis...

English Law and Its Sources

In five pages this paper examines the importance of case law, legislative law, and common law in a consideration of English law...

English Law

These were; Dane Law, adopted after the invasion and settlement by Scandinavian warriors, located in the North and North East of E...

Three Questions of British Commercial Law

A three part English law paper addressing three specific questions relating to insolvency law, agency, and contract law. The auth...

Judiciary and the Role of Statutory Interpretation

of Britain. He suggested that these powers were separated in the following way Legislative - law creation. Executive - executing t...

Rights of Third Parties, Privity, and English Contract Law

a contract we can see that this was allowed under Dutton v Poole (1677) 2 Lev 211 (Flannigan, 1987). This is also referred to by D...

The Relevance of Binding Precedent and Application of Offer and Acceptance in Contract Law in Australia

potential to alter this through legislation. The concept allows gaps in legislature to be filled. It may be argued that the way t...

Creation of Equity Law and Its Common Law Relationship

may be heard and judged to be in favour of a plaintiff or a defendant, but the ruling would be incapable of dispensing justice due...

Businesses and International Law

the seeking of an injunction and force compliance with the law (August, 2000). There is also the potential for action to be bro...

Tracing Proprietary Claims on Sham Trusts under Common Law and Equity Law

this is an approach which is particularly applicable to chattels which are easier to identify as specific items (Martin and Turne...

Mistakes in United Kingdom's Common Law

the case given that this is a matter of common mistake (McKendrick, 2000). In this case the agreement can be seen as fulfilling t...

Is there an Inherent Bias towards Employers in Unfair Dismissal Law?

this time cases would usually be brought for a breach of contract (Card et al, 2003). Unfair dismissal is first seen in the Indust...

Treatment of the Unborn Child, Surrogacy Laws, and Abortion

Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom v DHSS (1981) with reference to the Abortion Act 1967 (Lexis, 2003). This makes abo...

Government and the UK Rule of Law

be backed up by the relevant authority to make that decision based in the law (Thompson and Allen, 2005). This may be seen as a ve...

Equity Law Flexibility

in law means fairness. The law of equity had developed in parallel to common and statute law but is very different. The rules have...

Environmental Management Systems; Environmental Policy Statements, the Regulatory Register and Key Legislative Characteristics

confirm the companys commitment to environmental management strategies. This will often include a recognition of the impact the co...

Contemporary Business and UK Common Law's Advantages and Disadvantages

formed the basis of whet we now refer to as common law. The principle source of law currently is that of legislation....

English Law and the Creation of Certainty in the Trading Relationship

to be excluded by terms in contracts, such as the potential to expressly exclude the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999,...

Doctrine of Common Mistake and the United Kingdom

was an agreement of compensation. However, at the time the agreement was made the contract could have been terminated due to anthe...

English Law, Corporate Identity, and the Doctrine of Separate Corporate Personality

for as the business owner. The subsequent purchase was funded with ?10,00 in debentures and cash. Salomon owned 20,001 of the 20,0...

Product Liability and Tort Law

lack of fasteners or screws to hold this segment in place, resulted in his injuries. Claims of product liability based on two ele...

Insurance Contract Law and the Concepts of Misrepresentation and Non-Disclosure

Marine Insurance Act 1909 was effectually a word for word copy of the English Marine Insurance Act 1906, in addition to this the n...

Comparison of Scots Law with Sharia Law

Majestatem, which was heavily influenced by Glanvills English law treatise, but it demonstrates the many sources of Scottish law a...

The Application of Privacy and Copyright Laws in Australia

sold articles to different publication, they are not under salary or retainer and they carry the risk and the cost of undertaking ...

Civil Law Countries and Their Criminal Justice Systems

as if the major difference between the nations of Europe, with the exception of Great Britain that is entrenched in the common law...

Issues in English Employment Law

entitled to a long notice period or the employee is entitled to a valuable remuneration package (DiscLaw Publishing Ltd, Wrongful,...

Class Rights Variation and Corporate Control

example, preference shareholders will still usually have the rights to attend meetings, even where voting rights are not held. Thi...

Creation and Development of the Equity Law

They litigants would be able to move across the hall from one law court to the Lord Chancerys division to try and get justice when...

Law Choice and Applications in International Commercial Disputes

a decision which is based ion evidence resented to them, and without the use of their own knowledge of a matter (Goode, 2000)....

Is There an Incompability Issue Between the European Convention for Human Rights and Adverse Possession?

had abandoned or dispossessed the land. This was seen as legalising the theft of land where an owner did not exercise their rights...