The Financial Ombudsman Service The Financial Ombudsman Service (“FOS”) is stated to be ‘The official independent expert in settling complaints between consumers and businesses providing financial services.’ It is a public body that was established by Parliament and is authorised to deal with a very broad range of complaints in areas ranging from banking and […]
Formalities – Perfect/Imperfect Trust Introduction The question in this case refers to the creation of a trust, i.e. the formalities that are required. In the case of Serena, she has created a trust that holds the property in trust for Alice for life and then the remainder goes to Alice’s children. On the death of […]
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Get help with your assignmentCritically comment on the above statement with reference to effect of legislative change introduced by Labour Governments since 1997 in relation to one or more areas of individual employment rights. I. Introduction On the back of four electoral defeats, the Labour party sought to get the party into power by introducing a new set of […]
Consider whether it is time that the Supreme Court declared there to be a tort of invasion of privacy, or whether an individual’s right to privacy is already adequately protected. Date authored: 7 th July, 2014 “We have reached a point at which it can be said with confidence that the law recognises and […]
Question 1 – Could Vincent’s security staff be given power to issue fixed penalty notices for disorder? Issues What is a fixed pnd? Who legally can issue? How does this apply to these particular facts? Research Lexis Halsbury’s Laws of England – search “penalty notice for disorder” Result – 639 Directions as to Defendant’s good […]
Offer and Acceptance With reference to the legal rules relating to offer and acceptance of a contract, advise the club whether it can claim the joining fee from Mary, Frank and Ali. Mary posted her application. She telephoned the club to confirm whether or not her application was accepted but was unable to get through […]
Critically evaluate, with reference to relevant case law and statute, how far this statement accurately reflects the current law relating to lifting the veil of incorporation. Introduction Salomon v Salomon[1] involved the principle of separate corporate personality. This states that as a general rule a limited company’s shareholders are not liable for the company’s debts […]
Mutual Trust and Confidence in Contracts of Employment In order to answer this question one must first assess and consider the law relating to the implied duty of mutual trust and confidence in contracts of employment. This concept will need to be examined in accordance with case law and current working practices. The idea of […]
The use of pre-recorded video evidence in sexual assault and rape trials. Has the law of criminal evidence managed to strike an appropriate balance between protecting the victims of sexual assault, who are usually the prime witnesses in prosecution proceedings, and protecting the due process rights of defendants charged with these crimes, in particular the […]
Criminal Justice Act 2003 ‘Parliament’s purpose in the legislation, as we divine it from the terms of the Act, was to assist in the evidence based conviction of the guilty, without putting those who are not guilty at risk of conviction by prejudice’. In light of the above statement, evaluate the provisions of the Criminal […]
Police Powers: A Critical Analysis of Police Powers on Search, Arrest and Detention Aims and Objectives This proposed dissertation has a number of key aims it intends to meet. These can be expressed as follows: 1. To provide an overall perspective of the role of policing in the community; 2. To demonstrate the historical development […]
Critically evaluate the definition of consent for the purposes of sexual offences since the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, with particular regard to the presumptions in ss.75 and 76. Date authored: 15 th August, 2014. Described by the Home Office Review, Setting the Boundaries, as a ‘patchwork quilt of provisions’, the old law […]
To what extent would you describe the reasoning in Krell v Henry [1903] 2KB 740 and Herne Bay Steam Boat Company v Hutton [1903] 2 KB 683 as either compatible or incompatible?Date authored: 23 rd July, 2014. On the 9th August 1902, the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria took place. However, the […]
Domestic violence is very real and common in the UK, and indeed internationally In the UK domestic violence accounts for a quarter of all crime, despite these figures it is recorded that only 5 per cent of recorded cases of domestic violence end in conviction, less than 20 per cent of rapes and sexual assaults […]
Critically analyse the way the courts have developed and limited the law in relation to claims for psychiatric harm by secondary victims. Date authored: 18 th August, 2014. Introduction This paper will attempt to analyse the development of the law regulating the negligent infliction of psychiatric harm to secondary victims. This area of law is […]
Five 600 word essays on business (Property) skills 1. A Short essay (600 words) on commercial property leases explaining: “The most important points to note in a commercial lease”. (this is designed to develop your understanding of commercial property leases). The first quality which should be present in any commercial property lease is synergy between […]
Empirical studies of contracting behaviour consistently demonstrate that commercial contracting parties care little for written contracts or the rules of contract law. Should the law of contract manifest any concern over this? If not, why not, and if so, how should the rules of contract law be amended to better reflect commercial practice? The overwhelming […]
When individuals either witness or are a victim of crime they may be required to give evidence in court. This can involve recounting events that took place or identifying a suspect from an identity parade. Evidence presented in a trial contributes to a judge or jury deciding whether an individual is innocent or guilty and […]
>Introduction As Maria has Killed John, She is likely to be charged with his Murder. Maria is both factual, ‘but for’ her actions, he would not have died R v White (1910)[1] and legal cause, as her actions contributed significantly to the death of John (R v Smith (1959))[2]. The mens rea for murder is […]
THE INDIAN ARMY: ITS VOTING RIGHTS “Quartered in snow, silent to remain. When the bugle calls, they shall rise and march again.” – The scroll of honour at the Siachen base camp. INTRODUCTION: The history of the Indian armed forces can be traced back in the history of the formation of the independent country India. […]
Walton Construction (Qld) Pty Ltd v Venture Management Resources International Pty Ltd Walton Construction Pty Ltd (Walton) entered into a building contract with Venture Management Resources International Pty Ltd (VMR) for completion of works. Walton provided VMR with an unconditional bank guarantee as security to cover its financial commitment under the contract. Walton submitted a […]
What is Contract Law? The law of contract is a set of rules governing the relationship, content and validity of an agreement between two or more persons (individuals, companies or other institution) regarding the sale of goods, provision of services or exchange of interests or ownership. While this is a wide definition it does not […]
What is law? Law, in its widest sense, means and involves a uniformity of behavior, a constancy of happenings or a cause of events, rules of action, whether in the phenomena of nature or in the ways rational human beings. In its general sense law means an order of the universe, of events, of things […]
THE ULTRA VIRES DOCTRINE OF COMPANY LAW IN ZAMBIA INTRODUCTION This assignment examines the debate on the legal issues surrounding the abolition of the requirement to submit a Memorandum of Association when applying to incorporate a company under the Zambian Companies Act 1994 cap 388 of the Laws of Zambia. This debate has been […]
“When freedom of expression is put to use by the mass media, it acquires an additional dimension and becomes freedom of information.” [1] In the post modern world of technology information plays an important role. From the classified document leak by Julian Assange to the alleged snoop by the US government, information has started to […]
The approach within this assignment will firstly review the failings of both Fred Churchill (Contractors) Ltd for the unlawful depositing of waste around the city of Nottingham together with the incident which relates to Brockwell and the pollution of the river Trent. Both cases will be reviewed as under s85 of the Water Resources Act […]
Introduction In this report is to introduce what is the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the meaning about Cartel Union. First is to analyze the correlation of manufacturers and the prisoners’ dilemma due to the correlation. The effectiveness of Cartel coalition is investigated and the principle of output dispense is given. Explain the factors affecting the stability […]
I truly believe that our modern society needs Law. Laws are guidelines that set out appropriate behaviour, so we are required to follow this system of rules, in order to keep everything balanced and stabilized. Without the fulfillment of these desired tasks, man simply will become equal to animals – or worse still, allow their […]
“IPRs and Standards serve different purposes: IPRs are destined for private exclusive use, Standards are intended for public, collective use”. Institute (ETSI) IPR Special Committee With the proliferation of network economy, a common design for the products or technology that can be used universally takes a front seat. Standardization does exactly the same. A standard […]
Part A Introduction The facts present various problems. The first issue is undue influence. This is the most obvious issue. Rachel took a mortgage out with Ernest for debts that her husband owed for his business and for this reason, it was a transaction not for her advantage. The second issue that must be discussed […]
