Tom, Dick and Harry are in business together in the form of a legal partnership. The business having developed somewhat, they are now keen to incorporate their business into a limited company. This will undoubtedly have benefits for the traders, ...

The premise for the principle of freedom of contract is that the parties could make agreements on a wide variety of subjects and choose those terms that they agree as convenient for the fulfilment of the contract. Court normally refrain ...

This scenario relates to the purported creation of a trust. We are told that Michael has said to his daughter that “I promise to transfer to you within the year certain property”. The first issue to determine is whether this ...

Conditional fee arrangements are widely used throughout various legal systems; they have been used in the UK since 1990 and were expanded to include non-family civil proceedings since 1998. Conditional fee arrangements are also referred to as “No fee, no ...

The role of police officers list a wide range of duties related to the safety and welfare of the general public. Police officers are highly trained and specialized in reacting to emergency situations and events that ordinary people are not ...

Introduction to Similar Fact Evidence The law of evidence is a system under which facts are used to determine the rights and liabilities of the parties. Evidence proves the existence of “facts in issue” or infers them from related facts. ...

Law does not come from one source and can change with time. Previously Brehan Law was Ireland’s native law, up until it was replaced by Common Law when Ireland was taken over by Great Britain. Now post British rule Irish ...

One of the advantages of a presidential system is that the head of state is usually elected through a direct mandate. In terms of democracy, this makes the president’s authority more legitimate as he is elected directly by the people ...

There are certain restricted circumstances in Scots Law that an omission is regarded as criminal conduct. The key question to look at is do we have a positive duty to act? In Scots Common law there is no legal obligation ...

Accessibility and technology are issues that are affecting how the instructors prepare and teach their lesson in the classroom. Technology is continually changing in the classroom giving teachers more ways to present their lessons. Technology makes it easier for instructors ...