A. Blackstone: 1. Introduction: In the late eighteenth century English law was a combination of common law and statute law. The volume of law enacted by parliament was increasing rapidly, but the common law was still the predominant element, and ...

What is the rule of law? The rule of law is the ultimate justification for the existence of a legitimate political system. It is a necessary ingredient to provide a governmental system with a moral justification of its laws. When ...

Topic Nick wrote a letter to Craig saying, “I have heard that you might be interested in buying my Vauxhall Astra motor car. I am prepared to sell it to you for £4000. Please let me know.” Craig replied in ...

Introduction: ‘while the company is a legal person it is not of course a natural one and therefore for a company to do or think anything a human being has to do it on its behalf’ -John Stuart Gatgat In fact ...

The question deals with Human Rights issues, in all litigation, concerning convention rights, whether the parties are public or private. The Human Right Act 1998 creates new remedies against public bodies, which have breached Articles of the Convention without statutory excuse[1]. ...

Introduction: At the opening of the Royal Courts of Justice in 1882 the Lord Chancellor, Lord Selborne, called a meeting of the judges to discuss his address to Queen Victoria on their behalf. When he read the phrase 'Your Majesty's judges are ...

Explain, Illustrate and Evaluate Judicial Approaches to Statute Interpretation A statute has been defined simply as “the will of the legislature”1. The term “Interpretation” is more strictly applicable to the process of assigning meaning to individual words. Support for this definition ...

Zephaniah would sue Byron and Shelley, and Midvale Borough Council as the occupier of the land. He would seek, as injunction to stop future noise nuisance in the first action, and in the second action, damages in respect of past ...

Breach of Contract Abbas would sue Frank Ferrillo for breach of the implied terms under s 14 (2) and s 14 (3) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979. Because the oven failed to reach the satisfactory quality, this constitutes a ...

The legal issues raised by the case law relating to Article 28 have all but been resolved. Discuss. Article 28 is the principal provision in the treaty designed to eliminate national barriers to the free movement of goods that are ...