... have no high status than any other law. As a result the constitution of the UK is entirely flexible." So the UK does not have a written constitution, but does have a constitution if we look at the description: 1. The laws ...

... similar to divorce so some would argue for the abolition of nullity and that we should continue to have the law of divorce. The law of nullity no doubt continues to have value under English law. For example for those who ...

... Police Complaints Authority - an independent body set up under PACE) or if a criminal offence is found to have been committed, the Director of Public Prosecutions (currently David Calvert-Smith) will decide whether to proceed with a prosecution. However, if ...

... Macmillan found in favour of Mrs Donoghue. Lords Buckmaster and Tomlin dissented. LORD ATKIN: "The sole question for determination in this case is legal: Do the averments made by the pursuer in her pleading, if true, disclose a cause of action? I ...

... a member of the legal profession, this automatically imposes upon the individual the requirement to adhere to the duties of the profession. Professions are very much functional components of society, they aim to serve society as a whole and address ...

... and outline the effects of the relevant decisions, starting with X (Minors). You are strongly advised to read all cases in these notes marked*. 1. X (Minors) *X and Others (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council (etc) [1995] ELR 404; 2 AC 633; 3 ...

... report, the Civil Justice System should aim to deliver fairness and justice at a reasonable speed and cost, be understandable to the people using it, provide certainty, be responsive to the needs of the people and be adequately resourced and ...

... report, the Civil Justice System should aim to deliver fairness and justice at a reasonable speed and cost, be understandable to the people using it, provide certainty, be responsive to the needs of the people and be adequately resourced and ...

... case of Hutton v Esher 1973, could the word 'land' include buildings for the purpose of compulsory purchase? The Interpretation Act said that land included buildings unless stated otherwise so the buildings were purchased. Judicial interpretation is unregulated by Parliament, however ...

... piece of machine. We can teach every thing to a robot but we cannot teach or give emotion to a machine. Sometimes some of our decisions must be mostly emotional such as marriage, to have a baby, falling in ...

... that when an employer transfers his business to another employer, the transferor and the transferee shall inform the employees affected and to ensure that the latter's contracts, along with agreed terms and conditions, are transferred from the first to the ...

... mostly due to its reported "jobs for the boys" and its old school tactics. Because of this it was felt that the judiciary was not a fair representation of the community. It can and is argued that it is still ...

... appointed from practicing solicitors or barristers, with latter being customary especially in senior judicial appointments, and are given very little training to enable them to serve as a judge. Most of the experience they have relies on arguing one side ...

... a convention right. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an act if - (a) as the result of one or more provisions of primary legislation, the authority could not have acted differently; or (b) in the case of one or more provisions ...

... corporate bias within the judiciary3. In this case if the judiciary submits to the pressure of other arms of government, it inhibits their ability to make impartial decisions when giving judgements on cases brought before them. It further diminishes the ...

... with intent to do some grievous bodily harm to any person, or with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of any person, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for ...

... became "The Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom" in 1831 and granted a Royal Charter in 1845 to become "The Law Society" by charter in 1903. The Judicature Act (1873) set the seal on the division of the two ...

... Decision The House of Lords came to a unanimous decision, with Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Lord Clyde, Lord Saville of Newdigate and Lord Millett concurring with the judgement given by Lord Slynn of Hadley. The Court found that the London Borough of Harrow ...

... An ethical act is an action that is consistent within this framework. There are four main breaches in ethics that this dilemma exercise determines from the use of this definition. They are bulleted below for review. * It is unethical behavior ...

... carried out the three functions of state, namely legislative, executive and judicial. It dealt with all cases in which the King had a direct interest, like breaches of the peace. Eventually the courts split off from the Council and formed ...

... who held in his work 'Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals'3, that particular kinds of acts are morally wrong because they are inconsistent with the status of a person as a free and rational being (Kantism). In attempting to discover ...

... has been explained on many occasions by the European Court of Justice, most notably in cases such as Costa v. ENEL2: "The EEC Treaty has created its own legal system which, on entry into force of the Treaty, became an integral ...

... as a result of the War and the impending cold war stalled any true prospect of revival. Consequently the American Marshall Plan was set up as an aid organisation to assist Europe on its road to recovery. The Marshall Plan ...

... education of immigrant workers and their children. This though was limited in scope due to the many students within the Community who did fall under the ambit of the regulation. Despite such manifest restrictions, the Court interpreted vocational training widely, thus ...

... The Council Of Ministers comprises 40 different councils of national civil servants. Backed by a governmental department, most ministers realise that they have a responsibility to try to reach agreements that will be of some benefit to the Community as ...