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Enforceable contract, which can set up both orally and in writing, have four key elements:

1. An intent to create legal relations. Casual commitments among friends and family, for example, l...

1. Read the scenario throrughly! No word is there for no reason. Any ambiguities are not an accident, they are there to make you think and question the law. 

2. Take your time. It is...

Mens rea and actus reus are two elements of a crime, as it would be explained in court. An academic, Wilson, described mens rea as a "mental attitude" - the psychological element of a crime - e....

Firstly, we need to review which ways judges can avoid following a binding precedent when making a decision. The first way this can be done is when the Supreme Court use the 1996 Practice Statement, which...

Mens rea is the latin phrase for "guilty mind", which when applied to law scenarios is most simply explained as the defendant (the person committing the crime) intended or planned to commit the ...