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What does it mean that the UK has a common law legal system, and how is this different to a civil law one?

A common law system of laws, as used in the UK, predominantly develops through decisions made by judges in courts in the UK. This creates a body of binding laws based on precedent, whereby lower courts ar...

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Does the criminal law leave too much to the jury when it comes to the issue of dishonesty?

Dishonesty is an essential element of the property offences including fraud and theft. The jury will be directed by the judge to consider whether reasonable people would consider the conduct of the defen...

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What is the function of the doctrine of consideration?

The idea that a contract needs consideration to be valid is so fundamental as to need no authority. The law will not enforce a gratuitous promise unless it is made by deed which has stringent formality re...

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Who is a refugee?

Why is a refugees different from other migrants? The first definition of who is a refugee was provided by the the Refugee Convention, signed in Geneva in 1951. Nowadays that definition is still working; c...

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A claimant must prove that a duty of care is owed using the three-part test set out in the case of Caparo v Dickman. Briefly explain the first part of the test.

The first part of the test in Caparo v Dickman states that a defendant is liable if loss to someone in the claimant’s position was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the defendant's conduct....

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