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abolition of duties and charges have equivalent effect
Abolition of quantitative restrictions
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absolute interest
Absolute privilege
absolute
abstract of title
Acaster warning
acceptance in ignorance
acceptance of offer by post
acceptance of offer
accessory
Access to Justice Act (1999)
accomplice
Acquisition of beneficial interests in land
acquital
Acte claire
Actionable
The grounds for annullment under Art. 230
action on the case
Act of Parliament
Act of Settlement (1700)
Act of Union with Scotland (1707)
Actual occupation
actus reus
Adjectival law
Administration of Justice Act (1985)
administrative law
Administrator (probate)
admissibility of evidence
Adoption Act (1976)
adoption
Adverse possession
advocate
affiliation order
after the event insurance
aggravated burglary
aggravated trespass
Agonese v Cassa di Riparmio di Bolzano SpA (2000)
Agreed notice
agreement mistake
AG's ref 2 (1992)
Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co (1983)
Ainsbury v Millington (1987)
Air Jamaica v Charlton (1999)
Alcock and others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1991)
Alexander v North Eastern Railway (1865)
Al-Fayed v Secretary of State for Home Department (2000)
alien
Allen v Emmerson and others (1944)
alternative dispute resolution
ambush defence
Ameliorating waste
Anchor Brewhouse v Berkely House (1987)
Animus possidendi
Anns v Merton (1977)
annullment
anticipatory breach of contract
R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal ex parte Antonissen (1989)
appeal
appelate court
appropriation
Aratra Potato v Taylor Joynson Garrett (1995)
arbitration
arrestable offence
arrest procedure
arrest
arrest warrant
arson
Article 230 (of the EC Treaty)
Article 234 (of the EC Treaty)
Article 251 procedure
Article 308
articles of association
ART
Ashford v Thornton (1818)
assault
assent procedure
assent
assignment (land and property)
assistance after the offence
Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation (1948)
Association
assumed duty of care
Assured shorthold tenancy
Assured tenancy
attempt
Attorney-General
auction without reserve
Austerberry v Oldham Corporation (1885)
Austin
Authorized guarantee agreement
Automatic resulting trust
automatism
A v National Blood Authority (2001)
Awwad v Geraghty (2000)
Bailee
Bailment
Bailor
bail
Baldry v Feintuck (1972)
Balfour v Balfour (1919)
Bannister v Bannister (1949)
Barclay's Bank v Quistclose Investments (1970)
Bar Council
bare trust
barrister-solicitor distinction
barrister
Barry v Davies (2000)
Bar
Basely v Clarkson (1681)
basic norm
battery
battle of the forms
Baumbast and R v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2001)
Beneficial interest
beneficial owner
Beneficiary principle
Beneficiary
Bentham
bequest
Bill of Rights
Bill
Bird v Jones (1845)
Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC(1990)
Blackwell v Blackwell (1929)
Blair v Duncan (1901)
Blemished defendant
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee (1957)
Bolitho v City and Hackney HA (1998)
Bolton v Stone (1951)
bona fide purchaser without notice
Bona vacantia
bond of caution
Union Royale Belge des Société de Football v Bosman (1993)
bound over
Bourhill v Young (1943)
Boyce v Boyce (1849)
Bratty v AG for Northern Ireland
breach of contract
Breach of statutory duty
breach of the duty of care
breach of the peace
British citizenship
British Nationality Act (1981)
Broadband and the UK TV licence
Brown v Secretary of State for Scotland (1988)
Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust (1977)
Buckinghamshire CC v Moran (1989)
Building scheme covenant
Burden of proof
burglary
Butler Machine Tool Co v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (1979)
Butterworths
The `Buy Irish' case (1982)
B v McDonalds (2002)
by-law
Byrne v Van Tienhoven (1880)
cabinet minister
cabinet
Caldwell lacuna
Cambridge Water v Eastern Counties Leather (1994)
Caparo v Dickman (1990)
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893)
case stated
cash for questions
Cassidy v Ministry of Health (1951)
Cassis de Dijon case (1979)
causation in criminal liability
causation in negligence
Causation in tort
Caution against first registration
cautioning before interview
Caution
Celsteel v Alton House (1986)
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees Ltd (1947)
Certainty of intention
certainty of objects
Certainty of subject matter
CFA
CFI
Chain of causation
champerty
Chancery Division
Chandler v Webster (1904)
Chandrasekera v R (1937)
Chapelton v Barry Urban District Council (1940)
Chappell and Co v Nestle (1960)
chargeable gift
Charge certificate
Charitable trust
Charitable Uses Act (1601)
Chattel
Chaudhry v Prabhakar (1989)
Children Act (1989)
child
chose in action
CIA Security v Signalson and Securitel (1996)
Srl CILFIT and Lanificio di Gavardo SpA v Ministry of Health (1982)
circuit judge
circuit
citation of legislation and case law
Citizen's arrest
civil law
Civil Liability (Contribution) Act (1978)
Civil Partnership Act (2004)
Civil Partnership
Civil Procedure Act (1997)
Civil Procedure Rules
CJA 2003
claimant
Claim of Right
Class of objects
Clayton v Woodman (1962)
Clef Acquitaine v Laport (2001)
co-decision procedure
codicil (probate)
Codicil
codification
collateral power
Collins v Godefroy (1831)
Collins v Hertfordshire CC (1947)
Combe v Combe (1951)
committal proceedings
committee of the whole House
committee stage
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act (2002)
Commonhold association
Winding up
Common law exceptions to the hearsay rule
Common law prescription
common law
Common market
common mistake
Common sense and the law: the C1 crash helmet saga
Community decision-making process
community sentence
Companies Act (1985)
company
Compellable
Compellable witness
Competence and compellability cheat-sheet
Competence of the EU
Competence
Competent witness
Complainant's previous sexual history
compounding and misprision
compulsory insurance
Compulsory registration area
Compulsory registration
computer crime
Computer Misuse Act (1990)
Concurrent lease
conditional fee
conditions and warranties
condition
Condron v United Kingdom (2001)
Conegate Ltd V Customs and Excise Commissioners (1986)
The use of confessions of, and against, co-defendants
Confession
Confirmation
consensus ad idem
consideration
consolidation
conspiracy
Constable
constitutional convention
constitutional law
constitutional legislation
Conclusion
Constitution
constructive trust
consultation procedure
What is recoverable?
contingency fee
contingent fee
contingent interest
contract by deed
Contract of Record
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (1999)
contract
contract under hand
Contract under seal
contra proferentum
contributory negligence
Conversion
conveyancer
conveyance
Conveyancing protocol
conveyancing
cooperation procedure
Co-ownersip of land
Co-parceny
Coroners' Court
Coroner
corporation
corroboration
Costa v ENEL (1964)
Costs
Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for Civil Service (1984)
Council of Europe
Council of Ministers
Council of the EU
Council
Counsel
counter-offer
county court
court martial
Court of Appeal
Court of First Instance
Court of Session
Courts and Legal Services Act (1990)
Court Service
Courts Martial Appeal Court
Court system of England
Covenant to settle
covenant
CPR
Crime and Disorder Act (1998)
Criminal Attempts Act (1981)
criminal culpability
Criminal Damage Act (1971)
Criminal Evidence Act (1898)
Criminal Justice Act (1967)
Criminal Justice Act (1988)
Criminal Justice Act (1991)
Changes to the law on evidence of bad character
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act (1994)
Criminal Law Act (1967)
Criminal Law Act (1977)
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act (1996)
criminal trial procedure
Cross-examination as to bad character
cross-examination of victims of sexual offences
cross-examination
Cross-examination
Crown Court
Crown Proceedings Act (1947)
Crown Prosecution Service
Crown River Cruises v Kimbolton Fireworks (1996)
Crown
CrowVWood1970
culpa lata
Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co Ltd (1951)
custodial sentence
custody of children
custody order
Customs Union
Cy-près
damages
Dangerous Drugs Act (1965)
Procureur de Roi v Dassonville (1974)
Dearle v Hall (1828)
De Bene Esse
declaration of nullity
The declaratory theory of the common law
deed of transfer
Deed
Defamation Act (1996)
Defamation and freedom of speech
Defamation
Defective title
defences to an action in tort
Defendant
Defrenne v Société Anonyme Belge de Navigation Aérienne no. 2 (1976)
Delaney v TP Smith Ltd (1946)
delegated legislation
Demesne land of the Crown
Demesne
Demise
Derbyshire CC v Times Newspapers (1993)
Derogation from grant
Derry v Peek (1888)
Detinue
Development risks defence
devise
Devolution
diminished responsibility
Dingle v Turner (1972)
Diplock court
Direct applicability
Direct effect
direction to acquit
Directive
Director of Public Prosecutions
discharge of contract
discharge
discretionary trust
Discretion to admit hearsay
Dishonesty
Distraint
Distress
distribution of estate
District Judge
Division
divorce
Doctrine of common employment
doctrine of notice
domicile
dominant tenement
Donaghey v Boulton and Paul (1968)
Donatio mortis causa
donee
Donoghue v Stevenson (1932)
DPP v Boardman (1975)
DPP v P (1991)
DPP v Sheldrake; AG's ref (no. 4 of 2002) [2004]
driving offences
Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act (1964)
Dunlop v Selfridge (1945)
duress
Duty of care
duty virtute officii
Dworkin
Dyer v Dyer (1788)
Dying declaration
Easement of access
Easement of necessity
Easement
ECHR
ECJ
ECSC
EC Treaty
EC
Edwards v Ddin (1976)
Edwards v Skyways Ltd (1964)
EEC
ejusdem generis
Elliot v C (1983)
Elliston v Reacher (1908)
Employer's Liability (Defective Equipment) Act (1969)
Employer's liability (to employees)
encumbrance
English and Card, 2000
K-Zone law: the collaborative English law site
English legal system overview
engrossment
entail
Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation Ltd (1955)
entrapment
Environmental Protection Act (1991)
epitome of title
Equitable easement
equitable interest (land and property)
Equitable interest
equitable lease
Equitable mortgage
Equitable title
Equity of redemption
equity
Errington v Errington (1951)
Escheat
Esso v Customs and Excise Commissioners (1976)
Estate contract
Estate in land
estate (probate)
estoppel by representation
estoppel
EU case-law crib-sheet
General pricinples of law, and EU jurisprudence
EU legislation
EU non-discrimination law
Euratom
EU rights of residence
European Coal and Steel Community
European Commission for Human Rights
European Commission
European Communities Act (1972)
European Communities
European Community
European Convention on Human Rights
European Council
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Justice
European Economic Community
European Parliament
European Union
EU terminology
EU
Evan v Cross (1938)
Ministère Public v Even and ONPTS (1979)
Events triggering first registration
Evidence case law crib sheet
Evidence in chief of bad character
Evidence in chief
Evidence of bad character
Evidence of disposition
Evidence of good character
Evidence of previous convictions
Evidence of propensity to commit offences
Evidence of untruthfullness
evidence
Evidential burden
examination-in-chief
Examination-in-chief
Examination of witnesses
excepted estate
exclusion clause
Exclusion of evidence
Exculpatory statement
Exculpatory
executed consideration
executor
executory consideration
exemption from criminal liability
express trust
Ex turpi causa
R v Secretary of State for Transport ex parte Factortame Ltd and others (1989) (``Factortame I'')
Factortame III; Brasserie du Pecheur v Germany (1996)
fact scepticism
Fair use of law.web-tomorrow.com
False confession
false imprisonment
Family Division
Family Law Reform Act (1969)
fast-track
fatal offences
The twisted problem of fault in tort
fee simple absolute in possession
fee simple
fee tail
felony
female circumcision
Ferrishurst v Wallcite (1988)
fiduciary
finality of collateral answers
fine (land and property)
fine (sentencing)
Fireman's rule
first reading
Fisher v Bell (1961)
fixed trust
Flack v Baldry (1988)
flying freehold
Foakes v Beer (1884)
Foreclosure nisi
Foreclosure absolute
Foreclosure
Forfeiture of deposit
Waiver of right to re-enter
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act (1981)
forgery
formal admission
formulation of Bills
Fortuitous vesting
Franchise
Francovitch and Bonifaci v Italy (1991)
Freedom of establishment
The effect of s.56(1) of the LPA
freehold
Freely alienable
Free movement of goods, and intellectual property
Free movement of goods
Free movement of persons
Free movement of students
Free movement of workers
Free trade area
frustration of contract
Future property
F v West Berkshire Health Authority (1990)
General Cleaning Contractors v Christmas (1952)
general defence
General equitable charge
general power of appointment
Germany v Commission (1987)
Gissing v Gissing (1970)
Glasbrook Bros Ltd v Glamorgan CC (1925)
Godrey v Demon Internet (1999)
Gorris v Scott (1874)
Grade of title
Grant of Probate
Grant of Representation
Gravier v City of Liège (1985)
green light
Green Paper
Grey v IRC (1960)
Griffith, 1991
gross negligence
grundnorm
Grzlczyk v Centre Public d'Aide Sociale (2001)
guardian ad litem
guardian
Guildford: 4, Justice: nil
G v DPP (1989)
habeus corpus
Half-secret trust
Halsall V Brizell (1956)
Harbutt's Plasticine v Wayne Tank (1970)
Harbutt
Harlingdon and Leinster Enterprises v Christopher Hull Fine Art (1989)
Harmer v Jumbil (Nigeria) Tin Areas Ltd (1921)
Harper v Charlesworth (1825)
harrassment
Harris v Nickerson(1873)
Hartley v Ponsonby (1857)
Hart
Conclusions
Hedley Byrne v Heller 1963
HendersonVMerrett1995
Heydon's case
Heydon
High Authority
High Court judge
High Court
Highways Act (1980)
Hillas v Arcos (1932)
A brief history of English land law
Hobbes
Hoenig v Isaacs (1952)
Hollier v Rambler Motors (1972)
Homicide Act (1957)
horizontal direct effect
HorsfallVThomas (1862)
Hoskyn v Metropolitan Police Commissioner (1979)
Hostile witness
Household Fire Insurance v Grant (1879)
House of Commons
House of Lords reform
House of Lords
Housing Act (1988)
Housing Act (1996)
Hudson v Ridge Manufacturing (1957)
Huges v Lord Advocate (1963)
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Cpy (1877)
Human Rights Act (1998)
Hunter v Canary Wharf (1997)
Hunter v Moss (1993)
Hyam v DPP (1974)
hybrid power of appointment
Hyde v Wrench (1840)
Identification evidence
Identification parade
ignorance of the law is no defence
Illegal
immovable property
The Re Rose principle
implicit assumpsit
Implied assertion
implied term by custom
implied term by fact
implied term by obligation
implied term by statute
implied term
Improperly obtained confession
Improperly obtained evidence
incitement
incorporeal heriditament
Inculpatory statement
Inculpatory
Incumbrance
indemnity principle
indictment
information
Inheritance tax
inheritance under legal rights
Inhibition
injunction
innominate term
Inns of Court
in possession
in remainder
insanity and unfitness to plead
insanity defence
insanity
instrument
instrument under hand
instrument under seal
intention to enter into a legally binding agreement
intention
inter alia
interest in land
Interest in remainder
interest (land and property)
Interference with goods
interlocutory
Internationale Handelsgesellscahft v Einfuhr und Vorratstelle fur Getreide und Futtermitel (1970)
inter praesentes
Interpretation Act (1978)
Inter vivos
Intestacy
intestate
investigation of title
Investigatory Powers Act (2000)
invitation to treat
IRC v Broadway Cottages Trust (1955)
IRC v National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses (1982)
Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority (1992)
joint enterprise
joint tenancy
Jones v Lock (1865)
Jones v Locke (1865)
Jones v Padavatton (1969)
JSB direction where accused does not testify
Judicial directions
judicial notice
judicial review
judicial separation
judiciary
jurisprudence rogue's gallery
jurisprudence rogue
jurisprudence
jury
Jus Tertii
juvenile court
juvenile
Cimrinal Proceedings against Keck and Mithouard (1993)
Kelsen
Keppel Bus Co v Sa'ad bin Ahmad (1974)
Khorasandjan v Bush (1993)
Knightly v Johns (1981)
Lambe v Eames (1870)
Lampleigh v Braithwaite (1615)
Land and property caselaw crib-sheet
Land certificate
Land Charges Act (1972)
Land charge
Landlord and Tenant Act (1985)
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act (1995)
landlord
Land Registration Act (1925)
Land Registration Act (2002)
Land registration comparison
Land Registry
Latimer v AEC (1953)
Law Commission
Law Lord
Law Officer
Law of Property Act (1925)
Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (1989)
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act (1945)
Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act (1943)
Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act (1948)
Law Reports
Lawrie-Blum v Land Baden-Württenburg (1985)
Law Society
Lawyer-client privilege
leading question
Leasehold covenant
Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act (1937)
leasehold
Lease of the reversion
Lease or licence ?
lease
legacy
legal aid
Legal charge
Legal estate in land
Legal estate
legal interest (land and property)
Legal lease
Legal mortgage
legal positivism
legal realism
legislative process
legitimacy (of children) and related issues
legitimacy
Lessee
L'estrange v Graucob (1934)
Letang v Cooper (1964)
Letters of Administration
Lewis v Telegraph (1964)
Liability to rescuers
Libel
Licencee
licence (land and property)
Lien
life estate
life interest
life tenancy
Limitation Act (1980)
limitation clause
limited by guarantee
limited by shares
limited company
Limited owner's charge
Limpus v London General Omnibus (1862)
Liquidated damages clause
Liquidated damages
Liverpool CC v Irwin (1976)
Lloyds Bank v Rosset (1991)
local custom
Local Land Charges Act (1975)
Local land charge
Local order of precedence
Lodge v Wakefield CC (1995)
Lord Chancellor's Department
Lord Chancellor
Lord Chief Justice
Lord Justice of Appeal
Lordship of the manor
Lost modern grant
LPA 1925
LRA 1925
LRA 2002
L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Ltd (1973)
Lucas direction
magistrates' court
magistrates
magistrate
Magna Carta
maintenance order
Makin v AG for New South Wales (1894)
malice
Malone v Laskey (1907)
Manchester Airport Plc v Dutton (1999)
Manorial waste
Manor
manslaughter
market overt
Marleasing SA v La Comercial Internacional de Alimentacion (1989)
Marriage consideration
Marriage settlement
marriage
Marshall I (1986)
Marshall v Southhampton and South West Area Health Authority No. II (1993)
Master of the Rolls
Master of the Supreme Court
Matrimonial Causes Act (1973)
Maurice v Bishop of Durham (1805)
May and Butcher JR (1934)
McCormick v Grogan (1869)
McCutcheon v MacBrayne (1964)
McGovern v Attorney-General (1982)
McLoughlin v O'Brian (1982)
McPhail v Doulton (1971)
McWilliams v Sir William Arrol & Co (1962)
Meering v Grahame-White Aviation Co (1920)
Member of Parliament
Members of the EU
memorandum of association
mens rea
Mental Health Act (1983)
mere power
Merger Treaty
Merritt v Merritt (1970)
Midland Bank v Green (1981)
Milroy v Lord (1862)
minister
Minor interest
minor
Mirror principle
Miscarriage of justice
misdemeanour
Misrepresentation Act (1967)
Misrepresentation
mistake in contract
Mitchell v MacKenzie (1991)
Mixed statement
M'Naghten Rules
M'Naghten's case (1843)
mode of trial
money bill
Mooody v Steggles (1879)
More hassle for Web publishers
Morgan v Odhams Press (1971)
Mortgage by demise
mortgage by subdemise
Mortgagee's power of possession
Mortgagee's power of sale
Mortgagee's power to appoint a receiver
mortgagee
Mortgage
mortgagor
Mortmain
moveable property
MP
multi-track
murder
Murphy v Brentwood DC (1990)
Murray v United Kingdom (1996)
Myers v DPP (1965)
National Anti-vivisection Society v IRC (1948)
national veto
natural justice
natural law
natural rights
Neale v Merrit (1930)
Necessity
Nec vi, nec clam, nec precario
negligence
Negligent misstatement
nemo dat quod non habet
Nervous shock
Netherlands v Reed (1986)
Nettleship v Weston (1971)
neutral citation
Neville v Wilson (1997)
Nicolene v Simmons (1953)
nominee
non est factum
normative statement
Notice on the land register
Notice
Novus Actus Interveniens
Nuisance
oath
obiter dicta
object (trust)
Obligations of landlord and tenant
Occupiers' Liability Act (1957)
Occupiers' Liability Act (1984)
Occupier's liability to trespassers
Offences Against the Person Act (1861)
offences against the person
offensive weapon
offer
Olley v Marlborough Court (1949)
Omar v El Wakil (2002)
ombudsman (European Parliament)
omission
opinion evidence
Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust Co (1951)
Option to purchase
Option to renew
Order in Council
Order of precedence
order of specific performance
O'Reilly v Mackman (1983)
Originating summons
Oughtred v IRC (1960)
overreaching
Overriding interest
Overriding lease
ownership
PACE
Page v Smith (1996)
Palmer v Simmonds (1854)
Paris v Stepney BC (1951)
Parker v British Airways Board (1981)
Parker v Clark (1960)
Parker v South Eastern Railway (1877)
Parliament Act (1911)
Parliament Act (1949)
Parliamentary Counsel
Parliamentary privilege
Parliamentary supremacy
Parliament
Parol
parties to crime
partnership
part performance of contract
Partridge v Crittendon (1968)
party system
passage of title
Paul v Constance (1976)
Peffer v Rigg (1976)
Pemberton v Southwark LBC (2002)
Pemsel's case
Penalty clause
Pepper v Hart (1993)
Perara v Vandiyar (1953)
perjury
Permissive waste
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act (1964)
Perpetuity period
Perry Herrick v Attwood (1857)
Personal injury
personal property
Personal representative
personal right
personalty
person
Petition of Right
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots (1952)
Pharmacy and Poisons Act (1933)
Phillips Products v Hyland (1987)
Photofit
Photo Productions v Securicor Ltd (1980)
Pinnel's case (1602)
Pinnel
plaintiff
Platt v Crouch (2003)
plea before venue
Polhill v Walter 1832
Police Act (1964)
Police Act (1994)
Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984)
polygamous marriage
positive law
positivism
Postponed
power in the nature of a trust
power nominatum
power of appointment
power of arrest
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act (2000)
Powers of a mortgagee
power virtute officii
Practice Direction
precatory words
precedent
Preliminary reference procedure (under Article 234 of the EC Treaty)
prerogative
Prescription Act (1832)
Prescription
Presumed intention resulting trust
Presumed resulting trust
Presumption of advancement
presumption of death
Presumption of innocence
Prevention of Crime Act (1953)
Previous consistent statements of witnesses
Previous inconsistent statements of witnesses
Previous statements
Priestly v Fowler (1837)
primary legislation
Prime Minister
Prince Ernest of Hanover v Attorney General (1957)
principal (criminal)
principal (fiduciary)
Principle of mutual recognition
principles of criminal law
Priority of interests
Priority of mortgages
Priority period
Priority search
Private Bill
Private Member's Bill
Private Member
Private nuisance
Private purpose trust
Privilege against self-incrimination
Privilege
privity and exclusion clauses
privity of contract
Privity of estate
Privy Council
Probate Registry
probate
probative presumption of fact
probative presumption of law
The problem of the fertile ancient
The problem of the unborn widow
Product liability
profit a prendre in gross
profit a prendre
profit in gross
profit of estovers
profit of piscary
profit of turbary
profit (land and property)
Prohobition of discriminatory internal taxation
Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act (1985)
promissory estoppel
proof
property right
Proprietary estoppel
Protected tenancy
Protection from Eviction Act (1977)
Protection from Harrassment Act (1994)
Protection of Birds Act (1954)
protection order
protector
provocation
Psychiatric injury
Psychic shock
public law
Public nuisance
Public Order Act (1986)
Public purpose trust
Public rights of way
puisne mortgage
Pullan v Koe (1913)
Purchase money resulting trust
Pure economic loss
Putting the bad character of a co-defendant in issue
Pye v Graham (2002)
Qualcast v Haynes (1959)
qualified majority vote
Qualified privilege
quantum meruit
quasi-contract
Quasi-easement
Queen's Bench Division
Queen's Counsel
Queen
Quia timet
Quiet enjoyment
Quistclose trust
rape
ratio dicidendi
Ratti (1978)
Re the trusts of the Abbott fund (1900)
Re A (conjoined twins) (2001)
Ready-mixed Contrete v Minister of Pensions (1967)
real and personal property
real property
realty
Re Barlow's will trusts (1979)
Re Brooke Bond (1963)
Re Brooks Settlement Trust (1939)
Recent complaint
recklessness
recognizance
recordable offence
Recorder
Re Dawson (1888)
Re Denley's trust deed (1969)
Redgrave v Hurd (1881)
red light
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Re Lysaght (1966)
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remand in custody
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report stage
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Re Rees (1950)
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Reynolds v Times Newspapers (1999)
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RichardsonVLRCProducts2000
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Rochefoucalt v Boustead
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R v Environment Agency ex parte Marchiori (2002)
R v Fagan (1969)
R v Fulling (1987)
R v Ghosh (1982)
R v Goldberg (1988)
R v Gomez (1993)
R v H (1995)
R v Halliday (1886)
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R v Lawrence (1972)
R v Mazo (1996)
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R v McKechnie (1991)
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R v Saunders (1996)
R v Savage, R v Parmenter (1992)
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment ex parte Rose Theatre Trust (1990)
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R v Turner (1971)
R v Varley (1982)
R v Venna (1975)
R v Vye; R v R v Wise and R v Stephenson (1993)
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Rylands v Fletcher (1868)
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Saunders v Anglia Building Society (1971)
Saunders v United Kingdom (1996)
Scammel v Ouston (1941)
Schengen Agreement
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self-incrimination
sentencing
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servitude
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Settled Land Act settlement
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severable obligations
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Sexual Offences (Ammendment) Act (1976)
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Shrink-wrapped licence agreements: the UK legal position
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Slapper and Kelley, 2001
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small claims
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Smith v Crossley Bros. (1951)
Smith v Eric S Bush (1990)
Smith v Stone (1647)
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Solicitor-General
solicitor
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Sweet v Parsley (1970)
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tenancy
tenant for life
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tenant
tender
Tennaro v Majorach (2003)
tenure
term of years absolute
Terrorism Act (2000)
Testamentary gift
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Testator
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Thai Trading v Taylor (1998)
The Eurymedon (1975)
The Fibrosa (1943)
Theft Act (1968)
Theft Act (1978)
Theft
The Grey and Vandervell cases
The Hongkong Fir (1961)
The Moorcock (1889)
The theoretical basis for resulting trusts
The Oropesa (1943)
The problem with precedent
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The Wagon Mound (1961)
thing in action
third reading
Thomas v Sorrel (1673)
Thompson v Borden Midland and Scottish Railway (1930)
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking (1971)
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Timpson's executors v Yerbury (inspector of taxes) (1935)
title deeds
title
Tito v Waddell No.2 (1977)
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TOLATA
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Tomlinson v Congleton BC 2003
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tort
Town Police Causes Act (1847)
tracing
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transfer
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treason
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Treaty Establishing the European Community
Treaty of Amsterdam
Treaty of Maastricht
Treaty of Rome
Treaty on European Union
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trespass to land
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trespass
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Trover
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Consequences of failure to create a trust
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trust instrument
Trust law case-law crib sheet
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Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act (1996)
Trust for purposes beneficial to the community
trust
Tulk v Moxhay (1832)
Tupper v Hill (1863)
Turnbull direction
Tweddle v Atkinson (1861)
Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley (1999)
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Unfair Contract Terms Act (1977)
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Vandervell v IRC (1966)
Van Duyn (1974)
Van Gend En Loos (1963)
vertical direct effect
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Vicarious liability
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Volenti non fit injuria
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Vye direction
Walker v Northumberland CC (1994)
The Walloon waste case (1992)
Walsh v Lonsdale (1882)
Wandsworth LBC v Winder (1985)
ward of court
Ward v Byham (1956)
Warlow v Harrison (1858)
Warner v Metropolitan Police Commissioner (1969)
warranty
Waste
Watt v Hertfordshire CC (1954)
Wells v Cooper (1958)
Westdeutsche Bank v Islington LBC (1996)
Land registration: what's new in 2002?
Wheeldon v Burrows (1879)
White Paper
White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1998)
White v Jones 1995
who can make a will?
Wilkinson v Downton (1897)
Williams v Roffey Bros (1991)
Wills Act (1837)
Will
winding up
The Wine/beer case: Commission v UK (1983)
Wireless Telegraphy Act (1949)
Witness refreshing memory
witness
Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction Ltd (1980)
Woolf reforms
Woolf report
The `Working Time Directive' case
Wright v Macadam (1949)
Written constitution
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Youssoupoff v MGM (1934)
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (1999)

   
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