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Should the law of murder be reformed within the UK?

The Law Commission (LC) has described the law of murder as a "rickety structure built on shaky foundations", thus one can discern from this that the current offense of murder is unstable and in nee...
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Explain the Gillick Principle

The Gillick Principle orginates from the House of Lords case, Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority) [1986]. A mother, who was a devout Catholics and didn’t believe in contraception, took ...
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What remedies are available for breach of implied terms?

This depends on whether it's a breach of condition: Reject the goods, repair, replacement warranty: the defendant only has a right to sue for damages Innominate Terms: this would depend on the factual conseq...
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What are conduct crimes and result crimes?

A conduct crime is where the conduct used is the offence, and there is no no required result element. For example theft, the conduct of taking somone elses possession is the theft, there is no required resul...
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What are Actus Reus and Mens Rea?

Actus Reus is the guilty act part of an offence - the external element, for example kicking someone or taking something. Basically it's the thing you physically do when a crime is committed.Mens Rea is the g...
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