Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
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"In person" in UK practice
If the record of a UK civil hearing identifies a party as being "in person", does that mean that the defendant was physically present or that the court had not been informed that the ...
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Which law rules polygraphs inadmissible in UK?
Where does it say that polygraph tests (lie detector tests) are inadmissible under law in England and Wales?
I am mostly interested in their usage being disallowed for criminal (both Magistrates' ...
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How do you find what regulations have been made pursuant to a particular enabling legislation in the U.K.?
How do you find what regulations or other statutory instruments have been made pursuant to a particular enabling legislation in the U.K.?
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What is the disposal of premises?
Part 4 Equality Act 2010 makes extensive references to the disposal of premises. What specifically does this concern?
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Have any regulations been made under s22(2)(b) EA2010?
Section 22(2)(b) of the Equality Act 2010 allows for certain regulations. Have any been made thereunder?
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What is the judicial rationale for introducing the grainger test to qualify beliefs?
Section 10 Equality Act 2010 seems very clear that “belief means any religious or philosophical belief”. (Emphasis added)
Yet, the employment tribunal in Grainger set down a five limb test which ...
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What are (respectively) “Lords temporal and spiritual”? [closed]
In the opening clause of every parliamentary act seems to appear this phrase. What does each type of Lord refer to?
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How long are UK Crown Court Hearing Recordings kept?
As the title suggests, I am wondering how long UK Crown Court Hearing Recordings and transcripts are kept because in order for court transcripts to be requested, the recordings need to be still ...
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Is there any sense in which the City of London Corporation is a corporation wherein other local authorities are not also? [duplicate]
The City of London Corporation includes the word "corporation" in its name. But in the operative sense, are not all other local authorities also such “corporations”?
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Can I opt out of UK Working Time Regulations daily breaks?
The Working Time Regulations 1998, PART II, Regulation 10 says
Daily rest
10.—(1) An adult worker is entitled to a rest period of not less than eleven consecutive hours in each 24-hour period during ...
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What can I do about illegal parking? Semi-peaceful protest, Scotland [closed]
There are cars that park on the pavement on my street. It's been an issue for years. If there are bins out then the pavements can be unpassable for people walking and the pavement is always completely ...
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ABRA Powers violative of human rights act
Parliament tomorrow passes the Arbitrary Bullocks Removal Act 2023, entitling (but crucially not obliging; in other words, bestowing a power though not a duty) the minister of Justice to arbitrarily ...
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UK GDPR Transcribing calls
I'd like to understand the rules around automated transcribing calls in the UK, from a B2B perspective.
GDPR seems quite clear that if you are recording calls, video and/or audio, you must get consent....
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What is the story with declarations of incompatibility and the otherwise ostensible binding Ness of the human rights act?
My understanding was always the governments couldn’t actact contrarily to HRA rights.
On the other hand there is this regime of judicial so called “declarations of incompatibility” which are albeit ...
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Consumer rights [closed]
I’ve recently purchased a part for my washing machine it did say product out of stock and usually takes up to 10 days but 16 days on still nothing go to tracking and it shows no info available. When I ...
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Why are UK celebrities not prosecuted after admitting to drug use? [duplicate]
Frequently, UK celebrities and politicians publish memoirs where they admit to breaking laws related to illegal substance use, yet they never seem to be prosecuted after openly admitting it. A recent ...
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Does GDPR apply when PII is already publicly available?
Pretend there is a website, it might be free to access, or be a paid per search service, where the users get access to summarised information on the people that they search for.
All of the information ...
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Why do Pride flags fly over British police stations, prisons and other government buildings?
Insofar as this question may have a legal answer, by what provisions or instruments are they flown or allowed to be flown? Who would have the power to decide what flags are flown over such ...
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Identify defendant in small claims court (UK)
If I want to make a claim against someone in small claims court in the UK, but I only have their PO Box address, what's the procedure? I need some legal thing to compel Royal Mail to give me their ...
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Is there such a thing as 'attempted copyright infringement' in the UK?
I've recently read an article about a proposed bill that would criminalise attempted copyright infringement in the US. link - https://www.wired.com/2007/05/ippa07/
I was wondering if the UK had any ...
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Is religious confession legally privileged?
I'm referring to Catholic confession to a priest. I'm sure, like attorney-client privilege, that if you disclose a future crime you are planning to commit then they can and will tell the police. I'm ...
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Different notice periods for employer and employee
On another site, someone was asking because it seems his employer doesn't need to give any notice during the three month probation period, while the employee has to give three months notice. Apart ...
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Could cases regarding violations of the ECHR be heard before UK courts prior to the Human Rights Act 1998?
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
The above article that I have been reading suggests that an application to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ...
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Could you be charged with manslaughter for obstructing an ambulance?
There was a recent incident in London that has been all over the news where protesters blocked a road and eventually ended up blocking an ambulance. It was stated that they were aware of the ambulance ...
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Inheritance tax on foreign gifts
Suppose that I as a UK citizen living in the UK am given money by an American who then dies. Do I have to pay inheritance tax to either the UK or US governments?
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How to accomplish a court hearing after arrest without being stuck in prison cell for more than 4 years like Assange? [closed]
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Police: I'm arresting you.
Me: You are breaking the law, what I do is minor.
Police: No, I'm arresting you, what you do is more than minor.
Arrested.
Now the question is: ...
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Salaried workers and sick pay - UK
Someone I work with (in the UK) is salaried by definition of their contract. They used to get a flat rate at the end of each month, lets say £2000 or thereabouts.
A new owner has come in and said that ...
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How are "deep fakes" defined in the Online Safety Bill?
It is in the news that sharing deepfake intimate images to be criminalised in England and Wales in the Online Safety Bill:
Sharing deepfake intimate images is to be criminalised in England and Wales. ...
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Whiteboards availability in High courts and Supreme courts of USA and UK
Are Whiteboards available separately for the two lawyers in High courts and Supreme courts of USA and UK to explain their cases?
If No, Do you recommend to have Whiteboards in the courts?
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Is attempted manslaughter a real crime?
Is there such thing as being charged with attempted manslaughter? During a scene of a movie where they're reading out another character's rap sheet they mention 'attempted manslaughter'. As I ...
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In what sense is the City of London a "corporation"?
According to its recently quoted annual report, legislation treats it "as a corporation". In what sense is this true and in which is it not true?
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Does the private component of the City of London Corporation pay any tax on its financial activities?
I'm referring to the privately run functions of the City of London Corporation that are exempt from public authority provisions such as the Freedom of Information Act.
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UK: Good faith vs qualifying misrepresention
Consider the following in the context UK contract law, insurance and consumer rights.
When you (a person or legal entity) buys insurance there is some expectation that you properly value the item or ...
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Stamp duty liability when adding partner to mortgage? (UK)
My friend and her partner have recently moved in together (England). Her partner owns a property that is now being let out, and she has added him to her mortgage.
They were under the impression he ...
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Can the victim drop charges?
In this example, pretend Alex stabs Bob using cutlery (a knife) at a restaurant, who subsequently presses charges as it was an unprovoked attack.
Bob later decides to drop the charge, he has survived ...
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Would a guide to deodorant etc based on self-defence break any laws?
Alice lives in the UK. She and many women fear attack but pepper spray and other non lethal weapons are sadly illegal.
Alice starts a podcast reviewing deodorant and other household items, covering ...
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Tradesman billing unreasonable fees
What prevents a tradesman from billing a client an unreasonable fee after the work is done? For example, a plumber may quote provisionally £100 verbally (or not even give a cost estimate as is common ...
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Is not disclosing your address a reason alone to be remanded into prison? [closed]
What do you do if your duty solicitor recommended you to self represent but the judge / court basically ignores the testimony and continue to abuse, exploit and invert language and its meaning/origin ...
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Under which law is the police allowed to hold one's passport and phone after being in detention for 21 hrs?
Is the UK police allowed to hold one's passport and phone for further "investigation" after he had been in detention for 21 hours?
Further the police told him that he is not allowed to leave ...
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Meaning of 'Gift of Residue' section of a will
This section is in a family member's will:
Gift of Residue
I give my Residuary Estate to the said [Full Name] absolutely and if [Name] shall fail to obtain a vested interest leaving issue who survive ...
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Still be questioned without a solicitor?
In the United Kingdom, England and Wales jurisdiction, when someone is arrested they are read a caution.
If at that moment, the person declines to give a statement, and then asks for a solicitor, can ...
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Legal/latin term: intent of law vs. actual effect
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I studied law for a year back when I was in school and I remember the teaching talking about reviewing laws and specifically, "where the actual effect of the law (today) no longer ...
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What happens if an insurance company does not mention a critical clause of a policy during a telephone purchase?
Suppose one phones an insurance company and arrange and pays for car insurance. One then receives the documentation and there is an additional clause that was not mentioned that invalidates the ...
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What enforcement action can be taken against a small claims court respondent?
I recently applied for Simple Procedure (Form 3A) against respondent X at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. (My claim was initiated prior to 31 May 2023.) X did not respond by the deadline. Then I submitted an ...
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Do I have any rights if PayPal permanently suspend my account?
I recently had a message from PayPal telling me that my account has been permanently suspended due to 'unacceptable risk'.
I have only ever used it to make small payments to eBay and such, and I have ...
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If your child "hacks" your device and "defrauds" the bank what is the legal situation?
In the news today there is a case of a child spending more than £2,500 on their parents iPad.
A 10-year-old girl spent more than £2,500 on the gaming site Roblox after changing the password on her ...
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If the police tell you not to drink does that have any legal force?
It is reported in the news that during an arrest of suspected protestors a police officer instructed one person that they could not drink their coffee with a reason that it may be poisoned. This ...
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What are the laws governing eviction of a fired employee out from the office?
The laws on dismissing an employee in the UK are in this link. What are the laws dictating how a dismissed employee must be walked out of the office? For example, is it legal to not allow him/her to ...
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Section 9 Criminal Justice Act applicable to family law?
Nuanced, procedural thing.
In the UK law system:
Witness statement
Position statement
Statement of truth
Statement under oath
Criminal Procedure Rules 2020
Under section 9 of the Criminal Justice ...
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When lords were tried by the House of Lords, where could they appeal to?
If a lord was proceeded against then the HoL would be the venue of first instance. But where would the appeal go from there, and what was the venue of last resort? Or was it there be all and end all, ...
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