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| Preface to the sixth edition | |
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| Table of statutes | |
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| Table of cases | |
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| The nature of law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| New legislation | |
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| Pressure groups | |
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| Delegated legislation | |
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| Statutory interpretation | |
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| Judicial precedent | |
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| Common law and equity | |
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| The European Convention on Human Rights | |
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| The United Kingdom and the European Union | |
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| The institutions of the EU | |
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| Sources of EU law | |
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| EU law in United Kingdom courts | |
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| The supremacy of EU law | |
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| Settlement of disputes | |
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| Self-help | |
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| Court procedures | |
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| Civil cases | |
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| Criminal cases | |
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| Tribunals | |
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| Arbitration | |
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| Administrative dispute resolution (ADR) | |
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| Administrative control | |
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| Affording the law | |
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| The legal profession | |
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| Central and local government | |
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| The structure of central government | |
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| Procedure of the House of Commons | |
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| The committee system of the House of Commons | |
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| Financial procedures of the House Commons | |
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| The Civil Service | |
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| The structure of local government | |
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| Control of local authorities | |
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| Bye-laws | |
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| Non-departmental public bodies | |
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| Challenging decisions made by public bodies in the courts | |
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| Business organizations | |
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| Partnership | |
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| Company incorporation | |
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| Creating a company | |
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| Public and private companies | |
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| Management of a company | |
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| Company finance | |
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| Winding up of companies | |
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| Limited liability partnership | |
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| The law of contract | |
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| The nature of a contract | |
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| Formation of the contract-agreement | |
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| Consideration | |
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| From of the contract | |
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| The contents of the contract | |
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| Misrepresentation and mistake | |
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| Other factors affecting validity and enforceability | |
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| Illegal contracts | |
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| Discharge of the contract | |
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| Enforcing the contract-remedies for breach | |
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| Special contracts | |
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| Agency | |
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| Sale of goods | |
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| Supply of goods and services | |
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| Hire purchase, credit sales and conditional sales | |
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| Other methods of consumer protection | |
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| Insurance contracts | |
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| Special contracts-building contracts | |
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| Control of work under a building contract | |
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| Tendering for building contracts | |
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| JCT Standard Building Contracts | |
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| Subcontracts | |
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| Employment law | |
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| Employment and self-employment | |
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| Creation of a contract of employment | |
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| Duties of the parties | |
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| Statutory rights for employees | |
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| Protection against discrimination | |
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| Termination of contract of employment | |
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| Unfair dismissal | |
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| Remedies for unfair dismissal | |
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| Tribunal procedure | |
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| Redundancy payments | |
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| Employees and trade unions | |
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| Trade disputes | |
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| The law of tort | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Trespass | |
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| Nuisance | |
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| The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher | |
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| Negligence | |
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| Breach of statutory duty | |
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| Defective products | |
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| Vicarious liability | |
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| Health and safety | |
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| The background to legislation | |
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| The Health and Safety Commission and Executive | |
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| The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 | |
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| Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 | |
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| Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 (as amended) | |
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| The Factories Act 1961 | |
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| Construction regulations | |
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| Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 | |
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| Compensation for injuries at work | |
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| Land law | |
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| Classification of poperty | |
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| What is land? | |
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| Freehold and leasehold estates | |
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| Interests in land | |
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| The conveyancing process | |
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| Trusts | |
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| Co-ownership | |
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| Rights and duties of owners of land | |
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| Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 | |
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| Party Walls etc. Act 1996 | |
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| Easements | |
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| Profits a prendre | |
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| Licences | |
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| Restrictive convenants | |
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| Mortgages of land | |
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| Adverse possession | |
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| Landlord and tenant | |
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| Leases and licences | |
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| Assignment and subletting | |
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| Enforcing covenants | |
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| Covenants in leases | |
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| The obligation to repair | |
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| Security of tenure: termination of a tenancy at common law | |
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| Business tenancies (Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II) | |
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| Residential tenancies | |
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| Residential tenancies of flats: Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 | |
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| Rights of tenants of flats with long leases to purchase the freehold or an extended lease (Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993) | |
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| Council and other public sector tenants: Housing Act 1985 | |
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| Planning law | |
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| Central and local planning responsibilities | |
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| Development plans | |
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| Development | |
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| Operations | |
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| Change of use | |
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| Permission under the General Permitted Development Order 1995 | |
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| Simplified planning zones | |
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| Restrictions upon development imposed by covenants relating to freehold land or in leases | |
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| Making a planning application | |
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| Planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy | |
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| Appeals | |
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| Planning enforcement | |
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| Planning and the preservation of amenity | |
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| Financial problems-compensation and betterment | |
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| Highways | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Acquisition and ownership of highways | |
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| Upkeep of the highways | |
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| Standard of the highway | |
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| Heavy traffic | |
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| Streets and street works | |
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| Closing and obstruction of highways | |
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| Building and improvement lines | |
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| Building Regulations | |
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| Purpose and scope of the Building Regulations | |
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| Enforcement procedures | |
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| Defective and dangerous buildings | |
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| Index | |