UK Law

Tag: GE

  • General Powers

    Company Winding-up by the Court: The court's general powers

  • General Partnership

    Brief Introduction to General Partnership in Partnership Law is a term we use to define a partnership formed expressly or impliedly under the 1890 Partership Act. These are all partnerships that are not incorporated as Limited Partnerships or LLPS and comprise most partnerships.

  • General Strike

    History of the General Strike, 1926 The following commentary about General Strike, 1926 in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): The General Strike lasted from 3 May to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress in defence of […]

  • General Elections

    Resources See Also Further Reading General Elections in the Encyclopedia of Britain General Elections in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary General Elections in the Halsbury's Laws of England General Elections in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases General […]

  • Geoffrey Lloyd

    Geoffrey Lloyd History Conservative politician and MP from 1931-1945 and 1950-1959. Held a succession of minor ministerial posts, including Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Stanley Baldwin and was Chairman of the Oil Control Board from 1939-1945. Was Governor of the BBC between […]

  • George Bolton

    Sir George Bolton History British civil servant and former Director of the Bank of England. Conservative politician and MP from 1931-1945 and 1950-1959. Held a succession of minor ministerial posts, including Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Stanley Baldwin and was Chairman of the Oil […]

  • George Bolton

    Sir George Bolton History British civil servant and former Director of the Bank of England. Conservative politician and MP from 1931-1945 and 1950-1959. Held a succession of minor ministerial posts, including Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Stanley Baldwin and was Chairman of the Oil […]

  • George Tomlinson

    George Tomlinson History Labour MP. Minister for Food between 1945-1947 and Minister for Education between 1947-1951.

  • General and Municipal Workers Union

    General And Municipal Workers Union History A general trade union, formed by amalgamation in 1924 and affiliated to the Labour Party. It subsequently merged with other unions. Its members were drawn from many areas of industry, but particularly manual workers in local government and the health […]

  • General Harrison

    General Harrison History The Commander of the British garrison in Chanak in 1922, sent there to protect the Dardanelles. Threatened by Turkish forces, Lloyd George insisted that the British troops hold their ground. The crisis led to the fall of Lloyd George's coalition government.

  • General Election

    General election Meaning in Politics Description of General election published by Mona Chalabi: This is when members of the United Kingdom electorate decide who will represent them in Parliament. Since the Fixed-term Parliaments Act was passed in 2011, each parliament serves a fixed term. That […]

  • Geoffrey Crowther

    Sir Geoffrey Crowther History Economist, editor of 'The Economist' between 1938-1950 and chairman of the Central Advisory Council for Education between 1956-1960.

  • Genetic Fingerprinting

    Resources See Also See dna fingerprinting.

  • Genetic Fingerprinting

    Resources See Also See dna fingerprinting.

  • General Slim

    General Slim History British soldier who fought in Mesopotamia in the First World War, but best known for his leadership of the 'Forgotten Army' in the successful Burma Campaign of the Second World War, for which he was knighted. Chief of Imperial Staff between 1948-1952, and a […]