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  • History of Magna Carta

    The imminent danger of finding himself at war with his own rebellious barons persuaded -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Magna Carta”- King John to fix his royal seal (on 15 June 1215 ‘in the meadow called Runnymede between Windsor and Staines’) to this […]

  • High Court Judge

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

  • Highway

    Highway Defined Case Law A selected English Real Property Law Case in relation with highway defined may be: R (Smith) v Land Registry Year of the above case: 2011

  • History of Irish Courts

    Resources See Also Further Reading History of Irish Courts in the Encyclopedia of Britain History of Irish Courts in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary History of Irish Courts in the Halsbury's Laws of England History of Irish Courts in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words […]

  • History of English Courts

    Resources See Also Further Reading History of English Courts in the Encyclopedia of Britain History of English Courts in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary History of English Courts in the Halsbury's Laws of England History of English Courts in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of […]

  • Higher Education

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

  • History of Scotch Courts

    Resources See Also Further Reading History of Scotch Courts in the Encyclopedia of Britain History of Scotch Courts in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary History of Scotch Courts in the Halsbury's Laws of England History of Scotch Courts in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of […]

  • High Court of Justice

    Introduction to High Court of Justice High Court of Justice, in England and Wales, the highest court of first instance, that is, the court that decides cases rather than appeals. The ancestors of its various components are as old as the legal system itself. It assumed its present form in 1875. […]

  • History of English Court System

    Early History of the English Court System The process of separation of judicial from executive and legislative governmental powers continued during the reign of Edward I with the establishment of the Court of Exchequer as a tribunal having exclusive jurisdiction over revenue cases. See more […]

  • History of the Law Society

    Legal Profession in the sixteenth century By the mid-sixteenth century there were two branches of the legal profession: a) barristers, and b) attorneys and solicitors. Traditionally solicitors dealt with landed estates. On the other hand, attorneys advised parties in lawsuits. […]

  • History of Working Time

    History of Working Time (Hours of Labour) History of Working Time in the United Kingdom The 8-hour day was established in the mining of coal, stratified ironstone, shale and fireclay by the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1908, and the amending Act of 1919 further reduced the daily hours of […]

  • History of Labour Legislation

    History of Labour Legislation in the UK Introduction In England there were, at the begining of the 20th Century, a notable disappearance from the use of correlative terms implying a social relationship which is greatly changed, for example, in the rapid passage from the Master and Servant […]