UK Law

Tag: JO

  • Joint Committees

    Joint committees Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament A Joint Committee is a select committee with membership drawn from both the House of Commons and House of Lords.

  • John Michael De Robeck

    History of the Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck (1862-1928) The following commentary about Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck (1862-1928) in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): British naval commander at the Dardanelles, from March […]

  • Joint Venture

    Brief Introduction to Joint Venture in Partnership Law A joint venture can be formed between two or more partieswhich undertake economic activity together. Other Short note (s) in relation wth Joint Venture here: These parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, they then […]

  • John Fisher

    History of the Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher (1841-1920), earlier John (Jackie) Fisher The following commentary about Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher (1841-1920), earlier John (Jackie) Fisher in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): Most senior British Admiral […]

  • John Wilmot

    John Wilmot History British Labour politician. First elected MP for Fulham East in 1933, and Minister of Supply from 1945-1947. On retiring from the Commons in 1950 he was made a peer.

  • John Wilmot

    John Wilmot History British Labour politician. First elected MP for Fulham East in 1933, and Minister of Supply from 1945-1947. On retiring from the Commons in 1950 he was made a peer.

  • Joint Principals

    Definition of Joint Principals In criminal law there is a possibility that more than one person is directly responsible for the actus reus.

  • Joint Principals

    Definition of Joint Principals In criminal law there is a possibility that more than one person is directly responsible for the actus reus.

  • John Christie

    Evans And Christie History John Christie was a 54 year old serial murderer who murdered at least 6 women between 1943 and 1953. He gave evidence at the trial of Timothy Evans, who was executed (and later posthumously pardoned).

  • John Hodge

    John Hodge History Labour MP from 1906-1923 and trade unionist in the Iron and Steel Industry. Minister of Labour from 1916-1917 and Minister of Pensions from 1917-1919 in Lloyd George's the First World War Coalition government. He opposed strike action and threatened strikers during the […]

  • John Boyd-Carpenter

    John Boyd-Carpenter History Conservative politician, MP for Kingston upon Thames from 1945-1972. Held Ministerial posts between 1951-1964. Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee between 1964-1970, becoming a life peer in 1972. Member of the Parker Committee in 1972, exploring the […]

  • Joint Tenancy

    History of Joint in General Joint (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join), that which joins two parts together or the place where two parts are joined. (See Joinery; Joints.) In law, the word is used adjectivally as a term applied to obligations, estates, etc., implying that the […]

  • John Maynard Keynes

    John Maynard Keynes History British economist who believed governments had a duty to manage the economy. Was involved in discussions about funding the Welfare State during the Second World War and at Bretton Woods in 1944, which resulted in the creation of the IMF and the World Bank.

  • John Sankey

    Sir John Sankey History Labour politician and eminent lawyer. Chair of the Sankey Commission, 1919, that recommended nationalisation of coal mines, although its proposals were side-stepped by Lloyd George. Became Lord Chancellor in Ramsay MacDonald's Labour and National governments.

  • John Sankey

    Sir John Sankey History Labour politician and eminent lawyer. Chair of the Sankey Commission, 1919, that recommended nationalisation of coal mines, although its proposals were side-stepped by Lloyd George. Became Lord Chancellor in Ramsay MacDonald's Labour and National governments.