A-Level Law Revision Guides - The Best Resources for Exam Success Preparing for your A-Level Law exams can feel overwhelming. With so many cases, principles, and exam techniques to master, it’s important to have the right revision tools. At TeachLaw.net , we provide student-friendly A-Level Law revision guides and resources to help you study smarter, not harder. Whether you’re looking for concise summaries, exam tips, or interactive tools like flashcards and active recall pac

In criminal law, dishonesty is an essential mens rea element in offences like theft, fraud, and obtaining property by deception. Over the years, judges have refined what it means to be "dishonest." One of the most important recent developments came from R v Barton and Booth (2020), which re-defined the test for dishonesty.

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Types of Delegated Legislation When studying UK law, it’s important to understand that not all laws are made directly by Parliament. In fact, a lot of the day to day rules and regulations that affect us are made by other people or bodies, these are known as pieces of delegated legislation. Let’s break down the words delegated legislation. The word delegate means to pass on responsibility or authority. And as law students we known that legislation means the law. So, delegated

Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (2018). In tort law, a claim can be brought under the law of negligence when someone suffers harm because another person has breached their duty of care. A person who has been injured due to someone else’s negligence can bring a civil claim for compensation. But to win the case, they must prove three key things: The defendant owed them a duty of care. The defendant breached that duty. The breach caused their injury or damage

Rylands v Fletcher: A Level Law Rylands v Fletcher, an important area of tort law that often appears in exams. This area of tort law that deals claims where the defendant can be found liable and can be held legally responsible for damage caused by something that they have stored on their land, and it then escapes from their land and causes damage to the neighbouring land. Imagine this: your neighbour stores a huge tank of water in their garden. The tank bursts, and water floo

R v Broughton (2020) Gross Negligence Manslaughter (GNM) is a form of involuntary manslaughter. It applies where death results from a defendant’s grossly negligent conduct, even without any intent to harm. GNM often arises in professional or duty based scenarios where a person fails to act when required to do so, and someone then dies as a result of this.   The 5-Part Test for Gross Negligence Manslaughter The test for GNM comes from R v Adomako (1995)  and has since been upd

The law of non-fatal offences for A level Law and BTEC Applied Law The law of non-fatal offences against the person covers a range of criminal actions where someone is harmed but not killed. These offences play a crucial role in protecting people from violence and threats, and they range from minor incidents like a push to serious injuries like broken bones. This blog will break down the actus reus (the physical element) and mens rea (the mental element) of each non-fatal off

Evaluation of the law upon non-fatal offences In this blog, we are going to evaluate and discuss the law upon the non-fatal offences, this is a key area of criminal law as it covers the crimes of assault, battery, ABH (Actual Bodily Harm), and GBH (Grievous Bodily Harm). We will explain and examine the problems with the common law offences of assault and battery, which were developed by judges rather than Parliament, and issues still remain with the Offences Against the Perso

The Four Tracks in Civil Cases If you're studying A-level or BTEC Law, it is important to know how civil cases and claims are allocated...