law notes
Our law notes help you understand each subject in depth, revise efficiently and write answers that earn top marks. Choose distinction standard notes from our sister site UK Law Notes (uklawnotes.com), or have custom notes written to your own course syllabus by one of our tutors.
Two ways to get law notes
Distinction standard notes
- Ready written notes and revision guides
- Available through uklawnotes.com
- LLB, PGDL, SQE, LPC, Bar course and LLM
Custom law notes
- Written from scratch to your syllabus
- Include the latest cases and legislation
- Never sold to anyone else
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Law notes for every course
Through UK Law Notes we offer notes for each stage of legal education. Many are written by tutors who achieved distinctions on the same course, at law schools including BPP, The City Law School, The University of Law and Nottingham Law School.
LLB notes
Every core module, including contract, tort, criminal, public, land, equity and trusts and EU law, plus a very wide range of optional modules.
PGDL notes
All the foundation subjects, the English legal system, case and statute analysis tests and the independent research essay.
SQE notes and mocks
Notes covering FLK1 and FLK2 for SQE1, SQE2 practice exercises with sample answers, and timed SQE1 mock assessments.
LPC notes
Business law, property, litigation, accounts, wills and the main electives, for students still on the LPC route.
Bar course notes
Civil and criminal litigation, evidence, ethics, advocacy, drafting and opinion writing for the BPC and BTC.
LLM notes
Hundreds of LLM modules, from international and human rights law to commercial, financial and energy law.
What our notes include
- Clear explanations of the law, organised to follow your course
- Leading and recent case law, with the principle each case establishes
- The relevant legislation and how it is applied
- Academic commentary and critique, which is essential for essay questions
- Guidance on structuring answers to problem questions and essays
- Recent developments in the law, so your notes are up to date
How custom law notes work
- Send us your syllabus. Request a quote with your course, modules, reading lists and deadline.
- Get a quote. We match your order with a tutor who knows the subject and send you a quote.
- Receive your notes. Your tutor writes notes to your syllabus, including recent developments. They are never sold to anyone else.
Subjects and topics we cover
Here is a selection of the subjects our notes cover and the main topics in each. If your subject is not listed, contact us: we can write notes on almost any area of law.
Core LLB and PGDL subjects
Contract Law
How contracts are formed, from offer and acceptance to consideration, intention to create legal relations and privity. The notes also cover express and implied terms, exclusion clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, misrepresentation, discharge by performance, agreement, frustration and breach, and remedies for breach of contract.
Tort Law
Liability for civil wrongs outside contract, including trespass to the person (assault, battery and false imprisonment), intentionally caused psychiatric harm, occupiers' liability under the 1957 and 1984 Acts, private nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher, defamation and vicarious liability, together with defences such as consent, self-defence and necessity.
Criminal Law
The general principles of criminal liability: the actus reus, including omissions and state of affairs offences, causation, and the mens rea, including intention, recklessness and transferred malice. The notes also cover assault and battery, key definitions, and an essay on liability for omissions.
Constitutional and Public Law
The core principles of the UK constitution, including parliamentary sovereignty, the separation of powers, judicial review of government action and delegated legislation.
Administrative Law
How the courts hold public bodies to account through judicial review. The notes focus on legitimate expectations, both procedural and substantive, including changes of policy and promises made outside a body's powers, and on who has standing to bring a claim, including public interest challenges and claims under the Human Rights Act 1998.
Equity and Trusts Law
How trusts are created and work: types of trust, the three certainties, formalities and constitution, including Milroy v Lord and the Re Rose principle, and leading cases such as Grey, Vandervell, Oughtred, McPhail v Doulton and Hunter v Moss. Also covers secret, resulting and constructive trusts, and liability for knowing receipt and dishonest assistance.
Land Law
Ownership of and rights in land: registered land under the Land Registration Act 2002, leases, licences, mortgages, easements and covenants, and trusts of land, including trusts of the family home.
European Union Law
The EU's institutions and general principles, direct effect, judicial review of EU measures, free movement of goods and persons, and competition policy, with academic commentary throughout.
English Legal System
How the legal system of England and Wales works: the civil and criminal justice systems and the Woolf reforms, judges and judicial appointments, juries, the legal profession, paying for legal services, tribunals and alternative dispute resolution, precedent and statutory interpretation.
Optional and advanced subjects
Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
The main theories of law, centred on HLA Hart's The Concept of Law (laws as commands, primary and secondary rules and the rule of recognition), together with Ronald Dworkin, Lon Fuller, John Finnis's natural law theory, soft positivism, and feminist and Marxist approaches.
European Human Rights Law
Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, focusing on Article 10 freedom of expression (political, artistic, commercial and press freedom, access to information and permitted restrictions) and Article 14 on discrimination, justification and proportionality.
Conflict of Laws
Private international law: which court has jurisdiction under the traditional English rules and the European regime, forum non conveniens and the Spiliada doctrine, stays and restraining proceedings, the law that applies to contracts and torts, domicile, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Intellectual Property Law
Copyright (protected works, originality, ownership, infringement, permitted acts and moral rights), trade marks (registration, grounds for refusal, revocation and infringement), passing off (goodwill, misrepresentation, damage and character merchandising) and patents (novelty, inventive step, industrial application, sufficiency and infringement).
Employment Law
Employment status and contracts, the duty of mutual trust and confidence, health and safety and workplace stress, harassment, confidentiality and restrictive covenants, pay and the national minimum wage, family friendly rights, and the end of employment, including wrongful and constructive dismissal.
Evidence Law
Questions and answers covering key areas of the law of evidence, ideal for testing your understanding before exams.
Islamic Law
Muslim marriage contracts and their variations.
Company Law
Separate legal personality and lifting the corporate veil, the company's relationship with insiders through the articles of association and shareholders' agreements, and with outsiders through capacity and attribution rules, directors' duties, majority rule and minority shareholder protection, with academic commentary on company law reform.
Commercial Law
Sale of goods and the nemo dat rule, competition law for distribution and other vertical agreements, intellectual property in commercial deals, including technology transfer, buying and selling businesses (asset or share sale), commercial agency and franchising.
LPC and legal practice subjects
Business Law and Practice
Choosing a business structure and setting up a company, the articles, shares (allotment, transfer and buy back), dividends and shareholder rights, directors and company decision making, company finance, business taxation, partnership, and insolvency, including antecedent transactions and the order of priority.
Property Law and Practice
A conveyancing transaction from taking instructions to registration: investigating title, searches and enquiries, drafting the contract, exchange, completion and registration, sales of part and remedies, plus leases, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, rent review and alienation.
Civil Litigation
Running a civil claim: taking instructions and funding, case analysis and evidence, pre-action protocols and limitation, statements of case and starting proceedings, responding to a claim, additional (Part 20) claims, interest, interim applications and security for costs.
Criminal Litigation
Criminal procedure from the police station to trial: types of offence, police powers and the codes of practice, the solicitor's role, bail, plea before venue and allocation, preparing for Crown Court trial, trial procedure, and evidence, including silence, confessions and credibility.
Advanced Commercial Property
Commercial property deals: title and searches, VAT, buying tenanted property, planning permission and enforcement, contaminated land, options and overage, construction contracts and defects, agreements for lease, and key lease clauses such as repair, insurance, service charges, rent review and alienation.
Advanced Commercial Litigation
Complex commercial disputes: alternative dispute resolution, negotiation and mediation, disclosure, inspection and privilege, freezing injunctions and search orders, insolvency and bankruptcy, and international jurisdiction.
Commercial, finance and LLM subjects
Insurance Law
How insurance contracts are interpreted, the duty of good faith and disclosure, materiality and misrepresentation, insurable interest, and reform of the law, including the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012.
Banking Law
The banker and customer relationship, banks' duties of care when lending and advising, bank regulation in the UK by the FCA, PRA and Bank of England, and protection for customers, including payment services and deposit protection.
Legal Aspects of International Finance
Negative pledge clauses and covenants, securitisation (true sale, recharacterisation risk, limited recourse, subordination and tranching), credit enhancement, and transferring loans by novation, assignment, sub-participation and declaration of trust.
International and Commercial Trusts Law
How trusts are used in commerce and across borders, including commercial and offshore trusts.
Public Companies and Capital Markets
Raising capital on public markets, listing and disclosure obligations, and the regulation of public companies.
Private Acquisitions
Buying and selling private companies and businesses: deal structure, due diligence, the sale and purchase agreement, warranties and indemnities, and completion.
International and Comparative Secured Transactions
Taking security over assets in different legal systems, including the types of security interest, registration and priority.
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions involving more than one country, including deal structure, regulatory approvals and competition clearance.
Using law notes the right way
Our tutoring, feedback and study materials are there to help you learn and to improve your own work. Any work you submit for assessment must be your own, written in line with your university's rules on academic integrity, proofreading and the use of AI tools. See our fair use policy. Law notes are a revision and learning aid, not work to hand in.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between UK Law Notes and custom notes?
UK Law Notes (uklawnotes.com) offers distinction standard notes and revision guides by course. Custom notes are written from scratch to your own syllabus and are never sold to anyone else.
Do you have SQE notes and mock exams?
Yes. We offer notes covering FLK1 and FLK2, SQE2 practice exercises with sample answers, and timed SQE1 practice mock assessments. See also our SQE tutoring page.
Will the notes be up to date?
Custom notes include the latest cases and legislation for your syllabus. If your course was updated recently, tell us so your tutor can reflect the changes.
Can I submit law notes as my own work?
No. Law notes are a study aid. Work you submit must be your own and follow your university's academic integrity rules.
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