Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
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Performing music in public
I am a musician. I want to perform music. How do I do this without being sued into oblivion?
I am particularly interested in UK law.
As I understand it, a specific sound recording (of anything) is ...
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UK: Is it legal to secretly audio record a meeting or a phone call? Is it possible to use such recording in court?
In the United Kingdom:
Is it legal to secretly audio record a meeting (in an office) or a phone call while being a participant?
Is it possible to use such recording as an evidence in court or ...
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After purchasing an item, then being issued a refund the item then arrived
I purchased an item at distance (in this case online), this item did not arrive until 2 weeks after the end of the delivery window. Towards the end of that 2 week period the seller was kind enough to ...
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Would it be legal to supply an item that deliberately stops working after the guarantee expires?
I have TV that failed about a week after the 3 year guarantee expired.
Obviously this is annoying, and I'm back to using a 15 year old TV that I dug out from the attic.
Realistically, this failure so ...
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What if I did something that was a crime, but has now become legal?
There was a question recently about what happens if I do something that is legal today but becomes illegal in the future. The obvious question is what happens in the opposite case? If I do something ...
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What are UK Business-to-Business rights in regard to inadequate quality customised goods?
My partner is a wedding photographer and she ordered some branded USB drives (credit card style) from a reputable printing company.
I say reputable because they are one of the main players in the ...
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Landlord gives 4 months notice to the rental agency which fails to give notice to the tenants
I am renting and I have been given a 1 month and half notice from my rental agency. In UK at the moment the minimum notice is 4 months. The landlord actually says that he gave the agency full 4 ...
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Can women also go shirtless in public legally?
Do women have the same rights as men to walk on the beach or sidewalk topless where men are also walking bare-chested without being discriminated against? If a woman is arrested or asked to leave by ...
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Under what circumstances am I obliged to show ID to a police officer?
In the UK, if a police constable stops you on the street and asks for your ID, when are you required by law to give it to them? Must there be reasonable suspicion of a crime?
What about if you're ...
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Is it legal to carry any kind of weapon in the UK?
Concealed or otherwise is it legal for a private citizen to carry any kind of weapon for self defence purposes in the UK?
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Defendant compensation after not guilty verdict
My friend is currently a defendant in a criminal case. In my opinion, based on what I know about the case, it's likely the verdict will be 'Not Guilty', and that the evidence is based on faulty ...
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Temporary theft, or, removing someones property to deliver it to their home or office
If I take somebody's property without consent, with the intent of keeping it, it is theft.
If I take somebody's property without consent, but return it to them immediately, what law am I violating? ...
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Is loading assets from another game's install folder copyright infringement?
Suppose I make a video game which uses assets from another game. The assets are however not included, but rather obtained by loading them from the other game's install folder (the player needs to have ...
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Can courts consider hansard transcripts in interpreting statutes?
When a court is trying to decide the meaning of a law, can it consider the discussions which begot it?
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Do the UK TV licensing rules disregard innocent until proven guilty?
I don't have a TV Licence. I use Netflix and Amazon Prime. In the UK you have to state that you don't have a TV Licence and sign a declaration to that effect every 2 years (unless you then get a ...
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If applied in the United States, what is the most obvious legally functional difference between the British and American "mirandizing" phrase?
In the United States, police must read your rights regarding police questioning as shown below1:
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of ...
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Why doesn't everyone in UK just pay with exempted gifts?
From what I've grasped from the gov.uk website,
you can gift as much as you like to anyone without paying any tax, as long as you don't die in the next 7 years. So why doesn't everyone just gift ...
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If I buy a stolen item from party A, and then party A spends the proceeds, who is entitled to the item?
Is the original owner entitled to their property back while I am entitled to recover the sum paid for it from party A, or does the item somehow become rightfully mine, or... how does this all work?
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Is mere accusation without evidence other than testimony of the accuser, grounds for arrest in the UK?
Several years ago I was stopped in public by the police. Someone had 'identified' me as abusing them in terms of their gender two years before that. Had that happened, I suppose it would have been ...
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Has a common law defence ever held water?
The UK is a common law country. It is a widely held belief of many people that statute Acts of parliament (i.e. most 'laws') only apply with the "consent of the governed"; and that one may be a "free ...
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Is virtual child pornography illegal?
If a company made a child pornography anime (so not using real children, just drawings), would it be illegal?
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Transferring public domain material into a country where it is still in copyright
I've noticed that, in Australia, books created by authors who've died before 1955 are in the public domain.
For example, all of George Orwell's works are available from the University of Adelaide: ...
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What possible penalties can there be for failing to comply with rule 286 of the UK highway code?
Rule 286 requires one to give one's name and address to another party in the case of an accident, but what is the penalty range for non compliance?
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What are the laws regarding eviction of adult children from residence in the UK?
What is the process in the UK for parents to evict an adult child that is living at home with them if he refuses to leave willingly?
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Must I allow access to every one of my landlord's representatives
I live in a flat that I rent. I understand that I must provide my landlord and their representatives access to the flat for things like maintenance (after proper notice from them when not in an ...
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How does one value an estate before being able to access details?
Question arising out of this answer.
In the UK, one needs to value the money, property, and possessions of someone who died, before one can apply to represent the estate for official dealings.
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What legally happens when someone takes your bank card and uses it?
If someone steals your wallet, takes the money and uses it to buy something that is theft against you. If someone steals your wallet, takes the bank card and uses that to buy something what crime are ...
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What are the laws on showing another company's logo in commercial photos?
On a webpage we would like to have a background image demonstrating our product on different devices. The current images we have contain an Intel logo and an iPad (logo not visible but clearly an iPad)...
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Was my GDPR request not complied with?
On the 12th of December I made a GDPR request to a major online retailer in the UK.
While there was a minor email exchange with a chatbot to confirm the request, I neither received the requested ...
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Where can I find actual UK law paragraphs?
In case I want to try to check plain English interpretations of the law against the actual law.
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