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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Is it legal for the police to take you away from home and abandon you without means of getting to safety?
It is reported that police arrested a man at his home in the middle of the night, drove him three miles away and "dearrested" him nine minutes later. He was left with no money, phone and ...
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What are my rights in videoing an encounter with a hostile person?
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I asked a fellow dog-walker to prevent their dog from snapping at mine. They became very irate but I just walked away from the situation. I may have said "Please keep your dog under ...
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Can defendants wear an earpiece or headset in the dock to communicate with their lawyer?
Besides its presumed prejudicial effect on juries' perception of defendants, secure docks such as the one pictured below are often criticised for inhibiting defendants' ability to communicate with ...
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If the police tell you not to drink does that have any legal force?
It is reported in the news that during an arrest of suspected protestors a police officer instructed one person that they could not drink their coffee with a reason that it may be poisoned. This ...
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What are the implications of the Good Friday Agreement for customs controls?
After the Good Friday Agreement was concluded, customs and security controls between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were removed (From Wikipedia). The Irish border is one of the major ...
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Is the server owner required to ask for ID to allow access to adult content on a Discord server in the UK?
Consider somebody is running a Discord server that allows for NSFW content. They use the NSFW tag on the relevant channels, so as to defer to Discord's own "I am over 18" button for ...
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Is it legal to format shift / strip DRM in the UK?
Suppose I have lawfully purchased an ebook for myself, on a permanent basis. Section 28B "Personal copies for private use" of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 seems pretty clear ...
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Pension rights post Brexit
In the EU, if you worked in another member state for a period of time, that period will add to the minimum amount of time you need to work to be able to claim pension from another member state (with ...
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What happens to offset accounts when the lender becomes insolvent?
In Australia and the United Kingdom, it is common for home loans to come with an offset account. The balance of the account is “offset” against the loan when calculating interest, so the borrower ...
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What are the laws governing eviction of a fired employee out from the office?
The laws on dismissing an employee in the UK are in this link. What are the laws dictating how a dismissed employee must be walked out of the office? For example, is it legal to not allow him/her to ...
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Under what law were the Republic protestors initially detained?
The detention of the Republic protestors at the coronation is reported so:
At around 6am on the morning of the coronation, Smith and his colleagues brought down the amplifiers and megaphones from ...
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Can the landlord force viewing of apartment during lockdown? (England)
My landlord is considering selling the flat I am currently renting and would like to arrange viewings. However, we are still in a national COVID lockdown, and I do not feel comfortable letting people ...
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If the KJV is still in copyright in the UK could I have a problem if people buy something quoting it from the US?
I'm creating a Christian game with KJV quotes which will be printed and published -via self-publishing- in the US. I understand the KJV is in the public domain worldwide, except for the UK. Could I ...
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Is the inability to bypass a duty free shopping area in UK airports a violation of the Equality Act?
In many airports in the United Kingdom, passengers are required to walk straight through a duty free shop (as in straight through it, not alongside its entrance) to get to the departure gates after ...
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Electric meter inaccessible
My landlord has installed the electric meter of my flat, in a fast-food / deli building next to my building. He owns both buildings. I can't get access to the electricity meter when I want to (either ...
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Can I play a voice message to a 3rd party?
Suppose someone left me a voice message on my mobile phone, and I then played their message to a 3rd party.
Was it illegal to play the message I received from them to a 3rd party in the U.K.? Who owns ...
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Is it legal to remove the SIM from your car?
There is a youtube video about data collection by cars. They suggest the solution of removing the SIM card from your car. They address some technical problems, such as getting access to the SIM card,...
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Does there exist an example of meaningful information about an automated individual decision-making algorithm?
The GDPR Article 14 includes provisions for the data subject to have meaningful information about an automated individual decision-making algorithm that which produces legal effects concerning him or ...
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Is the BBC website out of compliance with the UK cookie regulations regarding consent and nudging techniques?
The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) requires websites to make it as easy to reject non-essential cookies as to accept them and also outlaws "nudging techniques", ...
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Does the UK have an equivalent to the Cheek defence?
In essence, in the UK, can someone raise a defence of an unreasonable yet good-faith misunderstanding if charged with tax evasion?
In Cheek v. US, the US Supreme Court stated that a defendant’s mere ...
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Is there a "default" way to end a contract, particularly wrt mobile phones?
It is in the news that mobile phone companies are making it hard for people to cancel their contracts. In the "old days" this would have meant a letter to the organisation cancelling the ...
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Does the UK building regulations allow for having no principal contractor for domestic clients?
Under The Building Regulations 2010 (as amended), a domestic client is a client where the project is being carried out for non-business reasons.
A contractor is someone who carries out the work, and ...
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Can the school force me to log into my social media accounts?
I live in the UK and go to a public school. Sometimes the school will force students to log into the social media account because there might be some cyberbullying. Is this legal if they have a reason?...
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Identify defendant in small claims court (UK)
If I want to make a claim against someone in small claims court in the UK, but I only have their PO Box address, what's the procedure? I need some legal thing to compel Royal Mail to give me their ...
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Property developers buying shared freehold blocks of flats (UK)
If a block of flats is shared freehold, say 20 flats and a developer buys a load, if they buy more than a certain % can they force the sale of the remaining flats?
The block is located in England and ...
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Council Tax Rebate was sent to the wrong person
I have been renting a London flat since May 2021 and I had informed the council about the move. I even contacted them later on for other issues (environmental and nuisance). When I first moved in, I ...
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At what point are you legally required to engage with the police?
Say one was running along the road, and a police officer shouts "Oi". As I understand it you have no legal requirement to engage with them, and can continue your run. This seems to be ...
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Can Prince Philip's will be unsealed before 2111?
His will was sealed for 90 years when he died, and the Guardian's appeal failed.
Can someone else do a different appeal and get it unsealed?
Is there any way it will be unsealed before the 90 years is ...
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Regulating fares in the UK transport system - who can unfair 'unregulated' fares be reported to?
I went to book a train from South Wales to Yorkshire and the tickets cost £363. This is obscene and completely beyond its true market value. It is the same price as a flight from UK to USA.
I have ...
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Are gender-quotas lawful for academic funding bodies in the UK?
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I am an academic, working in an interdisciplinary field. The UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is a United Kingdom government agency which funds research into health and ...
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