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Employment Rights Act 2025
Landmark Act in force from 16 May 2025: day-one unfair dismissal protection, flexible working as default, fire-and-rehire restrictions, SSP from day one, and a new Fair Work Agency.
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The Renters' Rights Act abolishes Section 21 no-fault evictions and creates a new assured tenancy framework for the private rented sector in England.
Read updateOnline Safety Act 2023
The Online Safety Act 2023 imposes new duties on internet platforms and introduces criminal offences covering cyberflashing, false communications, and intimate image abuse.
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Análisis completos de cada área principal del derecho inglés, con leyes clave, casos principales y resúmenes en lenguaje sencillo.
Derecho contractual
Formación, términos, incumplimiento y recursos en acuerdos jurídicos.
ExplorarDerecho de daños
Ilícitos civiles incluyendo negligencia, molestias, difamación y responsabilidad.
ExplorarDerecho penal
Delitos contra personas y bienes, defensas, sentencias y procedimiento penal.
ExplorarDerecho inmobiliario
Derecho de la tierra, transmisiones, arrendamientos, hipotecas y propiedad intelectual.
ExplorarDerecho de familia
Matrimonio, divorcio, custodia de hijos, adopción y protección contra violencia doméstica.
ExplorarDerecho societario y mercantil
Constitución de sociedades, deberes de administradores, insolvencia y asociaciones.
ExplorarDerecho administrativo y público
Revisión judicial, poderes de organismos públicos y justicia administrativa.
ExplorarDerechos humanos y derecho de la UE
Ley de Derechos Humanos 1998, derechos del CEDH y derecho de la UE retenido post-Brexit.
ExplorarEquidad y fideicomisos
Fideicomisos expresos, resultantes y constructivos, deberes fiduciarios y remedios equitativos.
ExplorarDerecho constitucional
Soberanía parlamentaria, estado de derecho, separación de poderes y devolución.
ExplorarPruebas y procedimiento
Reglas de prueba, carga de la prueba, procedimiento civil y penal.
ExplorarDerecho de inmigración y asilo
Visados, solicitudes de asilo, deportación, derecho de permanencia y tribunales.
ExplorarDerecho ambiental
Control de contaminación, obligaciones climáticas, planificación y conservación.
ExplorarDerecho tributario
Impuesto sobre la renta, IVA, ganancias de capital, impuesto de sociedades y HMRC.
ExplorarPropiedad intelectual
Patentes, marcas, derechos de autor, diseños y aplicación de PI.
ExplorarProtección de datos y privacidad
UK GDPR, Ley de Protección de Datos 2018, aplicación del ICO y derechos.
ExplorarDerecho médico y sanitario
Consentimiento al tratamiento, negligencia clínica, salud mental y derechos del paciente.
ExplorarProtección del consumidor
Derechos del consumidor, seguridad de productos, comercio desleal y aplicación de CMA.
ExplorarDerecho bancario y financiero
Regulación de la FCA, crédito al consumo, servicios financieros y blanqueo de capitales.
ExplorarDerecho de la competencia
Acuerdos anticompetitivos, abuso de posición dominante, fusiones y aplicación de CMA.
ExplorarDerecho de seguros
Contratos de seguro, deber de presentación justa, siniestros y marco regulatorio.
ExplorarDerecho de la construcción
Contratos de construcción, adjudicación, defectos, seguridad y contratación pública.
ExplorarDerecho urbanístico
Licencias de obras, desarrollo permitido, ejecución, apelaciones e impacto ambiental.
ExplorarDerecho educativo
Admisiones escolares, necesidades educativas especiales, exclusiones y gobernanza.
ExplorarDerecho de asistencia social
Crédito Universal, prestaciones por discapacidad, apelaciones y tribunales sociales.
ExplorarDerecho de organizaciones benéficas
Constitución de fundaciones, regulación de la Comisión y deberes de administradores.
ExplorarDerecho de pensiones
Pensiones laborales, inscripción automática, esquemas de pensiones y el Regulador.
ExplorarArbitraje y ADR
Arbitraje, mediación, adjudicación y resolución alternativa de conflictos.
ExplorarDerecho marítimo
Jurisdicción del almirantazgo, transporte marítimo, salvamento y colisiones.
ExplorarDerecho militar
Disciplina de las fuerzas armadas, consejos de guerra y justicia militar.
ExplorarDerecho deportivo
Regulación deportiva, antidopaje, procedimientos disciplinarios y derechos de transmisión.
ExplorarDerecho de los medios
Regulación de la difusión, libertad de expresión, desacato y restricciones informativas.
ExplorarConflicto de leyes
Jurisdicción, ley aplicable y reconocimiento de sentencias extranjeras.
ExplorarContratación pública
Contratos públicos, Ley de Contratación 2023, recursos y contratación sectorial.
ExplorarDerecho de licencias
Licencias de alcohol, entretenimiento, taxis y juegos de azar.
ExplorarDerecho concursal
Insolvencia corporativa y personal, administración, liquidación y convenios.
ExplorarSeguridad y salud laboral
Deberes de seguridad, aplicación del HSE, RIDDOR y homicidio corporativo.
ExplorarDerecho de tráfico
Infracciones de tráfico, conducción bajo influencia del alcohol y seguro.
ExplorarDerecho regulatorio
Regulaciones FCA, CMA, Ofcom, Ofgem, regulación profesional e investigaciones.
ExplorarTestamentos y sucesiones
Distribución de bienes tras el fallecimiento, validez testamentaria y reglas de intestado.
ExplorarDerecho de arrendamientos
Arrendamientos residenciales y comerciales, protección del inquilino y desahucios.
ExplorarDerecho penitenciario
Régimen penitenciario, derechos de los presos, libertad condicional y disciplina.
ExplorarForenses e investigaciones
Marco legal para la investigación de muertes y procedimiento de la investigación.
ExplorarDerecho antiterrorista
Prevención, investigación y enjuiciamiento del terrorismo, proscripción y TPIMs.
ExplorarBienestar animal y derecho agrario
Protección animal, regulación de prácticas agrícolas y subvenciones post-Brexit.
ExplorarDerecho electoral y político
Elecciones, financiación de campañas, fraude electoral y regulación de partidos.
ExplorarDerecho aéreo y del transporte
Viajes aéreos, derechos de pasajeros, regulación de drones y transporte ferroviario.
ExplorarDerecho del juego
Licencias de juego, regulación de apuestas en línea y protección del consumidor.
ExplorarDerecho cibernético y tecnológico
Ciberdelincuencia, seguridad en línea, regulación de IA y comercio electrónico.
ExplorarDerecho energético
Regulación energética, Ofgem, energía renovable, nuclear y obligaciones de cero neto.
ExplorarDerecho eclesiástico
Derecho de la Iglesia de Inglaterra, jurisdicción de facultades y libertad religiosa.
ExplorarDerecho de la nacionalidad
Ciudadanía británica, naturalización, privación de ciudadanía y legado Windrush.
ExplorarRegulación de servicios financieros
Regulaciones FCA/PRA, autorización, abuso de mercado y crédito al consumo.
ExplorarDerecho de extradición
Ley de Extradición 2003, extradición y barreras de derechos humanos.
ExplorarDerecho de sentencias
Directrices de sentencia, penas custodiales y comunitarias, factores agravantes y atenuantes.
ExplorarRevisión judicial
Impugnación de decisiones de organismos públicos, motivos y recursos.
ExplorarDerecho de la información
Libertad de información, vigilancia y poderes de investigación.
ExplorarDerecho internacional
Tratados, derecho consuetudinario, derecho humanitario e inmunidad del estado.
ExplorarSeguridad de edificios
Reformas post-Grenfell, Ley de Seguridad de Edificios 2022 y remediación.
ExplorarDerecho de la administración local
Poderes de los concejos, ordenanzas, impuestos locales y deberes.
ExplorarDerecho de refugiados y asilo
Convención de refugiados, procedimientos de asilo y reglas de tercer país seguro.
ExplorarDerecho de salud mental
Evaluación, internamiento y tratamiento de personas con trastornos mentales.
ExplorarIgualdad y no discriminación
Protección contra discriminación basada en características protegidas.
ExplorarPoderes policiales (PACE)
Cacheos, arrestos, detención e investigación según PACE 1984.
ExplorarFraude y delincuencia económica
Delitos de fraude, blanqueo de capitales, soborno e ingresos delictivos.
ExplorarEsclavitud moderna y trata
Ley de Esclavitud Moderna 2015, identificación de víctimas y Mecanismo Nacional.
ExplorarDefamation & Privacy
Law of libel, slander, and protection of private information including the Defamation Act 2013.
ExplorarFood Safety & Standards
Regulation of food production, sale, and safety standards under the Food Safety Act 1990 and EU-retained law.
ExplorarVivienda social
Asignación de vivienda social, obligaciones de personas sin hogar y derecho de compra.
ExplorarPatrimonio y edificios protegidos
Protección de edificios catalogados, zonas de conservación y monumentos.
ExplorarDerecho del agua y alcantarillado
Regulación del suministro de agua, alcantarillado y contaminación del agua.
ExplorarDerecho de telecomunicaciones
Regulación de comunicaciones electrónicas, difusión y telecomunicaciones.
ExplorarRegulación de drogas y sustancias
Clasificación y control de drogas, delitos y sustancias psicoactivas.
ExplorarCuidado y protección infantil
Marco legal para protección de menores y procedimientos de tutela.
ExplorarDerecho funerario y cremación
Requisitos legales para entierro, cremación, exhumación y cementerios.
ExplorarResiduos y regulación ambiental
Deber de cuidado de residuos, vertido ilegal y permisos ambientales.
ExplorarDerecho de convivencia
Derechos de parejas no casadas, disputas patrimoniales, hijos y ruptura de relaciones.
ExplorarTribunal de Protección
Capacidad mental, poderes notariales duraderos, tutela y decisiones de bienestar.
ExplorarDerecho del comercio minorista y electrónico
Derechos del consumidor en ventas en línea y presenciales, venta a distancia y contenido digital.
ExplorarDerecho de IA y tecnología
Regulación de inteligencia artificial, responsabilidad algorítmica y toma de decisiones automatizada.
ExplorarDisciplina profesional
Procedimientos de aptitud para ejercer, tribunales regulatorios y estándares profesionales.
ExplorarEmployment Law
Rights and obligations of employers and employees, including dismissal, discrimination, pay, and TUPE.
ExplorarCivil Litigation
The procedural framework for resolving civil disputes in the courts of England & Wales, governed by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.
ExplorarNeighbour Disputes
Legal rights and remedies for disputes between neighbours, including noise, boundaries, overhanging trees, party walls, and anti-social behaviour.
ExplorarClinical Negligence
Legal framework for claims arising from substandard medical treatment, including the duty of care, the Bolam/Bolitho standard, causation, and informed consent.
ExplorarCommercial Law
The legal framework governing commercial transactions — the sale of goods, agency relationships, exclusion clauses, and international trade.
ExplorarOnline Harassment Law
Criminal offences and civil remedies for stalking, harassment, intimate image abuse, and other harmful online conduct under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Online Safety Act 2023.
ExplorarDebt Enforcement Law
The legal framework for enforcing civil court judgments and managing unmanageable debt, including bailiff powers, charging orders, attachment of earnings, and insolvency options.
ExplorarRestitution and Unjust Enrichment
The law of restitution reverses unjust enrichment: a remedy where one party has been enriched at another's expense in circumstances the law considers unjust.
ExplorarPartnership and Agency Law
The law governing partnerships (general and limited), limited liability partnerships, and the agency relationships through which businesses act.
ExplorarBills of Exchange and Negotiable Instruments
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques, and other negotiable instruments under the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 and Cheques Act 1957.
ExplorarSexual Offences
The law of rape, sexual assault, position-of-trust offences, image-based offences, and consent under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and subsequent amendments.
ExplorarPublic Order Offences
Riot, violent disorder, affray, threatening behaviour, harassment, and protest-related offences under the Public Order Act 1986 and later amendments.
ExplorarEU Retained Law (Assimilated Law)
What 'retained EU law' is, how it has been re-labelled 'assimilated law' under the REUL Act 2023, and what remains in force.
ExplorarScots Delict (Civil Wrongs)
The Scots law of delict — the doctrine governing civil wrongs, broadly analogous to English tort but with distinct concepts of culpa, damnum, and proximity.
ExplorarScottish Criminal Procedure
The structure of summary and solemn procedure in Scotland — Sheriff Court, High Court of Justiciary, the 'not proven' verdict, and the corroboration rule.
ExplorarScots Land Law and the Land Register
Scottish conveyancing — the abolition of feudal tenure, the Land Register of Scotland, and how Scots land law differs from English property law.
ExplorarScots Family Law
Marriage, divorce, civil partnership, financial provision, and children — Scots family law and how it differs from the position in England & Wales.
ExplorarScottish Housing Law
The 'Private Residential Tenancy' under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, Scottish secure tenancies, and possession in Scotland.
ExplorarNorthern Ireland Constitutional Framework
The Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Act 1998, and the constitutional position of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.
ExplorarNorthern Ireland Private Tenancies
Northern Ireland's distinctive private rented sector regime — the Private Tenancies (NI) Order 2006 and Private Tenancies Act (NI) 2022.
ExplorarNorthern Ireland Court Structure
The structure of the NI courts: Magistrates' Court, County Court, Crown Court, High Court of NI, NI Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court.
ExplorarWelsh Occupation Contracts (Renting Homes Wales)
Wales's distinctive private rented sector regime under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 — replacing assured shorthold tenancies with occupation contracts.
ExplorarWelsh Language Rights and Standards
Welsh language as an official language of Wales — the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, Welsh Language Standards, and the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner.
ExplorarWelsh Social Services and Care (SSWB Act 2014)
The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 — Wales's distinctive social-care framework, well-being duties, and assessment regime.
ExplorarCriminal Defences (Self-Defence, Duress, Insanity & More)
The general defences in English criminal law: self-defence, duress, necessity, intoxication, insanity, diminished responsibility, automatism, loss of control, and consent — when they apply, the evidential burden, and how the prosecution rebuts them.
ExplorarGig Economy and Worker Status
How English employment law classifies people who work in the 'gig economy' — employee, worker (limb (b)), self-employed — and the rights that follow. Covers Uber BV v Aslam, Pimlico Plumbers, Deliveroo, and the IR35 tax-side treatment.
ExplorarPIP and Universal Credit Appeals
How to challenge a DWP decision on Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Universal Credit (UC), and other social-security benefits — Mandatory Reconsideration, then First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber), then the Upper Tribunal (AAC).
ExplorarCivil Evidence and Procedure
Evidence rules in civil litigation under English law — hearsay (Civil Evidence Act 1995), expert evidence (CPR Part 35), disclosure (Standard, Issues-based, Model), witness statements (CPR Part 32), without prejudice privilege, and legal professional privilege.
ExplorarMens Rea Doctrines (Intention, Recklessness, Negligence, Strict Liability)
The mental-element doctrines in English criminal law — direct and oblique intention (Woollin), subjective recklessness (Cunningham/G), negligence, and strict-liability offences. How each is proven and what the prosecution must establish.
ExplorarInchoate Offences and Accomplices (Attempt, Conspiracy, Aiding)
The 'incomplete' offences — attempt (Criminal Attempts Act 1981), conspiracy (Criminal Law Act 1977), assisting or encouraging crime (Serious Crime Act 2007), and accessorial liability following R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8.
ExplorarRight to Buy and Leasehold Enfranchisement
How council and housing-association tenants exercise the statutory Right to Buy (Housing Act 1985 Part V), and how long leaseholders extend or buy the freehold under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, LRHUDA 1993, CLRA 2002 — including the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 reforms.
ExplorarInheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 Claims
How to challenge a will (or intestacy) on the basis that reasonable financial provision was not made for a spouse, civil partner, former spouse, cohabitant, child, or person treated as a child of the deceased.
ExplorarInternational Child Abduction (Hague Convention 1980)
How the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 operates in the UK — left-behind parent applications, central authorities, the High Court Family Division procedure, and the defences (Article 13 — consent / acquiescence / grave risk / settled / child's objections).
ExplorarSurrogacy and Parental Orders (HFEA 2008 s.54)
How surrogacy works in UK law — the legal status of intended parents, surrogate mother, and child; the parental-order route under s.54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and the Law Commission's 2023 reform proposals.
ExplorarOnline Safety Act 2023 — duties, enforcement, and new criminal offences
Deep guide to the Online Safety Act 2023: which services are caught, the risk-assessment / safety-duty framework, the categorisation regime (Category 1, 2A, 2B), Ofcom's enforcement powers, and the new criminal offences (cyberflashing, threatening intimate-image abuse, deepfakes, false communications, encouraging self-harm).
ExplorarAI Regulation in the UK
The UK's regulatory approach to artificial intelligence — the AI Regulation White Paper, sector-led regulator approach, the AI Safety Institute, post-Brexit divergence from the EU AI Act, and the proposed AI Bill expected in 2026.
ExplorarConfiscation Orders under POCA 2002
How confiscation orders work in English criminal law — the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Part 2, the criminal-lifestyle assumption, benefit and available amount calculations, the proportionality principle from Waya, enforcement, and post-conviction practice.
ExplorarUK crypto-asset regulation — FSMA 2023, financial promotion regime, and the Travel Rule
Plain-English guide to the UK's evolving regulatory framework for crypto-assets: how the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 expanded the FCA's perimeter to crypto, the financial promotion regime in force since October 2023, money-laundering registration, the Travel Rule, and HM Treasury's roadmap for the wider regulatory regime expected by 2026-2027.
ExplorarForced Marriage and FGM Protection Orders — civil and criminal routes
The civil-protection toolkit (Forced Marriage Protection Orders and FGM Protection Orders) and the criminal offences for forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Includes safeguarding duties, ex parte applications, and routes through the Family Court and the criminal justice system.
ExplorarCrown proceedings, Crown immunity, and state immunity — suing the State
How the Crown can be sued in tort and contract under the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, the residual immunities, the position of the police and other emanations of the Crown, and the separate regime of state immunity for foreign sovereigns under the State Immunity Act 1978.
ExplorarCourt Martial and the Service Justice System — the military's parallel courts
How the Service Justice System works: the Court Martial, Summary Hearings, the Service Civilian Court, the Service Complaints Ombudsman, and the boundary between military and civilian jurisdiction over service personnel.
ExplorarFreedom of Information Act 2000 — exemptions, public-interest balance, and appeals
How to make an FOI request, the principal exemptions (s.14 vexatious, s.21 reasonably accessible, s.30 investigations, s.36 effective conduct, s.40 personal data, s.41 confidence, s.43 commercial, s.44 statutory prohibition), the public-interest test, and the appeal route through the ICO and First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber).
ExplorarPublic Sector Equality Duty — section 149 Equality Act 2010
The general and specific duties under section 149 Equality Act 2010 — how the 'due regard' test works (Brown principles), the relationship with equality impact assessments, and how PSED is challenged in judicial review.
ExplorarWell-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
Wales-only statute requiring public bodies to act in accordance with the sustainable development principle and to set well-being objectives aligned with the seven national well-being goals. Includes the role of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and the five ways of working.
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