English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...

Modern libel and slander laws in many countries are originally descended from English defamation law. The history of defamation law in England is somewhat...

The English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief in England and Wales that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in 1587–1598...

English trust law concerns the protection of assets, usually when they are held by one party for another's benefit. Trusts were a creation of the English...

English tort law concerns the compensation for harm to people's rights to health and safety, a clean environment, property, their economic interests, or...

English contract law is the body of law that regulates legally binding agreements in England and Wales. With its roots in the lex mercatoria and the activism...

Mortgages in English law are a method of raising capital through a loan contract. Typically with a bank, the lender/mortgagee gives money to the borrower/mortgagor...

question of when deceit is substantial enough to mitigate consent. In English law, the basis for such claims is "very narrow", as ruled by the Court of...

number of ways, is legally not a separate person from its mother in English law. They described this as outdated and misconceived but legally established...

In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder, the differential being between levels of fault based on the mens rea...