Law Category
National Minimum or Living Wage
1999 saw the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the UK and from 2016 it was…
Divorce
Although wedding vows are taken with all good intentions, relationships can deteriorate, leading to decisions to divorce.…
Policing Volunteers
There have always been volunteers helping to keep law and order and today they are to be…
Drugs
Many different drugs can be prescribed by doctors in the UK, except for substances that have no…
Finding Treasure
After so much history on these small islands, it is not surprising that people actively search with…
Value Added Tax (V.A.T.)
Until 1940, Britons paid tax only on their incomes, but wartime shortages saw the introduction of a…
Gun ownership
There are approximately 2,300,000 guns legally held in the UK, primarily for pest control on one’s own…
Listed Buildings
Since its inception in 1882, the designation of ‘Listed Building‘ has been applied to all shapes, sizes…
Burials and cremations
In the Christian era, churchyards became the place to bury the dead, with proceedings conducted by the…
Smoking
The first concerns from the medical industry over the effects of long-term smoking were raised in 1957.…
Scheduled Monuments
The Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882 established long-awaited regulations for governmental safeguarding of certain historically important…
The Truck Acts
Employee welfare in Britain’s unprecedented and, for some, traumatic passage through the Industrial Revolution was not always…