Scheduled Monuments
The Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882 established long-awaited regulations for governmental safeguarding of certain historically important tombs, henges, hillforts, barrows, stone […]
Category: Law
The Truck Acts
Employee welfare in Britain’s unprecedented and, for some, traumatic passage through the Industrial Revolution was not always uppermost in employers’ minds. The […]
The right of peaceful assembly
Large crowds are desirable for a ticketed or invitation event or meeting, but the right of peaceful assembly, as enshrined in British […]
Magistrates’ Courts
There remain around 200 operational UK Magistrates’ Courts (called Justice of the Peace (JP) Courts in Scotland) after many closures in recent […]
Family Courts
The Family Courts deal with the acrimonious aspects of domestic strife. The judges and lawyers deal with matters that are very sensitive […]
Small Claims
In 1973, when the Small Claims track for legal proceedings was introduced in the UK, it was suitable for debts up to […]
Police & Crime Commissioners
The hierarchy of UK police ranks, in ascending order, is generally as follows:- Constable Sergeant Inspector Chief Inspector Superintendent Chief Superintendent Assistant […]
Royal Assent
After a Bill passes through both Houses of Parliament, it must have Royal Assent to become an Act. The oldest way in […]
The Official Secrets Act
Concerns over maintaining the confidentiality of information regarding Britain’s national security have parallelled the changing world of communications and international travel. The […]
Alfred the Great’s book of laws
One of the achievements of Alfred the Great (849-899), King of Wessex, was to compile ‘The Dōmbōc’ (The Doom Book) in c.886-93. […]
Disabled access
Both World Wars, by producing many more physically and mentally disabled people than before, resulted in the creation of laws and regulations […]