You Can't Marry Your Mother-in-Law and Other Common Legal Misconceptions

Do you know that council inspectors will soon be able to turn up on your doorstep demanding to be let into your home to check out the size of your property?

Do you know that you can get a criminal conviction for eating while driving?

Do you know that even though you have purchased your property with your partner or spouse, you might not own half of the property's value?

Do you know that if you died without a Will, not all of your money and assets will go to your other half?

Many people have misconceptions about how the law really works. To most of us, the law is a large, impenetrable and growing thicket, surrounded by near-folkloric misunderstandings about what lies within.

In this collection of vignettes, barrister, journalist and family mediator Maureen Mullally takes her secateurs and cuts out a personal selection of some of the more topical misconceptions for witty scrutiny. From proposed new rights for pets to the bugging of wheelie bins, this book portrays how intrusive and absurd some of our laws have become.

Edition:	First		Published	2006
Format:	Paperback		ISBN:	9781905261284
Code:	B658		Price:	£6.99

Maureen Mullally studied law at King’s College, University of London. Afterwards, she was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn in London and also to the Irish Bar at King’s Inn in Dublin.

She has practised as a barrister specialising in family law for over 25 years and now works as a mediator in family disputes.