"By law, ....."

amus

When I went to return an item to a well known retail outlet at 5.50pm, and closing time was 6pm, I was advised by law I could not enter, and that it would be illegal to serve me.

*rollseyes* yes girls, that might work on people with an IQ below 20.

Ive worked in reatail myself and know how annoying it is when last minute customers come in but I honestly wanted to go straight to the tills, I would have been out for 6pm.

Anyway, dont think head office were too pleased to hear about their antics......

dickydonkin

By law.........a shop must sell me goods at the price indicated on the label - even if the wrong price is placed on it and it is cheaper than it should be.

browneyedbazzi

Dexters_Indignation wrote: »

It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).

That one is almost (but not quite true)...it is an offence for someone who is drunk or disorderly to fail to leave licensed premises when they have been asked to do so (by a Pc or someone who works at the premises), or for them to try to re-enter the premises after they have been asked to leave.

If you're a happy drunk, not causing any bother, and no one asks you to leave the licensed premises then you don't commit any offence by being on the premises.

It is also an offence to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk.

I get told by members of the public what 'the law says' all the time...I think in the past five years about three of them have been right.

A couple of quite common ones:

By law taxis can't park at or near the owners home unless they have planning permission to run a business from home.

By law children aren't allowed in a pub after 9pm.

One I used to love (when I worked on a team dealing with highways) was by law my neighbours can't park on the road in front of my house.

barbarawright

Dexters_Indignation wrote: »

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament

That one's actually true in that nobody is ever declared on the death certificate as dying in the Houses of Parliament. But in practice it's the case with most places - unless your head falls off, you'll be declared as DOA at the hospital rather than as dying in Selfridges.

Bluemeanie_2

robpw2 wrote: »

technically there is some truth in this , they are not at war clearly but they never signed to agree peace

This changed in the last few years, the Russians sent an ambssador or the like to "officially declare peace" or the like, as kind of a laugh I'll try and find a link.

Bluemeanie_2

Berwick-upon-Tweed was officially at war with Russia for 110 years. As the border town frequently changed hands between England and Scotland over the centuries, it was usually referred to as a separate entity in all State documents. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, Britain declared war on Russia in the name of Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed andall British Dominions. But when the war ended two years later in 1856, the Paris Peace Treaty omitted Berwick. So Berwick was technically at war with Russia until 1966 when a Soviet official, made aware of the situation, visited the town to declare peace. The Mayor of Berwick said: “Please tell the Russian people that at last thy can sleep peacefully in their beds!”

Taken from http://www.paulkavanagh.com/en/Weird-Strange-London-Facts.html

1966 he visited!

mya_may

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

That one is almost (but not quite true)...it is an offence for someone who is drunk or disorderly to fail to leave licensed premises when they have been asked to do so (by a Pc or someone who works at the premises), or for them to try to re-enter the premises after they have been asked to leave.

If you're a happy drunk, not causing any bother, and no one asks you to leave the licensed premises then you don't commit any offence by being on the premises.

It is also an offence to sell alcohol to a person who is drunk.

It is an offence for anyone not to leave a licensed premises when asked. i.e. previously barred, starting a fight, unsuitable dress, all sober but still have to leave


There is a law that you are inciting a crime by warning someone of police; you go past the police with speed cameras, you see someone coming towards you speeding, you flash them knowing/hoping they will slow down so as not to get caught by the police and you're comitting a crime by warning them!

browneyedbazzi

mya_may wrote: »

It is an offence for anyone not to leave a licensed premises when asked. i.e. previously barred, starting a fight, unsuitable dress, all sober but still have to leave

The offence under the Licensing Act only applies if the person who fails to leave is drunk or disorderly. If someone who isn't drunk or disorderly fails to leave when asked then they commit trespass (just like they would when failing to leave any private property when asked to do so by the owner) which is a civil matter (tort) not a criminal offence.

Someone sober but starting a fight would fall into the category of 'disorderly' whether drunk or not so the offence would apply to them. In cases of disorder the staff at the premises actually commit an offence if they allow it to go on/do nothing to stop it.