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New Weights and Measures Book

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As a ‘remainer’ and as someone who attended the ‘people’s vote’ march in London’s Hyde Park on Saturday 20 October 2018, I am an unlikely person to be writing a book about imperial weights and measures. 

Whilst I welcomed the freedom of movement across international boundaries that Britain’s former membership of the EU offered, I was never so enthused about the mandating away of our traditional system of weights and measures.  For me, it seemed so unnecessary.  There is nothing ‘anti-Europe’ about feet and inches.  Our historic system of weights and measures is just as much part of our heritage as the many languages, accents, dialects, and cultures which each of us encounters on a daily basis and which give colour to our lives.  So why should its use be criminalised?

I also admit to being one of that small handful of people who actually welcome the government’s current consultation on allowing traditional measurements in the sale of loose goods.  What is there to be frightened of?  The proposal is harmless.  No one is going to be forced to buy their petrol in gallons instead of litres.  If you’ve heard of imperial measurements but have never been educated in their use, my book, ‘British Imperial and U.S. Customary Measurements Explained’, will tell you everything you need to know.  Please see the enclosed link and check it out.  It’s a tiny book at an even tinier price.  It does not bang any drum.  It is purely informative.  And topical.  And entertaining. And it’s packed with amazing facts and figures.  Like the connection between a medieval King and how you buy your shoes today.  So far as I’m aware, there is nothing else on the market quite like it. Enjoy! V. Charles ward. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Imperial-Customary-Units-Explained/dp/B0B5PL7T5W

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If You Think You’ve Been Scammed

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If you think you’ve been scammed. If you have received debt letters from a mobile phone company you’ve never even heard of. Don’t spend hours of your time breaking your head trying to convince someone in an off-shore call centre. They are not equipped to deal with it. Its off-script. Forget about e-mail. Instead write a FORMAL LETTER to their complaints department and post it recorded delivery. Yes-I know it’s a pain, standing in line in a post office with only one person serving. But is the only way to prove delivery. If you don’t get a reply or can’t find the complaints address, write a personal letter to their chief executive. Make it their problem. It’s all about creating a paper-trail. About covering yourself. About creating the evidence you need to take your complaint to the financial ombudsman if you can’t get a satisfactory response. They can’t ignore that. Just one other thing. Buy a copy of my book, ‘Get Paid’. It contains essential information for anyone being hassled by an unfair claim. It’ll show you what creditors can – and can’t do. Here is the link.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Paid-small-business-getting/dp/1727210204

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Extreme Heat Weather Warning

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Why is our glorious summer weather now seen as a problem instead of something to be celebrated? Tell that to someone who lived through the frozen winter of 1684 when the seas froze and livestock died in the fields. The climate has always changed. Think about the Great Ice Ages of pre-history or the medieval warm period when Britain basked in a tropical climate. How do our summers compare with that? We’re just lucky to be living in an upward curve. The biggest threat to the environment is the cutting down of the World’s rain forests. But no-one is doing anything about that. Why?

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Essential Law for Cemetery and Crematorium Managers – an ICCM Publication

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08/06/2021 iccm Uncategorised 0

The ICCM is pleased to announce the publication of an important new book on the law relating to cemeteries and crematoria.

‘Essential Law for Cemetery and Crematorium Managers’, published 3 June, 2021, is written for anyone involved in the management of a cemetery or crematorium in England or Wales, whether public, private or not-for-profit.

Commissioned by the ICCM and authored by its company solicitor, V. Charles Ward, the 245 page ‘Essential Law’ is the first authoritative book on burial and cremation law since Davies Law of Burial, Cremation and Exhumation (7th Edition) last appeared in 2002.  But even if the 8th edition of Davies appeared tomorrow, there is still arguably room for another authoritative book on the subject, which puts academic law into a practical context.  Burial and cremation law does not exist in isolation but is part of the wider legal framework which governs all business activity in England and Wales.

There is never a ‘right time’ for publishing a new book on burial and cremation law.  Certainly not when the Law Commission has announced a comprehensive review of burial and cremation law.  Though as yet we have no indication as to when that Law Commission review is likely to be published and how long afterwards it will be before any of its recommendations translate into law.  In the meantime something is needed to fill the gap.

Since the last 2002 edition of Davies, burial and cremation law has moved on.  There are the 2008 Cremation Regulations. There are new rules allowing re-use of grave-space within London municipal cemeteries.  There is the 2009 Coroners and Justice Act.  There are medical examiners.  There are the 2019 death notification regulations.  And there is the case-law.

Subjects covered in ‘Essential Law’ include: the Local Authorities’ Cemeteries Order 1977 (LACO); Victorian burial statutes which are still relevant today; cremation legislation; grants and transfers of burial and cremation rights; registration of deaths; cemetery regulations and byelaws; data protection; procurement of cemetery and crematorium services; competition law; land-issues; faith and equality issues; recent case-law; exhumation; cemetery closure; redevelopment of disused burial grounds.  Amongst its appendices are specimen grave and memorial grants and assignments; model cemetery regulations and byelaws; and an example of a business plan.

Essential law can be purchased online for £39.00 as a paperback or £9.99 for the kindle version.

You can purchase the paperback version of Essential Law for Cemetery and Crematorium Managers here.

You can purchase the Kindle version of Essential Law for Cemetery and Crematorium Managers here.