Law Basics for Non-Lawyers

You sign a contract, get into a dispute at work, or a landlord starts behaving oddly, and you realise you have no idea where you stand. This gives you the small slice of UK law that covers most everyday situations, in plain language, with the single most useful thing to do and the most common mistake to avoid for each.

Give me the 20 percent of legal knowledge that covers 80 percent of what an adult in the UK needs to protect themselves in everyday situations: signing contracts, employment disputes, consumer rights, landlord-tenant issues, and knowing when to get a lawyer. Five concepts only, explained plainly, with the single most important thing to do and the single most common mistake to avoid for each.