• the Limitation Act 1963 was described by Lord Reid as having "a strong claim to the distinction of being the worst drafted Act on the statute book"?
• the Act of Parliament establishing the post of Postmasters General of Ireland was not repealed until 31 years after the Act of Union had united the countries in 1800?

Facts on topics related to Act of Parliament

Common law

• Mohegan Indians v. Connecticut was the first indigenous land rights litigation in history in a common law jurisdiction?
• a vexatious litigant may be barred from using the courts in common law countries because they have previously undertaken frivolous litigation claims or procedures?
• in the landmark decision United States v. Oppenheimer, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the common law principle of res judicata applies to criminal cases?
• the Sanhedrin, which is part of the Mishnah, a major Jewish religious text, focuses on criminal law, and that commentaries on the Sanhedrin by rabbis, as recorded in the Talmud, are noteworthy as precursors to the development of common law principles?

Law

• legal experts consider the YouTube divorce video posted by British playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith be the first of its kind?
• Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, professor of law and rector of the University of Oslo, was a nephew of Norwegian Prime Minister Frederik Stang?
• Leonard McEwan, in an unusual move, stepped down from the Wyoming Supreme Court in 1974 to become instead a district court judge in Sheridan, where he had earlier practiced law?
• collecting Toyon branches for Christmas became so popular in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s, that the state passed a law forbidding collecting?
• the Satversme is intended to hold together all other laws in Latvia?

Sharia

• in Islamic law, a mukataba is a contract of manumission according to which the slave buys his freedom from his master?

Police

• Louisiana District Judge Stephen J. Windhorst is a former reserve police officer who also served eight years in the Louisiana House of Representatives as an anti-crime advocate?
• Central Sikh Temple was Singapore's first gurdwara when it was initially set up in a police barracks in the 1880s?
• international reaction to 2008 Tibetan unrest has included police protecting the Chinese embassy in Reykjavík, Iceland, from a peaceful demonstration?
• Jacob Aaron Westervelt (pictured), the former Mayor of New York City, attempted to uniform the Police of New York, a move seen by some as "un-American"?
• a police officer in the United States may only briefly detain and frisk a person if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime?
• a Sub Inspector or S.I. is the rank of an Indian police officer who is in command of a police station?
• by using automatic number plate recognition, a CCTV network known as ANPR, police in the United Kingdom are able to track the movement of cars in real time and store vehicle movement information for five years?
• former Louisiana legislative auditor Steve Theriot investigated a police-operated toy charity which uncovered various improprieties at Mandeville City Hall?
• in his only armed clash with the police, bushranger James Alpin McPherson was unable to effectively return fire as his gun was loaded with blanks?
• psychological offender profiling was used by British police for the first time in capturing John Duffy, the so-called Railway Killer?

Comparative law

• the 1908 Annual Bulletin of the Comparative Law Bureau was the first journal of comparative law in the United States?

British Parliament

• the British Parliament first guaranteed diplomatic immunity to foreign ambassadors in 1709, after Count Andrey Matveyev, a Russian resident in London, had been subjected by British bailiffs to verbal and physical abuse?
• the Housing Act 1980 was an Act of Parliament that gave residents of council houses in Great Britain the right to buy their residence?

Private member's bill

• Canadian House of Commons member Philéas Côté introduced a private member's bill in 1946 seeking to rename Dominion Day to Canada Day?

Parliament of the United Kingdom

• Captain Richard Whitaker Porritt was the first British Member of Parliament to be killed in World War II?
• Derbyshire M.P. George John Venables-Vernon who enthused about Italian literature is the namesake of Vernon County in Australia?
• British architect Rodney Gordon considered running for Parliament, but could not decide which party he wanted to be in?
• British politician David Renton, Baron Renton served for over 60 years in Parliament, representing two parties and then as a life peer, and was the oldest member of the House of Lords when he died?
• Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman, elected the first Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in 2006, was the first woman to give birth while serving as a British Member of Parliament in the 1970s, and is reported to have been the first woman to breast feed at the Palace of Westminster?
• Lawrence Turner, who presented a Parliamentary petition calling for W. S. Gilbert's copyright on the libretti of Gilbert and Sullivan operas to be extended indefinitely, was the grandson of comic actor George Grossmith who starred in them?
• Robert Crouch led the Parliamentary campaign on the Crichel Down affair involving his constituency, which forced the resignation of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sir Thomas Dugdale?
• approximately 37,500 Local and Personal Acts have been passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1539?
• former Anglican clergyman and Liberal Party life peer Tim Beaumont was the only Green Party representative in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1999 until his death in 2008?
• in 1960, Archbishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara became the first papal representative to visit the British Houses of Parliament in four centuries?