A good point. When will people realise that legislation is not the only way to reform the law. Legislation, as history shows, is actually a very poor vehicle for legal change. The problem with modern legislation is that there is just too much of it.

Pookie, Edinburgh,

Fussy legislation makes lawbreakers of us all. It becomes impossible for individuals, employers, shopkeepers and motorists to comply with all the laws, so we take an increasingly 'banana republic' view of the law. What can we get away with and what will actually be enforced?

Frank Upton, Solihull,

These are not "loopholes" at all, a word which surfaces at such times to cover the real reason that offenders are not prosecuted, which is incompetence. The relevant rules are put in place for our protection, to ensure that authorities adhere to standards which prevent abuse of our rights.

Edward Murdoch, Glasgow, UK

Let's see all these laws easily on the internet. Lots of laws come from the EU - however there is as yet, no simple way to see which are our laws and which are EU laws. How about doing an FOI (Freedom of Information) request to make laws/regulations easily available online?
http://www.opsi.gov.uk

Hugo van Randwyck, London, UK

If you employ people to make Laws and regulations, they'll churn them out by the thousand. If you employ them to put their hand in your pocket, they'll spend like drunken sailors. How could it be otherwise?

Ken Leyland, Liverpool, U.K.

"Britain's mountain of legislation serves nobody but the lawyers."
"That is precisely the idea General, that is precisely the idea."
President Muffley in Dr Strangelove

Mark Lyndon, London, UK

The legal convention of the Postal Rule means that documents are deemed to be served the day they are posted, not the day they arrive.

Peter, London, UK

Mr Loophole will have been able to claim his client's costs from central funds so Flintoff should be paying nothing - the taxpayer pays Mr Loophole's bill!

Marge, Nottingham, UK

Yes, aren't these laws terrible. Why don't we just trust the government to do what's right for us? Do we really need any laws at all?

Mod, London,

14 days should be adequate to get a NIP to the registered keeper. There is good reason for having this deadline - any longer and there would be a serious risk that where a vehicle is used by more than one person, they would be genuinely unable to remember who was driving on that day and time.

Steve Walker, Manchester, UK

You make valid points about excessive hasty legislation but I hope your book is a bit more legally accurate. The 14 days is set from when the notice is posted (so leave the Royal Mail out of it) and the bit about CCTV is legal baloney. It would be admissible regardless of the reason for placing it.

Chris, Norwich, UK

Government deliberately creates loopholes in legislation to ease the protests of pressure groups. Legislation against the retail trade, for example over comparative pricing and falsified reductions, has been totally ineffective and is nothing but calculated deceipt.

Maurice Smith, Medway, UK