The Principle of the Pedlars Act is "to provide common law privilege to any eligible pedestrian person to trade with complete freedom based on any simple individual contract within any part of the UK" pedlars.info. "Pedlars and the networks they have built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy" Laurence Fontain - History of Pedlars. "Michael Marks of Marks & Spencer was a famous entrepreneur pedlar"- Your M&S. "There is without doubt a powerful and organised lobby against pedlars. This operates both at national and local level" - Professor Barry Hough, Professor of English Law, Bournemouth University. "We recognise that the bills may raise human rights issues which are worthy of further scrutiny" - Joint Committee on Human Rights. "If you are mobile the world is your oyster" - Lord Sugar The Apprentice Sausage episode.
Introduction to UK legislation – public-v-private Acts
Make your own mind up about promoters abuse of Private Act legislation that impacts on the General Interest
How to get your head round Acts & Bills, public & private.
We have sourced a short historical summary to help inform pedlars about why promoters abuse privilege under private legislation.