Straightforward Publishing Digital imprint: 118 books

Health and Safety Law The Essential Handbook for Businesses Large and Small, Revised Edition, by Samantha Walker, will prove invaluable as a complete handbook for existing and developing business and will guide managers in those businesses and assist them in ensuring that a comprehensive health and safety strategy is in place.

Verbal Dyspraxia is a widespread, specific, severe speech disorder found in children, which prevents the brain from getting the correct messages to the muscles in and around the mouth, which in turn affects the ability to make intelligible speech. The outcome can be traumatic for all and involves...

Emerald's Guide to the English Legal System is an ideal introductory book for the person who needs an insight into how the English Legal System functions at all levels. The book is updated to 2015. This book examines the workings of the English Legal system, looking at the main institutions and the...

Bi-polar disorder is the term used to describe what was once known as manic depressive illness. Bi-polar disorder is becoming more and more common, particularly in young adults, although people of all age ranges will suffer from the condition. This book, as with all the guides in the Explaining series...

This bestselling book in the Emerald Series is a comprehensive and accessible guide to Autism, Asperger syndrome and their effects on children and family. Not everyone facing the autism spectrum for the first time is ready for complicated or hard to digest material. This book is invaluable in that...

It is often thought that buying or selling property at aution is complicated and risky and should only be undertaken by those with experience. However, nowadays, property auctions are an increasingly popular way for people to buy a home, increase their residential or commerical portfolio or sell an...

This latest book in the Emerald law Series, Guide to the Law of Tort, second edition, by Roger Caldwell, is the perfect introductory text to this complicated area dealing with negligence generally and liability for negligence and breach of duty.

What exactly is Alzheimer's disease and dementia? With Alzheimer's and dementia now reckoned to affect thousands in Britain, this is a question that more and more people are needing to ask. The second book in the new Explaining series, Explaining Alzheimer's and Dementia provides a clear and concise...

This latest publication in the Emerald Series, Guide to Civil Partnerships and Marriage Revised Edition, Updated to 2017, is a concise guide to the rights of individuals in relation to the law covering same sex unions, both civil partnerships and marriage. The book will enable anyone who is considering...

A Guide to Probate, Wills and The Law, Revised Edition, is a concise and informative guide to all the processes that underpin the practice of formulating a last will and testament and to the law and practice of probate and applying for probate in the event of a death. The book is designed for those people who wish to manage their own affairs in advance of the event of their death.

This revised edition of Conducting Your Own Court Case by Helen Little, covers all aspects of preparing and going to court without the use of a solicitor. The various courts and procedures are covered in depth. The book is comprehensive and clear, dealing with all the key areas of preparing and conducting...

This timely and comprehensive book, post-Brexit, is written by an experienced human rights barrister and covers all aspects of human rights and civil liberties in the United Kingdom. The much talked about UK Bill of Rights, supposedly replacing the Human Rights Act, is also covered. The book is wide...

Consumer rights continually evolve and change and this book lays out all of the changes up to 2012 in a clear and concise way. Areas such as legislation covering the use of credit cards, and credit generally, plus distance selling regulations, all areas that have been affected by the introduction...

This invaluable guide to managing the process of and surviving, personal bankruptcy has been written in light of the record numbers of people currently declaring themselves bankrupt. The book is aimed solely at individuals, not at companies or other organizations. A detailed background to the insolvency...