About Cans Legal Information

Cans Legal Information – a registered charity in England and Wales (number 803343) – has the charitable purpose of making low-cost legal information available to the general public. As part of its charitable aims, it publishes www.cans.org.uk (a detailed summary of the laws of England, Wales and Scotland) as well as the loose-leaf version of the same product, CANS Digest of Social Legislation.

Cans Legal Information is the trading name of CANS Trust which was established in 1990 to continue the publication of CANS Digest of Social Legislation. The Digest, which was formerly published by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, has been in existence since 1939. It was introduced to inform the public about the numerous emergency measures that came into force during World War II.

Cans’ publications are widely used by: public libraries and the general public that visit them; universities and colleges along with the students in attendance; and solicitors, accountants, advice centres, charities and any other body that dispenses advisory information.

To contact Cans Legal Information – particularly if you need help with subscriptions and site access – please navigate to the contact us form or write to us at Cans Legal Information, Royal London House, 22-25 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1DX; or telephone us on 0207 374 4925.