A friend of mine was teling me about his flat recently. he had a new
kitchen installed and had some sockets moved. The fitter removed all
the fuses from the fuse box (the old slot in kind with fuse wire) but
apparently the kitchen circuit was still live. Switching the main plug
did work though. In the cupboard there seems to be two fuse boxes
both with only a few fuses in. Also the electrician or fitter moved a
socket but didn't install a new cable so the chasing down the wall is
diagonal. Apparently the council signed off the work.

Also, the lighting ciruit has no earth and he was recommended to
replace the metal light switches with plastic ones. He was told that
he couldn't have a new consumer unit as the feed to the flat wasn't up
to the job.

Can anyone comment on all this as to whether it's normal or legal etc?