[1] Laws became acting head of geology in 1949 after the death of Arthur Bartrum.

[3] Laws was encouraged to study malacology by paleontologists Harold Finlay and John Marwick.

[4] Laws was also involved in major fossil finding expeditions at Kaawa Creek and Pakaurangi Point.

[6] Laws retired in 1959, after which he dedicated his life to spending time with family and his hobbies, including rose gardening.

[6] Laws' daughter Jocelyn was friends with his student Hope Sanderson (the first woman to graduate with a MSc with Honours in Geology in New Zealand), who she accompanied on a trip to England.