Date: 31-Aug-07

Useful Law and Other links

Over the years, I have been helped by, and come to be friends with, many people on-line. This page acknowledges the assistance given to me and to others on the Internet, and gives them (I hope) appropriate recognition. My distrust of large organisations means that many of the more obvious sites are not listed. You will find those sites elsewhere relatively easily. There are many omissions from this page which I will atempt to correct over time.

Sites are listed in alphabetical order first by law group and then by name. They are listed from, not by, merit.
  ADR - Agricultural Law - Barristers - Benefits - Cases - Charity - Civil Procedure - Commercial - Company - Constitutional - Conveyancing - Crime - Criminal Law - Defamation - Discrimination - Ecclesiastical - E-Journals - Employment - Family - General - Historical - Human Rights - Intellectual Property - Internet Regulation - Land Law - Landlord and Tenant - Law Blogs - Law Dictionary - Law Publications - Law Students - Law Training - Legal Aid - Legal Professions - Links - Marine Consultants - Other - Personal Injury - Portal - Security - Shipping - Solicitors
 

Group / Logo	Link	Comment	Link report
ADR	Top
	The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
Agricultural Law	Top
	Agricultural Law Association
Barristers	Top
	3/4 South Square Chambers
Benefits	Top
	Benefits and Work	Free guides to claiming disability living allowance, attendance allowance and incapacity benefit.
	Ferrett Information Servics	One of the bst sources of software guides to UK benefits law.
	RightsNet	Benefits rights service
Cases	Top
	Bailii	The Bailii site is the one we link to very frequently. I hope we add value to what is available on Bailii.
	Court Service	The site for the High Court and Court of Appeal. It deserves much more credit than it sometimes gets.
	European Court of Justice/First Instance	European Courts of Justice and of First instance. A full case law database (but better seen through lawindexpro).
	House of Lords	A site containing all judgments from the House of Lords since November 1996. Admirably simple and direct.
	Scottish Courts	An excellent and well implemented site.
	World Legal Information Institute	The grand-daddy of case law sites.
Charity	Top
	Charities Commission
	Charities Explorer	On-line databse of charities
	Equity sharing by charities and individuals: house purchase.	A Charity Commission Guide
	How to be an Effective Charity Trustee	A selection of Charity Commission guides for charity trustees.
	National Council For Voluntary Organisations
	Questions To Consider At Key Stages In The Life Of A Charity	Charity Commission
Civil Procedure	Top
	Civil Procedure Rules	Official Civil Procedure Rules Site
	Yet Another Woolf Site	YAAWS. A complete guide to the Civil Procedure Rules. A beautiful example of how one chap, determined, persistent, and possibly slightly crazy, can create something which is rather better than most commercial products otherwise taking a whole team to produce. For Roger Horne - three cheers.
Commercial	Top
	The City of London Solicitors' Company
Company	Top
	Companies House
	Freepint Companies House Search
Constitutional	Top
	Charter 88	Charter 88 is an organisation who think this country might be better run with a formal constitution. I agree it might . . .
Conveyancing	Top
	Wrigley Claydon Conveyancing Services
Crime	Top
	online court	A site with much information about magistrates court procedures.
Criminal Law	Top
	British Crime Survey	Home Office web-site
	Leeds Univ - Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
	Review of the Criminal Courts	Lord Justice Auld's report
	University of Kent Criminal Justice Centre
Defamation	Top
	David Price Solicitors	David Price is a solicitor who has risen well past our usual heights to attain a status and respect of which most senior barristers are properly jealous. A site with much advice on defamation and other media law.
Discrimination	Top
	Commission for Racial Equality	A publicly funded body tackling racial discrimination and promoting racial equality.
Ecclesiastical	Top
	Religion Law UK	The Web-site devoted to all areas of the law relating to religion in the UK, created by Neil Addison a barrister based in Bristol.
E-Journals	Top
	Jilt	Journal of Information, Law and Technology
	The Web Journal of Current Legal Issues	An esdtablished academic law journal. A wide variety of artcilces.
Employment	Top
	ACAS
	DTI - The Working Time Regulations	DTI
	Emplaw	Employment Law web site. Simply excellent. This site has the best reputation for employment law. Subscription service.
Family	Top
	Child Support Agency online
	Family Law Reference & Service	Family Law UK offers a national network of qualified and experienced Family Law solicitors to guide you through the whole process.
	Jacqui Gilliatt	Jacqui is a barrister practising from 4 Brick Court (Chambers of David Medhurst), London, UK, specialising in family and education law.
General	Top
	Bouvier's Law Dictionary	As provided by the Constitution Society (US)
	CAB Advice Guide	Advice pages from the Citizens Advice Bureau
	Cardiff	Cardiff University Guide to legal abbreviations
	Kent University	Kent University: Legal Abbreviations
	Law Commission	The Law Commission has many papers on law. The papers are as authoritative as you can get as statements of existing law. Fun for some.
	Law on the Web
	Lawfile	Alan Lowe's site is a gem, with real law comment and content . Well worth a visit.
	Legal History and Philosophy	For all who enjoy legal history and theory. This site is intended to include materials not easily found at other sites on the internet. Sources currently include Sir Edward Coke, the Laws of the Cherokee Nation, Learned Hand, Francis Lieber, Abraham Lincoln, the Code of Hammurabi, the 1648 Laws of Massachusetts, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Frederick Pollock, and Michael Dalton.
	Mooting .net	Home for UK mooters. A good site.
	Perseus	The Persus Classics project - glorious.
	swarb.co	What can I say?
Historical	Top
	Bracton: De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliæ	From Harvard Law School Library. Gorgeous, Wonderful, Amazing, Stupendous - juts pretty damn good.
Human Rights	Top
	Liberty - Your Human Rights	Excellent set of brief notes on human rights related issues
Intellectual Property	Top
	Intellectual Property Links	Compiled by European Patent Attorney Ralph Beier
	IP and IT Update	NIPC is the only full time specialist IP chambers outside London. This web-site, and associated IP/IT weblog is an absolutely splendid resource for anyon interested in eithe Intellectual property or Information technology law.
	Northern Intellectual Property Chambers	This Chambers set 'does what it says on the can'. It delivers intellectual property law services to the North of England. An excellent and informative site.
	Patent Reference	Information for Inventors and the Patent Community about Inventions and Patents - Complete patent information reference resource. Searchable directory of hand-picked patent websites. Community forums, blogs and wiki. For Inventors, Patent Agents, Patent Attorneys, Patent Law Students and others with an interest in IP.
	The Patent Office	A site with a vast amount of authoritative (even if occasionally and understandably uninspired) information on several different aspects of UK intellectual Property Law.
Internet Regulation	Top
	Nominet
Land Law	Top
	A. W. & C. Barsby - Legal Research and Publishing
	Boundary Problems	A sited maintained by John Maynard FRICS
	Garden Law	A site dedicated to the legal problems encountered by gardeners. Maintained by a good friend Richard Smithies.
	Hardwicke Chamber Property Reports	Hardwicke Chambers have a wonderful commercial property law site.
	Land Law	A site maintained by a Cambridge law lecturer.
	LandlordZONE	A site devoted to the legal (and other) needs of Landlords. Well worth a visit.
	the Property Law Website	A good site created and maintaind by Gary Webber, barrister, district judge and author.
	Tree Preservation Orders	Again from Warrington Council. Excellent.
	Trees and The Law	From Warrington Council
	Trees in Conservation Areas	Warrington Council's guide.
Landlord and Tenant	Top
	Landlord Law	Landlord Law - Straight-forward, fast, and affordable legal advice for Landlords and Tenants. Excellent site run by Tessa Shepperson. Of TJ Shepperson Solicitors, Norwich.
	LEASE - Leasehold advisory service	Excellent source of basic information on leaseholds in practice.
Law Blogs	Top
	The Law West of Ealing Broadway	An excellent law blog by . . .
Law Dictionary	Top
	Law.Com Dictionary
Law Publications	Top
	Law Society's Gazette	The Law Society's Gazette. A page which has much improved.
Law Students	Top
	Law Teacher .net	LawTeacher.net contains free lecture notes, case notes, statutes and web resources for AS/A Level Law (OCR and AQA specifications), ILEx Part II, LLB, BA and CPE courses.
Law Training	Top
	cpd4lawyers	An excellent service providing on-line law CPD in an innovative and inexpensive way. Take a look!
	The Legal Practitioner	A comprehensive resource for those interested in UK law and particularly law training.
Legal Aid	Top
	Community Legal Service	A body which changes its name so often, must have something to hide.
Legal Professions	Top
	Bar Council	Home site for the barristers profession
	Institute of Arbitrators	The Chartered Instutute of Arbitrators
	Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators	Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
	Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
	Notaries Society	The Notaries Society is the representative society for the 900 or so Notaries Public practising in England and Wales outside Central London. From this page you will find various topics of interest to members of the profession and the public alike
	The Law Society	The professional body for solicitors
	The Worshipful Company of Scriveners of the City of London	The Worshipful Company of Scriveners is 44th in the order of precedence of the Livery Companies of the City of London. As their name implies the Scriveners have always been, by definition, writers, and they were originally known as Writers of the Court Letter as opposed to the members of the Stationers’ Company, also a City Livery Company, who are derived from the Writers of the Text Letter. Shortly stated this distinction is essentially between those who wrote confidential documents such as wills, charters and legal documents, and those who wrote other books and, in particular in the early years, church service books. In the case of the Scriveners the legal connection is now represented by the notarial profession and in particular the scrivener notaries who have traditionally practised in the City of London, and who are obliged to become members of the Company on qualification.
Links	Top
	Cambridge University Dept of Law - Law Links
	Delia Venables	Delia Venables is to law on-line what the other Delia is to cooking and a certain football club. Over the years Delia's site has been recognised time and again and deservedly as the first port of call for those looking for good advice, an independent spirit and generally for anything to do with the law.
	Department for Constitutional Affairs	Department for Constitutional Affairs - law links page.
	Internet Law Web Site
	Kent University - Law Library	Sarah Carter - The Queen of law links.
Marine Consultants	Top
	Bushman Marine	A group of Marine biology graduates working together to priovide marine and environmental consutancy services.
Other	Top
	Faulty Flipper	The Faulty Flipper - a home for aging swimmers.
	Jigsaw Jo	Pass the time with a jigsaw or two.
	Martin House	Martins House Childrens Hospice - at Boston Spa near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
	The Life Aquatic	A marine biology site and tribute sie for the film 'The Life Aquatic'
	Two Doves Counselling	Lynne Swarbrick - Counselling and stress management.
Personal Injury	Top
	Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
	Personal Injury Law in the EU
	Personal Injury Protocol	DCA
	Wrigley Claydon - Personal Injury Claims	Wrigley Claydon Solicitors - Personal Injury Specialists
Portal	Top
	Jurist UK	UK Legal Education portal
	legaljunction.co.uk
Security	Top
	Cryptogram	A monthly newsletter by one of the truly great net citizens. Cryptogram gives authoritative interpretation of security issues, particularly as they affect the net and computers.
Shipping	Top
	Morgans Shipping Case Index
Solicitors	Top
	Harrowell Shaftoe	One of North Yorkshire’s largest law firms, serving business and individual clients throughout the region.
	The legal 500	A site demonstrating the infinite capacity of lawyers for vanity, and for clients to fool themselves that paying twice as much for a service somehow promises a better service. It clearly works for the lawyers.
	Wrigley Claydon	Wrigley Claydon. A proud and ancient firm running hard to keep ahead of the rest.

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