May

21

Using the Web: Web feeds

Filed Under Feeds

You’ll notice in the sidebar is a “Feed” button. This links to a standard format RSS file that allows you to view the latest headlines from the blog in a desktop reader or other web application that supports RSS. There’s an increasing number of other useful feeds you can access, enabling you to review headlines […]

By Nick Holmes, 21 May 2004

May

21

Employment: The new Emplaw

Filed Under Law sites

The popular Emplaw portal, now under the management of the ’serial Scottish entrepreneur’ Russell Shepherd, went live with a fresh site without any fanfare on 1 May. At this stage the changes are largely presentational and ‘positional’; the underlying content and functions remain the same. The site now has 3 entry points, for Employee, Employer […]

By Nick Holmes, 21 May 2004

May

17

European Union: UK Office of the European Parliament election website

Filed Under Europe

The European Parliament’s office in the UK exists to provide information to the public, the media, government, regional agencies and the business community about the role and activities of the Parliament itself and the European Union more generally. It arranges briefings and seminars, participates in exhibitions, responds to enquiries, facilitates contacts with MEPs, provides speakers, […]

By Nick Holmes, 17 May 2004

May

17

European Union: Euro-Archives

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Since it was decided to launch a single currency in Europe, numerous internet sites dealing with the euro have been set up by individuals, institutions, companies, etc. In order to keep this internet memory of the euro alive, the Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission has decided to store all these […]

By Nick Holmes, 17 May 2004

May

17

Civil Procedure: European co-operation

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The European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters contains a large quantity of information about the Member States, Community law, European law and various aspects of civil and commercial law.
The European Judicial Atlas in Civil Matters provides access to information relevant on judicial co-operation in civil matters. Includes names and addresses of all courts […]

By Nick Holmes, 17 May 2004

May

6

Solicitors and barristers website survey

Filed Under Legal web

Intendance Ltd has just published the results of its 2004 survey of solicitors firm websites, which follows a similar survey of barristers websites published last month. The sites of 100 firms of solicitors and 100 barristers chambers were reviewed and scores awarded in three categories: content, usability (ease of finding and extracting information), and design […]

By Nick Holmes, 6 May 2004

May

6

Corporate Finance: Google’s e-offer

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You cannot fail to have noted that Google is floating its shares in a rather unconventional manner and expects to raise a rather mind-googling $2.7 billion. The unorthodox prospectus has drawn criticism, nay derision, from conventional quarters. For an alternative view, see John Naughton’s column in the Observer. He notes that:
“The ‘proposed maximum aggregate offering […]

By Nick Holmes, 6 May 2004