Nov
30
Lawfinder open for free browse access
Filed Under infolaw
From today there is free browse access to all Lawfinder, the Lawfinder RSS feeds and the related Lawlinker utility.
As the web matures, both user expectations of value and our ability economically to deliver that value increase. There are thousands of occasional users of Lawfinder - both lawyers and lay persons - who will benefit greatly […]
By Nick Holmes, 30 November 2005
Nov
23
Free forms - revisited (again)
Filed Under Forms and precedents
Russell Shepherd of Capform has asked me to correct an error in the previous post, repeated from the Media Guardian article, saying that:
We have no intention of introducing charges for our current free forms service on Capform. Capform will introduce new chargeable services next year - but this will not affect the provision of free […]
By Nick Holmes, 23 November 2005
Nov
17
Google has taken the next step in its quest to “organise the world’s information” with the release of Google Base in beta.
“Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all types of online and offline content that we’ll host and make searchable online. You can describe any item you post with attributes, which […]
By Nick Holmes, 17 November 2005
Nov
17
Free forms - the reprise
Filed Under Forms and precedents
Serial entrepreneur Russell Shepherd has launched Capform, which provides a free library of over 1,000 government forms in HotDocs format for download from the web. The business is essentially the same as Everyform, which he originally set up in 1999 and sold to what is now LexisNexis Butterworths in 2001 for an undisclosed 7-figure sum.
The […]
By Nick Holmes, 17 November 2005
Nov
2
The ODPM has published Draft Home Information Pack Regulations concerned with the meaning of HIP, the contents of HIPs, forms for providing HIP information, assembly and authenticity of HIPs, exceptions to the duty to have a HIP and enforcement of HIP duties.
The general content and cost of the pack remain the same as discussed in […]
By Nick Holmes, 2 November 2005
Nov
1
Justin Patten entitles his new blog Human Law with the tagline “Law, Technology and People”, saying in his opening post:
“It is my view that a crucial feature of being a successful lawyer is a knowledge of technology just as much as an understanding of the law.”
The blog covers IP, IT and Employment law as does […]
By Nick Holmes, 1 November 2005
