February 2006

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The Statute Law Database – the final mile

24 February 2006 in Statute Law Database

Tony Hopkins, Head of the Statutory Publications Office at the DCA, reports that the SPO has successfully completed the pilot for the Statute Law Database government service enquiry system. The final evaluation is being concluded now and it will go live in April. The pilot for the public version will start in May. Judging from earlier indications, public release should not be far off the end of the year. Watch this blog and the SLD information page on the DCA site for developments.

Two new law blogs

20 February 2006 in Law blogs

Family Lore from John Bolch – “Random thoughts related to my job as a family law solicitor practising in England and Wales.”

The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson – “Thoughts on residential landlord and tenant/housing law and practice. Thoughts on law. Or just thoughts.”

Web firsts for Murray Stable

8 February 2006 in Law sites

The Murray Stable is one of only two of the 11 stables of advocates (forming Faculty Services Limited, the service company of the Scottish bar) to have its own website. Formed in 1991, with 11 QCs and 40 junior counsel, it is the largest and the most innovative of the stables and Iain Murray is one of the most experienced clerks in Scotland.

Features of the new Murray Stable website include pages on instructing Scottish counsel for non-Scottish lawyers and a number of articles which will be added to frequently. So far as is known, this is also the first chambers or similar site, to be published under a Creative Commons licence. For those unfamiliar with Creative Commons, it is a non-profit organisation that offers a flexible copyright for creative work.