Law sites
TOGETHER – tackling anti-social behaviour
TOGETHER is a government campaign across England and Wales that takes a stand against anti-social behaviour and puts the needs of the local community first. The site offers news and resources for the homeless and for practitioners – police officers, housing officers, wardens, community workers, court staff and environmental health officers. TOGETHER
Criminal Law Solicitors Association new website
The CLSA has revamped its website with an attractive design and a number of new features. Public access areas include News, a Links page and, of course, a Find a Solicitor facility. Features available to members include eAlerts, Member News, Committee Reports and Consultation Papers. CLSA website
The Law Society site revisited
The quiet holiday period has afforded time to revisit and review in more depth the new Law Society site. Reading Room, the site developers, describe the Law Society project thus: Reading Room are implementing a fully integrated internet, intranet and extranet solution, including the creation of a knowledge management portal powered by Autonomy. // Reading […]
Community Legal Service Direct
CLS Direct is the new name for the CLS’s JustAsk! website where users can search for a quality local legal adviser or solicitor, ask a question or choose a common topic and be directed to the best advice websites, check eligibility for legal aid funding with an online calculator and view and print independently-written legal […]
Law Society relaunches website
The Law Society site relaunched on 28 June. Needless to say, all deep links to the previous site are redundant. The site is not for the faint-hearted, featuring a multiplicity of confusing menus. When we’ve got to grips with these we’ll update infolaw links. Law Society
Employment: The new Emplaw
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 […]
Legal Reference: Law Society Library catalogue online
In March the Law Society launched Catalyst, a new online service enabling searches of its complete catalogue of legal publications dating from the 16th century. The catalogue also contains several specialist indexes compiled by the library enquiry team, covering English and European Union cases, EU documents, Commencements of Statutes, Precedents and Frequently Asked Questions. Catalyst […]
Transport: Forwarderlaw
Forwarderlaw.com is a comprehensive resource for legal information on freight forwarding, maintained by Peter Jones of the Toronto law firm Paterson MacDougall which specialises in transportation and insurance law. It includes an online commentary to keep you in touch with developments in the law, recent cases on the law of international transport, a section on […]
Corporate Finance: Takeover Code resources
Simmons & Simmons’ Takeover Code Resources, launched in February, comprise a collection of tools and resources for corporate finance professionals engaged in UK public takeovers. Simmons & Simmons is a firm with a wealth of expertise in UK public mergers and acquisitions and with lawyers who, through their experiences on secondment with the Panel on […]
Employment: Acas revamps website
Acas have given their website a new coat of paint, with a fresh design and simplified navigation which brings some features (such as the A-Z of work) more to the fore. There appears to be no new content. Some urls may have changed so double check your bookmarks. Acas
Criminal: Criminal Solicitor Dot Net
Criminal defence solicitor Gavin Burrell, who practises in an East London firm, has launched Criminal Solicitor Dot Net, a web portal for criminal solicitors and other people working or interested in the criminal justice system. The site includes a forum area to discuss the world of criminal law and criminal contracting, a news feed from […]
Media and Communications: Ofcom kicks off
The new communications regulator Ofcom, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services, took over the functions of the various previous industry regulators in December 2003. The Ofcom website provides a wealth of information for practitioners and consumers, including sections on codes and policies, competition and complaints bulletins, consultations, research, consumer information, industry […]
