Casting around for something new on the legal web, I recently came across the claim that www.civilappeals.gov.uk is “a new website”. It is no such thing! civilappeals.gov.uk is a new domain whose www points you to www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/civilappeals.htm – a page on HM Courts Service website with no separate identity. Whatever the merit of the new […]
The Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) launched in September 2004. Developed by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a scholarly association that has been a leader in the analysis, dissemination and development of international law since 1906, EISIL is an open database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of […]
PharmaBlawg is a new work-in-progress blog of Richard Best, a dual qualified lawyer (England & Wales, New Zealand) who is also a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Frankfurt. Its purpose is to provide stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector with an alternative source of summaries of and/or comment on judicial, regulatory, legislative and, in some instances, policy […]
The UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE) is now providing its Legal Education News page via RSS. The page lists news from UKCLE and other websites, as well as snippets of news culled from various sources, including mailing lists, other organisations involved in legal education and the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN).
Michael Gorman, the new President of the American Library Association (ALA), is at it again. In an interview for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals he expresses several more of what the interviewer describes as: “robust opinions, untrammelled by lip service to what in Britain passes for political correctness … gloriously oblivious to […]
The 26 May issue of the FreePint Newsletter carries a feature, Specialist Tribunals – Your Guide to Informal Justice, by David Ogden who recently began a new position as Head of Tribunal Library Services at the Department for Constitutional Affairs. He provides an overview of the tribunals system, including information about the Tribunals Service, a […]
A long-overdue mention for FreePint – a community of 72,000+ information researchers worldwide launched in 1997. The FreePint Newsletter is packed with tips on using the internet for serious research. There are also online Forums and Resources and you can post your tricky research-related questions to the FreePint Bar. It is free to subscribe to […]
Following the success of the Money Claim Online (MCOL) service, HM Courts Service is developing Possession Claim Online (PCOL) which will manage claims in county courts for possession of residential property for non-payment of rent or mortgage only. Testing will be undertaken in August/September 2005 with rollout to up to six proving courts in October […]
The ODPM has launched a consultation on a single online Standard Planning Application form for England and Wales (1 APP). Whatever type of permission is sought, the single application form is completed. The application is built up from various sections depending on answers to questions about the planning proposal. The Planning Portal, which will act […]
“With the implementation of the EU Directive on the re-use of Public Sector Information in 2005 it was decided that there was a need for a dedicated body to be the principal focal point for advising on and regulating the operation of public sector information re-use. The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) has been […]
Only days after rebranding the DTI as the Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry as part of his reshuffle, Tony Blair has caved in to universal derision by reverting to Department of Trade and Industry: FT report.
On 5 May JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee) and BAILII unveiled the Open Law project which has the potential to transform the delivery of legal teaching and public access to legal materials in the UK. Open Law will focus on the core needs of staff and students on law courses at all levels, including […]
I’ve been hard at work with Delia Venables these past few months putting together a new online publication called Whither the Legal Web?, designed to bring you up to date on legal web developments, point you to where it’s going and earn you CPD points. The fruits of our labours are now published. Please support […]
I can’t help but think that Caselex, a project supported by the European Commission and scheduled for 2006, is crying out for translators and editors: “Caselex will serve as a European case law backbone accessing and converting the comprehensive base of case law into easy obtainable and usable knowledge for open distribution through intermediaries and […]
Google Local and Google Maps have been around in beta for a while, but only for US businesses and maps. No longer. Google has just rolled out Google Local and Google Maps for the UK. With Google Local you can search for businesses in or near a specific town or postcode. It starts by recognising […]
