HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is the new department responsible for the business of the former Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise – with a new website, of course. “As a single department, HMRC will have the added benefit of producing greater efficiencies, reducing the tax gap and providing a greater customer focus. HMRC […]
All organisations need to consider the fact that many of their employees will blog and some of them will refer to their workplace in their blogs. If an appropriate company policy is not in place on this issue, the boundaries of what is and what is not acceptable practice will not be clear and disputes […]
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal is the successor to the Immigration Appellate Authority and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, set up under the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 and came into being 4 April 2005. The purpose of the Tribunal is to hear and decide appeals against decisions made by the Home […]
Her Majesty’s Courts Service brings together on 1 April 2005 the Magistrates’ Courts Service and Court Service into one single organisation for the first time. The new website is launched today. Fix your links.
CjScotland is a blog about criminal justice issues in Scotland. Posts mainly comprise lists of links to criminal justice news stories. Not dissimilar from UK Criminal Justice Weblog.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has developed a national strategy in order to communicate a common vision for local e-government. The ODPM Local e-government site provides the tools with which local authorities can develop and build their own e-strategy. Detailed, web-based resource packs set out proposals, plans and information at a variety […]
An online information and training service for family lawyers, Family Law Week, was launched this week. It provides free access for registered users to latest news, case summaries and transcripts, details of legislative changes and commentary and guidance. Only the accompanying CPD training carries a price tag. The site is subject to the general editorship […]
The choice for detailed coverage of political debate and legislative progress is now between … ePolitix – which aims to improve communication between elected representatives and the public. News – provides up-to-the-minute politics and parliamentary news covering events at Westminster, the Scottish Parliament, European Parliament and the assemblies in Northern Ireland, Wales and London via […]
A blog is a species of interactive electronic diary by means of which the unpublishable, untrammeled by editors or the rules of grammar, can communicate their thoughts via the web.
The success of the McLibel two on 15 February in challenging the fairness of their trial on the grounds that the denial of legal aid was in breach of their human rights has already been widely reported in the national and legal press. However, first off the blocks in my book was the Scotsman, the […]
Well … not quite, but I was interested to discover that Time Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, grew up in Sheen, London SW14, home of infolaw, and went to Sheen Mount primary school not 100 yards from my front door where my children followed some years later. He then went on to secondary school at […]
The Key is a site managed by the Patent Office as part of a campaign to make businesses more aware of the benefits of protecting their intellectual assets and to prevent them incurring unnecessary costs. The campaign is supported by the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents (CIPA) and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA). […]
Schedules of information released in response to FOIA requests are beginning to appear on government websites. For example: DCA DTI MOD National Archives
While the Freedom of Information Act is concerned with access to public sector information (PSI), new Regulations will be made concerning its re-use. HMSO has issued a consultation document and draft regulations implementing the EU Directive on Re-use of PSI which must be implemented by member states by 1 July 2005. The deadline for responses […]
With full access rights under the Freedom of Information Act now in force, there is a plethora of information about the new regime. The Department for Constitutional Affairs is responsible for the Act’s implementation and includes full information on all aspects on its FOI, including the following main sections: How to Use the Act Understanding […]
