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 […]
The Court Service’s new Online Forms pilot service enables you to complete 20 civil court forms online and submit them electroically, with a fee if necessary, to one of 9 pilot courts which include Basildon County Court, Birmingham County Court, Bournemouth County Court, Coventry County Court, Dartford County Court, Leicester County Court, Llangefni County Court, […]
First published January 2005 in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. The application that enables web pages to be viewed and used to process and send information is the web browser. Not only does the browser colour our perception of the web, but as more and more applications are written for use with browsers, it has […]
Sir David Clementi’s Report of the Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in England and Wales was published on 15 December. Key proposals are: A Legal Services Board – this will oversee the way the legal profession regulates lawyers The Office for Legal Complaints – a new gateway for consumer complaints about all […]
The Cabinet Office Autumn Performance Report states that 96% of government services will be available electronically by the end of 2005, with 75% of these services currently available. Many services are experiencing high annual growth rates: 67% of incorporations are now electronic, up 19% from the previous year. Over 1.1 million Self Assessment tax returns […]
Three sites that help you the citizen make sense of what your elected representatives are doing and hold them to account (in their own words): TheyWorkForYou.comEverything MPs say in the House of Commons is recorded in a document called Hansard. TheyWorkForYou.com helps make sense of this vital democratic resource while allowing you to add comments […]
The start of the new Parliamentary session is a reminder just how awkward it is to monitor the progress of bills on the Parliament site. The Bills before parliament page summarises the position thus: Public Bills before ParliamentThe page lists the titles of Public Bills currently before Parliament as well as Amendments to the Bill […]
First published December 2004 in Computers and Law Lord Justice Brooke chaired the legendary “Free the Law” meeting at Chatham House in London which gave birth to the body we now know as BAILII. 1 November 2004 saw him again in the chair, this time to host a celebration of its first five years. He […]
The Advice Services Alliance is the umbrella body for independent advice services in the UK. Members are national networks of not-for-profit organisations providing advice and help on the law, access to services and related issues, including adviceuk, Age Concern England, Citizens Advice, Citizens Advice Northern Ireland, DIAL UK, Law Centres Federation, Scottish Association of Law […]
At a meeting on 1 November to celebrate 5 years of free law via BAILII, Richard Susskind outlined current developments regarding re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI). He chairs the Advisory Panel on PSI whose job is to advise the Government so that this asset is protected and exploited and its value is maximised. Central […]
Three weblogs focussing on legal information management have been added to our blog links (bottom right) and are well worth bookmarking. Better still add their RSS feeds to your feedreader. [What’s RSS?] Excited Utterances by Joy London, trainer at Allen & Overy, USA – on law firm knowledge management Feedmelegal by a lawyer in private […]
On 20 October LexisNexis UK sold a portfolio of approximately 600 titles to Tottel Publishing, a company set up by Jim Smith, a former UK publishing director of LexisNexis Butterworths. The sale includes bound books and some 70 looseleaf works, journals and newsletters, as well as the entire Irish list and many of the titles […]
