Europa has launched a new portal providing detailed practical information on rights and opportunities in the EU and its internal market and advice on how to exercise these rights in practice. Sections include: General EU-wide guides. Giving a general overview of EU-wide rights and opportunities and of how to make effective use of them. Factsheets. […]
The Scottish Parliament launched its new improved website on 6 September prior to the opening of the new Parliament buildings. Amongst the new features are: MSP biographical pages which include individual interviews with Members filmed in the new building during the summer. A dedicated page for each committee with up-to-date information on consultations and links […]
The 1997 case of McDonalds v Steel & Morris was notable in a number of respects. It provided intriguing reading in the silly season, ran for 314 days and produced a judgment of several hundred pages. It was also one of the first cases to be reported by the Court Service on the web (in […]
Every now and then I come across a site whose appeal is immediate and its utility obvious. Homeless Pages is one such. It is a library of over 1,400 information resources about homelessness and related issues, with information about reports, books, directories, leaflets, training courses, legislation, computer software and websites, as well as full details […]
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
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
Internet service providers (ISPs) have declared war on e-commerce web sites run by spammers in a new ‘get tough’ policy on spam. Shutting down these web sites is intended to remove the financial incentive to send spam. The decision to extend the battle against spam onto web sites was taken by ISPs belonging to the […]
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 […]
Land Registry’s latest plans for the development and delivery of its electronic conveyancing services have been approved and endorsed by David Lammy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The key proposals are: Land Registry will develop and operate the central e-conveyancing service which will link all participants in a conveyancing transaction, […]
Fed up with your browser being hijacked at every turn? This alone is reason enough to switch from Internet Explorer now to Mozilla’s Firefox (formally known as Firebird). It’s a complete browser filled with tons of features. It’s not bloated like IE, and it loads sites more quickly. The interface is simpler and cleaner and […]
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 […]
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
The DCA has launched what it bills as a website to assist the public authorities preparing for the Freedom of Information Act. In fact the URL currently points to the FOI pages on the DCA site. The Act comes into operation on 1 January 2005 when the public will be able to request a wide […]
The SSCSC website was relaunched 23 June. Using the site you can find out how to appeal and download the necessary forms; check up on recent cases and other developments; search for decisions; and consult basic cases and directions on practice and procedure. Social Security and Child Support Commissioners The site uses a template which […]
Further to the last post, according to the DCA: our replacement [editorial] system went live … last week and we are busy converting in excess of 27,000 documents to XML format. We are also working with a supplier [TSO] to develop the enquiry service database that we expect to be able to pilot, within the […]
