Website of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) the body responsible for regulating, training and issuing annual licences to licensed conveyancers (specialist property lawyers). The Directory of Licensed Conveyancers can be searched on the website by name or region. There is guidance to using a licensed conveyancer, a guide to professional conduct covering compliance, conduct and discipline and details of the CLC's complaints procedure.
Website of the Property Litigation Association (PLA), a London-based organisation which draws its membership from solicitors, legal executives and barristers engaged in property litigation. The website contains details of events and workshops, news items, and information about the work and membership of the PLA's various committees. The PLA provides a mediation facility and includes a selection of sample forms, guidance and a list of mediators on the website.
Website of Garden Law written by Richard Smithies who is a partner with Bearders Solicitors in West Yorkshire. The site provides guidance to the law relating to gardens. There are sections covering trees, roots, walls, boundaries, bonfires and garden burial. Each section provides guidance to the law and links to judgements and legislation. There is also a discussion forum on garden law, a page of links and recommended books. A search facility using Google is embedded in the site.
Website of Boundary Problems which is maintained by Jon Maynard FRICS, a chartered surveyor specialising in boundary disputes between property owners. This free site provides guidance to the law on issues such as boundaries, rights of way and problems with neighbours. These sections include links to articles and organisations, examples of common problems and advice on how to solve them. Advice given on the site includes suggestions on where you can go for help with solving boundary disputes, what the costs are likely to be, and how to avoid problems arising in the first place.
This site provides "information from Scottish and International Perspectives on Land Tenure, Land Reform, Land Use and Social Land Ownerships" part of the Caledonia Centre for Social Development. It has " ... been prepared by a group of individuals with an interest in land reform, land administration, land ownership and land use" a number of whom are staff at the Caledonia Centre for Social Development.
Website of a London based advisory service which provides free information about the law concerning leasehold property. A selection of full-text advice documents are made available on the site in HTML dealing with issues such as collective enfranchisement, the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and obtaining a lease extension. Also included are reports dealing with leasehold reform including a guide to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and a link to the full-text of the act in HTML. Leasehold Valuation Tribunal decisions and determinations are available in full in PDF format.
An AustLII database, providing free access to full-text decisions of the South Australian Residential Tenancies Tribunal from 1996 to 2014. The system also offers a comprehensive search facility and browsing by date and case name. AustLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute has been developed by the University of Technology in Sydney to provide public access to primary legal materials. Materials contained in the database are selected and provided by the South Australian Residential Tenancies Tribunal.
An AustLII database containing selected full-text HTML decisions from the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal of Tasmania from 1996 onwards supported by case name search facilities, alphabetical browse index, and list of recent cases. Data is selected and supplied by the Tribunal. AustLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute is a collaborative public service developed by the University of Technology to provide free Internet access to legislation and cases for Australia.
A web database, forming part of the HKLII service, containing selected judgments of the Lands Tribunal of Hong Kong from 1971 onwards. Materials are in HTML format. Judgment title and text search options are provided with browsing lists by case name and year. The Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII) is a joint project to provide free access to the primary legal materials of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The project partners are the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law and AUSTLII, the Australasian Legal Information Institute.
A PacLII database containing decisions of the Tonga Land Court from 1999 onwards. Cases can be browsed by name or year, and there is a search facility. PacLII, the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, provides free access to legislation and cases for jurisdictions in the South Pacific. It is a joint initiative involving the University of the South Pacific and the Australasian Legal Information Institute.
