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The Kerr/Haslam Inquiry Report

The report of the Kerr/Haslam Inquiry, which was concerned with how NHS services in Yorkshire dealt with concerns raised about two consultant psychiatrists, Dr William Kerr and Mr Michael Haslam, who were involved in the sexual abuse of psychiatric patients. The Inquiry’s report was published in July 2005 and is available here on the Gov.UK website, the website for the UK government.

Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine

The FFLM is a UK charity set up to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine. The FFLM covers professionals working in three related disciplines: forensic medical practitioners (forensic physicians, forensic pathologists, sexual assault examiners, and child physical and sexual assault examiners, forensic nurses and paramedics); medico-legal advisers; and medically qualified coroners. The website provides free access to some of the FFLM publications as well as providing information on news and events.

Alcohol licensing

Information about alcohol licensing, provided by the Home Office on the UK government website. Explains the licensing regime and how to apply for a licence; provides links to forms, notices, guidance and other information. Also covers the hearings held when doubts have been raised about the grant of a particular licence.

Public Inquiries and Inquests

This web page forms part of the UK Government Web Archive which is maintained and hosted by the National Archives website. This page provides access to the archived websites of a number of completed and ongoing public inquiries and inquests. The inquiries are arranged alphabetically and the links give access to documents and reports generated by each inquiry. Inquiries accessible from this page include
the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the Shipman Inquiry and the Baha Mousa Inquiry.

Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707

Open-access database containing the proceedings of old Scottish parliaments, 1235 to 1707. Produced by the Scottish Parliament Project at the University of St Andrews, the database is the most comprehensive collection of Scottish parliamentary proceedings ever produced; it includes legislation, records of parliamentary proceedings, petitions, letters patent, charters and other documents. Latin and English parallel texts are provided. There are simple and advanced search facilities, or the data can be browsed by reign.

House of Lords Appointments Commission

The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) is an independent public body established in 2000 as part of a transitional phase in the reform of the House of Lords (as set out in the 1999 white paper, ‘Modernising Parliament, Reforming the House of Lords’, Cm 4183). It recommends people for appointment to non-party-political life peerages and also vets nominations (including nominations by political parties) for life peerages.

Legal Research & Mooting Skills Programme

Online tutorial provided for students at University of Oxford, Faculty of Law taking the Legal Research & Mooting Skills Programme and made freely available on Faculty of Law web page. The tutorial is organised into three sections providing an introduction to the different types of legal materials, electronic resources and printed resources for legal research. There is guidance on how UK and EU law reports and legislation are prepared, produced and published, information on citing legal references and a link to OSCOLA (Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities).

NIPC Law

Intellectual property law blog by Jane Lambert, an English barrister and arbitrator. Discusses recent cases and other developments in UK and European IP law. Updates are available by RSS feed, via Twitter or by email.

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