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Just for Kids Law

Website of Just for Kids Law, a children’s rights charity that provides legal representation, advice, direct advocacy and support for children and young people. Just for Kids Law also campaigns for the promotion of children’s legal rights and the website has information about their work on school exclusion, youth justice, housing and social care. The charity has been involved with cases that have brought about changes in the law dealing with criminal records, joint enterprise and immigration. The site includes news items and a blog.

Wiglaw

Website of Gordon Wignall, a barrister with expertise in nuisance and the related topics of trespass, statutory rights of compensation, waste and environmental permitting. The site provides guidance on these topics, aimed at the public. There are guides to private nuisance, public nuisance and statutory nuisance, along with shorter briefings on climate change and nuisance law, privacy and nuisance and Japanese Knotweed.

Public Procurement Research Group

The Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG) is part of the School of Law at the University of Nottingham. Its website provides information on the work and members of the PPRG. Details of books, PhD theses, and articles written by group members are given and some of these are available to download in full. There is also information on PPRG projects, which include procurement and human rights, public procurement in Africa and utilising marine cultural heritage in East Africa.

Procurement Portal

Procurement law website produced by the procurement team at UK law firm Mills & Reeve. Provides free access to a toolkit of guidance and template documents relating to the procurement process. There is information on the use of framework agreements, guidance on state aid, a standstill period calculator and invitation to tender template. The site includes a blog written by specialist procurement lawyers with posts on developments and updates on procurement law. A selection of links to procurement law resources is also given.

Erskine May

The UK Parliament website provides free access to the current edition of Erskine May’s Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament, the preeminent reference book on all aspects of UK parliamentary procedure. The book can be searched by key word, browsed by part and chapter, or accessed via the index.

ICLR: Knowledge

The ICLR (Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales) is a legal publisher that produces The Law Reports, The Weekly Law Reports, The Industrial Cases Reports and other law reports. The Knowledge section of its website provides introductory information about various aspects of case law and legislation, including neutral citations, the difference between a law report and a transcript, and the publication of legislation. There is also has a glossary of legal terms and an 'Ask a Question  feature. 

Scottish Tribunals

This site provides information on the system of tribunals in Scotland as set out in the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014. It covers the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, the Upper Tribunal for Scotland and other Scottish tribunals. Decisions, procedural information, news and other material are available for each tribunal.

Scotland’s Supreme Courts

This website is part of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals site and provides information on Scotland’s two supreme courts - the High Court of Justiciary (Scotland’s supreme criminal court) and the Court of Session (Scotland’s supreme civil court). There is background information on the structure of the courts, along with details of judges, rules and practice directions, and daily court lists. There is also information on the different departments within the courts, including the Petition Department, Keeper’s Office and Justiciary Office.

Brexit: Research and Analysis

This part of the UK Parliament website provides information on Brexit compiled by Parliament's libraries and committees. Briefing papers and articles, written by experts, are provided on the site covering the Brexit process, the withdrawal negotiations and role of Parliament in the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. There are also sections providing research on the implications of Brexit for UK trade, business, the law, defence, farming, the environment and social policy. 

Full Fact: Law

This page of the Full Fact website provides information and clarification on aspects of the law in the UK and investigates claims made in the media and by government. The site checks facts relating to, among other topics, claims made about hate crime, and clarifies various rules, including those regarding the wearing of burkas and niqabs in the UK. There are articles explaining the World Trade Organisation and the EU referendum, along with sections dealing with Brexit and the law, access to justice, criminal law and family law.

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