Military action: Parliament’s role
House of Commons Library briefing paper published in 2026 on the website of the UK Parliament. The paper examines the legislative and parliamentary procedures for authorising military engagement of British troops.
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Painsmith Landlord and Tenant Blog
This blog, focusing on residential landlord and tenant law, is provided by PainSmith Solicitors, a UK-based practice specialising in this area of law. The site includes news and comment on the latest legal developments, legislation, guidance and case law. Posts can be searched or browsed back to October 2008, when the blog started, and tags include Housing Act 1988, Housing Act 2004, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, regulations, fees, rent and litigation. Blog posts include links to cases and legislation; the site also has links to other housing law and landlord and tenant law blogs.
Abuse claims
Information about claiming compensation for sexual or physical abuse, provided by English law firm, Simpson Millar. The site provides brief guidance on types of abuse claim, making a claim, compensation levels and related matters, and has a set of FAQs.
Advocates for International Development
Website of Advocates for International Development (A4ID), a pro bono organisation. The site provides background and historical information about A4ID, which was established following the Asian tsunami. There is information about the UN Millennium Development Goals, projects A4ID is involved with, education and training programmes and projects aimed at newly-qualified lawyers.
Practical Law Competition
Competition section of the subscription-based Practical Law service. Designed for commercial lawyers and competition specialists, it provides updates, practice notes, checklists, precedents and other resources. UK and EU competitoin law are covered. There is also coverage of EC competition law including EC rules relating to restrictive practices and agreements and national competition laws in various EC member states. Detailed information about the service is made freely available on the site along with the option to register for a free trial.
Gray's Inn Tax Chambers
Gray's Inn Tax Chambers are a specialist set whose services include tax advice and tax appeals. Their website has information about their barristers and clerks, together with news, summaries of tax cases in which GITC barristers have acted and an archive of their newsletter, the GITC Review, which ran from 2002 to 2022.
UK Music
UK Music is a research and lobby group representing music creators and publishers. The Policy section of its website includes information about copyright and all the group's submissions to government consultations from 2008 onwards.
Professional Negligence Lawyers Association
Group for professional negligence lawyers in the UK and Ireland. The PNLA website contains information about the aims of the association and how to join. It also has details of events, together with a directory of members which can be searched by name, location and specialism.
Insolvency Lawyers Association
Website of the Insolvency Lawyers Association (ILA), a special interest group promoting the role of insolvency lawyers and providing information and a forum for lawyers practising insolvency law. Publicly accessible parts of the site have organisational information, the names of council and committee members, articles of association and details of forthcoming events. A directory of members can be browsed by name or region. There is a page of related web links and details on how to join. The rest of the site is restricted to members only.
Statute Law Society
The Statute Law Society is a charitable organisation founded in 1968 with the aim of informing the public and the legal profession about the legislative process and fostering improvements in statute law. The Society organises conferences and lectures and publishes the Statute Law Review in association with Oxford University Press; there is a link to the journal on the OUP website. Information about forthcoming events and membership details are also provided.