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Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Website of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, which hears cases involving breaches of the rules of professional conduct by solicitors in England and Wales. The site describes the functions and powers of the Tribunal and provides annual reports, practice directions, procedural forms and guidance, cause lists and a database of tribunal decisions.

Hamlyn Lectures

Free access to the Hamlyn Lectures, a collection of lectures on various areas of law, by judges, legal academics, practitioners and other eminent speakers. The lecture series is run by the Hamlyn Trust, a charity supporting public legal education in the United Kingdom. Hosted on the website of the University of Exeter, School of Law, the lectures cover the period 1949 to the present; recent lectures are available as videos, or as slides with audio.

Regulation

Regulation page of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) website. providing ICAEW'S codes and regulations, regulatory news and related information.

Legal Services Board

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is an independent body responsible for overseeing the regulation of solicitors, barristers, legal executives, licensed conveyors, patent and trade mark attorneys, law costs draughtsmen and notaries in England and Wales. The site provides research reports, data, policies and procedures, speeches, press releases and news items.

Doughty Street Chambers

Doughty Street Chambers is a UK-based barristers' chambers specialising in human rights and civil liberties law. The site provides profiles of barristers, academic experts and other staff and information on the areas of law covered. A collection of articles and papers by Doughty Street Chambers' barristers, associate tenants and academic experts is available under 'Insights'.

Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow (RFPG) is a membership organisation for the legal profession in Glasgow. The RFPG provides legal information and education services and represents the interests of its members. The site has details of CPD courses and services offered by the RFPG Library, including webinars that can be downloaded for a fee. There is also information about the Wills Search Database.

Scottish Justices Association

The Scottish Justices Association (SJA)was established in 2007 to represent Justices of the Peace (JPs) in Scotland, following the unification of JP Courts with Sheriff Courts. The site gives a history of justices of the peace in Scotland and provides the SJA constitution, standing orders and rules. There are details of SJA meetings, recent news items and links to related websites.

Panopticon

The Panopticon blog is maintained by barristers at 11KBW in London. It monitors developments taking place in information law. The site has a section explaining what information law covers, including areas such as "data protection, freedom of information, the protection of private information under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, breach of confidence, and the regulation of surveillance". Posts cover legal news stories including links to original sources, decisions, legislation and reports.

Somaliland Law

Website providing information on the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Somaliland. Somaliland is a breakaway territory established in the north of Somalia in 1991 that is not currently recognised by the international community. Somaliland Law is edited by UK-based lawyer Ibrahim Hashi Jama. It offers a profile of Somaliland and articles and commentary relating to Somaliland law. The Constitutions of 1991 and 1960 are available, with details of developments in constitutional law.
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