Website of the Adjudication Panel for Wales an independent body established under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000. The role of the Adjudication Panel is to form tribunals to decide whether members of local authorities, police, fire and national park authorities in Wales have breached their statutory code of conduct. Details and decisions of previous tribunals are provided on the site along with annual reports and a list of Panel members.
The UK Human Rights Blog is produced by 1 Crown Office Row, a barristers' chambers specialising in civil law. It aims to provide a free legal news service covering human rights issues. There is a link to European Convention on Human Rights along with a description and analysis of each article. Posts can be searched or browsed by subject, including, immigration, children, terrorism, public order and human rights cases.
This section of the Legislation.gov.uk website provides access to
Church measures- legislation relating to the administration and organisation of the Church of England. The site is hosted by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government and includes original and revised versions of legislation.
Selected legislation is provided for the period 1920 to 1987 and all church measures from 1988 onwards. These can be browsed by date or searched by keyword or date and viewed in full text.
Database of UK official publications provided on the government website, GOV.UK. Includes research papers, statistics, consultation documents, act papers (documents laid before Parliament under the authority of acts of Parliament), administrative decisions (e.g. Intellectual Property Office decisions), policy papers, official guidance, impact assessments, Freedom of Information releases, some treaties and various other government publications. Some types of publication are only available from around 2010 onwards, but some are available as far back as the 1980s - and earlier.
This page, on the UK Parliament website, provides free access to publications produced by the House of Commons and House of Lords libraries. There are Research Briefings providing detailed introductions to a range of topics available back to 1996. There are also Business Briefings providing impartial summaries and analyses of events and situations relevant to current parliamentary interest.
5RB is a set of barristers specialising in media and entertainment law; areas covered include defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, intellectual property, sport, publishing and harassment. The 5RB website provides a collection of case reports, with commentary, which may be searched by key word or browsed by year, party name or topic. It also includes a collection of articles by barristers from 5RB.
GOV.UK is the official UK government website, replacing the Directgov and Business Link sites. Individual government departments' websites have all been (or will be) merged into GOV.UK. The site provides policy information and other departmental materials. There is an extensive Publications database, containing consultation documents, treaties, official guidance, annual reports, statistics and more. The site also includes information and online services for individuals and businesses, on a wide range of topics.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) was created in 2006 from the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). Its website has sections for the following areas of departmental responsibility: housing; local government; communties and neighbourhoods; fire and emergencies; regeneration and economic growth; planning, building and the environment. Documents available on the site include consultation papers, research papers, reports, legislation, statistics and press releases.
Official website of the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) of Northern Ireland. This independent appeals body hears appeals made against planning decisions taken by a number of government departments including the Department of the Environment (DoE), Department for Regional Development (DRD), Department for Social Development (DSD), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) and the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM). The website gives full details of the functions of the PAC and information on how to appeal.
