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Pinsent Masons

Website of international law firm, Pinsent Masons. The site provides information regarding the firm's practice areas which include energy and utilities, financial services and insurance, government, infrastructure and construction services, manufacturing and engineering, real estate, services and technology. Within each area there are in-house news and bulletins made freely available on the site in PDF format. The site gives staff profiles and details of events and training courses offered by the firm.

Charity Commission guidance

The Charity Commission for England and Wales provides information about running small charities in this section of its website. It has operational guidance which includes an overview of the law and model forms, letters and declarations. There is a selection of information sheets which look at winding up a small charity, permanent endowment and disposing of land.

Selden Society

London-based scholarly society and publisher specialising in the history of English law. The website has information about the history of the Society, membership, publications, grants and awards offered. The Society's annual reports are available and there are links to recent Selden Society Annual Lectures on YouTube.

Rights of Women: empowering women to access their legal rights

Rights of Women (ROW), founded in 1975, is a British charity providing legal advice and information for women, and carrying out policy work and training. Its website gives details of its advice lines and provides factsheets on topics including divorce, domestic violence, parental responsibility, civil partnerships, immigration and asylum and child support. It also includes policy publications and details of training and other events.

Law Society of Scotland Directory of Expert Witnesses

The Directory of Expert Witnesses is an annual publication published jointly by the Law Society of Scotland and W.Green. The directory contains details of expert witnesses based in Scotland or experts based elsewhere in the United Kingdom who cover Scotland. The directory can be freely searched online by name or keyword. There is also a more detailed 'structured search' option which allows you to specify an area of expertise which can be refined to a more specific subject area and then narrowed further by experience, occupation and location.

Charity Law Association

Website of the Charity Law Association, a membership organisation set up in the United Kingdom in 1992 to facilitate communication and the exchange of ideas among lawyers and others interested in charity law. The site publishes some of the Association's briefing papers, responses and comments. Updates to UK charity law are also available. The site includes information on how to join, and the names and addresses of other useful contacts in the charity sector.

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is a UK-based organisation for lawyers and law students. Its website provides information for members of the public who have suffered an injury, including a directory of personal injury lawyers, and details of specialist training for the legal profession. It also includes APIL responses to government consultations, information about its campaigns and news. Parts of the site are restricted to APIL members only.

Chancery Bar Association

Association for barristers who specialise in business, financial and property law and practise primarily in the Chancery Division of the English High Court. Its website includes a directory of Chancery barristers, information about careers at the Chancery bar, news, and videos for schoolchildren explaining different aspects of Chancery work. There is also a members-only section of the website.
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