Website of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) the body responsible for regulating, training and issuing annual licences to licensed conveyancers (specialist property lawyers). The Directory of Licensed Conveyancers can be searched on the website by name or region. There is guidance to using a licensed conveyancer, a guide to professional conduct covering compliance, conduct and discipline and details of the CLC's complaints procedure.
Website of the Property Litigation Association (PLA), a London-based organisation which draws its membership from solicitors, legal executives and barristers engaged in property litigation. The website contains details of events and workshops, news items, and information about the work and membership of the PLA's various committees. The PLA provides a mediation facility and includes a selection of sample forms, guidance and a list of mediators on the website.
Website of Garden Law written by Richard Smithies who is a partner with Bearders Solicitors in West Yorkshire. The site provides guidance to the law relating to gardens. There are sections covering trees, roots, walls, boundaries, bonfires and garden burial. Each section provides guidance to the law and links to judgements and legislation. There is also a discussion forum on garden law, a page of links and recommended books. A search facility using Google is embedded in the site.
Website of Boundary Problems which is maintained by Jon Maynard FRICS, a chartered surveyor specialising in boundary disputes between property owners. This free site provides guidance to the law on issues such as boundaries, rights of way and problems with neighbours. These sections include links to articles and organisations, examples of common problems and advice on how to solve them. Advice given on the site includes suggestions on where you can go for help with solving boundary disputes, what the costs are likely to be, and how to avoid problems arising in the first place.
Website of Atkinson Law a company providing information on construction law and dispute resolution services including arbitration, adjudication and mediation. As well as giving details of the services the company provides there is a database of case digests relating to the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and a collection of in-house articles dealing with construction law, adjudication and mediation. The site also provides a comprehensive collection of links relating to construction law.
Website of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML) a "worldwide association of practising lawyers who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and expert family law specialists in their respective countries". The IAML was founded in 1986 and their aim is to improve international family law practice throughout the world. The website provides background information about the work of the academy, gives profiles of it's members and officials and details of events. Copies of the IAML Newsletter are available in PDF on the website.
Weblaw is the website of the IT and E-commerce Law Group of London based commercial law firm, Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP. The website has details of the range of services offered by the firm and partner profiles. The company's news and press releases are included, and there is a selection of freely available in-house articles covering IT, Internet and e-commerce issues. The website is available in English, French, German and Italian.
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.
Collection of insurance and reinsurance judgements made freely available on the Elborne Mitchell website. Elborne Mitchell are a London law firm specialising in insurance, reinsurance, shipping, commercial, regulatory, A.R.T. (Alternative Risk Transfer), employment and e-commerce matters. The judgements can be browsed by date (most recent first) or searched by keyword. The collection extends back to the end of 1997 with each record giving the case name, date, court, judge and a case summary.
Website of Adjudication.co.uk a company with a panel of experienced adjudicators providing adjudication services and information. Adjudication is a way of settling disputes in the construction and telecommunications industries. The website gives profiles of the committee and panel members of the company and explains the process of adjudication providing a glossary of terms, checklists and a database of decided cases. The case summaries are arranged alphabetically and by date with a link to the full-text of the judgment.
