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Medical Negligence

Website created by Engish barrister Geoffrey Hall, formerly editor of the Medical Law Reports. The site is the home of the online law report ‘Medical Litigation Cases’ (MLC), edited by Hall; the series covers medical negligence and related subjects such as coroners, medical product liability, sterilisation and wrongful birth. It also includes news, articles and a page of links. Non-subscribers may read the news items, access the links page and view case lists and article titles, but only subscribers can access full-text law reports and articles.

NHS Litigation Authority

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) deals with clinical negligence and other claims against the NHS. Its website describes its work and provides guidance for patients, clinicians, volunteers and social enterprises. Publications available on the site include brief details of relevant human rights cases, guidance regarding claims, factsheets and legal updates.

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regulates fertility treatment and research in the UK. Its website explains its regulatory work and provides inspection reports, policy consultation documents and other publications. The ‘About the HFEA’ section includes domestic and EU legislation and a scanned pdf version of the 1984 Warnock Report on IVF. There are information pages for donors; donor-conceived people; fertility patients; clinic staff; the media and researchers. The FAQs page includes guidance on making complaints.

Health and Care Professions Council

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is the regulator for social workers in England and for UK health and care professionals such as art therapists, clinical scientists, dietitians, occupational therapists, paramedics and physiotherapists. The HCPC website gives the full list of regulated professions and provides a searchable register of regulated individuals.

TSO Shop

Online shop of TSO, the privatised UK official publisher, formerly Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO). The site has a Parliamentary and Legal section, which can be searched separately from other TSO titles. This section may also be browsed, under the headings Daily List, Gazettes, Law, Legislation,
Official, Parliamentary, Parliamentary Committees, TSO Ireland and TSO Scotland. Email updates about new titles are available. There is a Libraries page with subscription information and other guidance for librarians.

Wildy & Sons Ltd

Website of Wildy & Sons, the London-based law booksellers. The company sells publications in English covering UK law, EU law, international law and the law of many foreign jurisdictions. The site has an online shop covering books, journals and looseleaf services; as well as conventional books, Wildy’s also sells webinars, student revision aids and e-books. Downloadable newsletters are available listing new and forthcoming titles, as well as an RSS feed.

Routledge Law

The law pages of UK publisher Routledge’s website. Routledge publishes UK, EU, Asian and US law. The site features an online bookshop, downloadable catalogues and companion websites for a large number of Routledge textbooks. It also provides information about the Routledge Law Prize.

Tax and Chancery (Upper Tribunal)

The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) helps those who are involved in or want to appeal against decisions made by the First-tier tribunal in tax or Charity cases, as well as people who want to refer matters relating to certain decisions made by the Financial Services Authority and the Pensions Regulator. This section of the Gov.uk website includes guidance, links to procedural rules, practice decisions and a database of previous decisions.

Pump Court Tax Chambers

Pump Court Tax Chambers is a set of English barristers’ chambers specialising in tax law. The Resources has summaries of cases in which Pump Court barristers acted, 2005 onwards, with links to the full judgment It also includes articles, news items and podcasts.

Oxford University Press: Law

UK publisher based in Oxford, covering public international law, European law, human rights, constitutional law, legal theory, jurisprudence, UK law and some other areas of law. The website has an online bookshop; it also offers pdf catalogues for scholars, practitioners and international lawyers, as well as a catalogue in e-book format.

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