The Company Names Tribunal is a UK public body that deals with cases where a name appears to have been registered in order to extract money or to prevent another party from registering it. Its website provides decisions and orders of the Tribunal, forms, procedural information and announcements.
Web page of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG) which forms part of the Ministry of Justice website. The OJAG deals with criminal trials of service men and women in the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force for serious offences and where defendants choose not to be dealt with by the Commanding Officer. Cases are heard in a Court Martial by a Judge Advocate. The site includes guidance on the Court Martial including proceedings and sentencing.
The official site for the Bank of England. Contains information about the history of the Bank, monetary policy in the UK and the Bank's role in supervising banking and the financial system. It also contains press releases, statistics, bulletins, summaries of inflation reports, details of the Bank's museum and archives and an education section. In addition, the site provideslegislation relating to the Bank, including the Bank of England Act 1694 and the Bank of England Act 1998.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates financial services in the UK; it is one of two successors to the Financial Services Authority (the other being the Prudential Regulation Authority). The FCA website has information and guidance for consumers and financial services firms. There is a link to the FCA Handbook, which sets out the obligations of regulated firms. The News section includes FCA consultation papers, discussion papers, policy statements and other publications.
Ministry of Defence Boards of Inquiry and Service Inquiries are held to investigate serious incidents or accidents involving the armed forces. This part of the MOD website provides access to the documentation of inquiries held since 2005 including a narrative of events, details of findings and recommendations.
The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) is an independent statutory body of the British government which adjudicates on decisions relating to the recognition and derecognition of trade unions in the UK for collective bargaining purposes. The CAC also provides voluntary arbitration in industrial disputes. Its website provides information on the purpose, membership and statutory duties of the Committee. It also includes access to recent decisions, press releases and annual reports. Information is provided on the process of trade union recognition in the UK.
The Military Court Service (MCS) is part of the Ministry of Defence providing a criminal court service for the Royal Navy (RN), Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Court Martial, Summary Appeal Court (SAC) and Service Civilian Court (SCC). It maintains six staffed Military Court Centres. The site provides background information on the role, organisation and procedures of the MCS along with links to related resources including the Manual of Service Law and the Armed Forces Act 2006
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation is the government body which inspects the efficiency of the UK probation service in order to ensure that the operation of community sentences is effective. Its website describes the purpose of the body and provides a list of the geographical probation areas which it has inspected recently and forthcoming surveys. It is possible to access the full-text of its inspection reports of specific probation services and reports on themes such as young people and women offenders from 1996 onwards.
