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Elexica

Website offering online legal resources by lawyers for lawyers with content provided by international law firm Simmons & Simmons. Elexica provides legal news, articles, legislative updates and case summaries arranged by legal subject. More detailed reports cover topics including commercial, corporate law, dispute resolution, employment and financial markets. There are regular newsletters and details of events and online training. Free registration is required to access much of the content provided by this site.

Society of Construction Law

Internet site for the Society of Construction Law (SCL). The Society was founded in 1983 to promote for the public benefit education, study and research in the field of construction law and related subjects in the UK and internationally. The site provides information about the organisation and work of the Society, supported by an online newsletter, with details of forthcoming events and the full text of articles and papers published by the SCL. Links are given to construction law societies in other parts of the world, construction law courses and other related websites.

Church measures

Collection of all measures passed by the General Synod of the Church of England since 1988, together with selected Church measures from earlier dates. The measures are on the official Legislation.gov website and they may be searched or browsed.

Liberty

Website of Liberty, an independent non-governmental organisation which works to defend and extend individual rights and freedoms in England and Wales. Liberty's activities include campaigning, test case litigation, parliamentary work, and the provision of free advice and information. The site has information on key human rights issues including torture, terrorism, privacy, asylum, discrimination, free speech and human rights after Brexit. There is information on the campaigns Liberty is currently involved with along with full-text policy papers and briefings.

Law on the Web

A UK legal information site providing advice on a range of legal topics built and maintained by a former solicitor in private practice in the United Kingdom. The site offers information on basic legal issues in English law, including employment, divorce and family, road traffic law, business law, property, tax and personal injury and medical negligence. The site gives details of a telephone service providing legal advice for a fixed fee, legal forms available to purchase online and a page of related web links.

NewsNow: Law

The law section of an online news aggregation service produced by NewsNow Publishing in the UK. The service is continually updated. Legal news items are taken from sources such as The Lawyer, Legal Week and the UK national and regional press. The Law section can be viewed by legal subject, including barristers, cases, law firms, IT law, copyright law, tax law, trade marks and wills. It is also possible to search for legal stories by date for the most recent month.

Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164

Web pages containing the text of the Constitutions of Clarendon, a written statement by Henry II of England, made at Clarendon, near Salisbury, in 1164. The 16 articles concern the relationship between church and state in England and set out to limit the secular power of the church and ecclesiastical courts. These pages form part of the Medieval Sourcebook, an internet resource on medieval history, maintained by Paul Halsall and hosted by Fordham University in New York.

CompactLaw

CompactLaw is a site offering free and paid-for legal information and services for England and Wales. The service has been established as a privately run and funded company by a small group of UK barristers, solicitors and paralegal specialists. Commercial information includes documents and forms that can be purchased in packs arranged by profession such as health and safety, human resources, e-commerce, landlords and business. Free information is organised by subject into factsheets and FAQs.

City Legal Information Group

Website for the City Legal Information Group (formerly known as the City Law Librarians Group) an association for legal information professionals based in central London in the UK. The CLIG takes its membership from law firm librarians, academic librarians and other legal information specialists working around the city. The Group organises regular meetings to enhance professional development and facilitate training and opportunities for establishing contacts and exchanging information.

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