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Northern Ireland Local Government Commissioner for Standards

The Northern Ireland Local Government Commissioner for Standards investigates complaints that a councillor has failed to comply with the Northern Ireland Local Government Code of Conduct for Councillors (which sets out the principles and rules of conduct which councillors must observe). The site has guidance aimed at the public on making a complaint and for councillors on the complaints procedure. Details of past and forthcoming Adjudication Hearings are given on the site along with decisions.

Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO)

The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) provides a complaints service for members of the public dealing with organisations including government departments and agencies, councils, public housing providers and Health and Social Care Trusts. There is guidance aimed at the public on making a complaint and NIPSO service standards and guidance for public authorities on handling complaints and issuing apologies. A selection of summaries of cases dealt with by NIPSO is given in the online Annual Reports dating from 2012-13.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is a group of lawyers who are committed to practising in the areas of criminal and civil law that have traditionally been publically funded. The website contains information about the groups objectives, the committee members and the work of sub-groups. Meeting minutes are available, as is a collection of articles, briefings, reports and consultation responses.

Society of Solicitor Advocates

The Society of Solicitor Advocates represents the interests of solicitor advocates in Scotland. The website contains information for solicitors on how to become a solicitor advocate, as well as information for other solicitors and members of the public about how to instruct a solicitor advocate. The library section of the website contains documents that can be downloaded, including consultation responses, newsletters and application forms.

Search25

Search25 is a resource discovery tool provided by the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries. The website enables users to search across the catalogues of over 60 library collections at once. It is free to search and users have the option to search by title, author, subject and ISBN. The website also includes a list of libraries that are members of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries.

Ecclesiastical Law

The Ecclesiastical Law website is produced by Mark Hill QC of Francis Taylor Building Chambers and is intended to provide additional information for readers of his book, Ecclesiastical Law. There is a section on clergy discipline providing comment and guidance along with links to legislation. There is also information on faculty jurisdiction which relates to Church of England buildings. Links to full text articles written by Mark Hill are also freely available and cover subjects such as freedom of religion, Canon law and same-sex marriage in South Africa.

BrexitLawNI

BrexitLawNI is a collaborative research project between the law schools of Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University and the Committee on the Administration of Justice, a human rights organisation based in Belfast. The project is looking at the legal and constitutional elements of Brexit as they relate to Northern Ireland and background information is given for the key themes. These include the peace process, relations between the North and South of Ireland, border controls and free movement and equality and human rights issues.

Law and Religion Scholars Network

Website of the Law and Religion Scholars Network (LARSN) an initiative of the Centre for Law and Religion at Cardiff University designed to bring together academics who are interested in all areas of law and religion. The website provides free access to a Case Database which includes judgements relating to law and religion delivered by UK courts, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. Judgements are provided from 2000 onwards with a selection of important earlier cases included. There is also a page of links to related websites.

Project for Interdisciplinary Law and Religion Studies

Website of the Project for Interdisciplinary Law and Religion Studies (PILARS) an initiative of the Open University Law School. The project provides comment and analysis on recent law and religion judgements along with a list of related judgements covering a range of jurisdictions. PILARS also offers guidance on how to write a case comment, a bibliography of law and religion texts and a list of related websites.

Innocence Project London

Web page of the Innocence Project London (IPL) which is based in the School of Law at the University of Greenwich. The project was established in 2010 and conducts investigations into alleged wrongful convictions of individuals. The work is carried out by law students under the guidance of academic and practicing lawyers. IPL is the only UK based innocence project to belong to the US based Innocence Network.

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