The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the UK’s Upper Tribunal is a superior court of record which hears appeals from the First-tier Tribunal. Its website makes available the Chamber’s determinations (decisions) and the decisions of its predecessor, the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. It also provides relevant legislation, procedural guidance and daily court lists.
Section of the Home Office website dealing with the UK’s immigration rules. Provides the current Immigration Rules and an archive of previous versions. Also makes available all the official Statements of Changes in Immigration Rules since May 2003.
The OISC is an independent UK non-departmental public body, set up under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. It regulates the provision of immigration advice and other immigration services. The OISC has information about finding a regulated immigration adviser and qualifying or working as a regulated immigration adviser. It also provides guidance for those who want to complain about an adviser. OISC publications are available on the site, including guidance notes, framework documents, practice notes, position papers and annual reports.
Open-access online journal published three times a year by the University of Cambridge. The Journal was first published in 2012; it covers international and comparative law and related domestic, regional, transnational and international legal regimes. An annual special issue is devoted to analysing the work of the UK Supreme Court in the previous judicial year. Contributions are subject to a double-blind peer review process. The CJICL website provides all issues of the journal free of charge, in pdf format. The site also has a blog and gives details of the Journal’s annual conference
The official website for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO). The JCIO took over the responsibilities of the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC) in 2013. The website provides information on the role of the JCIO, how to make a complaint about the personal conduct of judicial office holders, relevant rules and regulations, and JCIO/OJC annual reports from 2006. Disciplinary statements are available on the website.
This section of the UK Ministry of Justice website describes the work of the independent Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman. It includes information about making a complaints regarding the appointments process or the handling of matters involving the conduct of judges. Includes information leaflets and a complaints form. There is also a link to the Ombudsman’s latest annual report (under ‘Corporate Reports’), which includes statistics and case studies.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is the UK’s leading body for taxation professionals. It deals with all aspects of taxation and aims to promote education in taxation. The ‘Policy and Technical’ section of the website contains technical articles that have been published in the CIOT’s monthly journal Tax Adviser from January 2000 onwards. Many of these can be downloaded in PDF format. This section also lists EU tax cases and legislation and various statements and reports made by the Confédération Fiscale Européene (CFE).
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health. It licenses and monitors medicines and reviews their advertising. Its website provides information about the work of the MHRA; it includes regulatory guidance, regulations, EU directives, consultation documents, newsletters and reports. Topics covered include the licensing of medicines; the licensing and regulation of herbal medicines; the regulation of medical devices; the regulation of nanotechnology; and clinical trials of medicines.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene throughout the UK. It is a government body, set up by act of Parliament in 2000. The FSA website provides information about research programmes, public consultations, food safety management and enforcement of food standards regulations. Materials available on the site include UK and EU legislation, official guidance, consultation papers, surveys and statistics.
A “get” is a Jewish divorce document. This website, provided by English solicitor Sharon Faith and dual-qualified English and Scottish solicitor Deanna Levine, gives detailed information about obtaining a get. A 54-page guide, in pdf format, may be downloaded free of charge; it includes a glossary, standard clauses, a list of solicitors and a list of useful organisations. The site also includes articles on the topic by Faith and Levine from the Family Law Journal, Scots Law Times and Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, together with a videoed interview with Deanna Levine.
