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Practical Law

Practical Law is a Thomson Reuters subscription database providing a range of resources for lawyers, including contracts, toolkits, documents, practice notes and training materials. A wide range of practice areas are covered including construction, banking, employment, environmental, intellectual property and tax law.

ICLR.3

ICLR.3 is the website of legal publisher the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR). They publish The Law Reports (the most authoritative reports for England and Wales), the Weekly Law Reports and other series. Brief details of cases can be freely searched using the ICLR.3 database and information on the full (subscription) site is given. There is also a knowledge section and a blog providing commentary, news and updates on the legal profession.

Westlaw UK

Westlaw UK is an online legal research service for the UK and EU, created by leading UK publishers Sweet & Maxwell. It is a subscription service, accessed by password. Westlaw UK provides a comprehensive collection of legal sources: UK and EU case law, UK and EU legislation, EU official publications, journal articles, Legal Journals Index, textbooks and encyclopaedias, news and business information. The website provides background information, technical specifications, support details and a feedback form for expressions of interest.

Sweet & Maxwell

Website of the legal publishing firm Sweet & Maxwell, who are based in London and form part of the Thomson Corporation. The catalogue of publications can be searched by title, author, keyword, etc, or browsed by legal subject, publication type (loose-leaf, book, journal, CD-Rom) or publisher. The site offers information on the company's online services, Westlaw UK and Lawtel. There are also details of conferences, materials aimed at the academic sector and a selection of podcasts.

LexisNexis

This is the website of the legal, tax and business publisher, LexisNexis, offering access to, and providing information about their online subscription services, catalogue of publications and other online customer services. The subscription services include Lexis®Library, All England Law Reports, Lexis®PSL, Middle East Law and a wide range of other legal, tax and regulatory research resources. The site also has a range of blogs covering corporate, banking, dispute, tax and family law, which can be freely accessed.

Lawtel

Lawtel is a fee based current awareness services, part of Thomson Reuters. Lawtel monitors and provides current information on UK and EU case law, legislation and journal articles. Lawtel provides a range of services including Lawtel Precendents giving access to commercial law, commercial property and employment precedents and the Lawtel FirstPoint service providing checklists, guidance and commentary on key property and commercial law issues.

Public Bill Committees

Web pages which list, and link to, the Public Bill Committee debates, alphabetically by the title of the Bill being considered. The information on each Bill includes the membership of the standing committee, the latest version of the Bill, reports of committee proceedings from different sittings and associated memoranda. The debates are available for parliamentary sessions back to 1997-1998.

UK Statutory Instruments

Collection of UK statutory instruments, Welsh statutory instruments and Northern Ireland Orders in Council, on the official UK legislation website. A complete set is available from 1987 onwards and a partial set for earlier dates. Most instruments are provided in their original form, but some revised versions are offered. The site is hosted by The National Archives on behalf of the UK Government.

UK Public General Acts

The Legislation.gov.uk website provides all UK public general acts from 1988 onwards and a large, but not comprehensive, set of acts from 1801 to 1987; in total, more than 17,500 acts are included. A search facility is available, or the acts can be browsed by year and title. Revised versions are provided as well as original texts. The site is hosted by The National Archives on behalf of the UK government.

Law.com

Law.com is an online legal newspaper aimed at commercial lawyers in the United Kingdom. Its website provides articles about about law firms, national and international legal developments, management and IT and deals. There is a section providing editorial comment, columns and blogs. Other areas of the site include a vacancies database, an events listing and articles aimed at law students. A searchable archive is available back to 1999.
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