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Social Care Wales

Social Care Wales is the body that sets and maintains standards for the social care workforce in Wales. There is information on the Register of Social Care Workers in Wales which is administered by Social Care Wales and on the Code of Professional Practice for Social Care which sets standards for all care professionals in Wales. The site also has training, development and careers information for the social care sector. A collection of resources including documents, videos and links to external web resources of interest to social care workers in Wales is also given on the site.

British Library Patents Collection

This page forms part of the Business and IP section of the British Library’s website and provides guidance on using the patent library. There is information on early English patents and a list of patent resources (some available online) held at the BL. There is also guidance on what constitutes a patent, how to gain patent protection and what rights a patent gives.

National Police Chiefs’ Council

Website of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) the body representing police chief officers in the UK and with responsibility for co-ordinating national policing operations and the national police response to national emergencies. The NPCC replaced the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in 2015. The site has information about the work and structure of the NPCC and details of its finances, policies and procedures. Details and links to the national policing units and bodies that operate across the UK are also given.

Brexit

This section of the Institute for Government (IfG) website provides information on a range of issues relating to Brexit including citizens’ rights, the European Court of Justice, the Customs Union, trade and immigration. There are papers that can be downloaded from the site on topics such as how the UK and the devolved governments should work together on leaving the EU, taking back control of trade policy, legislating Brexit and the challenges facing the civil service during Brexit. The site also has blogs written by IfG staff and gives details of events hosted by the Institute.

Employment tribunal decisions

Database of recent employment tribunal decisions from England, Wales and Scotland. The database was launched in April 2017 and is on the UK Government website. Tribunal judgments can be searched by key word and filtered by date, jurisdiction and/or subject (the list of subjects is called ‘Jurisdiction code’). Email alerts are available regarding new or updated decisions.

Officialpapers UK

Blog about UK and other official publications, by members of the Standing Committee on Official Publications (SCOOP). The blog was launched in 2015. It highlights official publications collections in print and online and covers new developments relating to official publications. The Notable Resources page lists key websites in the field and there is also a link to a set of official publications bookmarks on the del.icio.us website.

First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

The Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal deals with disputes over property and land, including residential property disputes, land registration matters and agricultural land matters. Its pages on the UK Government website give an overview of the Chamber's remit and provide information about resolving residential property and farming tenancy disputes, together with information about applying to the land registration division. Forms, practice directions and databases of cases are also available.

Takeover Panel

The Takeover Panel (or Panel on Takeovers and Mergers) regulates takeovers and mergers in the UK, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Its website includes information on the regulatory role of the Panel, the text of City Code on Takeovers and Mergers and related instruments, governing rules, practice statements, forms and checklists. It also has details of current and closed consultations.

Law & Religion UK

The Law and Religion UK blog was founded in 2012 as a platform for “exploration of the interactions between law and religion, together with the associated human rights issues”, with a focus on the United Kingdom. The blog is by Frank Cranmer, parliamentary and synod editor of the Ecclesiastical Law Journal and one of the casenotes editors of Law & Justice, and David Pocklington, a former columnist for Environmental Law and Management with an LLM in canon law. The blog has an archive searchable by date, and the top posts are listed on the home page along with recent posts.

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