Website of the Scottish Arbitration Centre an organisation that provides a venue for arbitration, mediation and other dispute hearings. The Centre and can also appoint domestic and international arbitrators. The site has a selection of model clauses along with news and event details.
Blog compiled by staff at London based law firm, Gherson. This law firm specialises in UK immigration, nationality, extradition and human rights law. The blog provides news and updates in these legal areas along with sections focusing on Brexit and business immigration. Posts are available back to 2012.
The Turks and Caicos Attorney General’s website has a Laws section that provides the Revised Laws 2014 plus annual ordinances and subsidiary legislation from 2015 onwards; the documents are in an e-book reader format that is searchable, but does not permit printing or downloading. The website also includes news and information about the work of the Attorney General’s Chambers.
Website of Law Brief Publishing a legal publishing company founded in 2006. The site gives details of Law Brief publications which include practical guides for lawyers. Free samples and chapters from some of the books are provided on the site. The company publish PI Brief Update Law Journal, a monthly online subscription publication offering case law, news items and articles on personal injury law. There is also a free newsletter giving updates on recent cases in all the major areas of law. You are required to register on the site to receive this publication.
Website of the Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) the government body set up in 2018 to administer and collect the new Welsh devolved taxes- the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) and the Landfill Disposals Tax (LDT). From April 2018 the LTT replaces the UK Stamp Duty Land Tax in Wales and is payable when someone buys or leases a building or land over a certain price. The site has a LTT calculator to calculate the amount of tax to pay for Welsh transactions completed on or after 1 April 2018. LTT returns can also be filed on the site and landfill operators and other organisations can register for LDT.
This blog has been compiled by a group of legal scholars, a number of whom are based at Middlesex University in London. The blog aims to provide “students, junior lawyers and scholars at different stages of their professional and academic careers with a platform to discuss issues related to international, transnational, European and comparative law”. Subject categories include international criminal law, human rights, EU law and public international law and posts date back to September 2014. Many of the posts are written as journal articles and include references.
Online guide to the Judicial System of England and Wales produced by the International Team of the Judicial Office. The guide is aimed at foreign visitors with an interest in the judiciary and legal system.
There are sections explaining the court system, the justice system, the role of judges in England and Wales. There is also information on organisations such as the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Prosecution Service. The guide can be downloaded in full in PDF.
The UK Web Archive aims to give permanent online access to key UK websites for future generations by preserving ‘snapshots’ of websites over time. The project is jointly provided by the British Library in partnership with the National Library of Wales, JISC and the Wellcome Library. It is possible to search the archive or to browse by category. The category titled ‘Government, Law and Politics’ includes the sub-categories ‘Law and Legal System’ and ‘Crime, Criminology, Police and Prisons.’
This page on the European Commission website provides information on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force in May 2018. The GDPR will establish one set of data protection rules for all companies operating in the EU and gives people more control over their personal data. There is information aimed at businesses and organisations on what they must do to comply with the new rules and a section aimed at the general public on how their personal data is protected.
