Useful Links

UK official sources

www.open.gov.uk
UK Government Information Service, providing links to all central and local government authorities

www.dca.gov.uk
Department for Constitutional Affairs

www.dca.gov.uk/civil/procrules_fin/index.htm
Civil Procedure Rules pages of the Department for Constitutional Affairs website: up-to-date texts of often changing procedural rules and court forms

www.courtservice.gov.uk
Court Service pages including information about court schedules (cause lists) and some judgments

www.scotcourts.gov.uk/
Scottish courts, including location details, contact numbers and recent significant judgments.

www.parliament.uk
UK Parliament, including access to recent Hansard reports and judgments of House of Lords since November 1996

www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldjudgmt.htm
Direct link to House of Lords judgments

www.privy-council.org.uk
Privy Council. Judgments from 1999 (and some earlier) on appeals from courts of Commonwealth countries, professional bodies and UK courts in devolution cases

www.hmso.gov.uk
HMSO. Texts of statutes since 1996, explanatory notes to statutes since 1999 and statutory instruments (and draft SIs) since 1997. Includes Scots and Welsh legislation. Information about HMSO publications

www.barcouncil.org.uk
General Council of the Bar of England and Wales. Information about the barristers' profession, including code of conduct

Other general UK materials

www.bailii.org
BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute). Free online judgments and legislation of the UK and Ireland, based on the pioneering work of Austlii (www.austlii.edu.au), but not yet comprehensive 

www.lcia-arbitration.com
London Court of International Arbitration. Full text of arbitration rules and details of mediation procedure

elj.warwick.ac.uk
Warwick University's Electronic Law Journals

www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/changing-times
Internet editions of The Times and The Sunday Times containing virtually the complete content of printed editions since January 1996, including law reports

www.venables.co.uk
Delia Venables' wonderful collection of information about and links to legal resources and lawyers on the internet

www.lawreports.co.uk
Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Daily Law Notes provide details of cases to be reported in the Weekly Law Reports

www.hemscottlegal.com
Legal Week News, Holborn Law Society Bar List and links to other UK and European legal resources

www.elexica.com
Online legal resource provided by Simmons & Simmons

www.ials.sas.ac.uk
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

www.lexisnexis.co.uk
Butterworths LEXIS Direct

www.smithbernal.co.uk
Smith Bernal, official Court reporters to the Court of Appeal

www.newlawonline.com
Subscription services to judgments of UK courts and tribunals

European law

www.europa.eu.int/cj/en/index.htm
European Court of Justice - texts of judgments and opinions of advocates-general since June 1997. Procedural rules

www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html
EU legal materials site, including texts of Treaties, legislation, legislative proposals and recent issues of the Official Journal

www.echr.coe.int
European Court of Human Rights, including on-line texts of all judgments

www.ub.uib.no/avdeling/jur/e-index.htm
Bergen University Library - useful online library, particularly for European and/or environmental law

International law

www.hcch.net
Hague Conference on Private International Law. Contains texts of conventions, reports and proposals

www.un.org
United Nations home page

www.un.org/law
United Nations section on legal materials. Provides texts of UN conventions

www.untreaty.un.org/English/treaty.asp
Direct link to United Nations Treaty Collection providing access to over 38,000 treaties and international agreements

www.iccwbo.org
International Chamber of Commerce. Online ordering of incoterms and other ICC texts

www.oecd.org
Texts of OECD model laws, policies and papers on numerous subjects (e.g. money laundering, double taxation, data protection/privacy) and information about regulatory regimes of member states

General law of other countries

www.austlii.edu.au
The marvellous, pioneering site providing free access to all Australian judgments, statutes and other legal materials, and some materials from other countries. Full annotations. Excellent search engine

www.gksoft.com/govt
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the web

www.findlaw.com
Provides many useful links to US legal resources

www.lexmercatoria.net
Links to a wide range of legal resources on the internet based in the US and other countries

www.jmls.edu
John Marshall Law School (Chicago)

www.mishpat.net/index.htm
Legal materials and links particularly relating to Israeli law, cyberlaw and IP law

www.businessmonitor.co.uk
Mondaq Business Briefing, provides miscellaneous information about legislation and lawyers around the world

Shipping

www.comitemaritime.org
Comite Maritime International - useful site on international shipping law conventions and status of ratification of conventions by states

www.lmaa.org.uk
London Maritime Arbitrators Association - information on London arbitration, including LMAA terms, small claims procedure, etc.

www.admiraltylawguide.com
A very comprehensive US site with many international links

www.marine-salvage.com
International Salvage Union

www.lloyds.com/homepages/agencysalvage_hp.htm
Lloyd's of London Agency and Salvage Department

www.shipping-markets.com
Information on tanker and dry bulk markets, including fixtures, ship sales, newbuildings and market background stories. Database of over 54,000 vessels and details of over 4,700 ports and terminals

www.fairplay.co.uk
News, information and commentary on the marine industry

Sale of goods and commodities

www.uncitral.org
UNCITRAL site. Provides texts of UNCITRAL conventions (including international sale of goods) and comprehensive database of cases decided under them around the world

Insurance and re-insurance

www.lloyds.com
Lloyd's of London insurance brokerage market

Competition and free trade

www.oft.gov.uk
Office of Fair Trading. Texts of official guidance on the Competition Act 1998

www.oftel.gov.uk
OFTEL- the UK telecoms regulator

www.competition-commission.gov.uk
UK Competition Commission. Information about appeals from the Office of Fair Trading and Industry Regulators under the Competition Act 1998, including Rules, Guidance, details of members, pending cases and decisions

europa.eu.int/comm/competition
EU Commission Competition Directorate page with links to legislation, notices and decisions

www.wto.org
World Trade Organisation. Full texts of GATT, GATS, TRIPS and WTO panel decisions

www.clubi.ie/competition/compframesite/index.htm
'Competition' - Irish journal specialising in antitrust and regulation of utilities