Listed below are a number of links to other websites that may be of interest. Please note that we are not responsible for the content of any of these websites.
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
wood.ccta.gov.uk/courtser/judgements.nsf
Court judgments published by the Court Service
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/ld199697/ldjudgmt/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.butterworths.com
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/e/index.html
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
Intellectual property
www.cipa.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents. Useful links, including to patent and
trade marks offices around the world
www.patent.gov.uk
UK Patent Office. Provides texts of recent UK patents and published patent
applications, details of UK trade marks, texts of decisions and forms
www.european-patent-office.org
European Patent Office, including on-line texts of the European
Patent Convention, Rules and Official Journal
ep.espacenet.com
On-line texts of European patents and cross-links to databases of national
patents of European countries
www.oami.eu.int
OHIM (Community Trade Mark Office). Includes texts of legislation, decisions,
forms, guidelines for examination and Euronice list of standardised descriptions
and classifications
www.uspto.gov
US Patent and Trademark Office. Provides text and details of US patents and
trade marks
www.wipo.int
World Intellectual Property Organisation. Includes texts of international IP
treaties and details of ratifications
www.wipla.com/uksearch.html
World Intellectual Property Law Agency.
Information about intellectual property law and lawyers in English
and French. French site also has Revue du Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle
and electronic books
www.piperpat.co.nz
Pipers, patent and trade mark attorneys in New Zealand. Links to a wide range
of IP resources and list of IP lawyers around the world
www.ipr-helpdesk.org
EU sponsored site with lots of information about developments
in IP law and policy; subscription to excellent free e-journal 'IP
Wire' available
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk
UK government site with useful information about developments in IP and
links to other relevant sites.
There are further entries relating to IP under IT law and electronic
commerce
IT law and electronic commerce
www.icann.org
ICANN, the organisation now responsible for the operation of the internet,
including the domain name system. Details of dispute resolution policy and
procedures for .com and other TLD domain names. Details of proposals for development
of the domain name system and other aspects of the internet
www.networksolutions.com
NSI or internic, registrar and registry of .com and other TLD domain names.
Details of ICANN dispute resolution policy and procedures
www.nic.uk
Nominet, registry for .UK domain names. Includes details of dispute policy
www.dataprotection.gov.uk
Data Protection Commissioner. Includes register, official guidance, annual
reports, links to data protection commissioners in other countries
www.elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/default.htm
Journal of Information Law and Technology, electronic law journal published
by Warwick University
www.the-times.co.uk/interface
The Times Newspaper's Interface 2000 section
www.scl.org/welcome.htm
The Society for Computers and Law (SCL). Includes SCL journal and links to
various other legal resources
www.ucitaonline.com
Useful site with details of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
and its implementation in different US states
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 |
