List of Internet sites compiled by J. Goodliffe, J. Smith, R. Hishon, C. Monaghan and A. McDonald, last updated - 18 February 2003 |
This list is no longer being updated. It remains live because some people are still using it, even though it is now out of date. |
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| Accountants> |
| Arthur Anderson |
| Begbies Traynor |
| BOD Stoy Hayward |
| Deloitte & Touche |
| Grant Thornton |
| KPMG |
| Levy Gee |
| Mazars Neville Russell |
| Moore Stephens Booth White |
| Pannell Kerr Forster |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| RSM Robson Rhodes |
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| ADR & Arbitration> |
| 01 Lovells Arbitration Intranet |
| American Arbitration Association (AAA) |
| Arbitral Tribunal of Barcelona |
| Arbitration Court - Economic Chamber - Czech Republic |
| Arbitration Statute of Hong Kong |
| Arbitration Ordinance |
| ARIAS (UK) |
| Insurance and reinsurance disputes |
| Australian Arbitration Statute |
| Commonwealth Consolidated Acts - International Arbitration Act 1974 |
| Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration |
| Austrian Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber |
| Belgian Arbitration Statute |
| Belgian Judicial Code - sixth part |
| Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation |
| Cairo - International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) |
| Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Geneva (CCIG) |
| Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan |
| Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) |
| China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) |
| Chinese Arbitration Statute |
| Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China |
| City Disputes Panel |
| Danish Institute of Arbitration |
| European Convention on International Arbitration |
| French Commission on Arbitration |
| German Institute of Arbitration |
| Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) |
| Indian (Chamber of Commerce) Council of Arbitration |
| International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) |
| Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| International Chamber of Commerce |
| International Commercial Arbitration Court - Russia |
| Irish Arbitration Statute |
| Arbitration (International Commercial) Act 1998 |
| Japan Commercial Arbitration Association |
| Japanese Arbitraton Statute |
| The Law of Arbitration |
| Korean Commercial Arbitration Board |
| Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration |
| London Court of International Arbitration |
| London Court of International Arbitration |
| Malaysian Arbitration Statute |
| Malaysian Arbitration Act 1952 |
| Moscow Convention 1972 |
| Convention on the SettlementBy Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Resulting from Relations of Economicand Scientific-Technical Cooperation |
| Netherlands Arbitration Institute |
| New Zealand Arbitration Statute |
| New Zealand Arbitration Act 1996 |
| Panama Convention 1975 |
| Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration |
| Scottish Arbitration Code |
| Scottish Council for International Arbitration |
| Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) |
| Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute |
| Swedish Arbitration Statute |
| Swedish Arbitration Act (SFS 1999:116) |
| The Court of Arbitration - Hungarian Chamber of Commerce |
| United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| (UNCITRAL) |
| Washington Convention 1965 |
| Convention on the settlement ofinvestment disputes between States |
| and nationals of other States |
| WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center |
| Zurich Chamber of Commerce |
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| Aggregation> |
| FSA's press release in May 2001 on account aggregation |
| My Citi |
| A US Citibank aggregator |
| Yodlee |
| A company offering e-personalisation solutions |
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| Banking> |
| 001 Bank of England |
| 002 British Bankers' Association |
| 01 Butterworths Banking Law |
| Bank for International Settlements |
| Developments on Basle |
| Bank for International Settlements, Basel Committee |
| Banking: European Legislation |
| Barclays Bank |
| British Bankers Association |
| Bank holidays up to 2006 |
| Central Bank of Ireland |
| Central European Bank |
| Commission Communication on freedom to provide services and the general good in the banking sector |
| Commission website on banks |
| Credit Suisse First Boston |
| Federal Reserve |
| Foreign Exchange Trader |
| Glossary - Letter of Credit Terms |
| Guide to Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 |
| The better payment practice campaign |
| ICAEW |
| Institute of Financial Services |
| Formerly Chartered Institute of Bankers |
| Lovells Acquisition Finance Guide |
| The World Bank Group |
| US Federal Reserve |
| World Bank |
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| Business & Finance> |
| Association of Investment Trust Companies |
| Association of Unit Trusts and Investment Funds |
| Cadogan Financial |
| Carol |
| Blue chip company annual reports online |
| Compliance Exchange |
| Confederation of British Industry ("CBI") |
| Department of Trade & Industry |
| E-Line Financials |
| Getting the deal through |
| Mergers |
| ICAEW |
| IFA Online |
| Infrastructure Journal.com (Global Infrastructure Projects) |
| International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| Investment Management Association |
| login and password required for full access |
| Investor Relations Society |
| MSCI |
| PFI Intelligence Bulletin (PFI/PPP) |
| Business to business information provider |
| PPP Partnerships UK: |
| Privatefinance-i (PFI/PPP) |
| Public Private Finance (PPP) |
| R3 (Association of Business Recovery Professionals) |
| Railtrack |
| Standard and Poors Comstock |
| Stockbroker |
| Tender Electronic Daily |
| UK Bankruptcy and Insolvency website |
| UK Bankruptcy and Insolvency Website |
| UK Compliance Officers' Website |
| UK Shareholders Association |
| Yahoo Finance |
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| Business Transfers> |
| 001 FSMA Part VII |
| 002 FSMA Section 323 (Lloyd's) |
| 003 FSMA Schedule 12 |
| 004 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001 |
| Commencement of section 104 only in relation to insurance |
| 005 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001 |
| procedural requirements on applications |
| 006 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Transfers of Business Done at Lloyd's) Order 2001 |
| 007 Chapter 18 of FSA's Supervision Manual (SUP) |
| contains guidance on transfers of business by insueres and friendly societies |
| 008 FSA's CP 110 on Bus Transfers Regime and response |
| 009 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Business Transfers) Order 2001 |
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| Competition> |
| Commission website on Competition |
| Competition Act (OFT) |
| Competition Act Decisions |
| Competition Commission |
| Competition Commission Appeals |
| Office of Fair Trading |
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| Computer Law> |
| Computer Law Association |
| EU site for information technology telecommunications and data-processing |
| Information Society Directorate General |
| The Communications policy page includes access to the text of all EU legislation since 1996, and a selection of earlier documents from 1984 |
| Information Society Website |
| The European Union's Information Society Promotion Office for Access to material on EU policy |
| Links to legal and regulatory aspects of the Internet and the Information society |
| QuickLinks |
| IT Links |
| Society for Computers and Law (UK) |
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| Consumer> |
| Consumer Credit Draft Directive |
| Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 |
| Implements Distance Selling Directive |
| Directive on Distance marketing of Financial Services |
| to be implemented by member states by 9th October 2004 |
| Distance Selling Directive: Consumer Goods |
| EU Commission's "Unfair terms" database |
| EU Commission's "Unfair terms" web site |
| EU Commission's Consumer Protection web site |
| Europa website Consumer section |
| European Commission (Consumer Affairs) |
| FSA factsheet: challenging unfair terms |
| FSA's CP148 on Unfair terms |
| Office of Fair Trading |
| OFT Page on the Enterprise Act |
| Trading Standards Net |
| Unfair terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 |
| Unfair Terms: Law Commission CP |
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| Court Alerting Service> |
| Smith Bernal Casebase |
| Probably the most extensive source of free material from Smith Bernal. This service is a transcript archive, which contains over 20,000 judgements from the Court of Appeal and Crown Office from 1996 to end 1998. Within Lovells, accessing via Total Access page will give log in and password. Within FSA speak to Ros. |
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| Courts: International> |
| Court of Justice of the European Communities |
| Full text of all judgements over last 3 years or so. Advocate-General's opinions also available, usually in French, the language of the Advocate General and the language of the case. For earlier cases use Eurolaw (contact library for logon and password). |
| EFTA Court |
| Includes full text of judgements |
| European Court of Human Rights |
| Full text of judgements of the Court and decisions of the Commission |
| International Court of Justice |
| Project on International Courts and Tribunals |
| Useful information on international courts and tribunals with a good set of links |
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| Courts: Overseas> |
| Australasian Legal Information Institute |
| Access to most of the leading courts in Australia with the full text of their judgements. New Zealand judgements recently added |
| Canadian Compendium of Law, Judges and Judging |
| Canadian Legal Information Institute |
| A new database giving access to all Canadian courts and legislation |
| Canadian Supreme Court |
| French Conseil Constitutionel |
| French Conseil d'Etat |
| French Cour de Cassation |
| Now contains recent judgments as well as other interesting information |
| Multinational Links to courts |
| Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, new Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Zambia |
| New Zealand Courts |
| South African Courts |
| US Federal Court Locator |
| Links to all US Federal Courts and Their judgements |
| US State Court Locator |
| Links to many US state courts |
| US Supreme Court |
| The US Supreme Court is launching its own web site which will provide copies of its opinions within hours of their 10.00am release, weekly orders and its schedule and argument calendar. |
| US Supreme Court |
| Full text of the Court's judgements since 1990 |
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| Courts: UK> |
| BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) |
| Includes 14 databases covering 5 jurisdictions and some 75,000 searchable documents. Judgments get on very quickly in full text but without headnote |
| Chancery Guide |
| Court Service |
| This is an agency of the Lord Chancellor's Department. The site carries full text reports of most important High court, CA (Civil) and CA (Criminal) judgements Often on day handed down). |
| Employment Appeal Tribunal |
| Judgments of the Tribunal since July 1999 |
| FSMA Tribunal judgments |
| Currently (10/02) only contains the Eurolife judgments |
| House of Lords Judgements |
| Full text of judgements since November 1996. Judgment appear on site on day of judgment |
| Lord Chancellor's Department |
| Privy Council |
| Information about the judicial committee of the Privy Council is now on-line. All of the committee's judgements since the beginning of 1999 are on the site, while new judgements will be posted on the site as soon as possible after delivery. |
| Scots Courts |
| Full texts of the judgements of the Court of Session and some Sherriff courts in Scotland |
| Smith Bernal Casebase |
| Probably the most extensive source of free material from Smith Bernal. This service is a transcript archive, which contains over 20,000 judgements from the Court of Appeal and Crown Office from 1996 to end 1998. Within Lovells, accessing via Total Access page will give log in and password. |
| VAT & Duties Tribunals, Special Commissioners and Financial Services and Markets Tribunals |
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| Criminal Law> |
| Butterworth Crime Direct |
| Criminal Appeal Reports |
| Criminal Records Bureau |
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| Cybercrime> |
| Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Criminal Division of the US Dept of Justice |
| Internet Fraud Complaints Center (IFCC) (US) |
| Money Laundering and Compliance Website |
| The detection and prevention of fraud, including many resources and links, last update March 2002 |
| National Fraud Information Center (sic) (NFIC) (US) |
| Online Fraud Protection Service |
| Online Newsletter on Internet Fraud (US) |
| TechTV Cybercrime site (US) |
| US Dept of Justice Internet Fraud Site |
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| Data Protection> |
| Commission website on data protection |
| Datenschutz Berlin |
| Data protection news (German) |
| Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz |
| official website of the German information commissioner |
| EU Commission's Information Society Web site |
| Information Commissioner |
| Lord Chancellor's Department - Freedom of Information and Data Protection Division |
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| Directories> |
| Expert Witness |
| Institute of Financial Services |
| weblinks to major banks and building societies |
| Law Societ's Directory of solicitors |
| Lawyers on the Web from IFL |
| Home pages of UK lawyers (solicitors, barristers and notaries) listed according to firm and individual. The same IFL home page has lists of Irish, Offshore and European firms, links to West's Legal Directory for US lawyers, Patent Attorneys Around the World and the Legalese directories (see below) |
| Legalese: Centre for Commercial Law |
| Includes "The Legal 500" and "Law firms in Europe" listing - the latter covers over 35. European countries with firms listed by size, firms recommended for specific types of work and recent commercial law developments in the jurisdiction. |
| Martindale Hubbell |
| Good for tracking US lawyers |
| On-Line Law |
| Comprehensive directory of information on UK law firms, barrister's chambers, Inns of Court, magistrate's courts and expert witnesses. |
| Standard and Poors Comstock |
| Waterlow Web |
| Online directories of law firms, barristers' chambers but providing only phone numbers. Also directories of expert witnesses and international law firms with fuller information. |
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| E-Commerce> |
| 2002Law.com |
| Recent internet related lawsuits including against insurers. Very slow |
| Baker & McKenzie’s Global E-Commerce Law site |
| Brussels Regulation on Jurisdiction in Civil and Commercial Matters |
| Rules for civil jurisdiction within EU. In force since March 2002 |
| Commission aims for integrated retail market by 2005 (2001) |
| Commission Communication on E Commerce and Financial Services (2001) |
| Commission Communication on freedom to provide services and the general good in the banking sector |
| Commission Communication on freedom to provide services and the general good in the insurance sector |
| Consolidation of Transparency Directives (without preambles) |
| Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 |
| Implements Distance Selling Directive |
| Directive on Distance marketing of Financial Services |
| to be implemented by member states by 9th October 2004 |
| Distance Selling Directive: Consumer Goods |
| Doing E-Business in Europe |
| An on line book (300 pages long) about how e-business is regulated in Europe |
| Draft Hague Convention on jurisdiction |
| DTI CII |
| Communication and information industries direcorate |
| DTI Information Age website |
| Extensive information provided by the DTI |
| Duke Law and Technology Review |
| Very strong on e-commerce articles |
| E Commerce Directive as adopted |
| E Commerce Directive: original draft with explanatory memorandum |
| Explanatory memorandum is helpful. But treat with care when text differs from adopted version |
| E* Trade UK |
| E-Commerce Envoy |
| This is the Government's web site on e-commerce |
| E-Envoy |
| New government website also referred to as "Information Age Government Champions". It covers the implementation of the e-government's agenda and leading the development of e-business strategies. |
| Electronic Commerce - European Union |
| The EU Information Society Promotion Office (ISPO) website |
| Electronic Communications Act 2000 c.7 |
| Electronic Money Directive |
| Findlaw |
| Comprehensive source for e-commerce documents |
| FSA's consultation CP129 on E-Commerce Directive |
| FSA's Discussion paper on regulating the Internet |
| FSA's E Commerce Sourcebook |
| FSA's policy statement on CP129 |
| German E-Commerce laws |
| In English |
| Internet Chamber of Commerce |
| Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
| Internet Law and Policy Forum |
| International Organisation dedicated to promoting global growth of e-commerce |
| Lawbooks Online |
| Lex Mercatoria |
| E-commerce pages on this comprehensive site, with extensive links to documents and websites |
| NewsLinx |
| Headlines and links to hot Internet related stories |
| OECD section on E-Commerce |
| OFT/OFTEL report: Competition in e commerce (December 2000) |
| Out-Law |
| A new media and e-commerce service of Masons. |
| Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 c.23 |
| Television without Frontiers Directive (with amendments consolidated) |
| Treasury site on implementation |
| United States Government |
| US Government's electronic commerce policy website |
| Watching Brief |
| The weekly magazine for independent news & comment on legal technology & new media law |
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| E-Commerce Directive> |
| Consolidation of Transparency Directives (without preambles) |
| E Commerce Directive as adopted |
| E Commerce Directive: original draft with explanatory memorandum |
| Explanatory memorandum is helpful. But treat with care when text differs from adopted version |
| FSA's consultation CP129 on E-Commerce Directive |
| FSA's E Commerce Sourcebook |
| FSA's policy statement on CP129 |
| German E-Commerce laws |
| In English |
| Treasury site on implementation |
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| EFTA Sources> |
| EFTA Court |
| Includes full text of judgements |
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| Electronic Money> |
| Electronic Money Directive |
| FSA's consultation CP117 and response |
| FSA's Electronic Money Sourcebook (ELM) |
| Treasury web site on implementing E money Directive |
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| Employment Law> |
| ACAS |
| Butterworths Employment Service |
| Employment Appeal Tribunal |
| Judgments of the Tribunal since July 1999 |
| Incomes Data Services |
| Industrial Relations Law Reports |
| Lawrights |
| Useful for Employment Law |
| UK Employment Law |
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| Encryption & Cryptology> |
| CDT Encryption Issues Page (US) |
| Cryptography’s Role in Securing the Information Society (CRISIS) (US) |
| Cryptology Archive |
| Information Resource for cryptography (US) |
| Links to other web resources related to cryptography |
| Steganography information |
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| Environmental Law> |
| PACE Environmental Law Library |
| UK Environmental Law Association |
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| European Databases> |
| Celex |
| Celex |
| Internet version of the Celex database. Text in all member state languages. Try Eurolaw and other free databases first. Use as a last resort (as it is paid for on a per search basis - contact library for log in and password |
| EU Commission's "Unfair terms" database |
| EU Council of Ministers |
| EUR-LEX |
| Official Journal, Community Legislation in Force, Community Preparatory Acts, List of Proposals, Acts from other European Institutions |
| Case law (to Curia site: from 1997) |
| Eurolaw |
| Contact library for login and password. Subscription is flate rate. Easy to use. |
| Europa Website |
| Home page provides access under the ABC heading to legal texts and to a vast array of materials - after clicking legal texts click on the site map link in the left column of the page to provide help in navigating this vast site. It includes the text of all the EU treaties including the Maastricht Treaty, the text of the Official Journal for 20 days after publication (afterwhich it is transferred to the EUDOR Internet site, secondary legislation in force and recent case law of the European Court of Justice. Full search facilities available, but these do not always cover the most up to date materials. |
| European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance |
| Full transcripts of ECJ and CFI judgements and AG Opinions. Able to search by case number, date, names, fields and words in text. Best place for copies of transcripts that are too recent to be indexed in other sources. Diary published each Friday for two weeks ahead, first week definite dates of hearings, second week provisional dates for hearings. Includes |
| press releases relating to specific decisions. |
| European Parliament |
| Idea (Interinstitutional directory) |
| Directory of European Institutions |
| ILI (OJ's) |
| Official journal of the European Communities |
| Midday Express |
| Pre-Lex |
| Database on inter-institutional procedures |
| Pre-Lex |
| Follow up of the European inter-institutional decision making process |
| Rapid |
| Updated on a daily basis to provide the press releases of key EU institutions I.e. European Commission, Council for the European Union, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions. NB Not the European Parliament. Covers press releases back to 1985. Truncation is automatic. Truncation is automatic. '+'is 'and' connector, ',' is 'or' connector. A space also equals 'or'. Use "" to search a phrase e.g. "human rights". for political agreements, common positions look for details of Council meetings. Remember no date field to ensure searching over current time span. |
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| European Law> |
| Celex |
| Internet version of the Celex database. Text in all member state languages. Try Eurolaw and other free databases first. Use as a last resort (as it is paid for on a per search basis - contact library for log in and password |
| Commission's Action Plan |
| Council of Europe |
| Council of the European Union |
| Council of the European Union |
| Includes news, press releases, general information about the Council, databases of Common and Foreign Security Policy and Justice and Home Affairs, details of the Presidency. Full text of the Amsterdam Treaty. |
| CURIA |
| DG Competition |
| Competition Commission |
| DG Internal Market |
| Specialist insurance section of the Commission |
| Directorates General |
| Access to home pages of the Directorates-General and services of the Commission |
| Eclas |
| Catalogue of the Library of the European Commission. Good for checking bibliographic details. Access via user ID and password which are obtained by registering. |
| EU Council of Ministers |
| Eur-lex |
| Full text of the last 20 days of the Official Journal L and C series. Also has full text of many of the Community treaties |
| EurActiv |
| European news, policy positions |
| Euro |
| Site for Economic and Monetary Union. Official UK government website for the Euro. |
| Europa |
| The European Union online |
| Europa - What's New? |
| Recent developments in policy |
| Europa Website |
| Home page provides access under the ABC heading to legal texts and to a vast array of materials - after clicking legal texts click on the site map link in the left column of the page to provide help in navigating this vast site. It includes the text of all the EU treaties including the Maastricht Treaty, the text of the Official Journal for 20 days after publication (afterwhich it is transferred to the EUDOR Internet site, secondary legislation in force and recent case law of the European Court of Justice. Full search facilities available, but these do not always cover the most up to date materials. |
| European Central Bank |
| Gives contact details for the Bank, press releases, publications, key speeches etc. Successor to the European Monetary Institute. Most important Institution for Economic and Monetary Union. |
| European Commission |
| Sign post to all the individual DGs. "What's new" page outlining recent developments. Profiles and portfolios of the Commissioners. Details of the European Commission offices in the Member States and delegations around the world. |
| European Commission (Consumer Affairs) |
| European Commission (Home Page) |
| European Commission (Internal Market) |
| European Commission DGIV |
| Divided up into "Antitrust" (anti-competitive behaviour (Articles 85 and 86)), "Mergers", "Liberalisation", "State aids" and "International". Legislation section containing the main instruments e.g. block exemptions, general procedural rules, and regulations. Selected items from the OJ C and L. Full list of merger decisions, text to be obtained via Stationery Office orDatabeauro. "What's new" site for recent developments. Newsletter, annual reports on competition policy, speeches and articles. Other competition sites around the world including the different competition authorities for each of the member states and the US. |
| European Commission Press Releases |
| European Convention on International Arbitration |
| European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance |
| Full transcripts of ECJ and CFI judgements and AG Opinions. Able to search by case number, date, names, fields and words in text. Best place for copies of transcripts that are too recent to be indexed in other sources. Diary published each Friday for two weeks ahead, first week definite dates of hearings, second week provisional dates for hearings. Includes |
| press releases relating to specific decisions. |
| European Ecomonic and Social Committee |
| European Official Documents |
| Part of the European Commission's home page. Includes selected work programmes, Action Plans and Guidelines. Selected green papers and white papers. |
| European Parliament |
| European Parliament Legislative Observatory (OEIL) |
| Use to trace the progress of legislative proposals by different search criteria. "Words in title" is the most useful search. With a proposal in existence it is possible to see the different stages is has gone through and the latest position it has reached. See Help screen on how to search. * is truncation, 'and' 'or' 'not' are Boolean operators. Use"" for phrases e.g."green paper". Keep searches as simple as possible, unlikely to come up with too many responses. Gives the outcome of Council meetings e.g. directive adopted, common position reached. Gives details of the European parliament diary. |
| European Parliament Press Service |
| Idea |
| Electronic directory of the European institutions, updated every two weeks. |
| Office for Official Publications of the European Union |
| News and information on official EU publications |
| Portal to European Union Law |
| The best way into the EU's web site |
| Rapid |
| Updated on a daily basis to provide the press releases of key EU institutions I.e. European Commission, Council for the European Union, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions. NB Not the European Parliament. Covers press releases back to 1985. Truncation is automatic. Truncation is automatic. '+'is 'and' connector, ',' is 'or' connector. A space also equals 'or'. Use "" to search a phrase e.g. "human rights". for political agreements, common positions look for details of Council meetings. Remember no date field to ensure searching over current time span. |
| Representation of the European Commission in the UK |
| Good signposting site to other places e.g. via publications. Includes ECU exchange rates. |
| Treaty of Amsterdam |
| Came into force on 1 May 1999 and with it the renumbering of the Articles of the EC Treaty |
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| Exchanges & Markets> |
| American Stock Exchange |
| Australian Financial Services Directory |
| Australian Stock Exchange |
| Commission des Operations de Bourse |
| French Stock Exchange Regulation |
| E-Trade |
| FTSE International |
| Italian Stock Exchange |
| Korea Stock Exchange |
| LIFFE Euronext |
| Loan Markets Association |
| London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange |
| Nasdaq |
| NASDAQ EUROPE |
| European Stock Market |
| New York Stock Exchange |
| OFEX |
| Paris Stock Exchange |
| PC Trader |
| Streaming realtime quotes and news |
| Property Data |
| Stock Exchange |
| Virt-X |
| Pan European Blue Chip Exchange |
| Wiener Borse |
| World Federation of Exchanges |
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| FSA> |
| Butterworths Financial Regulations Direct |
| Financial Services Authority Home page |
| FSA Consultations |
| FSA Handbook Butterworths Version |
| Easier to use than version on FSA website but may not always be entirely up to date |
| FSA Handbook version on FSA web site |
| Handbook links at bottom of page |
| FSA past events |
| contains presentations and transcripts from recent conferences |
| FSA Register |
| FSA waivers |
| How to get an FSA waiver |
| FSA What's new on the FSA web site |
| Ombudsman, Financial |
| Search FSA web site |
| uses Google engine on FSA web site |
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| FSMA> |
| Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 c.8 |
| Butterworths Online version: should be up to date |
| 002 FSMA: Treasury web site for Sis and consultations |
| Regulated Activities Order |
| Butterworths version - up to date |
| Consolidated Financial Promotion Order |
| Butterworths version up to date |
| FSMA Tribunal judgments |
| Currently (02/03) only contains the Eurolife judgments |
| Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 c.23 |
| Treasury |
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| German Law> |
| BAKRED |
| BAV |
| BAWe |
| German E-Commerce laws |
| In English |
| German Institute of Arbitration |
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| Government Departments> |
| 001 List of Government Sites |
| 002 Tagish Listing of Government Sites |
| 01 Directory of government sites |
| 10 Downing Street |
| Advertising Standards Agency |
| Contains the codes of practice and adjudications issued by ASA. |
| Cabinet Office |
| Charity Commission |
| Criminal Cases Review Commission |
| Recent press releases and information on the work of the Commission |
| Crown Prosecution Service |
| Explain in English and Welsh to role of the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| Customs and Excise |
| Data Protection/ Information Commissioner |
| Includes the full text of a selection of publications. |
| Department for Education and Skills |
| Department for Employment and Education |
| Department of Health |
| Department of Health PFI: |
| Department of Trade & Industry |
| Department of Transport Local Government and the Regions: |
| Dpt of Transport and of Depty Prime Minister |
| DTI Consumer & Competition Policy Directorate |
| E-Envoy |
| New government website also referred to as "Information Age Government Champions". It covers the implementation of the e-government's agenda and leading the development of e-business strategies. |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Environmental Agency |
| Includes the full text of the State of the Environment Report. |
| Fair Trading |
| Detail OFT activities and publications. Has site with the Competition Act, |
| Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
| Home Office |
| Information Commissioner |
| Inland Revenue |
| Contains full text of press releases, consultation documents, leaflets and other publications issued by the Inland Revenue |
| Land Registry |
| Includes the full text of a selection of documents and information about the functions of the Land Registry. |
| Law Commission |
| Details of the current consultation projects, executive summaries and the full texts of recent reports and consultation papers and summaries of various current official law reform projects. |
| Legal Services Commission |
| This site replaces the Legal Aid Board (LAB) although there is a lot more information on the LAB site at |
| London Gazette |
| for official notices |
| Lord Chancellor's Department |
| Lord Chancellor's Department |
| Details the work of the department and includes the full text of consultation papers, links to the Courts Service pages (see under the heading Courts, below and links to law related sites in the UK and abroad. |
| Lord Chancellor's Department |
| Ministry of Defence |
| National Audit Office |
| Office of Fair Trading |
| Office of Government Commerce PFI Network: |
| OFTEL |
| Patent Office |
| Privy Council |
| Information about the judicial committee of the Privy Council is now on-line. All of the committee's judgements since the beginning of 1999 are on the site, while new judgements will be posted on the site as soon as possible after delivery. |
| Public Record Office |
| Quango Web sites |
| The Mayor and Greater London Authority |
| Ken Livingston |
| The Transport Committee for London |
| Trade & Industry |
| Treasury |
| Treasury solicitor's department |
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| Government Information Sources> |
| A - Z of central government |
| A - Z of local government |
| British Official Publications Current Awareness Service (BOPCAS) |
| Index developed by the University of Southampton. It includes references to over 8,500 Government documents published from July 1995 onwards. Many links to UK Government sites. Updated weekly. |
| Companies House |
| Criminal Records Bureau |
| Data Protection Site / Information Commissioner |
| Foundation for Information Policy Research |
| There is a good commentary on the Bill and its Human Rights implications here. |
| Government News Network |
| Insolvency Service |
| Kable Signposts to Electronic Government |
| OFCOM - Office of Communications |
| Official Documents Home Page |
| Listing developed by the Stationery Office providing access to its own documents and those published by other authoritative organisations, which are available on the internet. |
| OFGEM - office of gas and electricity markets |
| OFTEL - The Office of Telecommunications |
| OFWAT - The Office of Water Services |
| ORR - The Office of the Rail Regulator |
| Statutory Publications |
| The following are available via the Stationery Office home page Acts Full text of all Public General Acts from 1996 onwards, plus the Data Protection Act 1984. Aims to put new PGA on the Internet within 10 working days of publication in printed form. Summaries (long titles) of a selection of about 300 PGAs from the late 1980s and 1990s. Statutory Instruments |
| Full text from the first instrument of 1997. Aims to put all new instruments on the Internet within 15 working days of publication in printed form. |
| Today's Press Releases |
| TSO The Stationery Office |
| Allows access to the full texts of Acts of Parliament from 1988, and SIs from 1987. All legislation is the original, unamended versions. |
| UK Government Information Service |
| Gives brief, daily news summaries on Govt. initiatives or publications. Organisational index has links to hundreds of central govt. dept. And local authority pages. Functional index: Law, provides links to a number of law and order bodies e.g. The Courts Service, Lord Chancellor's Dept., some police forces. |
| US State Department Country Guides |
| Archive of information released prior to 20 January 2001 |
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| Group Supervision> |
| 001 FSMA S138(5) |
| rule making power |
| 002 FSMA S420 |
| definition of "parent" & "subsidiary" |
| 003 FSMA S 421(1) |
| definition of "group" |
| 004 FSMA S 421(1) |
| definition of "participating interest" |
| 005 FSMA Sched 6 para 4 |
| "adequate resources" |
| 006 IPRU(INS) |
| see in particular chapters 3,4,5 and 10 |
| 007 IPRU(BANK) |
| Go to Vol 2, main heading "Other" and then "CS Consolidated Supervision" |
| 008 IPRU(INV) |
| chapters on consolidated supervision under "Securities and Futures Firms which are not Investment Firms", "Investment Management Firms", "Securities and Futures Firms which are Investment Firms" and "Personal Investment Firms" |
| 009 Electronic Money Sourcebook Ch 7 |
| 010 Lloyd's Sourcebook ch 13 |
| 011 Draft Integrated Prudential Sourcebook |
| Consolidated Supervision Requirements in section "PRGR" |
| 012 CP50 and CP116 on insurance group solvency |
| 013 CP145 on insurance group solvency |
| 014 CP84 application of group solvency to Lloyd's |
| 015 Insurance Groups Directive |
| 016 Consolidated Banking Directive |
| 017 Financial Conglomerates Directive |
| Initial Draft |
| 018 Commission site on Financial Conglomerates Directive |
| 018 Financial Conglomerates Directive |
| Common Position |
| 019 Transcript of conference on FCD in July 2002 |
| 020 Article by Goodliffe on insurance group supervision |
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| Human Rights> |
| 01 Butterworth Human Rights Direct |
| Amnesty International |
| Bora Laskin Law Library Women's Human Rights |
| Council of Europe Human Rights Web |
| ECHR Website |
| European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance |
| European Convention of Human Rights |
| European Roma Rights Center |
| Freedom of Information Act 2000 |
| Human and Constitutional Rights |
| Excellent site from the Human Rights Institute at Colombia Law School. It includes a Hot Topics section with pages on current issues. |
| Human Rights International Material on the Web |
| Human Rights Internet |
| International NGO documentation centre |
| Human Rights Library |
| University of Minnesota |
| Human Rights Links at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
| Human Rights Links provided by James Behrens |
| Human Rights Reports Online |
| Human Rights Watch |
| Campaigns, news, issues, commentary and publications |
| LAWLINKS |
| Sarah Carter's website at the University of Kent |
| Public International Law |
| The University of Western Australia's imaginative site includes links to material on Human Rights (general), specific issues in HR, Indigenous Peoples and Women |
| Scottish Human Rights Trust |
| Provides a substantial introduction to the Human Rights Act and links to other bodies concerning Human Rights. |
| Summaries of key ECHR decisions and links to the court |
| UK Law On-Line |
| From Leeds University |
| United Nations |
| Home page with links to various UN departments, including its international law and human rights organisations, and a daily list of documentation issued at headquarters |
| University of Minnesota Human Rights Library |
| Women's Human Rights Resources |
| Bora Laskin law Library, University of Toronto |
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| Immigration Law> |
| Electronic Immigration Law network |
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| Information Security> |
| Comprehensive computer security resource site |
| Computer Security Group (CSG) Cambridge University |
| Computer security-related resources |
| Computer Security: A guide for the perplexed |
| Encyclopædia of Computer Security (TECS) |
| Hourly updated computer security news |
| Information on how cookies work |
| Large compsec site |
| LSE Computer Security Research Centre (CSRC) |
| Microsoft site |
| News site for computer professionals |
| Popular computer security site |
| Recommended computer security books |
| Techewb Security |
| Yahoo site |
| ZDNet Security resource center (sic) |
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| Information Warfare> |
| Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (CCISS) |
| Federation of American Scientists’ Intelligence Resource Programme |
| Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC) |
| Infowar, security and cybercrime |
| Institute for the Advanced Study of Information Warfare (IASIW) |
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| Insurance> |
| Lovells Insurance and Reinsurance Practitioner's Manual |
| 001 Insurance: European Legislation |
| 002 Insurance: Commission's web site |
| 003 Insurance: European Legislation in the pipeline |
| 004 Proposals on Solvency Margins |
| Solvency I & II web site |
| 005 British Insurance Law Association |
| 006 Association of British Insurers |
| 2002Law.com |
| Recent internet related lawsuits including against insurers. Very slow |
| ARIAS (UK) |
| Insurance and reinsurance disputes |
| Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA) |
| Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters |
| CII Library online |
| Bring publications on insurance, risk and related financial services, both online and printed. Database supported by range of document delivery services including an online bookshop and a digital journal archive. |
| Commission Communication on freedom to provide services and the general good in the insurance sector |
| Consultation on implementing the Directive on Winding up and reconstruction of insurance undertakings |
| Ebix |
| An Insurance supermarket |
| Forum of Insurance Lawyers |
| General Insurance Standards Council (GISC) |
| Contains GISC rulebook |
| Insurance Day |
| Has a useful and free directory of websites of insurance risk carriers, reinsurers, brokers and associated professionals. The archive is subscription only, but there may be spare logins available |
| Insurance Institute of London |
| runs a programme of lectures at the Lloyd's Building |
| Insurance Wide |
| Insurolaw Monitor-Europe-wide network of insurance lawyers |
| International Underwriting Association |
| Italian Authority for regulating insurance (ISVAP) |
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| Intellectual Property Law> |
| Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 |
| NCC Group |
| leading UK escrow services provider |
| Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market |
| Trade Marks & Designs |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
| Text of treaties administered by WIPO, press release details of WIPO publications |
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| Intermediaries> |
| Ameritrade |
| On line broker |
| Euroland |
| Provides information about stocks |
| Financial Services Supermarket |
| Inter-Alliance is a UK independent financial advisory group listed on the Alternative Investment Market offering more than 2,200 funds from 300 providers |
| RATENET |
| Instant quotes from multiple funders |
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| International Law> |
| Incoterms 2000 |
| International Centre for Commercial Law |
| Moscow Convention 1972 |
| Convention on the SettlementBy Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Resulting from Relations of Economicand Scientific-Technical Cooperation |
| Multilateral Conventions |
| contains full texts of most conventions |
| Panama Convention 1975 |
| Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration |
| United Nations |
| Home page with links to various UN departments, including its international law and human rights organisations, and a daily list of documentation issued at headquarters |
| United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| (UNCITRAL) |
| Washington Convention 1965 |
| Convention on the settlement ofinvestment disputes between States |
| and nationals of other States |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
| Text of treaties administered by WIPO, press release details of WIPO publications |
| CESR (Committee of European Securities Regulators) (formerly FESCO) |
| ETO - European Telecommunications Office |
| Hague Conventions |
| Hong Kong Hospital Authority |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| The World Bank Group |
| UNCITRAL |
| United Nations |
| United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| United Nations Treaty Collection |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
| World Trade Organisation |
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| Internet Search Tools> |
| 001 Google |
| An engine which produces most useful hits when conducting searches and tends not to generate many "false hits." Probably the best search engine for the Web. |
| Alta Visa |
| One of the largest and most comprehensive search engines available. Updated daily. Search screen presentation attractive and user friendly. Losing ground to Google |
| Ask Jeeves |
| Dogpile |
| Financewise |
| Searchable directory of sites related to financial topics |
| Findlaw |
| Collection of links to US based law arranged into 14 general libraries. Searches only titles and brief descriptions of law sites in database. If relevant site not found, users are advised to use a link to LawCrawler, a search engine running under AltaVista. |
| LawCrawler |
| Part of Findlaw (see above). Searches law sites world-wide but with heavy bias to those in the US. |
| Lawrunner UK |
| US based site acting as a gateway to Alta Vista (see above). |
| Lycos |
| Metacrawler |
| Enables searches over multiple search engines |
| Northernlight |
| Search Engines & Directories |
| A directory of search sites |
| Search.com |
| This site combines all search tools such as Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos and assists global research |
| Yahoo |
| 500,000 sites in a database arranged under 14 broad subject headings – law is under the Government heading. About 60 sites under law, but all US sites. A subject search of Yahoo generates best matches, but if there are none it generates an Alta Vista search (for Alta Vista, see under Internet Search Tools, below). |
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| Investment> |
| Financial Information Net Directory (FIND) |
| An excellent range of sites related to banks, brokers, fund management companies, news and markets prices |
| Interactive Brokers |
| Interactive Investor International |
| Moneyworld |
| Personal finance and stock market prices |
| National Association of Pension Funds |
| Pensions Investment Research Consultants |
| PIRC Limited |
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| Jurisdiction> |
| Brussels Regulation on Jurisdiction in Civil and Commercial Matters |
| Rules for civil jurisdiction within EU. In force since March 2002 |
| Draft Hague Convention on jurisdiction |
| EU site for judicial co-operation in civil matters |
| Lugano Convention |
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| Law Firms> |
| Allen & Overy |
| Baker & McKenzie |
| Beachcroft Stanleys |
| Cameron McKenna |
| Clifford Chance |
| Denton Wilde Sapte |
| DLA |
| formerly Dibb Lupton Allsop |
| Eversheds |
| Freshfields |
| Herbert Smith |
| List of UK lawyers with web sites |
| Lovells |
| Norton Rose |
| Simmons & Simmons |
| Slaughter & May |
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| Law Reports> |
| Most of these links go directly to Butterworths. The links only work if you have already established your Butterworths log in through the Total Access menu |
| All England Direct |
| BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) |
| Includes 14 databases covering 5 jurisdictions and some 75,000 searchable documents. Judgments get on very quickly in full text but without headnote |
| Butterworths Case Search |
| Butterworths Company Law Cases |
| Criminal Appeal Reports |
| Industrial Relations Law Reports |
| Law Reports (AC, QB, ChD, etc) |
| Law Society Gazette |
| Online version of the Gazette. Issues back to 1996 are searchable. In future it is intended to add unpublished Law Society material to the site. |
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| Law Society> |
| Law Society |
| Site serves the needs of both solicitors and members of the public seeking a solicitor. Of particular interest is the Swarbco Index, compiled by Swarbrick & Co, Solicitors. Listing with brief notes of almost 7,500 reported cases from 1992 onwards, searchable by subject, date and court. Full text of Law Society's Gazette over last few years is also available online. |
| Law Society Gazette |
| Online version of the Gazette. Issues back to 1996 are searchable. In future it is intended to add unpublished Law Society material to the site. |
| Law Society of Northern Ireland |
| Law Society of Scotland |
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| Lawyers: General> |
| Association of Conditional Fee Lawyers |
| Association of Personal Injury Lawyers |
| Chambers and Barristers on the Web |
| Maintained by Delia Venables |
| Forum of Insurance Lawyers |
| Fountain Court Chambers |
| General Council of the Bar |
| Honourable Society of the Inner Temple |
| International Bar Association |
| Lawyers on the Web from IFL |
| Home pages of UK lawyers (solicitors, barristers and notaries) listed according to firm and individual. The same IFL home page has lists of Irish, Offshore and European firms, links to West's Legal Directory for US lawyers, Patent Attorneys Around the World and the Legalese directories (see below) |
| List of UK lawyers with web sites |
| The Bar Council |
| Treasury solicitor's department |
| Waterlow Web |
| Online directories of law firms, barristers' chambers but providing only phone numbers. Also directories of expert witnesses and international law firms with fuller information. |
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| Legal News> |
| European Commission Press Releases |
| European Parliament Press Service |
| Legal Week |
| Legalit |
| Regulatory Law |
| A web journal for lawyers and others involved in regulation, professional conduct and disciplinary proceedings. |
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| Legal Resources: Africa> |
| Access to African Legal site |
| Africa: Legal sites and Resources: Profind |
| This site is an attorney directory for South African Lawyers which can be search by region, sub-region and area of expertise. |
| KG Druker & Associates |
| This site provides good set of links to South African Law sites. |
| LawSA |
| Provides services and information to both legal practitioners and the public. |
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| Legal Resources: America> |
| American Arbitration Association (AAA) |
| American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO) |
| US/ Canada / Mexico Federal Governmnet law sites |
| Federation of Defence & Corporate Counsel |
| American legal resources for attorneys |
| Findlaw Legal News |
| Provides a range a news stories grouped by major heading e.g. White House Affairs, Microsoft Antitrust or Tobacco Litigation. |
| House of Representatives Site |
| Information on US institutions and law. Provides information about the US Congress and the legislative process. There is also free, public, full text searchable and downloadable access to the US Federal statues of a general and permanent nature organised by subject. |
| Internet Law Library |
| Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions |
| Legal Information Institute |
| US Supreme Court decisions 1990-. Archive of 300 of the most important earlier decisions.` |
| Legal Resources in South America |
| The legal portal for Latin America. Gives the latest legal developments in 17 countries. |
| Martindale Hubbell |
| Good for tracking US lawyers |
| McBride, Baker & Coles Site |
| Pacific Rim Advisory Council |
| Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet |
| A service of the Library of Congress |
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| Legal Resources: Asia> |
| Arbitration Statute of Hong Kong |
| Arbitration Ordinance |
| China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) |
| Chinese Arbitration Statute |
| Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China |
| Daily Information Bulletin |
| Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) |
| Hong Kong Legislation |
| Indian (Chamber of Commerce) Council of Arbitration |
| Japan Commercial Arbitration Association |
| Japanese Arbitraton Statute |
| The Law of Arbitration |
| Korean Commercial Arbitration Board |
| Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration |
| Malaysian Arbitration Statute |
| Malaysian Arbitration Act 1952 |
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| Legal Resources: Australia> |
| Australian Arbitration Statute |
| Commonwealth Consolidated Acts - International Arbitration Act 1974 |
| Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration |
| Australian Information Institute (AustLII) |
| Access to Australian primary and secondary legal materials - over half million searchable documents. |
| Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA) |
| Australian Legal Information Institute |
| Australian legislation |
| Commonwealth Consolidated Legislation |
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| Legal Resources: UK & Europe> |
| Academy of Expert Witnesses |
| Arbitral Tribunal of Barcelona |
| Arbitration Court - Economic Chamber - Czech Republic |
| Austrian Arbitral Centre of the Federal Economic Chamber |
| Bar Council (England & Wales) |
| Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation |
| Cambridge Faculty of Law |
| Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Geneva (CCIG) |
| Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan |
| Danish Institute of Arbitration |
| Expert Witness Institute |
| Financial Law Panel |
| FLP is no longer in active operation, but its research papers are still available |
| French Commission on Arbitration |
| German Institute of Arbitration |
| Inside E-Law |
| Irish Solicitors and Irish Legal Resources on the Web |
| LawZone |
| Legalese: Centre for Commercial Law |
| Includes "The Legal 500" and "Law firms in Europe" listing - the latter covers over 35. European countries with firms listed by size, firms recommended for specific types of work and recent commercial law developments in the jurisdiction. |
| Legisfrance |
| The home page provides links to sources of French legislation and case law. |
| London Court of International Arbitration |
| Netherlands Arbitration Institute |
| PLC web site |
| Within Lovells go via Total Access page |
| Scottish Council for International Arbitration |
| Scottish Solicitors and Scottish Legal Resources on the Web |
| Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute |
| The Court of Arbitration - Hungarian Chamber of Commerce |
| Wales Legislation Online |
| Warwick University - UK Centre for Legal Education |
| Welsh Legal Resources |
| Zurich Chamber of Commerce |
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| Legal Resources: Worldwide> |
| Cairo - International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) |
| Centre of Islamic Law |
| Computer Law Association |
| Council on Ocean Law |
| Foreign and International Law Resources on the Web |
| Selective guide to Web resources including the text of laws, court decisions, international documents from across the world. A very rich resource. |
| Global Competition Forum |
| ILI |
| Standards and Specifications |
| International Business Law Consortium |
| International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) |
| Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| International Commercial Arbitration Court - Russia |
| Internet Law Journal |
| Provides news stories |
| Jurist: The Law Professors Network |
| Provides breaking legal news |
| Legal Media Group |
| World wide information about lawyers |
| Links to legal and regulatory aspects of the Internet and the Information society |
| Mondaq Business Briefing |
| Multi-Laterals Project |
| Text of a selection of multi-lateral treaties all arranged by subject |
| New Zealand Arbitration Statute |
| New Zealand Arbitration Act 1996 |
| Steptoe and Johnson LLP: Law and the Net |
| Trusts and Trustees |
| WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center |
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| Libraries> |
| 002 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
| Very good links, especially in business and finance |
| British Library |
| Butterworths |
| Cambridge Journals Online |
| Casetrack |
| Quickest source for Court of Appeal and Crown Office Judgments. You will be prompted with the password if you go via TA menu |
| Cornell School Legal Information Institute |
| Inner Temple Library |
| Law Services UK |
| Public Record Office |
| Social Science Information Gateway |
| SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) |
| Funded under the Electronic Libraries Programme, this is a quality-controlled listing of resources in the social sciences, including law. Covers UK and world-wide. Over 2000 resources listed but the emphasis is on "quality resources". Each resource classified by UDC. |
| Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet |
| A service of the Library of Congress |
| United Nations Treaty Collection |
| Virtual Library of the EDZ |
| European Documentation Center |
| Warwick Legal Information Services |
| Comprehensive list of and links to UK Law Schools maintained by the National Centre for Legal Education at the University of Warwick |
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| Link Pages> |
| 001 Delia Venables |
| Probably the best set of UK general legal links |
| 002 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
| Very good links, especially in business and finance |
| 003 Kent University LAWLINKS: Legal Information on the Internet |
| One of the best and most comprehensive sets of links for lawyers for law. |
| Access to American Legal site |
| Access to Law on the Internet |
| Ingeniously designed site with links to law sites in UK, Europe, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand |
| Access to South American legal site |
| Catalaw |
| CataLaw is a catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet. It aids legal research by arranging all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal and unique metaindex |
| Cornell School Legal Information Institute |
| Financewise |
| Searchable directory of sites related to financial topics |
| Findlaw |
| Collection of links to US based law arranged into 14 general libraries. Searches only titles and brief descriptions of law sites in database. If relevant site not found, users are advised to use a link to LawCrawler, a search engine running under AltaVista. |
| Information for Lawyers |
| Compiled by Nick Holmes, Solicitors' Journal columnist. Includes commentary on law/web topics and a host of links to other sites. |
| Law Services UK |
| Legal Information Institute |
| Very good set of links to US material |
| Legal Internet Guide |
| NISS (National Information Services and Systems) |
| Information primarily intended for the UK Higher Education community. Contains a directory of Networked Resources in UDC order. Searchable by subject. About 70 law links included. |
| QuickLinks |
| IT Links |
| Scots Law Online Resource Centre |
| This site is designed for Scots lawyers, students and lecturers and provides links to the major legal resources in Scotland including a section on Law Schools in Scotland and a section on resources by legal topic. |
| Scottish law websites |
| Sheffield University Law Library |
| Heather Thrift, Law Librarian at the University of Sheffield, has devised a very useful links site for law. |
| SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) |
| Funded under the Electronic Libraries Programme, this is a quality-controlled listing of resources in the social sciences, including law. Covers UK and world-wide. Over 2000 resources listed but the emphasis is on "quality resources". Each resource classified by UDC. |
| Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet |
| A service of the Library of Congress |
| Warwick Legal Information Services |
| Comprehensive list of and links to UK Law Schools maintained by the National Centre for Legal Education at the University of Warwick |
| Washburn Law Web |
| Useful set of US law links |
| World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law |
| Based at the Indiana University School of Law Library. Extremely strong US bias to the contents of the database of sites. |
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| Litigation> |
| 01 LovellsNet Litigation Home Page |
| 02 Lovells Litigation Practice and Client Notes |
| 03 Lovells Litigation Standard Forms |
| 04 Lovells Litigation Support |
| 05 Lovells CPR Interactive |
| 06 Civil Procedure Rules home page |
| 07 Delia Venables Civil Justice Links |
| EU website on Justice and Home Affairs |
| Litigation Calculator |
| Interest calculator |
| YAWS Yet Another Woolf Site |
| Lloyds |
| Lloyds own materials |
| 01 Lloyd's main website |
| 02 Lloyd's Glossary of insurance terms and Solvency II glossary |
| 03 Useful explanation of structure of Lloyd's market |
| Contained in Annex A of a 2004 consultation paper |
| 04 Lloyd's statutes |
| Private statutes applying to the constitution of Lloyd's |
| 05 Lloyd's bye laws |
| Rules applied by the Society of Lloyd's to the market |
| 06 Lloyd's underwriting requirements |
| 07 Lloyd's market bulletins |
| Covering a wide variety of topics, legal, regulatory, market, finance, etc |
| 08 Lloyd's resources |
| Codes of practice, standard forms, application forms, protocols |
| 09 Solvency II section |
| Considerable information about preparations for the new prudential regime |
| FSMA |
| 10 Part XIX Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (not up to date) |
| Covering the regulation of Lloyd's itself by the FSA |
| 11 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Transfers of Business Done at Lloyd's) Order 2001 as amended in 2008 |
| Providing for transfers of insurance business by Lloyd's members |
| 12 Chapter 8 and Rule 1.1.93 of the FSA's Prudential Sourcebook for Insurers |
| Applying the FSA's prudential rules to Lloyd's |
| Insolvency |
| 13 Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd's) Regulations 2005 |
| Covering what happens if Lloyd's becomes insolvent |
| European |
| 14 Commission decision in 2003 closing infringement procedure in relation to Lloyd's |
| Commission satisfied that regulatory and supervisory regime for Lloyd's compatible with the Insurance Directive |
| --Covering what happens in the event of |
| Maritime Law> |
| International Maritime Organisation |
| UN agency responsible for maritime safety - information on its organisation and activities |
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| Moneylaundering> |
| Financial Action Task Force |
| Information Centre about Money Laundering |
| FSA's Moneylaundering Sourcebook |
| Joint Moneylaundering Steering group |
| Money Laundering and Compliance Website |
| The detection and prevention of fraud, including many resources and links, last update March 2002 |
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| Newspapers & Magazines> |
| Business Week |
| Deutscher Presserat |
| independent, self regulatory body for the printed media in Germany |
| Duke Law and Technology Review |
| Very strong on e-commerce articles |
| Economist |
| Evening Standard |
| Financial Times |
| Fortune |
| Guardian |
| Independent |
| Internet Magazine |
| Investors Chronicle |
| Jurist: The Law Professors Network |
| Provides breaking legal news |
| Law.com |
| US legal news |
| Lawyer On-line |
| On-line version of the Lawyer with an archive of some sections from past issues |
| Lloyd's List (subscription only) |
| London Gazette |
| for official notices |
| New York Times |
| NewsLinx |
| Headlines and links to hot Internet related stories |
| Observer |
| Press Complaints Commission |
| Public Finance |
| Business magazine for the Public Sector. |
| Reuters |
| Russian Information Agency |
| Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance |
| Telecoms Paper - telecoms news service |
| Telegraph |
| Has a very good search facility for old news stories |
| Times |
| Wall Street Journal |
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| Offshore> |
| A guide to information technology in Jersey |
| Guernsey Financial Services Commission |
| Isle of Man Financial Services Commission |
| Jersey Financial Services Commission |
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| Ombudsmen> |
| European Ombudsman |
| Information about how to complain with relevant form. Annual reports since 1995. Index to decisions. Speeches and press releases. |
| Financial Services Ombudsman |
| Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman |
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| Online Supermarkets> |
| Australian Financial Services Directory |
| Euroland |
| Provides information about stocks |
| Finance-net |
| Information about French Financial Products |
| Financial Services Supermarket |
| Inter-Alliance is a UK independent financial advisory group listed on the Alternative Investment Market offering more than 2,200 funds from 300 providers |
| Global Reinsurance |
| Heath Group |
| Inspop |
| Legal & General |
| Lloyd's of London |
| Moneyextra |
| A more general financial services online supermarket |
| Risk Information & Service Exchange |
| Xelector |
| A "While label supermarket operator." Described as "…the first pan-European digital marketplace where consumers can compare, select and buy financial services and utilities products, matched to their precise needs." |
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| Outsourcing> |
| CP140 draft guidance on outsourcing for IPRU(INS) |
| Go to Appendix B para 20 |
| CP142 draft guidance on outsourcing for Integrated Pru |
| See draft guidance in appendix and comment within the CP itself |
| IPRU(bank) |
| Go to section "OS Outsourcing" |
| Outsourcing related links |
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| Overseas: Financial Services> |
| Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| Bundesverfassungsgericht |
| Central European Bank |
| Code des Assurances |
| Consumer Council |
| German Ministry of Finance |
| Guernsey Financial Services Commission |
| International Organization of Securities (IOSCO) |
| Isle of Man Financial Services Commission |
| Italian Authority for regulating insurance (ISVAP) |
| Jersey Financial Services Commission |
| Legisfrance |
| The home page provides links to sources of French legislation and case law. |
| Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| SEC |
| Contains useful information about the US approach to regulating financial services over the internet |
| Spanish financial services legislation |
| US Federal Reserve |
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| Overseas: Governments> |
| Australian Commonwealth government |
| States of Jersey |
| White House, The |
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| Parliament> |
| Bills before Parliament |
| Hansard (House of Commons) |
| Full text from 23.10.96 onwards; new edition made available each day at 12.30pm |
| Hansard (House of Lords) |
| Full text from 10.6.96 onwards; new edition made available each day at 12.30pm |
| House of Lords |
| Houses of Parliament |
| National Assembly for Wales |
| Northern Ireland Assembly |
| Scottish Parliament |
| Weekly Information Bulletin |
| Full text from 19.10.96 onwards; new edition made available each Monday at 12.30pm, following the Saturday publication of the paper edition 14.11.96; aims to report on the Web within 2 hours of delivery |
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| Patents> |
| European Patent Office |
| Useful patent links page |
| Patent Office |
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| Personal Investment> |
| Financial Information Net Directory (FIND) |
| An excellent range of sites related to banks, brokers, fund management companies, news and markets prices |
| Interactive Brokers |
| Interactive Investor International |
| Moneyworld |
| Personal finance and stock market prices |
| National Association of Pension Funds |
| Pensions Investment Research Consultants |
| PIRC Limited |
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| Practice Manuals> |
| Lovells Litigation Practice and Client Notes |
| Lovells Acquisition Finance Guide |
| Practice Manual (lovells) |
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| Privacy> |
| Anonymity and Privacy site (Dutch) |
| Anonymous Surfing |
| Cipher |
| Electronic newsletter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (US) |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) |
| US civil liberties site |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center |
| Public interest research centre (US) |
| Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) |
| Advocates the prohibition of prior censorship of online communication |
| Online repository of information related to computer privacy |
| Roger Clarke’s Information Privacy page (Australian) |
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| Property Law> |
| Butterworths Commercial Property |
| Estates Gazette |
| Estates Today |
| Provides Internet and e-commerce software and services to the commercial real estate industry |
| Land Registry |
| Includes the full text of a selection of documents and information about the functions of the Land Registry. |
| NCC Group |
| leading UK escrow services provider |
| Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market |
| Trade Marks & Designs |
| Planning Inspectorate |
| Property Data |
| RIBA |
| RIBA Enterprises |
| Help to prepare building specifications, find the best manufacturers and suppliers, buy books and contracts and recruit staff |
| RICS |
| RICS online |
| A member service of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
| Royal Institute of British Architects |
| The British Property Federation |
| The trade association of the property industry |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
| Text of treaties administered by WIPO, press release details of WIPO publications |
| World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) |
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| Public-Key Infrastructure> |
| Digital Signatures Guidelines Tutorial (US) |
| Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Security area. (US) |
| Links to Certification Authorities (CA’s) (US) |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) PKI Programme (US) |
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| Regulatory Organisations> |
| Bank of England |
| Accounting Standards Board |
| Advertising Standards Agency |
| Contains the codes of practice and adjudications issued by ASA. |
| Advertising Standards Commission |
| Auditing Practices Board |
| Bank for International Settlements, Basel Committee |
| British Standards Institute |
| Broadcasting Standards Commission |
| Central Bank of Ireland |
| Centre of Islamic Law |
| CESR (Committee of European Securities Regulators) (formerly FESCO) |
| Chartered Institute of Patent Agents |
| Coal Authority, The |
| Commission des Operations de Bourse |
| French Stock Exchange Regulation |
| Copyright Licensing Agency |
| FESCO (Forum of European Securities Commissions) |
| Financial Regulatory Briefing |
| Subscription only information about regulatory matters |
| Financial Services Authority Home page |
| Guernsey Financial Services Commission |
| Independent Television Commission |
| International Organization of Securities (IOSCO) |
| IOSCO |
| International Organisation of Securities Commissions |
| Isle of Man Financial Services Commission |
| Jersey Financial Services Commission |
| National Association of Pension Funds |
| National Audit Office |
| Office of Fair Trading |
| Office for the Regulation of Electricity & Gas (OFREG) |
| Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) |
| Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR) |
| Office of Water Services (OFWAT) |
| OFGAS |
| OFTEL |
| OFWAT |
| Ombudsman, Financial |
| Ombudsman, Parliamentary & health Service |
| ORR - The Office of the Rail Regulator |
| Press Complaints Commission (PCC) |
| SEC |
| Contains useful information about the US approach to regulating financial services over the internet |
| Takeover Panel |
| The Radio Authority |
| The Takeover Panel |
| Welcome to Regulatory Law |
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| Risk Management> |
| Peter Neumann’s Risks Digest |
| Security Risk Management |
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| Securities Regulation> |
| Australian Securities and Investment Commission |
| CESR (Committee of European Securities Regulators) (formerly FESCO) |
| Commission website on Securities Markets & Investment Funds |
| CREST |
| FESCO (Forum of European Securities Commissions) |
| Guernsey Financial Services Commission |
| International Organization of Securities (IOSCO) |
| Investment: European Legislation |
| Isle of Man Financial Services Commission |
| Jersey Financial Services Commission |
| SEC |
| Contains useful information about the US approach to regulating financial services over the internet |
| Securities Institute |
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| Taxation Law> |
| Butterworths Tax Direct |
| Income & Corporation Taxes Act 1988 |
| Chartered Institute of Taxation |
| Customs and Excise |
| Gray's Inn Chambers Tax Reporting Service |
| Inland Revenue |
| Contains full text of press releases, consultation documents, leaflets and other publications issued by the Inland Revenue |
| Treasury |
| UK Taxation Directory |
| UK Taxation Directory |
| VAT & Duties Tribunals, Special Commissioners and Financial Services and Markets Tribunals |
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| Treaties> |
| Hague Conventions |
| Incoterms 2000 |
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| Unfair Terms> |
| EU Commission's "Unfair terms" web site |
| (links to Commission's database of unfair terms) |
| FSA factsheet: challenging unfair terms |
| FSA's CP148 on Unfair terms |
| Unfair terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 |
| Unfair Terms: Law Commission CP |
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