West Suffolk College Library: Law: Useful Websites

Useful Websites

BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) Access to freely available British and Irish Public Legal Information
European Union laws and regulation European Union Laws and regulation from many government departments
Good law gov.uk Information and guidance on the ‘good law’ initiative, which aims to make legislation more accessible and understandable for UK citizens
House of Lords Official website of the House of Lords
Infolaw - Internet for Lawyers The Gateway to the UK legal web.
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of The Privy Council (JCPC) is the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council or, in the case of Republics, to the Judicial Committee. We are open on weekdays from 0930 to 1630.
Law Commission The Law Commission is the statutory independent body created by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law under review and to recommend reform where it is needed.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court
The Supreme Court The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases, and for criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population. We are open on weekdays from 0930 to 1630.

Useful Twitter Feeds

@GOVUK = Government website
@GdnLaw = Guardian Law
@lawsocgazette = Law Society Gazette
@LSHumanRights = Law Society
@BBCnews = BBC News
@BBCPolitics = BBC politics
@guardiannews = Guardian news
@Telepolitics = Telegraph politics
@Timeslaw = The Times Law
@UKParliament = Parliament site
@ukhomeoffice = Home Office site
@thebarcouncil = The Bar Council
@UKSupremecourt = Supreme Court