UK resources
- England
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Legislation
- Acts of Parliament - From 1988. The equivalent of the printed Public General Acts, but subsequent amendments are not incorporated. Separate table of Local Acts.
- BAILII - British and Irish Legal Information Institute. Legislation as passed.
- Legislation.gov.uk - responsible for administering and providing access to the government's information policy
- Statutory Instruments - From 1987. Includes Draft Statutory Instruments
- Pre-legislative material
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- Bills - Currently before Parliament include Explanatory Notes and Amendments as they are tabled
- The House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin - Contains a full list of Bills introduced in Parliament in the current session, together with details of progress through Parliament. Email alerter available.
- House of Commons Hansard - - Includes daily debates back to session 1988/89 and Standing Committee debates on Bills from 1997/98. Email alerter available.
- House of Lords Hansard for documents published 1994 onwards
- Official Documents Archive for documents published 1995-2005
- Official Documents for documents published May 2005 onwards
- Case Law
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- BAILII - British and Irish Legal Information Institute - provides full hyperlinked judgments from courts in the United Kingdom. Under development.
- Employment Appeal Tribunal - Reports of judgments from 1999
- House of Lords judgments - From 14 November 1996 - 30 July 2009
- Judiciary of England and Wales - Database of judgments.
- Privy Council judgments - Cases from 1999, with a few key earlier judgments
- Supreme Court
- Tribunals Service Upper Tribunal - Decisions
- UKSC - Blog from Matrix Chambers and Olswang
- Indexes and digests to legal information
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- Current awareness from the Inner Temple Library - Selective current awareness weblog (blog) intended to provide up-to-date information on new case law, changes in legislation and legal news for the UK
- WLR Daily - The Incorporated Council on Law Reporting's service, providing free summaries within 24 hours of judgment
- Legal News
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- Law Society Gazette - journal of the Law Society. Current issue online and archives from 1986.
- The Lawyer - daily legal news aimed at practitioners.
- Scotland
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Official sites
- BAILII - decisions from the Court of Session, High Court and Sheriff Court
- Scotland Legislation - the official government site links to Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999, Explanatory Notes to the Acts, and Scottish Statutory Instruments, as well as UK legislation applying to Scotland
- Scottish Courts Web Site - searchable database of cases
- Scottish Executive - the Scottish devolved government site
- Scottish Law Commission - the Scottish law reform site. Includes discussion and consultation documents, and reports
- Scottish Legal Aid Board
- Scottish Parliament - links to information on the Scottish Parliament, including reports of proceedings
- Law Society of Scotland
- Scots Law News - web bulletin from University of Edinburgh School of Law
- Scottish Law online - Legal portal for Scotland.
- Wales
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- Welsh Assembly Government - Information on the Welsh Assembly
- Wales Office
- Wales Legislation - site
- Welsh Affairs Committee of the House of Commons
- Welsh Legislation Online - a digest of National Assembly functions and subordinate legislation, from Cardiff Law School
- Welsh Local Government Association - access to information on local government in Wales
- Northern Ireland
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- BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) - Northern Ireland Court of Appeal, High Court and Tribunal cases.
- Northern Ireland Assembly - Information about the Assembly including the official report and video coverage from the Assembly Chamber (when not suspended)
- Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
- Northern Ireland Executive
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
- Northern Ireland Legislation site
- Northern Ireland Office
- Northern Ireland Statutes Revised - full text of NI statutes in force on BAILII
- Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland - From 1991.
- Channel Islands and Isle of Man
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Although these jurisdictions are British Crown dependencies, they are categorised here for convenience.
- Alderney - States of Alderney official Government website
- Guernsey Legal Resources - joint initiative between the Royal Court and the Law Officers of the Crown
- Guernsey Bar - includes guides, legislation and links to cases and other useful materials
- Jersey - Legal Information Board
- Sark - Sark Government website
- Isle of Man - Tynwald, the Parliament of the Isle of Man