The advent of the internet has had a profound effect upon the legal profession in numerous ways.
One of the most unsettling for lawyers has been the ability for the layman to access a huge resource of free information and guidance on legal matters.
However, despite the brilliance of the algorithms in the world's leading search engines, legal research and analysis by 'Googling' a phrase representing a legal question or issue does not always produce an accurate answer.
The purpose of this blog is to assist in guiding you towards a wealth of legal resources, which can be extremely useful in terms of providing answers to the legal queries and issues which you may have.
This list is being published in rough draft format and is intended to be dynamicly updated from time to time.
It has not been prepared entriely altruistically - as it is intended to be a ready access resource for the author to use whenever he finds himself needing to access legal resources in a cloud computing / remote working environment :-
Professional Resources
These are (expensive) paid-for, but regularly updated resources providing commentary upon the law and precedents as used by working private practice lawyers.
http://uk.practicallaw.com/ - The leading provider of know-how for private, practice lawyers - Simply unbeatable for private practice business lawyers.
http://www.lexisnexis.com
http://www.westlaw.co.uk - From Sweet and Maxwell
http://www.lawtel.com
http://www.justcite.com - New resource
U.K. Governmental Resources
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ - A surprisingly useful way of accessing basic public infromation regarding companies (and other limited liability entities) formed in Great Britain and a useful respository of information on practicalities of British company law.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ - The U.K. government finally getting close to providing the taxpayer with a clear and updated text of the country's legislation - What took them so long (!?)
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/home.htm - The U.K.'s intellectual property office - Providing a wealth of ressources re: I.P. and access to relevant registers.
Corporate Finance Resources
http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk/
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/
http://fsahandbook.info/FSA/index.jsp
Aggregators of Legal Know-How
http://www.bailii.org/ - A charitable trust which provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet.
http://www.worldlii.org/ - Ditto but with international reach.
http://iclr.co.uk/ - The Incorporated Council for Law Reporting for England & Wales
http://www.lexology.com/
http://www.legalweeklaw.com/
http://www.mondaq.com/
http://ca.linexsystems.com/
Regulatory
http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/solicitors.page
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/choosingandusing/findasolicitor.law
Document Resources
http://www.simply-docs.co.uk
http://www.docstoc.com/
