Justice
When is a website not a website?
Casting around for something new on the legal web, I recently came across the claim that www.civilappeals.gov.uk is “a new website”. It is no such thing! civilappeals.gov.uk is a new domain whose www points you to www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/civilappeals.htm – a page on HM Courts Service website with no separate identity. Whatever the merit of the new […]
The Tribunals Service: access to informal justice
The 26 May issue of the FreePint Newsletter carries a feature, Specialist Tribunals – Your Guide to Informal Justice, by David Ogden who recently began a new position as Head of Tribunal Library Services at the Department for Constitutional Affairs. He provides an overview of the tribunals system, including information about the Tribunals Service, a […]
Possession claims online
Following the success of the Money Claim Online (MCOL) service, HM Courts Service is developing Possession Claim Online (PCOL) which will manage claims in county courts for possession of residential property for non-payment of rent or mortgage only. Testing will be undertaken in August/September 2005 with rollout to up to six proving courts in October […]
Brand new! Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal is the successor to the Immigration Appellate Authority and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, set up under the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 and came into being 4 April 2005. The purpose of the Tribunal is to hear and decide appeals against decisions made by the Home […]
Brand new! HM Courts Service
Her Majesty’s Courts Service brings together on 1 April 2005 the Magistrates’ Courts Service and Court Service into one single organisation for the first time. The new website is launched today. Fix your links.
Court Service Online Forms
The Court Service’s new Online Forms pilot service enables you to complete 20 civil court forms online and submit them electroically, with a fee if necessary, to one of 9 pilot courts which include Basildon County Court, Birmingham County Court, Bournemouth County Court, Coventry County Court, Dartford County Court, Leicester County Court, Llangefni County Court, […]
Sentencing guidelines
The new Sentencing Guidelines site contains information about the Sentencing Guidelines Council and the Sentencing Advisory Panel and includes the Council’s first draft guidelines covering Seriousness & New Sentences and Reductions in Sentence for a Guilty Plea. These guidelines are designed to assist criminal courts in developing a common approach to sentencing of offenders. They […]
Community Legal Service Direct
CLS Direct is the new name for the CLS’s JustAsk! website where users can search for a quality local legal adviser or solicitor, ask a question or choose a common topic and be directed to the best advice websites, check eligibility for legal aid funding with an online calculator and view and print independently-written legal […]
Social Security and Child Support Commissioners
The SSCSC website was relaunched 23 June. Using the site you can find out how to appeal and download the necessary forms; check up on recent cases and other developments; search for decisions; and consult basic cases and directions on practice and procedure. Social Security and Child Support Commissioners The site uses a template which […]
Constitutional Reform Bill
The Constitutional Reform Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 24 February 2004 to much criticism. Part 1 makes provision for replacing the office of Lord Chancellor and abolishing that office. There are provisions in relation to the judiciary and the courts, the Great Seal, and the Speakership of the House of Lords. […]
