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Welcome to my web site. It is my own site and the content is entirely my
own responsibility. No liability in any way for any thing on this site is to be
attributed to my employer, Peterborough City Council, who employ me as Advice
Services Manager in Peterborough Advice Centre.
The Advice Centre itself has advisors who are specialists in housing
problems, debt counselling and money matters, and welfare rights. We offer a
free, confidential and independent service ranging from advice and information,
through casework and advocacy, to representation in formal arenas such as the
County Court and Social Security Tribunals.
Accurate and current information is a basic tool of the trade. Much is
available on the world wide web, but finding it is not easy. This guide lists
some of the most useful sites I have come across. I try to keep it up to date,
in the hope that others will find it useful too, without having to compile and
update their own.
However, the list can only ever be considered as a starting point. Sites
come and go and move frequently. I cannot guarantee the accuracy, currency or
usefulness of any particular site. Information about corrections or deletions
is appreciated, and suggestions for inclusion are always welcome.
You can email me at bob.currell@peterborough.gov.uk.
Full details are at the end of this document.
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Legal search engine, covering the world - some specific to the UK. |
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Building Societies Association site includes list of members, press releases, FAQs, information and B.S. news. |
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Catalogue of in-print and scheduled publications, plus daily news, cases digest and legal links |
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Adjudication Officers Guide Child Support Adjudication Officers Guide Social Security Commissioners decisions (Neligan) |
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Information on services provided by the Commission, which is the regulatory body for all charities and their activities. |
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Charities Aid Foundation site with over 700 charity links. |
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Address of the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Includes frequently asked questions from consumers including the CML Possession Register. Full text of the mortgage code. Press and statistics. List of CML members and links to home pages. |
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Site for info on community care issues |
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Benefits Agency general site |
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Contributions Agency general site |
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Child Support Agency general site |
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DSS headquarters site |
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Employment Service general site |
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Guide to citizens’ rights at home and abroad, and more, arising out of Britain’s membership of the European Union. |
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Details of Ferret’s Welfare Benefits programmes and a benefit calculator. Section on latest benefit news. Links to other sites. |
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Listing of The Times Law Reports, plus Solicitors Journal Lawbrief - weekly guide to important changes in law and practice. |
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Address for the Society of Computers and Law. Includes a diary and issues of the Society’s magazine Computers and Law. Information about Legal Interest Groups, Notice Board, Legal Resources, Members. |
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Address for the legal directory Catalaw. Includes links to other directories. |
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Address for Hieros Gamos. Probably the largest legal site. Includes access to legal discussion groups. |
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All statutory instruments available at no charge. |
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National Children’s Homes action for children site. Information and advice for under 18’s including legal position. |
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If in desperation, "Human Searches" service aims to put the Librarian into Cyberspace by doing the mouse work in locating the information a user requests. Its a free service and claims to provide results within 48 hours. |
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Summary of recent starred decisions on Social Security and Child Support. Accessible via subject index or numeric index. Regularly up-dated. |
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Full text of all starred Social Security Commissioner’s Decisions. Subject categories include Attendance Allowance, Child Benefit, Child Support, Disability Allowances, Disability Benefit, Family Credit, Funeral payments, Incapacity Benefit, Income Support, Industrial Injuries, prescribed diseases, Invalid Care Allowance, Overpayment, Practice and Procedure, Reduced Earnings Allowance, Review, Sickness Benefit, Supplementary Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Widow’s Pensions. |
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Address of the Guide to Law On Line: United Kingdom. Mainly constitutional type queries, but links to other sites. |
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International Legal Services Network improving communication about the provision and improvement of services and access to justice. |
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Home page of the Information for Lawyers site. Promotes use of electronic publishing and legal links. |
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Independent Review Service for Social Fund reviews. Access to current and back issues of the quarterly Journal and Digest of Decisions. |
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Lists all Joseph Roundtree Foundation report findings, together with full text of all "Findings" reports since August 1994. |
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Address for Legal Action Group. Information on books, training and services. |
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Web site of the London Advice Services Alliance. Full range of LASA services including IT Strategy, Software Evaluation, Information and Advice. Legal Aid franchising information. Bulletins on benefits and refugees |
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Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. Check details of reports that have been or are about to be published. |
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Over 100 links to a vast array of legal information relating to Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland. |
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Access to all UK Local Authorities |
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Money Advice Association site. Information on services, policies, and bulletin board service to exchange information and ideas. |
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Manchester City Council’s "Manchester Advice" site. Where to go for advice in Manchester; advice on welfare rights, money, housing, consumer. Also A-Z of Council services. |
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Lisson Grove Benefits Programme and Benefits News page. Includes information on the Fraud Act, Housing Benefit changes and mortgage interest rates for Income Support. Regularly up-dated. |
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Disability Information and Advice Line - telephone advice service for disabled people. |
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Comprehensive personal finance site provides excellent overview of personal finance issues and links to other sites. |
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National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux - details of social policy work and information on all CABx offices. |
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Web Journal of Current Legal Issues. |
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Bentham Archive of British Law. Includes data and links to other sites. Includes Small Claims Court details. Also links to Web pages of the Law Society. |
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On line law comprising a set of searchable databases and further information. Includes details of Law Firms, Chambers, Barristers, Courts, expert Witnesses, Legal technology suppliers. Further links to other relevant Law sites. |
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Details of Local and Central Government departments, including Benefit Agency etc. |
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Benefits agency news, rates info etc. |
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Open Government site for the Central Adjudication services. Includes starred Digest of Commissioners decisions and the Adjudication Officers Guide. |
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Court of Appeal, giving reports on relevant judgements. |
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Local Government Ombudsman |
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National Audit Office |
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Reports from House of Commons and House of Lords. Parliamentary publications database. Parliamentary bookshop. Details of select committees. Details of Order paper and the weekly information bulletin. All editions of Hansard from October 1996 to the current day. |
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Address for the Manchester Citizen’s Advice Bureau site. Includes access to email enquiry service and searchable database. |
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The Electronic Immigration Network links major information providers, advice workers and practitioners dealing with immigration, refugee and nationality law and practice in the UK. |
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London Advice Services Alliance weekly up-dates on Social Security. Reviews on Social Security issues. Advice board for confidential exchanges. Information board for queries and information swaps. |
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Resource Information Service (RIS) with funding from Crisis have established this "Homelessness in the UK" Web site. General information about homelessness issues especially for single people. Information about legislation changes, new developments and research reports. Database of hostels and advice agencies. Also planning a direct access on line project linking hostels and indicating levels of vacancies. |
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Information from the Shelter Housing Campaign about courses, training, publication, research etc. |
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Sweet & Maxwell Law Publishers. Details on all publications. |
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Monthly update - replaces printed magazine. Outlines of current cases, articles, legislation, and grey material. |
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Address for Solicitec Legal Systems - organisers of the annual exhibition for Legal Firms and providers of legal software and systems |
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Suffolk County Council Welfare Rights Unit |
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Complements "The Lawyer" newspaper. Updated Tuesdays with news, features and comment. Search facility for articles from the paper since 2 Aug. 1994. |
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Provided by Youthnet UK, a charity providing information to young people about issues such as advice, drugs, education, freetime, health, housing, money, sex, sport and work. Includes links to other advice providers. |
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All government publications |
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Home page of Delia Venables - legal computer consultant. Links to sites : parliament; Government Information Service; Lawyer magazine; Times Newspaper; Lord Chancellor’s Dept; Laurie West Knights legal resources; Butterworths; Legalease legal commentaries; David Swarbrick law reports; Information for lawyers. |
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West Midlands Low Pay Unit - employment rights leaflets, courses, publications, research and comment. Links and e-mail service. |
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The Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York. Details of publications including synopsis of each. Research staff profiles. Full text of executive summaries of research reports. Newsletter of events and developments. Links to related housing sites. |
This list is intended as a guide only. Sites come and go and move
frequently. I cannot guarantee the accuracy, currency or usefulness of any
particular site. Information about corrections or deletions is appreciated, and
suggestions for inclusion are always welcome.
Last updated: 22 June 1999
Bob Currell
Advice Services
Manager
The Advice
Centre
39 Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1SQ
Tel: 01733
558383 extn. 34
Fax: 01733
563307
email: bob.currell@peterborough.gov.uk
