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The internet is packed with information of all kinds, but sometimes it can be difficult to find exactly what you're looking for. To make your search a bit easier, we've put together a list of websites that cover a wide range of legal issues - if you'd like to know more about the subjects covered in the Legal Store, try some of the links below. |
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Providing help and information to people who have been injured through poor medical treatment. The site offers a news section, practical advice, contact details for the charity and links to other useful websites.
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The ASA is the independent organisation for non-broadcast advertisements in the UK. The website has information on what to do if you feel misled or offended by an advert.
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Visit the Citizens Advice Bureau online information service for advice on a wide range of topics, including benefits and employment, and help on debt and legal issues. The site covers all four UK countries, and there is information available in Welsh and ethnic community languages. Checked by legal experts and updated regularly, this site can help you take the first steps in solving your issues.
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If they decide your case qualifies, these barristers and solicitors will represent you free of charge. Since it began, the project has given assistance to more than 1500 applications.
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Free step-by-step guides to claiming disability living allowance for people with a long-term physical or mental health problem. The site also contains two-minute online tests to help decide whether you can claim or not.
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This is for anybody having a problem with the boundaries of their property. Read background information on how to deal with the most common disputes and learn some tips for keeping the costs of solving them under control.
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Access to freely-available British and Irish public legal information. It’s a huge resource of legal decisions from law courts across the world, but as it contains word-for-word verdicts from judges it’s really most suited to people working in law.
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This easy-to-use site features a directory of counsellors from across the UK, so you can quickly find somebody in your area to talk to. It also provides information on the kind of things a counsellor might be able to help you with.
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Don’t know your All ER from your U.C.O.S? Visit the Cardiff Index for a guide to more than 12,000 legal abbreviations. Be aware, though, that the index only gives the meanings for abbreviations of legal books and journals and is not a general legal dictionary.
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Information for anybody who has been discriminated against or abused because of their race. The site offers a guide to your rights under the Race Relations Act and details on how to go about making a complaint if those rights have been attacked.
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Previously called 'Justask!', this site offers free leaflets on different areas of law, a calculator to help decide if you are entitled to legal aid and a directory of thousands of solicitors.
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Licensed conveyancers are specialists in all aspects of property law. They can help you to complete the transaction if you're buying or selling a house, a flat or a piece of land. The Council for Licensed Conveyancers website keeps a national database of approved conveyancers so you can quickly find one in your local area.
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A very useful charity that employs solicitors to give free advice on anything from housing and immigration to welfare benefits. The only drawback is that the charity and the site are only for people who live in Coventry.
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Formerly UKOnline, this is the main gateway to government websites with links to information of all kinds. For example DirectGov will show you how to renew your passport or book your driving test. The site also contains a decent law section where you’ll find all kinds of government law resources.
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Rather than just describing the steps involved in getting a divorce, this site discusses some alternatives you might try before making your decision. If you decide that divorce is the right choice, there is plenty of practical help here on what you need to do.
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This site allows you to search its databases for information on immigration and refugee law in the UK and Europe. Many of the resources are for members only and are aimed at people who work in immigration law, but even the non-member sections are full of advice and links to other useful immigration websites.
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The site contains calculators that will help you work out any benefits and tax credits you are entitled to. The questions are quick and easy and you can soon decide whether you should be claiming different benefits or not. If you find that you are entitled to other financial credit, you can download forms from the site to send to your local council.
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This organisation gives business managers information on many issues of workplace equality. There is very little information on the website, but you can look up the number for the helpline and speak to one of their advisers.
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Order a report on your credit history and you can find out why you might be having trouble getting a loan, mortgage or credit card. The website will help you to check and improve your credit rating, but you have to pay for all the services on offer.
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Gives guidance on maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown. If you become a member, information sheets can be downloaded from the site, but links to free information are available without membership.
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Gives parents who are separating or living apart the opportunity to make their own arrangements for their children, often without the need for solicitors or the courts.
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With advice for those who are considering separation or divorce, this site helps you find a mediator to help you communicate with your partner.
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The Family Rights Group provides advice and support for families whose children are involved with social services. The website offers information sheets to download, and you can find out about the free helpline that the group has set up.
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If you have a dispute with a financial firm such as a bank, mortgage lender or insurance company, the financial ombudsman will help you to solve it free of charge. The site includes a guide on how to make your complaint.
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The FCO’s ‘Know Before You Go’ website lets you find out all the latest information on travel advice and possible security alerts in foreign countries before you go abroad.
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Is your neighbour’s tree hanging over your fence? Can you cut back the branches? Can you eat the apples that are falling from it? This site will tell you all you need to know – you can even find out what rights an RAF fighter has when it flies over your lawn.
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A mixture of articles and up-to-date news stories makes Gigalaw a great place to go for information on computer and internet law issues. Be careful that the section you’re looking at relates to where you live, though, as much of Gigalaw’s content is written for the US.
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A well-established support organisation for lone parent families in England and Wales. The site offers information to download as well as forums and chatrooms to share experiences with others online.
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A quite specialised but informative site, Headway offers information and help to people with a brain injury as well as their families and carers. You can read some documents about brain injury and treatment online, and the site will direct you to your nearest Headway centre, or to a free helpline for advice over the phone.
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Her Majesty’s Stationery Office tries to publish every new Act of Parliament online within 24 hours of it being made public, and its records stretch back to 1988.
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The most up-to-date advice on current threats to the UK and steps you can take to minimise your risk.
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With help finding the people you want to complain to, forms to help build your complaint and the opportunity to send it online, this is the place to come when you have a grievance of almost any kind.
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The leading website in the UK for finding an independent financial adviser, whether it’s for you personally or your company. Just type in the subject you need information on and your postcode and IFAP will put you in touch with a suitable adviser in your local area.
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This organisation is part of the home office and the site provides information on immigration and applying for residency in the UK. You can learn background information on immigration in general and find out about the tasks involved in making an application.
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The information commissioner makes sure that people’s personal details are not misused. The website tells you what your rights are, how people might use your personal details and what to do if you think they’re being used inappropriately.
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All matters relating to inheritance tax, including the collection of tax payable on estates, transfers and trusts in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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The Institute of Legal Executives is a professional body representing over 22,000 members. Legal Executives are qualified lawyers specialising in a particular area of law and the ILEX website explains the role of the Legal Executive and how to train to qualify in the field.
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Landlord Zone might say it’s a ‘vertical portal’ for landlords, but the site itself is nowhere near so baffling. It offers information, links, contacts and resources for landlords of all kinds.
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The Law Society is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales. Through its website, you can find a solicitor in your area and if things go wrong, there is an explanation of how you can make a complaint about your solicitor. There is also a great deal of information on the Society’s work to ensure public access to high quality legal services and law reform activities.
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The law in Scotland is not the same as English law. The Law Society of Scotland has a very useful website offering free background information on many areas of law, which you can read online. If you are interested in the advice on offer, be sure it applies to the area of the UK where you live.
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The NLA offers its members a telephone advice line on all matters of landlord and tenant law, factsheets, newsletters, a quarterly journal, and more.
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A group of more than 5,000 solicitors who are trying to take the confrontation out of family law cases and proceedings. The website provides useful 'fact sheets' on divorce, children's rights and other subjects concerned with family law.
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This is an association of independent surveyors with members throughout England and Wales who offer independent advice to property buyers and lenders.
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