External Links

External Links

Case Law

• Supreme Court – information on Judicial Business
  Recent judgments from the Supreme Court are available on the Supreme Court judicial business website.
• Her Majesty’s Court Service
  Some important judgments are published on the Court Service website.

Statute Law

• Public Bills before Parliament 2010-11
  Copies of Public Bills currently being considered by Parliament can be found here.
• Legislation.gov.uk – Acts of the UK Parliament
  Copies of recent legislation can be found here.
• Post-Legislative Scrutiny (2006)
  The Law Commission’s consultation paper, Post-Legislative Scrutiny (2006), is available here.

Statutory Interpretation

UK Statutory Instruments and Explanatory Memorandum
Statutory instruments are published on Legislation.gov.uk website

Law Reform

• Law Commission
• Quinquennial Review of the Law Commission by John Halliday CB March 2003
  John Halliday has produced a report on the work of the Law Commission which has been published on the Law Commission’s website.

Judges in the UK

• Constitutional reform: a new way of appointing judges 2003
  Archived consultation paper.
• Independent scrutiny of the Appointment Processess of Judges and Queen’s Counsel
  Sir Leonard Peach’;s report into judicial appointments is available on the Minister of Constitutional Affairs’ website.
• Judicial appointments
  General information on the appointments to the judiciary is available on the Judicial Appointments Commission website.
• Judicial Studies Board

Magistrates

• The Judiciary in the Magistrates’ Court
  The research of Rod Morgan and Neil Russell, The Judiciary in the Magistrates’ Courts (2000), is available on the Home Office website in the section dedicated to the Research Development and Statistics Directorate.
• Magistrates Association
  The website of the Magistrates Association, which represents the interests of magistrates.
• Direct Gov – Magistrates
  General information about magistrates is available on the Direct Gov website. This site includes information about the appointment process and training.

Tribunals

• Report of the Review of Tribunals
  The Report of the Review of tribunals by Sir Andrew Leggatt is available here.
• Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council

Jury

• Jury Research and Impropriety (2005)
  This consultation document, considering when the law should allow the secrecy of jury deliberations to be broken, can be found on the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ website.
• Report on the Jury in Criminal Trials
  The Report on the Jury in Criminal Trials published by the New Zealand Law Commission is available on their website.
• Her Majesty’s Court Service
  Leaflets on jury service are published on the Court Service website.

Legal Profession (solicitors, barristers, etc)

• The Clementi Report: Potential Risks of External Ownership and Regulatory Responses – A Report to the Department of Constitutional Affairs
  The research carried out by Paul Grout (2005) is available on the website of the Department of Constitutional Affairs.
• The Benefits of Multiple Ownership Models in Law Services
  The research carried out by James Dow and Carlos Lapuerta (2005) is available on the website of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
• New framework for work-based learning – consultation
  The Law Society’s consultation paper (2006) is available on its website.
• Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services in England and Wales (2004)
  Sir David Clementi’s report is available here.
• Competition in the Professions (2001)
  The report of the Office of Fair Trading is available on their website.
• The Bar Council

Infringements of Human Rights

• Rebuilding Lives, Supporting Victims of Crime (2005),
  The consultation paper, Rebuilding Lives, Supporting Victims of Crime (2005), looking at the future of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is available here.
• Independent Police Complaints Commission

Legal Services Costs

• Legal aid: a market-based approach to reform (2006)
  Lord Carter’s report, Legal aid: a market-based approach to reform (2006), is available here.
• Legal Aid: a sustainable future (2006)
  The consultation paper, Legal Aid: a sustainable future (2006), is available here.
• European Court of Human Rights – McLibel Two case
  The judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the McLibel Two case was application number 6841/01 and can be found on the Court’s website.
• Demand Induced Supply? Identifying Cost Drivers in Criminal Defence Work (2005)
  The research carried out by Professors Cape and Moorhead, Demand Induced Supply? Identifying Cost Drivers in Criminal Defence Work (2005) is available here.
• Community Legal Service: The Introduction of Contracting,
  The report of the National Audit Office (2003) Community Legal Service: The Introduction of Contracting, HC 89 2002–03, is available on its website.
• Legal Services Commission

Criminal Procedures

• Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (2006)
  The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (2006) has been published on the Home Office website.
• The Crown Prosecution Service
  The Code for Crown Prosecutors is available on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website.
• Liberty
  Website for the pressure group, Liberty.
• Criminal Courts’ Review
  The Auld Report is available here.
• Criminal Statistics England and Wales 2009
• The Home Office Report Crime in England and Wales 2009/2010
• Direct Gov
  Information on the criminal justice system is available here.

Sentences

• The Halliday Report – Making Punishments Work: A Review of the Sentencing Framework for England & Wales
  A summary of the report of John Halliday on sentencing is available here.
• NAPO – Anti-Social Behaviour Orders – Analysis of the First Six Years
  The report of the National Association of Probation Officers entitled Anti-Social Behaviour Orders – Analysis of the First Six Years, is available on their website.

Young Offenders

• The Introduction of Referral Orders int the Youth Justice System
  Research carried out for the Home Office on referral orders (Youth Justice: the Introduction of Referral Orders into the Youth Justice System (2001), RDS Occasional Paper No. 70) is available on the Home Office website.
• Youth Justice Board

Civil Justice System

• The Management of Civil Cases: The Courts and the Post-Woolf Landscape (2005)
  The research The Management of Civil Cases: The Courts and the Post-Woolf Landscape (2005) is available on the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ website.
• Improved access to Justice – Funding Options and Proportionate Costs (2005)
  The report of the Civil Justice Council, Improved access to Justice – Funding Options and Proportionate Costs (2005), is available here.
• Emerging Findings: an early evaluation of the Civil Justice Reforms (2001)
  This research is available on the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ website.
• Access to Justice
  Lord Woolf’s final report is available on the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ website.
• Money Claim Online
• Court Service Annual Report
  A useful source of information about court matters.

Judicial Review and Appeals

• The Ministry of Justice
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
  The annual report of the Criminal Cases Review Commission is published on the Commission’s website.

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