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Courts and TribunalsBritish Courts and TribunalsScottish Courts ServiceThe site covers all the traditional courts, providing rules of court, all Court of Session decisions since about 1997, selected decisions from other courts, court forms, fee information, rolls of the Court of Session as well as links to other Scottish courts. Search for Supreme Court decisions by name, date, type etc:
Search for Sheriff Court decisions in the same way:
and see the Sheriff Court and Court of Session rules at:
Her Majesty’s Court ServiceFollowing a major administrative shake-up, the Magistrate’s Court Service and the Court Service are amalgamated within the Department of Constitutional affairs and this revamped website serves the new creation. It offers details on all the Service’s courts, hearings list, procedure rules, forms and guidance and annual reports etc. as well as latest and selected cases. House of Lords
Improved site still provides access to full text of HL decisions; now with search function. Now with free email alert service. Privy Council
The texts of the decisions of the PC and other information on the work of the Committee. Court of Appeal: Civil BusinessFinally, an authoritative and accessible site to the English and Welsh Court of Appeal providing a wealth of useful information for the ordinary user of the courts, the civil and criminal procedure rules, access to selected decisions of the Court and much more. Employment Tribunals
Comprehensive site covering whole of Great Britain aimed at public containing FAQs, online employment forms, publications and details of Employment Tribunal offices. For Northern Ireland, see www.industrialfairemploymenttribunalsni.gov.uk. Employment Appeal TribunalContains the latest EAT procedure rules and practice directions, listing as well as judgements of the EAT. Social Security CommissionersThis site was relaunched in June 2004 and contains information on how to appeal, downloads of the necessary forms, notes on practice and procedure as well as a searchable database of Commissioner decisions. Social Security and Child Support Commissioners: Scottish siteHelpful site explaining function of the Commissioners, appeal and hearing procedures, and downloadable appeal forms and guide. [may be under repair] The Appeals ServiceSite of the agency with responsibility for social security tribunals: information about the tribunals and reports, but no caselaw or legislation. Asylum and Immigration TribunalThe site of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, the successor to the IAA and IAT. The content is the essentials of caselaw, procedure and appeals forms as well as FAQs. Asylum Support Adjudicators
Newly designed site, following the house style of the tribunals service, concerning the adjudicators to whom appeal is made against decisions regarding support provided by NASS. Transport Appeal TribunalThis plain site contains decisions from 2000 and digest, information on how to appeal, procedure, forms and the up-to-date register. Pensions Appeal Tribunal
Improved site with accessible information on operation of tribunal, hearings lists, venue information etc. Still no searchable decisions database, despite intention to have one by April 2005. Finance and Tax Tribunals
This site rolls up information of various kinds (including practice, procedure and forms) about the VAT and Duty Tribunal, the Special Commissioners and the Financial Services & Markets Tribunal. Also contains searchable database of decisions made since April 2004, and a few before then. Children’s HearingsThis newly, and now appropriately, named site is a Scottish Executive sponsored site dealing with all aspects of the Scottish system of Children’s Hearings which aim to safeguard the needs of vulnerable children. Mental Health Tribunal for ScotlandUnfortunately, still offering rather limited and out of date information about the MHTS despite the tribunal having been in operation for over two years. See by contrast revamped site of the English equivalent: www.mhrt.org.uk. Additional Support Needs Tribunal for ScotlandThe newest tribunal on the Scottish legal scene has a bright and attractive well-ordered site with a clear and well-referenced section setting out the law and lots of useful information about the tribunal administration etc. Now with some recent decisions available on site. Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline TribunalRefreshingly open, well-organised and full site which gives full access to the tribunal findings, the rules, tribunal member biographies and FAQs. County CourtThe Registry Trust Ltd operates the Registry of County Court judgments for England and Wales and has a database of Scottish small claims and summary cause decrees for the past six years; and equivalent judgments in the courts of Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, and Jersey. Fee charged for search which can be done on-line or by post. Copyright TribunalSimple site attached to main government site on IP: contains decisions of the tribunal from 1990 to 2003 and annual reports Non-British Courts and tribunalsGunnar Anzinger
One, very long, page providing the web address for hundreds of courts throughout the world, from Algeria to the Virgin Islands. European Court of Human Rights
A huge collection of every decision of the Court and the Commission; searchable in many ways and in French as well as English. European Court of Justice
Lots of information about the workings of the court, access to the caselaw in English and French, and a digest and Index of the caselaw (in French). International Tribunal for the Law of the SeaNicely designed site with all that one could want to know about the tribunal. International Court of JusticeFull text of every decision of the Court since its inception and copies of all core texts. |
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