| Topic |
Website |
Comments |
| Family
Law |
Lord
Chancellor's Department |
Legal
policy for Families, links to legislation and some cases |
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Family Law |
'Family Law' is a publishing imprint of Jordan Publishing
Limited in the UK. The site contains details of publications and
conferences provided by Jordan's in the area of family law. Also
provides Family Law News Watch - a news service for the latest
developments in case-law, legislation and family law practice. |
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Family Issues and the Law |
UK Government
site with information on Parent's Rights, Children's Rights,
Relationship Breakdown and other related matters |
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Family Justice System for England and Wales |
The Family Justice System is a
network of organisations including family courts, CAFCASS and
other support services |
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INCADAT |
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| Children & the Law |
Children's
Legal Centre |
The Free Legal Information section
gives advice on a range of topics relating to children,
residence, parental responsibility etc. Short case study
examples are also given. |
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CareLaw |
Legal Advice for
Young People in Care |
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Children and Family Court
Advisory Service |
CAFCASS looks after the interests
of children involved in family proceedings. It works with children
and their families, and then advises the courts on what it considers
to be in the children's best interests. |
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Children's Law Centre |
Developing a comprehensive
and accessible advice service on children's rights and the law
as it relates to children and young people |
| Adoption & Fostering |
British
Association of Adoption & Fostering |
See
Expert Opinion Section |
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Adoption |
Guidance and
legal information on adoption & fostering issues, from the
UK government's main website. |
| Family Breakdown |
Home Office
Domestic Violence Mini-site |
Full text documentation, reports and information on legal
issues |
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Matrimonial
Finance |
Site maintained
by Pearl Willis |
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SharingPensions |
See section on Divorce for legal
guidance and information on financial implications of marital or
partnership breakdown. |
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Women's Aid |
The policy and
practice section has legal briefings on a range of related
topics. |
| Vulnerable
Groups |
AgePositive |
Topics
covered include: age discrimination legislation, pension rights,
flexible retirement ages, maintained by DWP |
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Disability
Unit - |
Disability
legislation, guidance, and policy documents. |
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Carers |
Government information for anyone
who looks after a friend, relative or neighbour who needs
support because of their sickness, age or disability |
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Information
Centre About Asylum and Refugees in
the UK |
Select Navigation
Guides from the Resources Index for legal aspects of asylum. |
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AsylumLaw.org |
An
international site of legal information. |
| Social
Security |
Social
Security and Child Support Commissioners |
Recent
cases and decisions; information on directions on practice
and procedure and information on all the areas over
which Commissioners have jurisdiction |
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Department
for Social Development |
See: Law & Legislation for a range of resources on social
security law in Northern Ireland, including links to the NI Digest of Cases decisions.
Links also to the NI Commissioners sites. |
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Department for Work and
Pensions |
Main government
site for information on all social services benefits and pension
law. |
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Compact
Law |
Information
on a range of legal topics including Housing rights |
| |
Care
and Health Law |
Belinda
Schwehr's very good free site covering social care,
and health. |
| Mental
Health |
Mind |
See Information
section for Legal content |
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Mental Health Review Tribunal |
The Mental
Health Review Tribunal has the responsibility of hearing
applications or references concerning people detained under the
Mental Health Act 1983 |
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Section 12(2)
Mental Health Act 1983 |
This site looks specifically at this
section of the act, and reviews the proposals to reform it. |
| Criminal
Justice |
Criminal Justice
System of Northern Ireland, comprising: |
Umbrella site linking the 7 major areas of criminal justice
provision in Northern Ireland. Each
separate site has links to policy documents, full text publications,
advice and further contact information. |
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Youth
Justice Board |
Useful information
from the England and Wales body. Click on the Practitioners
Portal for full text policy documents, help and guidance in
all aspects of youth offending and rehabilitation. |
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NACRO |
National
Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
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Howard League
for Penal Reform |
The
group works for humane and rational reform of the penal system.
It researches and comments on criminal justice policy and practice,
holds conferences and debates, publishes books and reports |
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Home Office |
Links
to the Crime
and Victims and the
Criminal
Justice System Online pages |
