Solicitors Regulation Authority ("the SRA") The SRA regulates the conduct of this firm. Please refer to their website for further information about the services they offer.
www.sra.org.uk Legal Complaints Service (of the SRA) Please feel free to refer any complaint about this firm (even if you have made use of our internal complaints handling procedure - but were not satisfed with the outcome) to the Legal Complaints Service who will deal with your complaint.
http://www.legalcomplaints.org.uk/home.page Financial Services Authority The FSA is an independent body that regulates the financial services industry in the UK and investigates and, where appropriate, disciplines authorised firms which have acted in breach of the rules or other Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) requirements. They also have various criminal prosecution powers, including powers to prosecute persons who engage in regulated activities without authorisation.
www.fsa.gov.uk The Gangmasters Licensing Authority The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) regulates those who supply labour or use workers to provide services in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, shellfish gathering and food processing and packaging.
www.gla.gov.uk Department of Trade and Industry The Department supervises the operation of corporate affairs in the UK and is responsible for enforcing, and prosecuting company and insolvency law.
www.dti.gov.uk Community Legal Service (CLS) /LSC
The successor to the Legal Aid Board. Services Commission. It provide the widest possible access to legal information and advice. Its web site provides latest updates on seeking legal help, statutory materials, information about the commission newsletters, jobs, links, guidance and useful contacts.
www.legalservices.gov.uk
Department of Constitutional Affairs
http://www.dca.gov.uk
General Council of the Bar
The governing body of the barristers’ profession in England and Wales. Their site outlines the role of the Bar Council, the profession, its activities, contact details, Bar directory, education and training, notices, conferences, direct access to barristers joining the inns and other useful and relevant links.
www.barcouncil.org.uk
Law Commission
Their search facility provides the most comprehensive collection of UK Public Sector on-line information, including. information about different aspects of law, consultation papers, statute law, useful links, a library, law under review and a discussion forum.
www.lawcom.gov.uk
The Law Society
The Law society is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. Their premier legal web-site covers in depth about solicitors online, members directory, its European / international links, publications, education and training programmes, events, press centre, recruitment and A-Z content links.
www.lawsociety.org.uk
Crown Prosecution Service
This site describes the work of the agency that initiates proceedings against those charged with criminal offences.
www.cps.gov.uk
The Serious Fraud Office
The site features reports on the Office's investigations, prosecutions, case notes, events and press releases. The aim of the SFO is to investigate and prosecute serious and complex fraud and so deter fraud and maintain confidence in the probity of business and financial services in the United Kingdom.
www.sfo.gov.uk
Criminal Cases Review Commission
The CCRC is an independent, body, which investigates suspected miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The site offers information about the commission, press releases, reports, management, solicitors, publications, applications, links and contacts.
www.ccrc.gov.uk
Home Office
The Home Office is the Government department responsible for internal affairs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland providing information on: constitutional and community issues, crime, criminal justice, immigration, passports, complaints, press releases and legislation.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
The Prison Service
This excellent site not only gives comprehensive information about the whereabouts of individual prison establishments, but also provides very useful information about prisoners rights, categorisation etc.
www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
Human Rights
This part of the Lord Chancellor's site includes the text of the Human Rights Act 1998. It also contains information on the Rules and Practice Directions, speeches and press notices.
www.lcd.gov.uk/hract/hramenu.htm
Beagle: ECHR Web site
The site contains issues relating to human rights, digests of latest ECHR cases, links to Strasbourg judgments, full HUDOC database, searches, links to Scottish law and House of Lords web sites. It also provides information to the LCD human rights page , about training courses and access to other relevant materials on the web.
www.beagle.org.uk
The ECHR site
A very unfriendly site, but the definitive source for all ECHR rulings, press releases etc.
www.echr.coe.int
European Human Rights Directory
Offers general information about the institution, case-law, information, notes, surveys, pending cases, judgments, official documents, publications, legislative activity and legal texts.
www.echr.net
Specialist Fraud Panel
A specialist panel of solicitors was formally established by the Legal Services Commission in May 2000, in order to control defence costs in VHCC Fraud cases and to ensure the defendants receive quality representation from firms with expertise in managing such cases.
www.legalservices.gov.uk/criminal/contracting/vhcc_specialist_fraud_panel.asp
Metropolitan Police
This site was established with the intention of making the workings of the Metropolitan Police Service more accessible. The Met use its website to inform the public of changes and developments in policing the capital and to provide an opportunity for the community to help in the task of tackling crime.
www.met.police.uk
Liberty Human Rights
Liberty is one of the UK's leading human rights and civil liberties organisations. It was founded as the National Council for Civil Liberties in 1934 and has campaigned for equal rights for over 70 years.
www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
HM Revenue and Customs
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is the new department responsible for the business of the former Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise.
www.hmrc.gov.uk/