Useful Legal Software Links

The Law Society

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. Their services include negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and others; offering training and advice; helping to protect and promote solicitors across England and Wales. They produce a yearly Legal Software Solutions Guide. The Guide analyses all the main legal software providers in the UK market and is an essential publication to view the suitability of legal software providers.

Since its inclusion in the guide in 2007, Select Legal have obtained high praises in every category from the independent panel. LAWFUSION has been described as “Arguably the Best of the Best of Breed”. The independent panel also went on to describe how LAWFUSION achieved the most uses of the word excellent, overcoming competition such as Eclipse, Videss, Alphalaw, DPS and Linetime to name a few. LAWFUSION achieved 1st place in the Overall Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Financial Services Authority

The Financial Services Authority is an independent non-departmental public body and quasi-judicial body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom.

Set up in December 2001, the FSA is Britain's single statutory financial regulator, replacing nine previous watchdog bodies. Its responsibilities range from the sale of endowments and insurance to controls on City dealers trading in derivatives.

The website gives access to many of the authority's documents, including a library containing their latest publications, corporate documents, policy documents and communication documents amongst others. It also gives access to their Handbook.

The Law Commission

The Law Commission website.

Legal Services Commission

Legal Services Commission website.

The Home Office

Home Office website.

The Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information - provides the full text of all Acts passed since 1988.

British and Irish Legal Information

The British and Irish Legal Information offers free access to case law and legislation from various British and Irish courts and legislatures, with a single search engine. It currently includes access to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales; the Irish Supreme Court; the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal; Scottish Court of Session and High Court; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the House of Lords and the European Union as well as full-text legislation databases from Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

Also on BAILII are Law Commission publications and tribunal decisions from tribunals such as the Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and VAT & Duties Tribunals, to name a few.

World Legal Information Institution

The World Legal Information Institution (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively by various Legal Information Institutes and other organisations, including the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) and the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII).

WorldLII comprises three main facilities:

• Databases - Over 270 databases from 48 jurisdictions in 20 countries are included in the initial release of WorldLII. Databases of case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials are included.
• Catalog - The WorldLII Catalog provides links to over 15,000 law-related web sites in every country in the world.
• Websearch - WorldLII's Websearch makes searchable the full text of as many of these sites as WorldLII's web-spider can reach.

Law Society Gazette

Focusing on the solicitors' profession, the Law Society's Gazette provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of the law, both at home and abroad. From high street to City boardrooms, the Law Society's Gazette reports and analyses all the issues affecting lawyers. It is also the premier source and market leader for recruitment and other advertising aimed at the legal profession.

Legal Technology Insider

The Legal Technology Insider, also known in the industry as the “Orange Rag”, is the inspiration of Charles Christian the UK's most recognised and well received legal technology journalist.

Delia Venables

Delia Venables offers a very useful site with information on free legal resources available online. She provides extensive lists of solicitors and barristers, with links to their web sites, an A to Z of legal resources by area of law, information on free case law and current awareness, jobs, CPD, transcription services, legal software, web services, expert witnesses and much else besides. There are also separate sections for individuals, students and companies.

e-LegalTechnology.org

e-LegalTechnology.org is a specialist directory and resource tool for lawyers, legal professionals and legal technology specialists. Their site offers detailed descriptions of hundreds of service providers, legal applications, events, seminars, webinars, white papers, articles, jobs and press releases all specific to the legal technology sector.

The Social Science Information Gateway

The Social Science Information Gateway identifies legal resources on the Internet. The service aims to identify and evaluate legal resource sites offering primary and secondary materials and other items of legal interest.

Interactive Law

Interactive Law - is an online guide to UK Law.

Law on the Web

Law on the Web - a uk legal advice site that aims to make the law more accessible.

SDLT

SDLT is software, installed on as many workstations as you want that link to a central database normally stored on your server. It ensures that staff can submit Inland Revenue SDLT forms easily, quickly and correctly via the Internet, with a certificate being produced in approximately 24 hrs by the Inland Revenue.

LAWFUSION was one of the first legal software suppliers in the UK to integrate with SDLT.co.uk. This new service enhances the software considerably. Users have the ability to complete and print the all important SDLT 5 form and SDLT 60 in minutes rather than days.

OneSearch

OneSearch are a leading Property Information company and provide conveyancing search reports which play a key role in property transactions.

They offer a one-stop-shop solution where solicitors, estate agents, HIP providers, and other interested parties can order a wide range of searches for transactions in Scotland, England and Wales through a fast, accurate, simple-to-use web ordering facility.

Land Registry

Land Registry website. A non-ministerial government department since 1862, the main statutory function of Land Registry is to keep a register of title to freehold and leasehold land throughout England and Wales.

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) is the professional body which represents 24,000 trainee and practicing Legal Executives. Our role is to enhance the role and standing of Legal Executives in the legal profession.

Legal Software Suppliers Association

Select Legal have been members of the LSSA since 2004. The firm joined the association to become part of the body that represents legal software providers in the UK. The LSSA represents the majority of the leading UK suppliers. Its' aim is to both set and maintain professional standards within the industry and manage areas of mutual interest between lawyers and software providers.

As part of this Association, Select Legal has forged links with legislative bodies – such as the Land Registry, Legal Services Commission, Law Society, etc.

Jordan Publishing - Family Law

Jordan Publishing contains updates, links, the Family Law index, case reports published in Family Law since 1996.

DiscLaw Publishing - Employment Law

DiscLaw Publishing Employment Law website - publishing British employment law information in electronic format since 1993.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service website.

The Trade Union Congress (TUC)

The Trade Union Congress website.