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UK
Legal Information: An overview
The course will cover
UK legislation from inception through to repeal, looking
at consultation papers, green and white papers, the progress
of Acts through Parliament and onto their amendment and
consolidation. The nature and role of Statutory Instruments
as well as where to find them will be covered. UK case
law will focus on the structure of the courts and the
progress of a case, how they are reported and how to locate
unreported judgments, the difference between a transcript,
a law report and unreported cases and how they are cited,
including neutral citations.
Programme Features:
Why you should attend:
This course is aimed at those who have very recently started
working with legal materials. It is not suitable for those
who have worked with legal materials for more than a year.
It is ideal for those who want to understand how legislation
works and how the courts work, to better enable them to
find the right information and to ask the right questions
of their enquiror. The course will range from consultation
papers to bills and amended legislation; it will explore
the various courts and judgments. Delegates will be familiarised
with commonly used jargon and terms. Key free internet
resources will be highlighted and mention made of subscription
based products and how some of them add value to the basic
materials.
Note: each stage will include examples of where to find
the relevant materials
On completing the course,
you will:
- have an increased awareness
of the different stages of legislation
- be familiar with the commonly
used terms
- be aware of the basic sources
(both paper and Internet)
