Published by Butterworths, November 1999
This book is now out of date and is no longer available but I am leaving this page online as a historical record.

The book is now in its 2^nd edition and covers all the important legal sources and resources on the web for the UK and Irish Lawyer.

The two authors, both acknowledged experts on the legal web, have independently maintained web sites for nearly 5 years, providing the major and most widely used "Portals" to the legal web in the UK. No other "starting point" web sites come even remotely close to theirs. The provision and maintenance of the web sites, and the constant and ongoing research involved in keeping them up to date, has enabled them to write this book, quite simply the most authoritative exposition of the current state of the UK legal web that exists.

They have also drawn on the expertise of several "Guest Authors" who have covered specialised topics including a description of, respectively, Scottish and Irish legal resources on the web, a detailed review of legal research services on the web, a description of how the Lord Chancellor's Department website is developing, legal education on the web and how firms and chambers are marketing themselves, or providing legal services, on the web.

Reviews of the 1st edition

Computers & Law Journal, December 1997/January 1998
"This is an excellent book.............The authors are very widely known as experts on the web.......... If you are venturing out onto the web with a view to serious research, this book is an indispensable guide.........Chapter 4 is an A-Z index to the specialist resources available on particular topics; the cost of the book is probably justified by that section alone........This book will save you time and increase your knowledge."

Law Society Gazette, 21 January 1998
"This book provides a travel guide. After a short section to demystify the jargon, there are anecdotal accounts of how individual lawyers have benefited from using the Internet. The main section of the book is highly informative, providing critical and impartial reviews, complete with screenshots of major legal websites."

Journal of Information, Law and Technology, 27 February 1998
"This is a useful and well-researched book which I would have little hesitation in recommending. For people wanting to use the web for legal research, but without the time to search for sites, it will be a highly useful, and time-saving resource."

Contents of the new edition......

Who's on the Legal Web: a description of the major legal bodies on the web: Government, Parliament, the Courts, Professional Bodies, Firms of Solicitors, Law Firm Groups, Barristers and Associations of Individual Lawyers. Guest Author Mike Wicksteed describes the development of the Lord Chancellor's Department site.

What's on the Legal Web: Legislation, Cases, Court Practices and Procedures, Forms, Journals and Legal Newspapers, Legal Software and IT Suppliers, Expert Witnesses, and Jobs Online.

Legal Research Services available on the web from the main legal publishers including a review by barrister James Behrens. This will be a great help to any firm or chambers selecting an online legal research service.

Legal Resources listed by Topic - A to Z. This is the place to start any search for legal materials on the web. There are sections for every legal topic from ADR, Arts and Aviation to Trusts and Welfare.

Finding Things on the Web - how to use search engines and also how to avoid search engines.

Purchasing Things on the Web: books, forms, software and other legally relevant materials.

Lawyers Doing Business on the Web: this is a major section with three guest articles: one by Neil Cameron on Legal e-commerce, one by barristers Tim Lamb QC and Charles Dougherty on Marketing for Barristers and one by Michael Kaye on Getting Business from the Web.

Intranets, Knowledge Management and Extranets: these linked topics are explained and there is a guest article by Mike Robinson and Heather Robinson about the Intranet at Bevan Ashford.

Legal Education on the Web: a description of the key law courses on the web as well as student resources and careers opportunities. Mike Semple Piggot describes the first law courses given over the web.

Scottish Legal Resources are described by David Flint, of MacRoberts Solicitors, Glasgow.

Irish Legal Resources are described by Kieron Wood, an Irish Barrister with a major web interest.

International Legal Resources covering Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as starting points for other countries.

Researching the Legal Web costs £45 and can be obtained either from your usual Butterworths sources or directly from Delia Venables.

Just send her an email, with your name and address, and you will receive the book and an invoice for £45.

email delia@venables.co.uk