Internet Newsletter for Lawyers

Overall Index by Subject Groupings, as of May/June 2005

ISSN 1467 - 3835 © Copyright retained by Delia Venables and respective authors 2001 to 2005

Legal research; web resources

Selling and marketing legal services

How the web is changing whole areas of legal life (including conveyancing)

Legal aspects of websites and of e-commerce

Email and online activities in a firm - management, legality, security, risks; also phone lines

New software and online tools; new sites; general interest

Legal research; web resources

What's New in Legal Publishing by Ann Hemming, March/April 2005

Scotland and Wales
Scottish Legal Resources by Jonathan Mitchell, May/June 2005
Welsh Devolution and the Web by Marie Navarro, March/April 2005
What Next for Welsh Legislation on the Web? by Carolyn Kirby, March/April 2005

British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) and Legal Information Institutes generally
Global Legal Research: WorldLII and the Future by Graham Greenleaf, January/February 2005
Freeing the Law in Ireland by John Mee, November/December 2005
BAILII - Where We Are Now by Joe Ury, September/October 2004
BAILII Extends its Coverage, January/February 2004
News from BAILII by Joe Ury, May/June 2003
Presentation to the Bar Report by Delia Venables, January/February 2003
Where We are Now by Lord Justice Brooke, January/February 2003
Be a BAILII Sponsor March/April 2003

RSS: how to pull the news that matters by Nick Holmes, May/June 2004

The Inevitable Decline of Traditional Legal Publishing by Russell Shepherd, March/April 2004
Traditional Legal Publishing - Inevitable Decline? May/June 2004
Riposte from Matthew Rowe of LexisNexis UK
Riposte from Julie Stott of Sweet & Maxwell
Contribution from a legal librarian (who prefers to remain anonymous)

Articles on Legal Libraries and Choosing Legal Resources Online
Horses for Courses and Value for Money by Oriole Newgass, January/February 2005
Theory Meets Real Life in the Legal Library by Julia Bragg, March/April 2004
The Chambers Library by Sonia Michaels, January/February 2002
Leading Regional Firm by Kathy Jones, March/April 2002
Sole Practitioner, Major Irish Firm and Local Law Society by Montagu Martin, Thrse Broy and Ruth Martin, Nov/Dec 2001
City law Firm, Provincial Firm and Academic Library by Hilary Green, Steve Harris and Sarah Carter, September/October 2001

Series on Legal Publishers Online
Practical Law Company by Guy Baring, July/August 2004
WordWave by Sarah Andrews, May/June 2004
Legalease by Mark Cusick, March/April 2004
The Estates Gazette Group by Joanne Tenhave, January/February 2004
The Jordans Group by Nicola Webb and Philip Wilmott, November/December 2003
Incorporated Council of Law Reporting by Martha Hawting, November/December 2003
The Lawyer Group by Rachel Lesiter, September/October 2003
Semple Piggot Rochez by John Pitman, September/October 2003
Butterworths by Caroline Phelps, July/August 2003
Context by Justin Needle, July/August 2003
Sweet & Maxwell by Katy Adelson, May/June 2003

Short Reports on New Research Tools
Lawfinder Data Feeds, November/December 2005
BIALL Database of Online Publications, November/December 2005
Two Important New Research Tools - JustCite and Lawlinker, May/June 2004

Reviews and News of Scottish Research Services
Scottish Session Cases by Anthony Kinahan, November/December 2003
LexisNexis Butterworths Scotland Review by John Craske, January/February 2003
Westlaw UK Services for Scotland Review by Gillian Leslie, January/February 2003
Scottish Online Services by Laurence Kennedy, July/August 2001

Reviews and News of Irish Legal Research Services
Legal Research Products for the Irish Market by Nuala Byrne, (overall review and comparison), July/August 2004
LexisNexis Professional for Ireland by Nuala Byrne, January/February 2004
Electronic Irish Reports and Digests on Justis by Nuala Byrne, November/December 2003
FirstLaw by Nuala Byrne, July/August 2003
Westlaw IE by Nuala Byrne, May/June 2003
Irish legal research on the Internet by Jennefer Aston, July/August 2002
Context launches Irish Reports and Digests on the Web, July/August 2003

Web Resources for Particular Work Areas
Employment Law Resources on the Web by Shantha David, January/February 2005
Religion and Law on the Internet by Neil Addison, January/February 2005
Education Law Resources by Iain Nisbet, July/August 2004
Web Resources for Money Laundering Regulations by Michael Kaye, March/April 2004
Free and Easy Access to Law by Peter Clinch, January/February 2004
Internet Resources Relating to the Law on Financial Crime by Khawar Qureshi, January/February 2004
Personal Injury Resources on the Web by Rebecca Lambert, September/October 2003
What is Wiki? (Part 1) by Paul Robertson, January/February 2004
New Laws for E-privacy including free web resources for E-privacy by Eduardo Ustaran, May/June 2003
Legal Resources Online for Criminal Lawyers by Andrew Keogh, March/April 2003
Company Research Online by John Craske, March/April 2003
Mediation Resources on the Web by Christopher Butterworth, January/February 2003
Human Rights Update from One Crown Office Row by Delia Venables, November/December 2002
Electronic Immigration Network (EIN) Site Relaunched by Delia Venables, November/December 2002
Web Resources for the Family Lawyer and Client by David Hodson, September/October 2002
Local Government and the Internet by Ross Hussey, July/August 2002
Welsh legislation on the web - the Cardiff Law School Project by David Lambert, July/August 2002
Public International Law by Khawar Qureshi, May/June 2002
Human Rights Material on the Internet by Khawar Qureshi, March/April 2002
Property Law Resources by Gary Webber, November/December 2001
E-Commerce Resources by Paul Sillis and Robert Ungar, September/October 2001
Data Protection and Privacy Law Information by Stewart Dresner and Sandra Kelman, September/October 2001

Case Alerter - new service from Casetrack by Clair Woodward, July/August 2003

Occasional series on what English language resources are available for legal material in other countries
Translations of Russian Legislation by Alexander Nikiforov, March/April 2003
The French Legal Web by Michael Haravon, January/February 2003

The Story of Law-index and now Lawindexpro by David Swarbrick, May/June 2002

Knowledge Management by Derek Sturdy, March/April 2002

XML and the Law by Roger Horne, January/February 2002

The "Athens" Access Management System by Daniel Bates, November/December 2001

The Legal Profession in Northern Ireland and the Internet by Barry Phillips, May/June 2001

Selling and marketing legal services

Most Solicitors Shun Marketing Sites by Delia Venables, May/June 2005

Injury Lawyers 4U by Martin Cockx, May/June 2005

How to get into the Search Engines by Nicola Webb, March/April 2005

A Second Generation Website by Karen Rock Monnick, March/April 2005

The Tesco Legal Store by Alan Chance, November/December 2005
Shopping in Tesco Legal Store by Neil Howlett, September/October 2004

New Sites from Enterprising Barristers by Delia Venables, November/December 2005

Website Design for Lawyers by Alex Heshmaty, September/October 2004
Ten Sins of Website Design for Lawyers by Delia Venables, May/June 2002

Series on Case tracking Online- Solicitors Using the Web to Develop New Client Services
Debate on the "Pay as you Convey" model for conveyancing online, May/June 2004
Martin MacDuff of ConveyanceLink
Dominic Cullis of Easy Convey
And the earlier articles....
Case Tracking Online by Delia Venables, January/February 2003
Suppliers Offering Case Tracking Online, May/June 2003
Note on Case Studies, March/April 2003:
Note on Case Studies, May/June 2003
and then the actual case studies.....
Axxia - Morton Fraser by Ian Thomson, May/June 2003
DPS - Stanley Tee by Ian Fretwell, May/June 2003
EasyConvey - Chartahouse by Nick Hawkins, May/June 2003
Linetime - LCL Collections by Ian Longbottom, May/June 2003
Norwel - Lees Lloyd Whitley by Tony Nicholls, May/June 2003
Pericom - Franklins by Michael Franklin, May/June 2003
SellersLink - Bates & Partners by Matthew Clark, May/June 2003
AIM - AMS Law by Steve Williams, March/April 2003
Solicitec - Yuill + Kyle by Stephen Cowen, March/April 2003
Solicitec - Fitzpatricks by Tom Fitzpatrick, March/April 2003
Pracctice - Sykes Anderson by David Anderson, March/April 2003
Videss - Sills & Betteridge by Paul Cowen and Gary Phillips, March/April 2003
DIY - Wilson Nesbitt by Kieran Gilmurray, March/April 2003

Scottish Firms Work Together to Provide a Legal Knowledge Data Base by Delia Venables, March/April 2004

Landlord-Law Online (and Selling Legal Services Online Generally) by Tessa Shepperson, March/April 2004

On-line Legal Services - are they a Dead Duck? by Michael Kaye, July/August 2003
Money Laundering Update by Michael Kaye, September/October 2003

Ongoing Series on specialised sites and work-related domain names
Latest Specialised Websites by Delia Venables, March/April 2004
Latest Specialised Websites by Delia Venables, January/February 2004
More Specialised Websites by Delia Venables, November/December 2003
The Role of Specialised Websites by Lorraine Chapman, September/October 2003

Blogging for Lawyers by Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Simon, September/October 2003
Real Lawyers Don't Blog by Sen Mac Cann, September/October 2003

Four Firms Relaunch their Websites by Delia Venables, September/October 2003

Developing a Portal for your Law Firm by Delia Venables, July/August 2003

The Story of Divorce-Online by Mark Keenan, May/June 2003
Comment on Divorce-Online by Lawrence McNulty, July/August 2003

Barristers can have Intranets too by Michael Mclean, July/August 2003

Developments in Irish Firm Sites by Siobhan Heaney, July/August 2003

What is a Deal Room? by Kevin Doolan, March/April 2003

Fewer High Street Firms Selling Legal Services Online by Delia Venables, March/April 2003

Dotpro Domains Restricted by Tim Brown, May/June 2003
Are the new dot-pro domains worth it? by Tim Brown, September/October 2002

Barristers on the Web by Delia Venables, September/October 2002

Solicitors say "No thanks" to marketing sites by Delia Venables, July/August 2002

Selling Legal services on the web - why are the Irish lagging behind? by Siobhan Heaney, July/August 2002

Website Disclaimers by Claire Griffiths, July/August 2002

HotDocs - Offine and Online by Don MacAskill, March/April 2002

The Future of Legal Services on the Internet by Martin Davies, January/February 2002

Scottish Top Twenty Sites by Delia Venables and Kevin Crombie, November/December 2001

Best Scottish Property Sites by Kevin Crombie, September/October 2001

Legal-Island Story by Mary McMahon, November/December 2001

series on Bright New Ideas for Websites
Keeping a Website Alive and Kicking by Louise Rutherford of Golds, November/December 2002
People Buy People by Jackie Reiss of Collyer-Bristow, November/December 2002
Linking up with a Business Transfer Agency by Maria Cordina of Sherrards, September/October 2002
Providing an Interactive CD about the Firm by Bill Jones of JMW, September/October 2002
A Network of Small Firms Working Together by Nicholas Openshaw of xlsis, September/October 2002
A small Irish firm with a dual language site by Duncan Grehan, July/August 2002
A niche site born of enthusiasm - gardenlaw - by Richard Smithies, July/August 2002
The Conveyancing Room by Graham Ross, May/June 2002
Norton Rose and Emplaw by Tim Russell, March/April 2002
Winward Fearon and Construction Law by Tim Gulliver, March/April 2002
Osborne Clarke and gamesbiz - by Paul Gardner, March/April 2002
Landlord-Law Online by Tessa Shepperson, January/February 2002
Hugh James Ford & Simey and Click2law.com by Alun Jones, January/February 2002
Fitzpatricks and Conveyancing File Chaser by Tom Fitzpatrick, November/December 2001
Canter Levin & Berg and Online Conveyancing Quotes by Martin Malone, November/December 2001
Yuill & Kyle and Credit Control by Stephen Cowan, November/December 2001
Scottish Law Online and Multilingual Facilities by Kevin Crombie, November/December 2001
Beauchamps and growonline.ie by Shaun O'Shea, November/December 2001
Sykes Anderson & Marketing on Other Peoples' Websites by David Anderson, September/October 2001
Firstlaw and Managing Tenders by Ben Horton, September/October 2001
Boyes Turner and Dual Marketing by Ian White, September/October 2001
Sinclair Abson Smith and the SAS by John Cook, September/October 2001
Rooks Rider and Women's Interests by Lucy Riley, September/October 2001

How the web is changing whole areas of legal life (including conveyancing)

Pro Bono on the Web by Graham Bucknall, March/April 2005

E-conveyancing and Property
Web Site for an In-House Estate Agency by Lawrence McNulty, May/June 2005
Case Tracking Online - for French Property by David Anderson, May/June 2005
Home Information Packs (HIP's) and HIPAG by Rob Hailstone, May/June 2005
E-Conveyancing - The Story So Far by Alastair Rhodes, January/February 2005
The End is Nigh - Or Possibly Not by Raymond Perry, September/October 2004
Practical Problems of Digital Signatures by Stephen Mason, November/December 2003
E-Conveyancing - Promise and Reality by Raymond Perry, September/October 2003
NLIS Update by Mark Riddick, November/December 2002
Old Meets New in Property Group by Maitland Kalton, September/October 2002
A practitioner's view by Alastair Rhodes, July/August 2002
A secretary's view by Jackie Jones, July/August 2002
A consultant's view by Allan Carton, July/August 2002

UN Forum on Online Dispute Resolution by Graham Ross, November/December 2005

.NET Changes Everything by Martin Siddle, November/December 2005

The Paperless Office - Has it Worked? by Peter Garsden, September/October 2004
The Paperless Office by Peter Garsden, May/June 2004

Backing up Data - Online or Onsite by Antony Nicholls, November/December 2005
Is Online Backup Feasible for Lawyers? by Roderick Ramage, September/October 2004

Outsourcing and Off-shoring for Lawyers using the Internet by Sunil Radia, May/June 2004

Running a Virtual Law Firm by Andrew Woolley, May/June 2004

Operation Ore: An Expert's Story by Alistair Kelman, November/December 2003

Digital Rights Management by Laurence Kaye, July/August 2003
Digital Rights Management Update by Laurence Kaye, September/October 2003

Locating an Expert Witness by Clive Lougher, May/June 2003

Voluntary Sector Providing Legal Information on the Web (or not, as the case may be) by Steve Donnison, May/June 2003

Forms on the Web by Nick Holmes, March/April 2003

The Changing Face of the Official Record by Martin Bangs, January/February 2003

Gambling on the Web by Lindsey Greig, January/February 2003

Richard Susskind's Talk on Online Government by Delia Venables, November/December 2002

Legal Discussion Groups on the Internet by John Antell, November/December 2002

Court Lists, CourtDiary and CourtCommentary by Delia Venables, November/December 2002

"Clerksroom" Explained by Stephen Ward, January/February 2002

Legal aspects of websites and of e-commerce

News from EURid about the New .eu domain, May/June 2005

Nominet, Domain Names and the Law by Willie Black, March/April 2005

Articles on Privacy, Data Protection, Email Marketing, Spam and Related topics
Lawyers - are they Data Protection Compliant? by Peter Carey, November/December 2005
Email Marketing Regulation Across Europe by Eduardo Ustaran, September/October 2004
Privacy and Electronic Communications - Ten Tricky Questions Answered by Eduardo Ustaran, January/February 2004
Email - the New Law by Charles Black, November/December 2003
New Laws for E-privacy by Eduardo Ustaran, May/June 2003 including free web resources for E-privacy

Articles on "Accessibility" of Websites
Accessibility in Practice by Antony Nicholls, September/October 2004
Is Your Website Accessible? by David Gilroy, July/August 2004
Accessibility Survey by Delia Venables, July/August 2004
Web Site Design and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by Stephen Mason, May/June 2002
Community Legal Services Quality Mark by Adrian Miles, May/June 2002
Will Your Site Be Legal? and free email newsletter on accessibility issues, May/June 2002

Meta Tags and Adwords by Michael Coyle and Jason Lysandrides, July/August 2004

E-Commerce Law Developments by Kolvin Stone, May/June 2004

Foul Play or Fair Game? by Daniel Doherty, March/April 2004

What's On My Bookshelf by Jeremy Holt, March/April 2004

Domains are Hot Property by Tim Brown, November/December 2003

Jurisdiction on the Internet
Jurisdiction on the Internet - Where to Sue? by Sinead Morgan, March/April 2004
The Internet Is Not Special by Louis Joseph, January/February 2003
Internet Defamation - In what Jurisdiction Can An Action Be Taken? (Irish Case Report) by Louise Gallagher, January/February 2003

Current Legal Developments in Ireland relating to the Internet by Patrick Ryan, November/December 2002

Recent E-Commerce Regulation in the UK by Kolvin Stone, May/June 2002

Review of Tolley's Domain Names, September/October 2002

Recent US Case Law by Maitland Kalton, May/June 2002

Internet Law and Regulation by Graham Smith reviewed by Eduardo Ustaran, May/June 2002

Mistakes in Online Transactions by Daniel Bates, March/April 2002

Electronic Signatures Explained by Stephen Mason, January/February 2002 and..
Electronic Signatures in Ireland

E-Commerce Resources by Paul Sillis and Robert Ungar, September/October 2001

email and online activities in a firm - management, legality, security, risks; also phone lines

Managed Email - One Less Worry? by Simon Page, May/June 2005

Managing Internet Risk by Rupert Kendrick, March/April 2005

Firewalls - Why You Need Them by Roger Jackson, January/February 2005

Backing up Data - Online or Onsite by Antony Nicholls, November/December 2005
Is Online Backup Feasible for Lawyers? by Roderick Ramage, September/October 2004

Web Acronyms Galore by Alex Heshmaty, November/December 2005

.pro progress and .eu soon by Tim Brown, July/August 2004

co.uk or .com? (or .ie or .com?) by Delia Venables, July/August 2004
Profile of Lawyers Online by Delia Venables, July/August 2004

The Paperless Office by Peter Garsden, May/June 2004

Outsourcing and Off-shoring for Lawyers using the Internet by Sunil Radia, May/June 2004

Running a Virtual Law Firm by Andrew Woolley, May/June 2004

Privacy and Electronic Communications - Ten Tricky Questions Answered by Eduardo Ustaran, January/February 2004
Email - the New Law by Charles Black, November/December 2003

Lawyers Like Blackberries - Case Studies by Patrick Ryan, Jonathan Fox and Jennifer Buckle, March/April 2004
Lawyers Like BlackBerries and Call for Volunteers, January/February 2004

Spam Wars - Next Big Threat for Law Firms by Delia Venables, September/October 2003
Approaches to Spam Controlby Delia Venables, September/October 2003
including further articles in Microsoft Word format by Dean Hill-Jowett, Simon Bennett, Charles Black, and Peter Sweeney
How to Avoid Spam by Alan Tomlinson, November/December 2003
"If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem." Full article in Microsoft Word format here.

Metadata and Email - Disclosure Issues in an Electronic Age
Report of Talks by Nick Gardner and Adrian Palmer, September/October 2003

E-Privacy and Online Data Protection - new book by Eduardo Ustaran, November/December 2002

Nightmares of the Net for Law Firms by Rupert Kendrick, September/October 2002

Review of Cyber-Risks, September/October 2002

Review of Email and Internet Access solutions, September/October 2002

Email Disclaimers by Claire Griffiths, September/October 2002

Harnessing Internet and Email by Dominic Watson, September/October 2002
Draft Email/Internet Usage Policy (Microsoft Word document), September/October 2002

ADSL - how was it for you? by Keith Arrowsmith, July/August 2002
ADSL at the Office by Keith Arrowsmith, September/October 2002

Email - Beware the Trojan Horse by Stephen Hammett, March/April 2002

Emails: Use, Abuse and Regulation by Paul McGrath, November/December 2001

New software and online tools; new sites; general interest

Avoiding Information Overload - Linex Legal by Matthew Dickinson, May/June 2005

Context News by Victoria MacLean, May/June 2005

What Exactly is .NET? compiled by Delia Venables, March/April 2005

.NET Changes Everything by Martin Siddle, November/December 2005

The Return of Browser Wars by Nick Holmes, January/February 2005

New Scottish Parliament Site Launched, November/December 2005

Government Legal Service by Victoria Smith, LexisNexis UK, November/December 2005

The Government's New Site DirectGov by Delia Venables, September/October 2004

What's New on the Legal Internet by Delia Venables, September/October 2004
New Law Society Site; new CLS site; Solicitors Support Network

Money Claim Online (MCOL) by Ken Fraser, July/August 2004

PIQuantum - a New Online Software Tool by Robert Weston, July/August 2004

What's New on the Legal Internet by Delia Venables, July/August 2004
Copy Free Zone from Context; Civil Court Service from Jordans; Electronic Signatures in Law by Stephen Mason; Tesco Legal Store; Deaf Lawyers, Emplaw; firms and chambers sites

New Directions, January/February 2004
Free CPD from CrimeLine; New Directory of Barristers and Chambers; Legal Information Exchange

Other News, January/February 2004
Scottish Property Standardisation Group; Government Archives and Library Deposits; New Chambers' Initiatives

Hutton Enquiry: How It's Done by Mike Wicksteed and Sarah Andrews, November/December 2003

Department of Consitutional Affairs Website Launched, January/February 2004
New Site for the Lord Chancellor's Department by Mike Wicksteed, May/June 2003
LCD Website - Update, September/October 2003 by Mike Wicksteed

European Judicial Network, May/June 2003

Historical Irish Parliamentary Papers on the Web, March/April 2003

Legal Aid Practitioners Group by Richard Miller, March/April 2003

Criminal Justice System Online, July/August 2002

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