Specifically Welsh Legal Resources
maintained by Delia Venables
Note that general UK Legal Resources are kept on the
UK Legal Sites and Resources page.
The links below just cover those legal resources which relate specifically to Wales.
Note that there are some specifically Welsh recruitment services at the end of the page
The The National Assembly for Wales
covers draft and made Statutory
Instruments (including local SI's), the agendas and minutes of All Assembly
committees including legislation committtee and the record of proceedings
(or Hansard) of the Assembly.
It publishes most of its daily business to the Internet, including agendas
and minutes of meetings as well as consultation papers and policy documents.
The minutes of cabinet meetings are also made available 6 weeks after
meetings. A subject index is being developed and details of circulars,
planning notices and other grey paper literature is also available- as are
contact points for more information.
Assembly Online is a blog on the Wesh Assembly.
About every week, the First Minister or some other senior AM in the Welsh Assembly conducts a media briefing
which is then summarised by Assembly civil servants and published on the Assembly's website.
This blog is another version of the same information, intended to be a little easier to read and understand!
It also provides an opportunity to comment.
Welsh Legislation, particulary S.I's,
as it develops, can be found on a special part of the HMSO site, here.
Wales Legislation Online
is managed by Cardiff Law School, aiming to make sense of
the functions of, and the subordinate legislation made by, the National Assembly for Wales.
The site analyses those Acts of Parliament which give
powers to the National Assembly and sets out by subject headings the
legislation made by the Assembly.
There is a welcome on the site from Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer. He says
that the comprehensive analysis of the powers of the Assembly found here
is a major source of information for
Assembly Members, Assembly officials, legal and other practitioners and all
those who are involved in the public life of Wales.
The Law Society has set
up a special area for Wales (take "Members - all Services" and then find Wales at the bottom of the list).
There is news on the Law Society's
activities in Wales and on the Law Society's policies on the Welsh Assembly.
Lynn Squires is the Institute of Legal Executives
Regional Liaison Officer for Wales. She is the main point of contact for Fellows, Members and students of the
Institute as well as for anyone (employers/potential students) seeking information regarding ILEX provision
throughout the Principality.
Welsh Affairs Committee
of the House of Commons contains details of the current membership of the Committee,
together with press notices from the 1997-98 Session onwards.
It also contains the details (many in full text) of Welsh
Affairs Committee Reports from the 1999-2000 Session onwards.
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW),
based in Whitehall, is the key Government figure liaising with the devolved administration in
Wales and represents Wales interests in the Cabinet and in Parliament.
The Welsh Local Government Association
represents the interests of local authorities in Wales as well (with associated status)
the three Combined Fire Authorities and three National Park Authorities.
It provides access to the WLGA's latest policy papers, consultation
responses, press releases, publications, minutes and papers for meetings, details of forthcoming events,
committees and group membership and links to other organisations and useful sites.
There is a set of links to all the local authorities in Wales as well as general
local government bodies, other Welsh organisations, national bodies, political bodies,
and general Welsh links - an excellent collection.
Y Cymro is a
news and information about the Welsh Assembly from the Y Cymro newspaper. The
site can be searched, and there is a mailing list providing news updates.
The main page is headed Chwilio Atebion heb Ymgynghori.
BBC Online Wales
is a comprehensive source of news and reporting generally about Wales.
Altior Legal Recruitment, in Cardiff, is a part of a larger
organisation providing training and consultancy in Practice Management, Advocacy and Skills Training.
Note - my thanks to Anne Hemming, Internet Content Manager of
the Welsh Assembly, for several of these links. My thanks also to Ian medlicott, Head of
Legal Services at Caerphilly County Borough Council and Bob Lee from Cardiff Law School.
