Legal Information: UK

ASLIB - The Association for Information Management
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' 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:

Legislation from inception to repeal
Consultation papers
Green papers, White papers & draft Bills
Bills
Parliamentary Progress of Bills
Clause numbering
Pepper v. Hart - importance of preliminary materials
Royal Assent of an Act of Parliament
Implementation
Amendment
Consolidation
Repeal
Derivation and destination tables
Subordinate legislation
Differences between the UK Jurisdictions
English Case Law
The courts and their structure
Judges
The progress of a case and typical timetables
The high courts
Finding Judgements
Reported vs Unreported
Structure of a reported case
Citations
Tribunals
Finding unreported cases
How to find if the case is....
Case commentaries
Summing Up
Relationship between case law and legislation
Where to go if you don’t have the materials yourself
...''

Phone:+44 (0) 20 7613 3031

School Address:

Aslib, The Association for Information Management
Holywell Centre
1 Phipp Street
London
EC2A 4PS
United Kingdom

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