UK Legal Information: An overview

Short course

In London

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    London

The course will cover: consultation papers, bills; amended legislation; varous courts and judgments, and delegates will be familiarized with commonly-used terminology and key internet resourses. Suitable for: Those who have very recently started working with legal materials. 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Bonhill House, 1-3 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4BX

Start date

On request

About this course

This course is for those who have worked with legal materials for under a year, who want to understand how legislation and the courts work, to better enable them to find information and ask apposite questions of their enquirier.

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Teachers and trainers (2)

Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy

Course Director

Susanna Winter

Susanna Winter

Course Director

Course programme

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

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)

Time: 09.45 - 13.00

Additional information

Payment options:

ASLIB Members - £148.00 + VAT Non-members - £185.00 + VAT

UK Legal Information: An overview

Price on request