Statute Law Database goes public
The Statute Law Database was finally released to the public today. See what you think. Background and issues are covered in my recent article. Is the SLD “open”? No: The content is available free of...
View ArticleDevelopments in legal information
First published January 2007 in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. Here are some of the key developments in the field of (free) legal information provision in 2006 and some predictions for 2007. The...
View ArticleStatute Law Database – free for all after all
The DCA has clarified its licensing terms for the SLD, confirming that it is indeed free for all as published. Its Copyright Notice has been amended and the SLD has been removed from the OPSI examples...
View ArticleStatute Law Database – the jury’s still out
In the first few days following the launch of the SLD there was a fair amount of comment and criticism. But since then … zilch. Is everyone ecstatically happy with it, reserving their judgment or...
View ArticleThe Statute Law Database – an update
First published May 2007 in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. It is now 4 months since the Statute Law Database was released to the public. In the first couple of weeks following the launch there...
View ArticleOPSI – improved access to legislation
OPSI has significantly improved its access to Acts of Parliament. See, for example the new Pensions Act 2007. The page layouts are now fully stylesheet driven, with more accurate layout; and there are...
View ArticleOPSI Legislation – heading towards the semantic web
The OPSI Report on Public Access Scheme Funding 2006/07 gives a good summary of recent and planned improvements in the OPSI legislation site. (See also my earlier post on improved access.) Here are...
View ArticleAll in-force legislation now on OPSI
As reported earlier, OPSI is working with SPO to bring the two online legislative services together, to create a single place where visitors can access the widest range of legislative content held by...
View ArticleImproving legislation on the web
Published in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, July 2009. In 1996 HMSO started publishing new legislation on its website. Comprehensive coverage was later extended back to 1987 for Acts and 1988 for...
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The new UK legislation service
Published in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, September 2010. Since late July we have a shiny new official home of UK legislation at legislation.gov.uk. In due course this will completely replace...
View ArticleFree access to the laws that bind us?
Heather Brooke who blogs on FoI issues on Your Right to Know writes today in Technology Guardian about the Statute Law Databaseas part of its Free Our Data campaign under the headline “Access denied to...
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The SLD – what did I expect?
I’ve just submitted my feedeback to the SPO on the Statute Law Database as a Public Pilot Phase 2 user. It’s premature to comment publicly in any detail, but here are the substantial points....
View ArticleThe Statute Law Database – finally a reality
The Statute Law Database is a project of the Statutory Publications Office (SPO), an office within the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA). It has a long and chequered history, reaching back to...
View ArticleStatute Law Database article
My article The Statute Law Database – finally a reality looks at the history and current shape of the SLD.
View ArticleFree access to the laws that bind us? (2)
Yesterday Clare Allison, the Enquiry System Project Manager at the SPO, wrote to Statute Law Database trial users that: We are pleased to announce that the website as it stands will be launched free of...
View ArticleOpen law: digital common property
Open law is the idea that public legal information should be freely available to everyone to access, use and republish. The current position in the UK differs completely as between legislation and case...
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The SLD – what did I expect?
I’ve just submitted my feedeback to the SPO on the Statute Law Database as a Public Pilot Phase 2 user. It’s premature to comment publicly in any detail, but here are the substantial points....
View ArticleThe Statute Law Database – finally a reality
The Statute Law Database is a project of the Statutory Publications Office (SPO), an office within the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA). It has a long and chequered history, reaching back to...
View ArticleStatute Law Database article
My article The Statute Law Database – finally a reality looks at the history and current shape of the SLD.
View ArticleFree access to the laws that bind us? (2)
Yesterday Clare Allison, the Enquiry System Project Manager at the SPO, wrote to Statute Law Database trial users that: We are pleased to announce that the website as it stands will be launched free of...
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