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Useful Links
THE BAR |
The Bar Council 289—293 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HZ Tel: (020) 7242 0082 DX: 240 London / Chancery Lane |
The Bar Standards Boards 289—293 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HZ Tel: (020) 7242 0082 DX: 240 London / Chancery Lane |
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn Treasury Office, 8 South Square, Gray's Inn, London, WC1R 5ET Tel: (020) 7458 7800 Tel: (020) 7458 7822 (Library) Web: www.graysinn.org.uk |
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Treasury Office, Inner Temple, London, EC4Y 7HL Tel: (020) 7797 8250 Tel: (020) 7797 8217 (Library) Tel: (020) 7797 8200 (Estates) |
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn Treasury Office, Lincoln's Inn, London, WC2A 3TL Tel: (020) 7405 1393 Tel: (020) 7242 4371 (Library) |
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Treasury Office, Middle Temple Lane, London, EC4Y 9AT Tel: (020) 7427 4800 Tel: (020) 7427 4830 (Library) Tel: (020) 7427 4840 (Estates) |
H.M. COURTS SERVICE |
Clive House, Petty France, London, SW1H 9HD Tel: (020) 7189 2000 |
THE ROYAL COURT OF JUSTICE |
The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL DX: 240 London / Chancery Lane [follow link to "court information and addresses", thence to "Royal Courts of Justice"] Tel: (020) 7947 6000 (General switchboard) Tel: (020) 7947 6205 (Administrative Court) Tel: (020) 7947 6010 (Queen's Bench Division: Listing) Tel: (020) 7947 6778 (Chancery Division: Listing) Tel: (020) 7947 6916 (Court of Appeal: Civil Division) Tel: (020) 7947 6911 (Court of Appeal: Criminal Division) Tel: (020) 7947 6363 (Court recording and transcription) |
Smith Bernal Wordwave [transcripts] 190 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2AG Tel: (020) 7404 1400 Web: www.wordwave.co.uk |
THE LANDS TRIBUNAL |
Procession House, 55 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JM Tel: (020) 7029 9780 |
EUROPEAN COURTS |
European Court of Justice Cour de Justice des Communautees Europeennes, L 2925, Luxembourg Tel: (00352) 4303 1 Web: www.curia.eu.int/en |
European Court of Human Rights Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg—Cedex, France Tel: (0033) 3 88 41 20 18 Web: www.echr.coe.int |
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DCLG) |
Eland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU Tel: (020) 7944 4400 (general enquiries) Web: www.dclg.gov.uk Tel: (020) 7944 3864 (Minerals and Waste) Tel: (020) 7944 3885 (International Planning) Tel: (020) 7944 3892 (Environmental impact assessment) Tel: (020) 7944 3915 (Crown development) Tel: (020) 7944 3928 (Compulsory purchase and compensation) Tel: (020) 7944 3936 (Costs) Tel: (020) 7944 3943 (Development control: householders) Tel: (020) 7944 3947 (Development control: telecommunications) Tel: (020) 7944 3961 (Enforcement, advertisements) Tel: (020) 7944 3978 (Countryside) Tel: (020) 7944 3985 (Planning and the historic environment) Tel: (020) 7944 4922 (Development plans) Tel: (020) 7944 5502 (Statistics for development control) |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES(CYNULLIAD CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU) |
and Welsh Assembly Government (Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru) |
Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA Tel: (029) 2082 5111 Web: www.wales.gov.uk |
PLANNING INSPECTORATE |
Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN Tel: (0117) 372 6372 Crown Buildings, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ Tel: (029) 2082 3866 |
OTHER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIESNote that many of these organisations have regional or local offices; the web-site should be consulted for details. |
Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments Plas Carew, Unit 5/7, Cefn Coed, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, CF15 7QQ Tel: (01443) 33 6000 |
Countryside Agency John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3RA Tel: (01242) 521381 |
Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru (Countryside Council for Wales) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor Gwynedd, LL57 2DW Tel: (0845) 130 6229 Web: www.ccw.gov.uk |
Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) Selborne House, 54 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QW DX: 11700 Selborne House Tel: (020) 7210 8500 Web: www.dca.gov.uk |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) 2—4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5DH Tel: (020) 7211 620 Web: www.culture.gov.uk |
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affaris (DEFRA) Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR Tel: (08459) 335577 (helpline) Tel: (020) 7238 6000 (switchboard) Web: www.defra.gov.uk |
Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H OET Tel: (020) 7215 5000 Web: www.dti.gov.uk |
Department of Transport Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DR Tel: (020) 7944 8300 Web: www.dft.gov.uk |
Environment Agency Rio House, Waterside Drive, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4UD Tel: (0870) 506506 |
Forestry Commission Great Eastern House, Tension Road, Cambridge, CB1 2UD Tel: (01223) 314546 Victoria Terrace, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2DQ Tel: (0845) 604 0845 Web: www.forestry.gov.uk |
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HS Tel: (0845) 345 0055 (infoline) Web: www.hse.gov.uk |
Highways Agency 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9HA Tel: (08457) 50 40 30 Web: www.highways.gov.uk |
Treasury Solicitor 1 Kemble Street, London, WC2B 4TS Tel: (020) 7210 3000 (switchboard) Tel: (020) 7210 3475 (planning litigation, administration) Web: www.tsol.gov.uk |
LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSOCIATIONS |
Local Government Association Local Government House, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ DX: 119450 Westminster 2 Tel: (020) 7664 3131 Web: www.lga.gov.uk |
Association of London Government 59 1/2 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0AL Tel: (020) 7934 9999 Web: www.alg.gov.uk |
Welsh Local Government Association (Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru) Local Government House, Drake Walk, Cardiff, CF10 4LG Tel: (029) 2046 8600 Web: www.wlga.gov.uk |
THE OMBUDSMAN |
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Millbank Tower, Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP Tel: (0845) 015 4033 Web: www.ombudsman.org.uk |
Commissioner for Local Administration in England 10th Floor, Millbank Tower, Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP Tel: (020) 7217 4620 The Oaks, 2 Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, CV4 8JB Tel: (024) 7682 0000 Beverly House, Shipton Road, York, YO30 5FZ Tel: (01904) 380200 Web: www.lgo.org.uk |
Public Service Ombudsman for Wales (Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru) 1 Ffordd yr Hen Gae, Pencoed, CF35 5LJ Tel: (01656) 641150 |
PROFESSIONAL BODIESNote: members of the bodies marked with an asterik may instruct members of PEBA; those other than solicitors only in circumstances complying with the rules of the relevant arm of the Licensed Access scheme: see BarDIRECT for details. |
Academy of Experts* 3 Gray's Inn Square, London, WC1R 5AH DX: 283 London / Chancery Lane Tel: (020) 7430 0333 |
Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) Javan Herberg (secretary), Blackstone Chambers, Blackstone House, Temple, London, EC4Y 9BW Tel: (020) 7583 1770 Web: www.adminlaw.org.uk |
Arboricultural Association Ampfield House, Ampfield, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9PA Tel: (01794) 368717 Web: www.trees.org.uk |
Architects Registration Board* 8 Weymouth Street, London, W1W 5BU Tel: (020) 7580 5861 Web: www.arb.org.uk |
Association of Consultant Architects (ACA)* 98 Hays Road, Bromley, Kent, BR2 9AB Tel: (020) 8325 1402 |
Bar Association for Local Government and the Public Sector Robert Posner (honorary secretary), Director of Law and Administration, London Borough of Bexley, Bexlay Civic Offices, Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7LB Tel: (020) 8303 7777 ext 2128 Web: www.balgps.org.uk |
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators International Arbitration Centre, 12 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP Tel: (020) 7421 7444 Web: www.arbitrators.org |
Institute of Barristers' Clerks 289—293 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HZ DX: 380 London / Chancery Lane Tel: (020) 7831 7144 |
Institute of Archaeologists SHES, Whiteknights, University of Reading, PO Box 227, Reading, RG6 6AB Tel: (0118) 378 6446 |
Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) Jubilee House, high Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP3 6HA Tel: (01747) 873133 Web: www.ihbc.org.uk |
Institute of Legal Executive* Kempston Manor, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7AB DX: 124780 Kempston 2 Tel: (01234) 841000 Web: www.ilex.org.uk |
Landscape Institute* 33 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 8QG Tel: (020) 7299 4500 Web: www.l-i.org.uk |
Law Society* 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL DX: 56 London / Chancery Lane Ipsley Court, Berrington Close, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0TD DX: 19114 Redditch Tel: (020) 7242 1222 |
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)* 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD Tel: (020) 7580 5533 Web: www.riba.org |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)* 12 Great George Street, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3AD DX: 2348 Victoria Surveyor Court, Westwood Way, Coventry, CV4 8JE DX: 702112 Coventry—6 Tel: (020) 7222 7000 or (0870) 333 1600 Web: www.rics.org |
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)* 41 Botolph Lane, London, EC3R 8DL Tel: (020) 7929 9494 Web: www.rtpi.org.uk |
Scottish Local Government and Environmental Bar Group Maurice O'Carroll (Secretary), Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF DX: ED549302 Edinburgh 36 Tel: (0131) 226 5071 |
United Kingdom Environmental Law Association Dr Christina Hill (secretary general), Honeycroft House, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Berkshire, RG8 8LP Tel: (01491) 671184 Web: www.ukela.org |
OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS |
Ancient Monuments Society St Ann's Vestry, 2 Church Entry, London, EC4V 5HB Tel: (020) 7236 3934 |
Civic Trust Essex House, 1—6 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3HU Tel: (020) 7539 7900 Century Building, 31 North John Street, Liverpool, L2 6RG Tel: (0151) 231 6900 |
Commission for Architecture and Built Environment (CABE) 1 Kemble Street, London, WC2B 4AN Tel: (020) 7070 6700 Web: www.cabe.org.uk |
Council for British Archaeology St Mary's House, 66 Bootham, York, YO30 7BZ Tel: (01904) 671417 Web: www.britarch.ac.uk |
English Heritage (Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) 1 Waterhouse Square, 138—142 Holborn, London, EC1N 2ST Tel: (020) 7070 6700 |
Natural England Northminster House, Northminster Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1UA Tel: (01733) 455000 |
Environment Council 212 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7BF Tel: (020) 7836 2626 |
Garden History Society 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ Tel: (020) 7608 2409 |
Georgian Group 6 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5DT Tel: (0871) 750 2936 |
Open Spaces Society 25a Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2BA Tel: (01491) 573535 Web: www.oss.org.uk |
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPBA) 37 Spital Square, London, E1 6DY Tel: (020) 7377 1644 Web: www.spab.org.uk |
Twentieth Century Society 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ Tel: (020) 7250 3857 |
Victorian Society 1 Priory Gardens, Bedford Park, London, W4 1TT Tel: (020) 8994 1019 |
LEGAL PUBLISHERS |
Estates Gazette 1 Procter Street, Holborn, London, WC1V 6EU Tel: (020) 7911 1700 Web: www.egi.co.uk |
LexisNexis Butterworths 2 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR9 5AF Tel: (0845) 370 1234 Web: www.lexisnexis.co.uk |
Oxford University Press (OUP) Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6PD Tel: (01865) 556767 |
Sweet & Maxwell 100 Avenue Road, London, NW3 3PF DX: 38861 Swiss Cottage Tel: (020) 7393 7000 Web: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk Subscriptions, orders Cheriton House, North Way, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 5BE DX: 120950 Andover—5 Tel: (01264) 332424 |
The Stationery Office PO Box 29, Norwich, NR3 1GN Tel: (0870) 600 5533 Web: www.tso.co.uk |
Tottel Publishing Maxwelton House, 41/43 Boltro Road, Haywards Heath, W Sussex, RH16 1BJ Tel: (01444) 416119 |
OTHER USEFUL WEB-BASED SOURCES OFGENERAL INFORMATION AND LINKS |
General information from government www.direct.gov.uk Access to all central, regional and local government offices. www.info4local.gov.uk Information for local authorities. www.london.gov.uk General information relating to the capital. www.europa.eu The European Union; a good source of links to other European web-sites (including legal texts). www.natplanforum.org.uk National Planning Forum (formerly National Development Control Forum). |
The planning system www.planningportal.gov.uk DCLG web-site; useful links. www.planningresource.co.uk from the publishers of Planning Newspaper, in association with the RTPI: wide ranging information and links to published material, Includes Compass (computerised appeals service). |
Legal research www.parliament.uk The website of Parliament; contains details (including text) of all Bills in progress. www.opsi.gov.uk Primary legislation since 1988; and secondary legislation since 1987. www.bailii.org British and Irish legal Information Institute: decisions of courts (including UK High Court, CA and HL since 1988), and Law Commission publications since 1996; also links to Scotland, Ireland, other jurisdictions. www.lawtel.com Judicial decisions (All ER, WLR and Times since 1980, specialist reports since 1998), statutory material since 1987; and articles since late 1990s. www.casetrack.com Case law since 1996/7. www.justis.com The Law Reports since 1865; Weekly Law Reports since 1953; The Times law reports since 1990. |