Useful Legal Resources

These Legal and other related resources have been compiled to help you find additional information relevant to the legal services provided by Barcan Woodward.

General Legal Links

Chambers and Partners - www.chambersandpartners.com

Legal 500 - www.legal500.com

Ministry of Justice - www.justice.gov.uk

The Law Society - www.lawsociety.org.uk

The Law Society of Scotland - www.lawscot.org.uk

The Legal Services Commission - www.legalservices.gov.uk

UK legislation - www.legislation.gov.uk

 

Personal Injury Claims

Action Medical Research - A national charity dedicated to building a better, healthier future for everyone through medical research. We are proud to sponsor their annual Bristol to London charity bike ride - www.action.org.uk

Association of Personal injury lawyers or APIL - www.apil.org.uk

BackCare - The Charity for Healthier Backs - www.backcare.org.uk

Brake - The Road Safety Charity - www.brake.org.uk

Health and Safety Executive - www.hse.gov.uk

Support and Care after Road Death and Injury - www.scard.org.uk

Sustrans - www.sustrans.org.uk

 

 Clinical Negligence Claims

Action Against Medical Accidents [ AvMA] - a national charity supporting victims of medical accidents- www.avma.org.uk

Bibic - a national charity offering practical help to families caring for children with conditions such as
autism, cerebral palsy and Down's syndrome - www.bibic.org.uk

British Medical Association - www. bma.org

Department of Health - www.dh.gov.uk

General Medical Council - www.gmc-uk.org

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - www. nice.org.uk

Patient Opinion - www. patientopinion.org.uk

Patients Association - www. patients- association.com

The Lancet - www. thelancet.com

 

Wills & Probate

 Information on Inheritance Tax - www.hmrc.gov.uk/ inheritancetax

Registration of deaths / obtaining death certificates - www.Directgov.co.uk

Obtaining copies of Wills etc from The National Archives - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

 

Family & Collaborative Law

Adoption UK – www.adoptionuk.org

Association of Lawyers for Children – www.alc.org.uk

British Association for Adoption and Fostering – www.baaf.org.uk

Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission - www. childmaintenance.org

Child Support Agency – www.csa. gov.uk

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – www.cafcass.gov.uk

Collaborative Family Lawyers - www.collaborativefamilylawyers.co.uk

Family Law Week – www.familylawweek.co.uk

Inter Country Adoption Centre – www.icacentre.org.uk

Official Solicitor – www.officialsolicitor.gov.uk

Overseas Adoption Support and Information Service – www.adoptionoverseas.org

Parents and Children Together – www.pactcharity.org

Refuge (for help about domestic violence) - www.refuge.org.uk

Resolution - www.resolution.org.uk

Reunite (for help about child abduction) – www.reunite.org

The Child Support Agency - www.csa.gov.uk

 

Buying and Selling Houses

Council of Mortgage Lenders - www.cml.org.uk

Environment Agency - www. environment- agency.gov.uk

Financial Services Authority - www. fsa.gov.uk

H M Revenue & Customs - www.hmrc.gov.uk

Land Registry / Land Registry Direct - www. landregistry.gov. uk

NHBC - www. nhbc.co.uk

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors - www.rics.org

Up my Street - www. upmystreet.com

 

Commercial Property

Companies House – www.companieshouse.gov.uk

 

Please note: Barcan Woodward Solicitors have provided these links for information purposes only and are not recommending any of these third party sites. Visitors should use their own judgment when deciding whether to rely on the information held on any third party website.