A miscellaneous collection of Pakistan legislation, provided by a Delhi-based legal consultancy service.

Sackers is a specialist pensions law firm in the City of London. Within "Latest news" there are pensions news items and "alerts", and within "Press centre" a news archive extending back to 2002. Other directly accessible content includes brief notes on aspects of pensions law in the form of a "Pensions A-Z". For access to "Sackers Extra News", an online newsletter presenting significant legal developments relating to pensions, registration is required.

SAFLII is the Southern African Legal Information Institute. Its web site provides free access to primary legal materials from South Africa and fifteen other countries in Southern and East Africa. The following South African case law is available: Constitutional Court, 1995 onwards, Supreme Court of Appeal, 1984 onwards, Labour Court, 1997 onwards, Land Claims Court, 1996 onwards, and several other specialist courts. Also available are judgments of various Provincial Divisions of the High Court. Links are provided to South African Law Reform Commission publications.

SAI Global is a commercial provider of legal and regulatory information. One of its services is Lawlex, which has some free and some subscription-based elements. All users may search or browse Australian Commonwealth and state/territory legislation and view the full text as currently in operation, as provided by the relevant official government publisher. Links to Hansard debates are provided for Acts in some cases. Subscribers have access to additional information such as details of progress of Bills, commencement, amendments since last consolidation and summary of all amendments since enactment. Other SAI subscription services include regulatory newsfeeds and Safety, Health & Environment (SH&E) Monitor.

The SOAS Library develops and maintains significant legal collections on the countries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and is particularly strong on customary law, Islamic law and the countries of the Indian sub-continent. Its web site provides access to the catalogue and details of library services.

Professor Hector MacQueen and Scott Wortley produce this newsletter, hosted by the University of Edinburgh School of Law. It contains brief articles on current issues in Scots law, including notable cases and developments in the Scottish Parliament. There is a searchable archive going back to September 1997.

Scottish Courts is the web site of the Scottish Court Service, an executive agency of the Scottish Government which is responsible for the Court of Session, High Court of Justiciary, Sheriff Courts, Justice of the Peace Courts and the Office of the Public Guardian. The site also provides brief details of other courts. There are Court of Session opinions September 1998 onwards (commercial cases January 1998 onwards) and selected full text judgments of the High Court and Sheriff Courts. Opinions pages are updated daily at 2 pm. Court rules, practice notes, guidance notes and forms are available under "Rules and Practice".

The Commission was established in 1999 as an independent body to examine cases in which there has been an alleged miscarriage of justice. Appropriate cases are then referred by the Commission to the High Court. The web site contains details of referred cases, links to relevant High Court opinions, example case studies and instructions on making an application.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is an agency of the Scottish Government responsible for the protection of the environment in Scotland. Its site includes a wide variety of publications, including consultation documents, annual reports 1996 onwards, a range of guidance documents, and information about SEPA's regulatory work and initiatives.

The Scottish Government, which was called the Scottish Executive until September 2007, has responsibilities under devolution legislation which include health, education, justice, rural affairs and transport. The web site contains full text Scottish Executive/Government publications 1983 onwards (selective coverage for the earliest years), current and closed consultation documents 2002 onwards, and an extensive set of links to Scottish government and public bodies. Access to Bills and Acts is via links to various sites including the Scottish Parliament and Legislation.gov.uk.

The Building Standards Division, part of the Scottish Government's Directorate for the Built Environment, carries out the duties of the Scottish Ministers set out in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003. These include responsibility for writing the Scottish building regulations. The web site reproduces both the Act and the Regulations made under it. Many guidance documents are available to download, chiefly the Technical Handbooks (domestic and non-domestic) and the Procedural Handbook, 3rd edition 2010.

This area of the Scottish Government site covers planning, housing, regeneration and building. The Planning section includes consultations, advice and guidance, policy documents, circulars, Planning Advice Notes (PANs), and links to legislation. Within the Building section there is information on construction contract legislation.

This site explains the rights of members of the public, and the responsibilities of public authorities, under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. A list of Appeals currently before the Commissioner, and the full text of Decisions already issued, are available. The 2002 Act is presented together with guidance regarding the various exemptions to its provisions.

The Scottish Justices Association was formed in May 2007. Its members are Justices of the Peace in Scotland, who sit in Justice of the Peace Courts (formerly District Courts) and deal with summary criminal matters. The Association's web site explains the history of Justices of the Peace and reproduces the SJA constitution, newsletters autumn 2007 onwards and the Scottish Government circular explaining how to complain about a JP.

The Scottish Land Court has authority to resolve a range of disputes, including those between landlords and tenants, in agriculture and crofting. The web site contains the rules of the court, digests of cases (taken from the Scottish Land Court Reports) 1982 onwards, information on where to find reported decisions, and "historical background", which includes links to relevant statutes. Recent decisions (i.e. from 2007 onwards) are available on the site itself.

The Scottish Law Commission was set up in 1965 to examine areas where law reform, statute law revision or consolidation might be appropriate, and to make recommendations. All its reports and discussion papers (the latter previously termed consultative memoranda) are available on the web site in pdf. Where applicable there are details of legislation implementing the Commission's recommendations.

Scottish Law Online is a comprehensive gateway site maintained by Kevin F. Crombie.  It covers courts, legislation, organisations, governments, professional bodies, societies, universities, journals, publishers. Select the "Legal topics A-Z" feature to display resources arranged by subject area. There is also a Scottish Law Firm Directory including, in addition to law firms, Advocates and other providers of law-related services.

This is the body responsible for managing legal aid in Scotland. Publications available online of particular interest to practitioners include the Scottish Legal Assistance Handbooks (current and previous editions) and other guidance, and annual reports 2000/2001 onwards. Legal Aid Online is a service allowing paper-free applications for legal aid.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) was established on 1 October 2008, under the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, to investigate complaints by members of the public about services provided by legal practitioners in Scotland. The site has information on the complaints process, the SLCC Rules, complaint forms, annual reports, news, and details of any current consultations.

This research guide, published on the GlobaLex web site, covers Scottish legal history from the feudal period through to 1901. Both print and electronic references are listed, some with annotations. The author is Yasmin Morais, Resident Librarian at the Georgetown University Law Center's Edward Bennett Williams Law Library. The current edition of the guide is dated April 2010: the original version dated November/December 2008 is also accessible from this page.

Before 1 October 2008, when the new Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) was established, complaints about the way the Law Society of Scotland or the Faculty of Advocates had handled a complaint against a legal practitioner were dealt with by the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman (SLSO). Annual reports 2000-2001 to 2007-2008 are amongst material still accessible on the SLSO site: since the abolition of the SLSO most other content has been removed.

The Scottish Parliament was re-established in 1999 after an interval of 292 years during which the UK Parliament legislated for Scotland. Its web site contains the Official Report of proceedings and written Questions and Answers, 1999 onwards, standing orders (governing parliamentary procedure), information on Bills in progress, committee papers, members' biographies and frequent news releases.

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO), established under the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002, can investigate complaints made by members of the public against most public authorities in Scotland. Since 1 October 2010 this includes unresolved complaints about prisons, which prior to that date had been the responsibility of the former Scottish Prisons Complaints Commission (SPCC). There is advice for people wishing to complain, and for authorities complained against. The monthly Ombudsman's Commentary (see Our Findings>Investigations Reports) publishes outcomes of complaints.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is responsible for regulating and registering the Scottish social service workforce. Its register is searchable online. The "Publications" section has the codes of practice and the Conduct Rules, and there is a link in "What we do" (in the "About Us" section) to the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, under which SSSC was set up. Other content includes consultations, details of the complaints procedure, and news.

The Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) is an independent body which deals with serious disciplinary issues, and certain other matters, concerning solicitors in Scotland. Its findings are accessible on the site in full text, 1995 onwards, together with its procedural rules, annual reports 2000/2001 onwards, and general information in the form of FAQs.

This site provides news and information about search engines, including search engine listings and reviews and web searching tips.

Search25 is funded by the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries, a collaborative organisation with about 60 member institutions across the east and south east of England. The site provides a directory of member libraries, a search function covering the catalogues of over 45 member libraries, and a Union List of Serials (a search facility for the periodical holdings, including law report series) of the constituent libraries of the University of London, Imperial College London and the University of Westminster.

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), often referred to as MI6, collects secret intelligence and mounts covert operations overseas. Under "About Us" there is a  "Legislation and accountability" section which provides information on parliamentary, ministerial, judicial and financial oversight of the SIS, with links to relevant legislation.

The Legislative Framework section of the Securities Commission web site reproduces the Acts relating to investment funds and the securities industry in the Bahamas, and the Regulations made thereunder. Texts are for information only, not official. Forms will be found in the Licensing and Registrants section.

The Security Service, familiarly known as MI5, is responsible for protecting the UK against covertly organised threats to national security. The "About Us" section provides information on ministerial, parliamentary and judicial oversight of the Service, with links to relevant legislation and to annual reports of the Intelligence and Security Committee.

The Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) was known before the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2009 as the Supreme Court Costs Office. This section of the Justice portal site includes the Supreme Court Costs Office Guide 2006 and other guidance documents, and links to transcripts of costs cases 2001 onwards on the BAILII database.

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales was set up in April 2010 under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to promote greater transparency and consistency in sentencing. As successor to the former Sentencing Guidelines Council and Sentencing Advisory Panel the Council is responsible for developing and monitoring "definitive sentencing guidelines" for the judiciary. All are available to download from the site's Sentencing Guidelines section.

Available here via the Department for Education web site is the report of the Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board on a very serious assault which occurred at Edlington in 2009. The victims of the assault were two boys aged 11 and 9 years old who did not know their attackers. The assault was perpetrated by two brothers aged 11 and 10 years old. Accessible from the same page are letters addressed to representatives of bodies involved by the Education Secretary. NB this verion of the report is redacted, i.e. personal names and other sensitive information (occasionally extended passages) are blanked out.

The Serious Fraud Office investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The "About us" section includes annual reports (incorporating case notes) from 1998 onwards. The "Press Room" contains press releases from 2001 onwards: these mostly concern the outcome of prosecutions. "Our policies and publications" (in "About us") provides background material and guidance on the reporting, investigation and prosecution of serious and complex fraud.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is a law enforcement agency which is sponsored by but operationally independent from the Home Office. It was established on 1 April 2006, taking over the functions of the National Crime Squad (NCS) and the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the role of HM Revenue & Customs in investigating drug trafficking and related criminal finance, and some of the functions of the UK Immigration Service. SOCA took over from NCIS responsibility for publishing the annual UK Threat Assessment, which is available on the web site: see under "Threats".

The post of Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces was created by the Armed Forces Act 2006, following recommendations made by Nicholas Blake QC in the Deepcut Review. The site has information on the role of the Commissioner, details of the complaint procedure, a downloadable complaint form, and annual reports.

The Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) was formed on 1 January 2009 by a merger of the Army Prosecuting Authority, the Naval Prosecution Authority and the Royal Air Force Prosecution Authority. It initiates prosecutions and conducts proceedings in the service courts of first instance and the service appellate courts. Site content includes a brief description of the military criminal justice system. There are also recent press releases and announcements.

The Shared Parenting Information Group (SPIG) is an organisation formed to encourage and promote the continuation of parenting after family breakdown. Its web site includes information about parenting plans and separation agreements, guidelines for separating parents, lists of case law and articles, and other information.

Harold Shipman, a former doctor, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for the murder of fifteen of his patients, and died in prison 13 January 2004. Following allegations that he may have murdered many more, a public inquiry was set up under the chairmanship of Dame Janet Smith DBE. The inquiry web site, now archived by the National Archives, provides full documentation including the six reports published between July 2002 and January 2005.

This section of the Sierra Leone Web provides the full texts of Acts. These appear to be fairly complete from the 1970s onwards: there are large gaps before then. The earliest law is from 1926.

Provided by the Attorney-General's Chambers, this site provides full text of all current Singapore Acts, updated monthly.

Online supplement to Snell's Equity (32nd edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010), incorporating material which has become available since the most recent hard copy cumulative supplement.

The SSAC is the main UK advisory body on social security matters. The site includes current consultation documents, annual reports 2005-2006 onwards, research and occasional papers and recent press releases.

The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) deals with appeals from decisions of the Department for Work and Pensions and the Child Support Agency, as well as other government departments and local authorities, concerning social security, child support, income support, housing and other benefits. It was formerly known as the Social Security and Child Support Appeal Tribunal, and earlier still as the Appeals Service. Since 3 November 2008 it has formed part of the First-tier Tribunal's Social Entitlement Chamber. The site provides general information, forms, guidance on how to appeal, and links to legislation.

Socialist Lawyer is the journal of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, published three times a year. The web site includes selected articles from the current issue, and the complete text of preceding issues Winter 1986 onwards in pdf format.

The Society is an independent non-profitmaking body, run by expert witnesses for expert witnesses. Besides contact details, information on membership and news stories, there is a database of expert witnesses, but inclusion is only at the request of a member so it is not comprehensive.

The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), formerly the Society of Public Teachers of Law in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (SPTL), is a society for those involved in teaching law in a university or similar institution, or otherwise involved in legal scholarship. Its membership includes both academic and practising lawyers. The web site includes news and information relating to its activities, events and publications.

Messengers-at-Arms are officers of the Court of Session whose work involves serving documents and enforcing orders of the court. Sheriff Officers have a similar role with regard to Scotland's regional civil courts. The Society's web site provides historical background to the two offices and a directory of members.

This Society represents those Scottish solicitors who have been granted rights of audience in the higher courts of Scotland and of the United Kingdom. The "Library" section of the web site provides a range of downloads including flowcharts and application forms for becoming a Solicitor Advocate, past examination papers, diary of training events and codes of conduct.

The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, or WS Society, is a professional society most of whose members are Scottish solicitors in private practice. The web site provides information on the activities of the Society (with a particular emphasis on education and training) and allows access to the online catalogue of the Signet Library, one of the most extensive law libraries in Scotland.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) adjudicates on alleged breaches of rules of professional conduct by members of the solicitors' profession in England and Wales. Its web site includes information about the SDT's constitution and procedures, and annual reports 2002 onwards.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been the independent regulator of solicitors in England and Wales since January 2007. Its web site includes the current version of SRA Handbook which came into effect on 6 October 2011 and incoporates the formerly separate Solicitors' Code of Conduct and Solicitors' Accounts Rules. Other content includes consultations, news and contact details.

SAHCA is a national association representing the interests of solicitors practising as advocates in the higher courts in England and Wales. The web site includes a directory of members, recent issues of the association's newsletter The Solicitor Advocate, a news archive 2009 onwards, and a selection of advocacy tips.

The "Documents" section of South Africa's official government web site includes the 1996 Constitution, Acts 1991 onwards, Bills 1996 onwards, White Papers 1994 onwards and Green Papers 1995 onwards. Other content of legal interest includes information on South Africa's courts and justice system, within the section "About Government".

The South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) represents more than 160 patent attorneys, patent agents and trade mark practitioners. Its web site provides a brief outline of the main aspects of South African intellectual property law, a directory of members and firms, and the SAIIPL Code of Ethics.

Formerly called the South African Law Commission, this body exists to make recommendations for the development, improvement, modernisation or reform of South African law. It publishes annual reports, bulletins, media releases, issue papers, reports and research papers. Publications from 1996 onwards are available on the web site.

The website of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands contains legislation (Ordinances and SROs) for 1985 and from 1989 onwards. From 2010 these are contained within the Government Gazette.

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are portions of Cyprus which were retained as UK military bases when the Republic of Cyprus achieved independence in 1960. They form a  British Overseas Territory with its own administration and laws distinct from those of Cyprus and the UK. The "Legal" section of this official web site contains an index of SBA legislation in force, including details of related/amending legislation. Links to full texts are provided for legislation, original or amending, as published in the Sovereign Base Areas Gazette. Elsewhere there are brief accounts of the organisation and procedure of the courts.

This court is an independent judicial body set up in 2002 by the United Nations and the government of Sierra Leone to "try those who bear greatest responsibility" for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sierra Leone after 30 November 1996 during the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002). Documents include rules of procedure and evidence; practice directions and directives; annual reports; press releases; recent monthly newsletters; and full documentation, including judgments and transcripts, relating to both concluded and ongoing cases.

The First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) hears appeals from parents of children with special educational needs against decisions made by English local authorities about their children's education. Established originally in September 1994 as the Special Educational Needs Tribunal, it has since 3 November 2008 formed part of the First-tier Tribunal's Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. This section of the Justice portal site includes forms, guidance, and links to legislation. A searchable database of decisions currently covers October 2000 to July 2006, with full text available for most.

A separate devolved Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales (SENTW) came into being in September 2003. Its web site has contact details and information aimed primarily at parents in Wales whose children have special educational needs.

SIAC, which is a superior court of record, deals with appeals from certain immigration decisions of the Home Secretary where international terrorism, national security or other matters of public interest are involved. The site has cause lists, forms and guidance, and links to legislation. There are also links to "Outcomes" databases on the Tribunals Judiciary web site.

Sport Resolutions is the independent dispute resolution service for sport in the United Kingdom, offering arbitration, mediation, tribunal appointments and administration services. The site contains a news section with an archive going back to April 2007. Under the "Information & Resources" tab there is a list of significant cases which Sport Resolutions has been involved in.

The Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) was established through the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 and took over the role of the Football Licensing Authority. It aims to create the conditions for safe and enjoyable experiences for spectators at all sports grounds, not only in England and Wales, but around the world. The SGSA publishes a range of guidance documents to assist ground management to safely manage their venues and to provide advice to local authorities involved in the safety certification of those sports grounds. A number of these guides can be downloaded from this site. There are also links to government circulars (found under "Publications") and to relevant legislation (under "Regulation").

Members of Blackstone's Chambers produce this blog which contains regular short articles, updates and opinion pieces about recent developments in sports law

Members of Blacktone's Chambers produce this blog which contains regular short articles, updates and opinion pieces about recent developments in sports law.

The Squire Law Library, a dependent library of the Cambridge University Library, is one of the largest academic law libraries in the UK. Its web site has information about the library and its collections and services. A link is provided to the "Newton" library catalogue, an online catalogue covering the University Library, its dependent libraries (including the Squire Law Library) and most faculty, departmental and college libraries.

This guide written by Aquinas V. Tambimuttu was published on the GlobaLex web site in January 2009, and covers legal and colonial history of Sri Lanka, the court system, case law and legislation.

St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is an internally self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The Laws section of the St Helena Government website, which relates to St Helena specifically, provides a short summary of the key features of St Helena's legal system, and links to the texts of all of current locally-enacted laws (Ordinances) and the subsidiary legislation made under them. These are listed alphabetically; alternatively users may select "Library" and perform a search, specifying Laws as the category of material to be searched. Texts are not authoritative for use in court.

The Standards Commission for Scotland was established pursuant to the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 to assure compliance with the Code of Conduct for Councillors and the Code of Conduct for Devolved Public Bodies. (Complaints of alleged breaches of a code are investigated in the first instance by the Public Standards Commissioner.) The "Codes & Acts" section of the web site contains both of the codes. Rules for the conduct of hearings are published on the web site, as are full-text decisions, 2007 onwards and annual reports, 2003/04 onwards.

Standards for England was the operating name for the Standards Board for England, a non-departmental public body which was responsible until 31 January 2012 for promoting ethical standards amongst elected and co-opted members of local authorities. The Board was formally wound up on 31 March 2012 but its archived web site remains accessible here on the National Archives site.

The SLGN directory has links to over 11,000 official US state, county and city government web sites. There are drop-down menus to view pages by state, topic or local government.

The Sabah State Attorney-General's Chambers web site incorporates Sabah LawNet, which provides the full text of treaties, Sabah Constitution, Sabah laws (ordinances and enactments), subsidiary legislation and local authority by-laws; also the Federal (Malaysia) Constitution.

The States of Guernsey is the official name of the Government of Guernsey. Several sections of its site, eg Planning and Building, Social Security and Taxation, include relevant legislation either on the site itself or via links. The Parliament (States of Deliberation) section has begun to include texts of debates (Hansard) from 1 May 2012.

Draft laws ("Projets de Loi", the equivalent of English Bills) and other government publications (reports, accounts, etc) of Guernsey, 2000 onwards, may be downloaded here from the official Guernsey government web site.

The Income Tax (Guernsey) Law 1975 and other legislation relating to Guernsey income tax is provided, either on the site itself or via links, in this section of the Guernsey government's web site. Also included are Statements of Practice (including interpretations of law) and Extra Statutory Concessions, and information on the Guernsey Tax Tribunal. The latter includes notes for appellants and information on published decisions of the Tribunal 2001 onwards, with some short notes on matters heard before 2001.

The Bailiff's Chambers provide support for the work of Jersey's Bailiff and judiciary (the Bailiff being head of the judiciary, President of the States and civic head of Jersey). Publications include the Code of Conduct for Members of the Judiciary of Jersey. Information on the site includes contact details both for staff and for members of the Royal Court (Bailiff, Deputy Bailiff and Jurats), and the dates of the law terms.

The Judicial Greffe provides administrative and secretarial support to Jersey's courts, and associated services to the legal profession and the general public. Site content includes information, guidance and forms.

The States Assembly is Jersey's legislature. Current draft legislation ("Projets de Loi") is in the site's "Propositions" section. Other sections include Hansard, December 2005 onwards,

The Viscount's Department's various functions within Jersey's legal system include enforcement of judgments, an insolvency service and a coroner's service. The site has relevant information, guidance and forms.

This section of the gov.uk portal includes recent reports and statistical publications on criminal and police matters. It also provides access, via a link to the archived (February 2011) Home Office Research Development and Statistics (RDS) site, to many older publications including full text of Home Office Research Studies, nos 1-299 (1969-2006), Home Office Research Reports nos 1-49 (2007-2011), Home Office Research Findings nos 1-283 (1992-2008) and the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 1979-2010.

Report, published February 1999, of the inquiry chaired by Sir William MacPherson of Cluny into matters arising from the death of Stephen Lawrence on 22 April 1993. Its chief aim was "to identify the lessons to be learned for the investigation and prosecution of racially motivated crimes".

Street map and address searching facilities for Great Britain, searchable by postcode, street or place.

Following the acquittals of Sally Clark and Trupti Patel in 2003, the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health convened a joint working group, chaired by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws (Helena Kennedy QC), to consider the investigation of sudden and unexpected death in infancy (formerly known as cot-death). The working group's report, Sudden unexpected death in infancy: a multi-agency protocol for care and investigation (September 2004), may be downloaded from this page of the Royal College of Pathologists' web site.

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the highest appellate court for all civil cases within the UK and the final court of appeal for criminal cases within England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was formally established on 1 October 2009. It assumed the jurisdiction of the former Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, and also the devolution jurisdiction hitherto exercised by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Its web site provides details of the court's role; procedural information including the Supreme Court Rules 2009, forms and practice directions; details of cases currently being heard; and judgments. Links include Sky News's Supreme Court Live service (for live hearings online) and the YouTube UK Supreme Court channel (for videos of short case summaries).

Live television coverage of hearings of the UK Supreme Court are provided here on the Sky News web site.

The Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa is the final court of appeal in all matters other than constitutional. Its web site contains judgments, 1999 onwards, information on the history and background of the court, judges' CVs, court rules, practice directions and a quarterly bulletin giving details of reserved judgments and cases enrolled for hearing.

The Supreme Court's web site gives an account of the history, role, composition and administration of the court, information on pending cases and the full text of the Court's rules. All judgments from 1907 onwards and judgments in leave applications since 2006 are available via the LexUM site.

The official web site of the Supreme Court features the rules of the Court, cause lists, biographies of the judges and information on jurisdiction. A searchable database of judgments (1950 onwards) is provided via a link to the Judgment Information System web site.

The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in all constitutional and civil matters in Ireland, and also exercises a limited jurisdiction in criminal matters in appeals from the Court of Criminal Appeal. Besides judgments 2001 onwards (also accessible on the Courts Service of Ireland site) and some earlier "important judgments" going back to 1934, its web site provides information on the membership, composition and jurisdiction of the Court, information on the Irish legal system and courts generally, a bibliography of Irish constitutional law, and the text of the Constitution of Ireland 1937 (as amended).

The Supreme Court's official web site provides access to the judgments of the District and Intermediate courts (but not so far those of the Supreme Court itself), 2010 onwards; also cause lists. The "New legislation" section includes Acts, Bills and Regulations, 2010 onwards.

The official web site of the Supreme Court of Pakistan contains the Rules of the Court, updated to December 2008, the current cause list, forms, biographies of the judges and (under "Judicature") the sections of the Constitution relating to the Court. There is a selection of judgments from 2001 onwards.

Queensland judgments are available on the Supreme Court of Queensland Library (SCQL) site, with new ones added within 24 hours. The archive goes back to 1992 for Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) judgments and to 2000 for Supreme Court (Trial Division). Other services provided by SCQL for legal practitioners include the UCPR Bulletin, indexing cases that have considered the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules; the weekly Queensland Legal Updater current awareness service; and biographical information about Queensland's judiciary: Supreme Court, District Court and magistrates.

This collection of Supreme Court decisions dating from 1878 and from 1895 onwards is available on the CommonLII web site and uses data provided by LawNet, a Sri Lanka Government project. Most of the cases are as reported in the Ceylon "New" Law Reports.

The official site of the US Supreme Court has general information about the Court, its Rules (as revised 2010), recent decisions and opinions for the 2004 term onwards. The Opinions section of the site also has the full text of the bound volumes of United States Reports for the 1991 term and subsequent years (vol 502 onwards). There is also a Case Citation Finder.

This site provides selected full-text judgments of Jamaica's Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, 2005 onwards and links to legislation on the Ministry of Justice and Parliament sites.

The Singapore Supreme Court's site offers information on the composition of the court, and contacts. The "Legislation and Directions" section contains the current version of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act and the Rules of Court, consolidated Practice Directions, and Registrar's circulars 1999 onwards. Judgments from the last three months are available; they may be filtered by subject area.

The "Decided Cases" section of the UK Supreme Court's web site contains the court's judgments, October 2009 onwards, published after they are handed down. Earlier judgments are available on the House of Lords web site.

The UK Supreme Court has its own Rules and Practice Directions which replaced the Civil, Criminal and Taxation Practice Directions and standing orders of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords. The Practice Directions are accessible as pdf documents on the Supreme Court web site. There is also a link to Practice Direction amendments.

This section of the site produced by David Swarbrick, consultant with Wrigley Claydon Solicitors, provides digests of over 78,000 cases up to the end of 2000, browsable by subject. It is a selection from the full Lawindexpro database, a subscription service, with over 230,000 case listings and links to over 195,000 full text decisions, updated daily.

Sweet & Maxwell is a London-based publisher of legal books, journals, looseleafs and online services. The company has a 200 year history in legal publishing and is now part of Thomson Reuters. The site has an online catalogue and ordering facility. Searches can be done by practice area, author, title and product type. There is information on new and recent titles and on looseleaf releases.

The Sydney Law Review is the quarterly journal of the University of Sydney Law School. The contents list of the current issue is displayed on the home page, with links to full text, and previous issues from volume 25 (2003) onwards can be viewed in their entirety in pdf. The collection of case comments entitled "Before the High Court", which are are a regular feature of the journal, can also be browsed separately using the menu to the left of the screen.