British Sikh Federation

Law / Legal Services

Community Legal Services

A good Community Legal Services has been set up by the Government recently, and details are available from www.justask.org.uk This service gives access up to some 15,000 lawyers on all kinds of subjects. You can carryout various searches, in up to 7 languages including Panjabi spoken by some 70% of Indians and Pakistanis living in the UK.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)

This provides free access to case law and legislation from numerous British and Irish courts and legislatures, with a single search engine and uniform data formats. It includes 14 databases from 5 jurisdictions and hundreds of megabytes of legal materials, e.g. UK House of Lords decisions, UK Employment Appeal Tribunals, Court of Appeal of England and Wales decisions, etc. All this available at www.bailii.org

29 April 2000