ABOUT LOCALAW UK

Localaw UK is a fully comprehensive legal research service designed specifically to suit the needs of those working in the local government sector. From Compulsory Purchase to Road Traffic law and much more, Localaw UK provides you with online access to the expert authority of Sweet & Maxwell's Local Government Library of Encyclopedias.

WHY CHOOSE LOCALAW UK?

  • Accessible — gain access to consolidated legislation and expert annotations on issues directly affecting local government law and practice in one easily accessible location
  • Consistent — provides information in the same way as looseleaf encyclopedias, requiring no complex search techniques or jargon
  • Save time — no need to file looseleafs when new updates are published, just search for the information you need
  • Keep informed — Localaw UK keeps you up to date with My LocALERT, providing weekly updates on local government issues
  • Support — contact the Localaw UK Helpdesk Team to provide advice on all aspects of the service

MODULES

Each of the following 8 modules are available individually or as a combination, ensuring you connect to the export authority you need:

Compulsory Purchase
Environmental Health
Highways
Housing
Landlord & Tenant
Local Government
Planning
Road Traffic

Compulsory Purchase

The Compulsory Purchase module includes the Encyclopedia of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation (General Editor: Clive M. Brand), giving you a complete guide to the legal procedures governing compulsory purchase of land by local authorities and the entitlement to compensation.

The Compulsory Purchase module:

  • Provides a complete and up-to-date guide to the complex provisions of the law relating to compulsory purchase
  • Presents detailed coverage of the powers of relevant authorities as well as the authorisation procedure
  • Examines the authorisation procedure for compulsory purchase orders, procedure after the order and compensation
  • Explains the rules which regulate entitlement to compensation if a landowner or occupier suffers loss
  • Advises on the best methods and procedures for challenging compulsory purchase orders
  • Discusses and explains purchase notice and blight notice procedure
  • Provides tables which show the main Acts authorising acquisition in accordance with the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 and those which confer powers of acquisition not governed by the 1981 Act
  • Reproduces all the Acts, fully annotated, which comprise the general law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation
  • Includes the text of over 100 SIs and 40 circulars with expert commentary
  • Contains a section of case summaries which contains details of over 200 key judicial decisions including leading decisions of the Lands Tribunal
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Environmental Health

The Environmental Health module includes the Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (General Editor: Neil Hawke; Assistant Editor: Neil Parpworth), ensuring you have exhaustiive coverage of the purpose and practical application of the legislation and guidance relating to environmental health law.

The Environmental Health module:

  • Explains the purpose and practical application of the law relating to environmental health in one comprehensive source
  • Examines key features of the statutory framework, with matters such as noise, water supply, land drainage, flood defence, sewage and effluent disposal included so you get a clear and thorough understanding of all the rules and regulations
  • Reproduces the full text of all relevant statutes and statutory instruments which means you can undertake thorough research without having to refer to other works
  • Features EC materials as well as UK legislation to cover the European angle
  • Includes details of cases and court interpretations of the legislation and sets out circulars and policy guidance
  • Includes detailed annotations and commentary highlighting how the law works in practice and what the technicalities are, so you can take advantage of the opportunities and avoid potential pitfalls
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Highways

The Highways module includes the Encyclopedia of Highway Law and Practice (General Editor: Stephen J. Sauvain QC; Assistant Editor: Ruth A. Stockley), ensuring that you have the complete picture on highway law.

A major work on highway law for over 30 years, the Encyclopedia of Highway Law and Practice provides a one-stop reference source for practitioners.

The Highways module:

  • Provides the full text of the Highways Act 1980 and the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1994 with introductions to each and supported by annotations throughout
  • Covers the interests of the highway authority, the rights of the public, statutory undertakers, and the rights and duties of adjoining landowners
  • Examines key topics such as traffic orders, footpaths, bridleways and Definitive Map Orders
  • Reproduces other relevant Acts with annotations and explanations
  • Includes Rules, Orders and Circulars
  • Shows where the legislation has been amended
  • Gives details of cases to show how the legislation is being interpreted
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Housing

The Housing module includes the Encyclopedia of Housing Law and Practice (General Editor: Andrew Arden QC; Deputy General Editor: Justin Bates; Assistant Editors: Victoria Osler, Stephanie Smith; Consultant Editor: Andrew Dymond), Journal of Housing Law (General Editor: Andrew Arden QC, Deputy General Editor: Professor Caroline Hunter, Digest Editors: Andrew Arden QC, Justin Bates) (1997 onwards) and the Housing Law Reports (General Editor: Andrew Arden QC; Deputy General Editor: Andrew Dymond; Assistant Editor: Faisel Sadiq; Consultant Editor: David Carter) (1986 onwards), providing you with unrivalled coverage of key housing legislation along with expert commentary from a team of housing law practitioners.

The Housing module:

  • Clarifies points of law, outlines legal obligations, duties and entitlements – so that you can identify potential disputes and deal with them effectively
  • Covers every point of relevant legislation, as amended, beginning with the principal housing Acts, followed by the principal rent Acts and then other relevant statutes, for a complete source on housing law
  • Discusses key decisions and their impact on such matters as the provision and management of housing, housing finance, homelessness and allocation (including asylum and immigration provisions), security of tenure in all sectors, right to buy and other forms of enfranchisement, disrepair, grant-aid and registered social landlords
  • Offers guidance so that housing transactions can be efficiently and effectively progressed, procedures followed correctly, disputes either avoided or resolved satisfactorily and obligations and responsibilities properly observed
  • Includes over 500 Statutory Instruments, supported with annotations which provide clarification, refer to relevant case decisions and note any amendments
  • Provides selected circulars, guidance and other relevant materials, ensuring you have everything you need in one essential reference
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Landlord and Tenant

The Landlord and Tenant module includes Woodfall: Landlord and Tenant (General Editor: The Honourable Mr Justice Lewison; Editors: Nicholas Dowding QC, The Honourable Mr Justice Morgan, Martin Rodger QC, Edward Peters) online, providing you with a definitive guide to all aspects of landlord and tenant law.

The Landlord and Tenant module:

  • Provides you with a complete and definitive reference work covering residential, commercial and agricultural landlord and tenant law, giving you answers to virtually every point of the law
  • Covers a range of topics including creation of leases, rights and liabilities, leases and third parties, transfer, termination and renewal, agricultural tenancies, business tenancies, the Rent Acts, assured tenancies, secure tenancies, enfranchisement, the right to buy, enfranchisement by leaseholders of flats
  • Contains narrative sections with recent case law incorporated into the text
  • Covers recent changes to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 and the implications of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, the Housing Act 2004 and the Land Registration Act 2002
  • Provides four updates per year, keeping you informed of the latest developments
  • Compiled by an expert editorial team of leading property specialists headed by The Hon Mr Justice Lewison
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Local Government

The Local Government module includes the Encyclopedia of Local Government Law (General Editor: Professor Stephen Bailey; Finance Editor and Contributing Editor (Contracts): Colin Crawford; Editors at Arden Chambers) online, ensuring that you are provided with a complete reference work on the law affecting local authorities and the definitive reference source for anyone active in the field

The Local Government module:

  • Reproduces all the relevant legislation relating to local authority administration, including finance
  • Takes into account the many practical issues that you have to consider, such as the application of procedural and substantive ultra vires, the administrative machinery of local authorities, the exercise of contractual powers and liability in tort, failure to perform statutory duties and failure to exercise powers and negligent misstatement
  • Provides annotations which clarify the technicalities and explain the implications
  • Includes the Local Government Act 2003 with full commentary
  • Draws together relevant cases which have interpreted the legislation
  • Gives you an overview of the practical application of the law
  • Sets out, in tabular form, the powers and functions of different types of authorities
  • Contains key Department Circulars and memoranda
  • Enables you to check that the correct procedures are being followed
  • Reflects developments and changes in the law through new and replacement material
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Planning

The Planning module includes the Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice (General Editors: Christopher Lockhart–Mummery QC, Joseph Harper QC, David Elvin QC; Assistant Editors: David Holgate QC, Tim Mould QC, Rupert Warren, Guy Williams, David Blundell, Charles Banner, Richard Moules, Jacqueline Lean; Advisory Panel: John Male QC, John Litton QC, Neil Cameron QC, Graeme Keen; Consultant Editor: Professor Malcolm Grant CBE), Journal of Planning and Environmental Law (Editor: Michael Purdue; Case Editors: Martin Edwards; Richard Harwood; Ministerial Planning Decisions Editor: Richard Honey; Assistant Editor: Martha Grekos) (1990 onwards) and the Planning Law Case Reports (Editors: Victor Moore, John Pugh-Smith, Professor Michael Purdue) (1998 -2002) online, delivering you exaustive material and commentary on planning law and practice and its practical application.

The Planning module:

  • Covers all the relevant legislation, as amended - including EC legislation as well as domestic statutes and statutory instruments
  • Reproduces all the relevant policy documents for England and Wales, meaning that you have access to up-to-date circulars, PPGs and PPSs, MPGs and MPSs, RPGs, and RSSs and TANs
  • Contains clear and in-depth annotations which explain each statement of the law and comment on all appropriate judicial decisions, with the result that the law is put into context, technicalities are understood fully and problems can be identified
  • Discusses key issues, areas of change or complexity and recent developments, with guidance on actions to take where relevant
  • Contains expanded expert commentary on the most important Government policy documents
  • Notes derivations of and amendments to legislation
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Road Traffic

The Road Traffic module includes the Encyclopedia of Road Traffic Law and Practice (Editors: Mark Lucraft QC, Alexandra Ward, Hannah Willcocks) online, ensuring you have comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date information on all aspects of road traffic law and practice.

The Road Traffic module:

  • Gives you all the material you need to ascertain how road traffic law applies in different situations
  • Contains fully annotated legislation so that technicalities are made clear, problem areas can be identified and the statutes are put into context
  • Explains the legislation and indicates where it has been amended
  • Presents UK legislation in chronological order for speedy research
  • Draws attention to case law, enabling you to gain a quick overview of the relevant decisions and to understand their implications
  • Explains traffic sign regulations complete with illustrations so that nothing is overlooked
  • Includes European material including the Directives on drivers’ hours and tachographs
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