Consumer and
legal
For licensing reasons,
some of our resources are only accessible from computers in
particular libraries.
Subscriptions
British Standards Online
(all libraries, no remote access)
Grants access to the
full-text of most British Standards and some European and
International equivalents.
This is a detailed and
practical summary of the laws of England, Wales, and Scotland.
Updated each and every week by a team of dedicated lawyers, the
legislation is set out in a user-friendly way to make it easier for
you to find the information you need.
This resource provides
details of grants and funding available for community groups
in Kent.
Lexis Nexis Butterworth
databases (Kent History and Library Centre
only)
A comprehensive archive of case records, dating from 1502, which
provides procedural history, annotations, keywords and
summaries.
- Halsbury's Laws of England
Full text of the Halsbury's Laws of England series.
Enables searching and viewing of the full text of current UK
legislation(UK Parliament Acts and UK Parliament Statutory
Instruments amongst others).
Public Information Online contains all material from 2006/07
Parliamentary session onwards. The site is updated daily with fully
searchable PDFs that are available on the day of publication. It
also includes non Parliamentary material from 2009 onwards
including official departmental reports, technical papers ,
research reports, annual reports and statistical research.
Free websites
Advice
guide
The online Citizen Advice Bureau service providing independent
advice on your rights. Topics range from benefits, housing,
employment and debt to consumer and legal issues.
Building Regulations
Current and previous versions of the 'Approved documents'
available for free download.
HSE
Books
Full text of Health and Safety Executive publications, including
their regulations, is now available to download free from their
website as PDF documents. Search by keyword, click on the
publication title and then on "free PDF download available" to
access.
Legal Aid
Information about Legal Aid and advice.
Legal professionals
Search the database of registered solicitors, and find further
guidance about paying for legal services, specialist solicitors,
lawyers for businesses, complaints, directories and etc.
To find a solicitor, barrister, expert witness or other supplier
of legal expertise and services
Legislation
The official portal to the full text of
- all legislation from 1988 to the present day (Note:
There are no secondary legislation items - e.g Statutory
Instruments - available before 1988 as they are not available
in a web-publishable format)
- most pre-1988 primary legislation is available on this site
(see the website 'Help' section for exceptions).
Money
Advice Service's health check
Whatever the situation with your finances, it’s good to know
where you stand and that you are making the most of what you have.
The Money Advice Service is an independent advice organisation,
here to help everyone understand and manage their money
better.
The health check is a free and unbiased
tool. In 5 to 6 minutes, after answering some
straightforward questions, you will have a personalised
action plan to help you sort out your money priorities now, and
plan for the future.
Turn2us
A charitable service which helps people access the money
available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other
help.
You can also find out more about the legislative process.