Recent information from the Law Society's library

Administration of justice'Legal and advice services - a pathway out of social exclusion', Lord Chancellor's Department.

Paper defines social exclusion in terms of legal help and advice and describes a wide range of providers of legal and advice services.

Available at: www.lcd.gov.uk/laid/socex/index.htm

Administrative lawJudicial Review Handbook by Michael Fordham, 3rd edition (2001, Hart Publishing, ISBN 1841132381).New edition of this authoritative text takes into account the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, the Human Rights Act and new terminology.

CostsBrown and Another v Bennett and Others (No.2), (2001) The Times, 21 November (ChD).The court has power to make a wasted costs order against any lawyer in the proceedings.

Section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 considered.

Available under 'British News' on The Times Web site at: www.thetimes.co.uk

Julia Bensusan v Bernard Freedman (Supreme Court Costs Office), 29 September 2001.This case gives general guidance on costs - only proceedings and can now be found on the Court Service Web site at: www.courtservice.gov.uk/

European UnionThe European Company Statute: Council Regulation (EC) No.

2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 10 November, together with the associated Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees (OJ L 294, 10 November 2001, page 1 and page 22 respectively).

Available on the Internet at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

Human rightsHuman rights and civil practice edited by Leigh-Ann Mulcahy (Sweet and Maxwell, 2001, ISBN 0421709901).

A look at the impact the Human Rights Act has had on civil law.

It includes specialisms such as professional liability, consumer protection and insolvency.

PensionsSSASs, SIPPs and FURBs: a guide by Tim Whiting (Tolley, 2001, ISBN 075451496X).

A guide to small self-administered schemes, self-invested personal pensions and funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes.

Library Christmas and New Year opening hoursThe library & enquiry service will be closed on the 24, 25, 26 and 31 December and 1 January.We will be open normal hours (9am to 5pm) on 27 and 28 December, and 2 January onwards.Photocopying price change for January 2002With effect from 1 January 2002, charges for serviced photocopying will change.

Charges for copying returned by post, DX or collection - the cost per individual sheet of copying on A3 size paper will increase from 50 pence to 1.

The cost of copying on A4 size paper will remain at 50 pence per sheet.All other charges will remain the same.

This increase in price reflects the higher cost of A3 paper.

This list has been compiled by the Law Society's library.

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