USEFUL LINKS

Parliament, government and legislation

• Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Executive
• Scottish Executive Justice news
• HMSO Scottish legislation

eBusiness and using the internet

• Openscotland is a Scottish Executive site that aims to help you and your community to get online and learn internet skills.
• Scottish Enterprise’s website has useful information for your business online
• Where can I get online?
• Where can I learn internet skills?
• How can my community or business get a public internet access point?

Legal aid organisations in the UK and elsewhere in the world

• Legal Services Commission - the equivalent body to the Board  for England and Wales
• www.clsdirect.org.uk provides information about obtaining legal help in England and Wakes and is run by the Legal Services Commission
• The Office of the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner handles complaints about solicitors in England and Wales
  
  
• For information about legal aid in Northern Ireland, visit the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
• The Isle of Man Government runs a legal aid service

• For information about legal aid in other parts of the world - the Pine Tree website has a page linking to information about legal aid programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe.