United Kingdom Legal Topics

• Advocacy
• Civil justice
• Civil liberties
• Company commercial
• Competition
• Costs, fees and funding
• Criminal justice
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Equality, diversity and corporate responsibility
• Family and children
• Immigration
• Law firm management
• Legal aid
• Money laundering and financial crime
• Personal and professional development
• Personal injury
• Planning
• Private client
• Property – commercial
• Property – residential
• Regulation and compliance
• Tax

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Agriculture, animals, food and rural affairs

Agriculture

• Agriculture and environment
• Common Agricultural Policy
• Farmers
• Organic farming

Animals

• Animal diseases
• Animal welfare

CountrysideFisheriesFoodForestry

Asylum, immigration and nationality

AsylumImmigrationNationality

Business, industry and consumers

Business support

• EU grants and loans
• Regional development agencies

CompaniesCompetitionConsumersIndustrial health and safetyIndustrial relationsIndustry

• Construction industry
• Manufacturing industries
• Service industries
• Tourism

InsolvencyIntellectual propertyInternational tradePostal servicesRegulationSmall businessesStandardsUtilities

Communities and families

CharitiesChildren and families

• Child care
• Child support
• Children’s social services
• Divorce
• Marriage
• Registration of births, deaths and marriages

Death

• Burial and cremation
• Coroners
• Funerals
• Wills and intestacy

Older peopleEthnic groupsFamily law

• Civil partnerships
• Cohabitation
• Divorce
• Marriage

Incomes and poverty

• Fuel poverty

Population

• Census

Religion and faith communitiesVoluntary organisations

Crime, civil law, justice and rights

Administration of justice

• Courts
• Legal profession

Alternatives to prisonAnti-social behaviourCivil law

• Coroners
• Gender recognition
• Legal aid
• Limitation of actions
• Personal injury
• Powers of attorney
• Small claims

Crime

• Crimes of violence
• Drugs crimes
• Internet and cybercrime
• Offensive weapons
• Public order offences
• Sexual offences

Criminal lawDeath

• Burial and cremation
• Coroners
• Funerals
• Wills and intestacy

Emergencies and disaster managementEmergency services

• Ambulance services
• Fire services
• Police

Equality

• Age discrimination
• Disability discrimination
• Gender recognition
• Racial discrimination
• Religious discrimination
• Sex discrimination

Family law

• Civil partnerships
• Cohabitation
• Divorce
• Marriage

FirearmsFreedom of informationHuman rightsIntelligence servicesInternational law

• EU law and treaties

Land lawPrisonsPrivacy

• Data protection

Security industryTerrorism

Culture, media and sport

Arts

• Art works
• Museums and galleries
• Performing arts

Cultural heritageGamblingLeisureLibrariesLicensingMedia

• Broadcasting
• Press

National LotterySports and Olympic GamesTourism

Defence

Armed forces

• Armed forces welfare
• Veterans

Defence equipment and procurementDefence policy

• Arms control
• Ballistic missile defence
• Defence expenditure
• EU defence policy

Military operations

• Afghanistan
• Falkland Islands
• Iraq

Economy and finance

Economic policyEconomic situation

• World economy

EU budgetFinancial institutionsFinancial services

• Insolvency
• Loans
• Mortgages
• Pensions

Incomes and poverty

• Fuel poverty

International developmentInternational economic relations

• Economic and monetary union

International tradePublic expenditureTaxation

• National insurance

Education

Adult educationFurther educationHigher educationLocal authorities: educationOfstedPre-school educationSchoolsSpecial educational needsStudentsTeachers

Employment and training

Adult educationEmploymentEmployment schemesNational insurancePayPensionsTrainingUnemployment

Energy and environment

Climate changeEnergy

• Coal
• Electricity
• Energy conservation
• Fuel poverty
• Nuclear power
• Oil, petrol and natural gas
• Renewable energy

Environmental protection

• Biodiversity
• Countryside
• Hedges and ditches
• Marine environment
• Nature conservation
• Wildlife

PollutionUtilitiesWaste managementWater

• Flooding
• Water industry

Health services and medicine

DiseasesHealth education and preventive medicine

• Alcoholism
• Communicable diseases
• Drugs misuse
• Obesity
• Smoking
• Vaccination

Health financeHealth services

• Mental health

Health staff and professionsMedical ethicsMedicine

• Animal experiments
• Genetics

Patient rights and complaints

Housing and planning

Housing

• Empty property
• Homelessness
• Housing adaptations
• Housing standards
• Housing supply
• Overcrowding
• Owner occupation
• Private rented housing
• Social rented housing
• Supported housing

Housing benefitsPlanning

• Regeneration
• Sustainable development

International affairs

Africa

• Zimbabwe

Arms controlAsia

• Afghanistan
• Iran

AustralasiaEU defence policyEurope

• Eastern Europe
• Russia
• Western Europe

Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeHuman rightsInternational developmentInternational economic relations

• Economic and monetary union

International law

• EU law and treaties

International organisations

• NATO
• Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• United Nations
• Western European Union

International politics and government

• Election results : international

Latin AmericaMiddle East

• Iran
• Iraq

North AmericaOverseas territories

• Falkland Islands

Terrorism

Parliament, government and politics

Central government

• Civil Service
• Ministers
• Non-departmental public bodies

Church and stateConstitutionCrownDevolution

• National Assembly for Wales
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• Regional assemblies
• Scottish Parliament

Elections

• By-elections
• Election expenditure
• Election results : international
• Election results : UK
• Electoral franchise
• Electoral register
• Electoral systems
• General elections

Freedom of informationLegislative processLocal governmentParliament

• House of Commons
• House of Lords
• Lord Speaker
• Members of Parliament
• Members of the Lords
• Parliamentary procedure
• Speaker

Political partiesPublic administrationPublic inquiriesStatistics policy

Social Security and pensions

Benefits administrationBenefits policyBereavement benefitsFamily benefitsHousing benefitsPensionsSickness, disability and carers’ benefitsWorking age benefits

Social services

Children’s social servicesCommunity care

Transport

AviationRailwaysRoads

• Buses
• Cycling
• Motorcycles

Shipping