About CompactLaw
The First
CompactLaw was formed in 1996 and was the first company in the UK to provide legal information and services via the Internet.
From the very beginning we have provided free and detailed legal information to our customers, in fact we are still the only website to offer such a level of service. Our free information has continued to grow over the years and will continue to do so in the future.
Our Legal Team
Our legal team of barristers and solicitors is headed by Rita D'Alton-Harrison, herself a solicitor. Rita has many years of experience in the legal profession, including some high profile cases. Rita oversees the legal information and documents on our site and manages the rest of the team. In order to stay current with legal changes all of our legal team spend regular periods working in law firms or teaching law students or their fellow lawyers.
Legal Documents
We were also the first site to offer a comprehensive legal document
service.
No other organisation provides this level of service and all inclusive price.
This comprehensive service means that our documents are still the most competitively
priced available. This also means you can buy our products without the risk of
hidden and expensive support costs.
The Difference
Not all legal documents are equal.
All of our legal documents are drafted and updated by our own legal team, we
do not buy in simple template agreements and resell them, we also do not sell
shortened pre-printed documents.Our documents are well drafted and comprehensive.
They are also drafted in plain english to make them easy to understand.
An Example
For example, our Grievance & Disciplinary Policy for employers runs to 9 pages, it covers the latest law and all of it. The law relating to disciplinary issues changed recently, our policy was updated ahead of the change so that customers who purchased from us in the weeks leading up to the change in the law could buy with confidence; knowing they were purchasing a comprehensive and up to date product. Even when ACAS released extra guidance shortly before the new regulations came into force our legal team updated the policy immediately.
Another Example
When our legal team drafted the Communications and Internet and Email policies available on our site they sat down with our IT team before starting the drafting process to understand the technical aspects. The result is that our customers get properly drafted and legally binding agreements that accurately reflect how employees use (or misuse) their PCs and other devices.
Having a proper legal team gives us (and you) a major advantage.
A Good Sign
Some of our best customers are law firms who buy our documents to use for their own clients. These customers from inside the profession can range in size from small high street firms to large commercial firms in the City of London. We always think it is a good sign when other legal professionals are happy to pay for our products.
Independent - with great Partners
CompactLaw is a privately run, profitable and self-funding company, we are not owned by any other organisation or law firm.
But we have some great partners, in fact we have remained since 1996 the most widely distributed legal website in the UK.
CompactLaw Limited
Sun House
10 Western Road
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 4BB
UK
Tel: 0845 166 8711
Please note we do not provide legal advice via this number.
CompactLaw is a limited company registered in England & Wales.
Company registration number: 3247274.
VAT registration number: 701648748.
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