References & Links

Many of our clients are happy to speak to colleagues in their profession about our work. Please ask us If you would like us to put you in touch with a client in a similar field to your own.

Useful Links:

Occupational Therapy

British Association and College of Occupational Therapists (BAOT/COT)
Health Professions Council
Occupational Therapists in Independent Practice

Expert Witness Associations

Academy of Experts
Expert Witness Institute
Society of Expert Witnesses (The)

Disability

There are numerous disability information and organisations’ websites, many of which specialise in helping with specific conditions. Those listed below represent a good starting point.

Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) - Personal injuries
Contact a Family - for families with disabled children: information on rare syndromes and disorders
Dept. for Work and Pensions - Services and benefits A-Z
Disability Alliance (Particularly useful on Benefits)
Disability Information
Disability Information and Resources (Idiosyncratic/USA)
Disabled Living Foundation
Motability - Mobility Funding Scheme
Ricability - Research and information for older people and people with disabilities
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)

Charities

The significant benefit of charities to people in difficulty can often be matched by their equally notable obscurity. The following list may help your search.

Association of Charity Officers (The) - ACO
Charity Commission of England and Wales
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (The) - NCVO
Charity Net (UK)

Law Links

Civil Justice Council (The)
Dept. for Constitutional Affairs (Lord Chancellors Dept.)
Her Majesty's Courts Service

Law Society (The) - UK
Bar Council (The)
APIL - Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
FOIL - Forum of Insurance Lawyers

Law Gazette
Lawyer (The)
Legal Medical Magazine
PI Brief Update - for personal injury news
Solicitors Journal
Insurance Times

Business Directories

These are particularly useful to find suppliers of service in a given geographic area.

UK Yellow Pages on-line
Scoot, the UK Business Directory

Miscellaneous

Just good sites!

News - BBC
Weather - Met.Office
UK Government Departments - Direct Government Portal
Business Link - National Site
Dictionary.com
Wikipedia - Popular Encyclopedia
Volunteering (Intervol)

We regularly check the validity of these links. Please let us know if you experience any difficulties or would like to recommend additions to this page.

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