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UK Law Reference

Update log

Changelog

Public log of major updates to UK Law Reference. Smaller editorial refreshes happen continuously and are tracked via the lastReviewed field on each item; this changelog captures the larger shipped programmes.

  1. feature

    Deferred-items implementation sprint complete

    Aligned Cloudflare AI bot policy with robots.txt at the edge (blocks CCBot, Bytespider, Amazonbot etc.; allows GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended). Shipped bespoke fixes to four high-traffic tools (NIP exempt-offence gate; Section 21 RRA 2025-aware step-0; Negligence limitation date-of-knowledge toggle; new Awaab's Law hazard checker). Backfilled rateAsOf on 44 calculation-tier tools, removing all freshness-gate warnings. Stood up four new content types: per-jurisdiction case browsers (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales), find-my-representative postcode tool, statutory instruments directory, Hansard debates browser, and seven-area news digest. Added nightly GitHub Actions ingest cron.

  2. feature

    Mega content expansion — 10-phase programme shipped

    Added jurisdiction tagging across 659 entries. Stood up ingest infrastructure for legislation.gov.uk, Find Case Law, UK Parliament Bills, Hansard, courts directory, Sentencing Council, Police UK, and Companies House. Built dedicated Scotland / Northern Ireland / Wales topic tracks. Created six canonical-topic gap entries (Restitution & Unjust Enrichment, Partnership & Agency, Bills of Exchange, Sexual Offences SOA 2003, Public Order Offences, EU Retained Law). Shipped /bills, /courts/find, /sentencing, /tools/local-crime-by-postcode, /tools/check-a-company.

  3. content

    SEO audit implementation — 7 phases, 112 decisions actioned

    Title-suffix conditional fix (60% of pages). Site-wide Organization JSON-LD. Header restructured into 5 grouped dropdowns. JurisdictionNotice extended to all YMYL detail pages. Three-tier tool disclaimer system. 'Not solicitor-drafted' header on all 120 templates. 21 new content-gap guides added (Indefinite Leave to Remain, Lasting Power of Attorney, Right to Work, Skilled Worker, Deposit Protection, Spouse Visa, British Citizenship, ACAS Early Conciliation, DBS Check, GDPR UK, plus 11 strategic + cluster fills). 19 high-risk scenarios now lead with red-banded SafetyCallouts.

  4. content

    Backlog complete — Tools 75 / Audiences 35 / Journeys 60 / Scenarios 150 / Clusters 7

    Tools expanded from 35 → 75 (+40 new calculators / checkers / routers). Audience hubs 15 → 35. Journeys 27 → 60. urgencyLevel populated on all 150 scenarios. 7 curated content clusters added (renters-and-landlords, employment-disputes, consumer-claims, debt-and-civil-claims, online-harm-privacy-reputation, education-send, police-crime-victims).

  5. fix

    Custom UK Law Reference favicon

    Distinctive book-and-crown SVG favicon shipped at multiple sizes (16, 32, 48, 180, 192, 512). Replaces the generic scales-of-justice mark.