How we monitor UK law changes

UK law changes constantly. To keep the Site current, we monitor a defined set of authoritative sources every editorial cycle and surface significant changes via the Law Updates tracker and via update cards rendered on affected topic and guide pages.

What we monitor

Primary legislation

• legislation.gov.uk — every new Act of Parliament, statutory instrument, commencement order, and amendment.
• bills.parliament.uk — bills currently moving through Westminster, with Royal Assent dates published immediately.
• Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland: the devolved legislatures' websites.

Court rules and procedural changes

• Civil Procedure Rules updates (CPRC pre-action protocols and rule changes).
• Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions.
• Family Procedure Rules and amendment instruments.
• Tribunal Procedure Rules across the unified tribunal system.

Case law

• BAILII and The National Archives' Find Case Law service for new judgments of significance.
• UKSC, Court of Appeal, High Court, EAT, and Upper Tribunal monthly summaries.

Regulator and ombudsman guidance

• ICO statutory codes and guidance.
• Ofcom, FCA, CMA, ASA, Ofgem, Ofwat, FOS, PHSO, LGSCO, Housing Ombudsman, Legal Ombudsman, SRA, BSB.
• HSE, DVLA, Companies House, Charity Commission guidance.

Government guidance

• GOV.UK collections for each in-scope department.
• HMCTS practice directions and tribunal user notices.

How we surface changes

• Each significant change becomes a law update entry with status (bill, act, in force, partly in force, etc.), commencement date, affected audiences, and practical effect.
• The LawUpdatesCard component cross-references updates onto every topic and guide page whose relatedTopics or relatedGuides array intersects with the update. Users see relevant changes in context.
• The browse views /updates/by-area, /updates/by-impact, and /updates/by-year let editors and users slice the update log.

What this is not

We are not a real-time legal news service. We do not push notifications. We do not cover every micro-amendment. We focus on changes that affect a significant body of users or that materially change a procedural route. For breaking legal news, follow Parliament, the Judicial Office, and the relevant regulators directly.

If we miss something

Email suggestions@uklawreference.com or use the corrections process. We'd rather hear about a missing change late than not at all.