Emplaw - the UK's leading online resource for British Employment Law

www.emplaw.co.uk first appeared in public on disc in 1993 and went on the internet in early 1997. Emplaw continues to hold the position of UK market leader for online British employment law information.

Henry Scrope, the lawyer behind the site, began its development in the early 1990s. He qualified as a solicitor in 1968, before what we now call employment law was invented, after obtaining a history degree at Cambridge University. He was with Clifford-Turner & Co (now Clifford Chance) and Freshfields before becoming in-house lawyer for a private international group of companies in the City of London in the mid-70's. This job in industry gave him practical, in-depth experience of employment law over a period of almost 20 years. During this period, he designed and prepared content for an employment law computer programme, originally for his own use and as a study aid.

The programme became known as e-LOAD (Law on a Disc) and began to attract interest as early as 1993. Believing that accurately referenced law information presented in straightforward language would be useful to the educated man on the street as well as to lawyers, Henry formed DiscLaw Publishing Ltd and began to commercialise his employment law programme.

At that time, there was no dedicated site for UK employment law on the internet, and Henry recognised this as a twofold opportunity. Firstly, an internet version could make direct links to cases and other material appearing on the internet and secondly, it would make the programme more accessible. By February 1997, the entire programme had been modified and went live as www.emplaw.co.uk, the first British employment law site on the web. Within six months, users were averaging 50 per day. Presently, this number has grown to over 2,500 users per working day.

Henry is co-author - with Daniel Barnett - of the Law Society's Employment Law Handbook.

We operate from offices near York. If you would like any further information on our company or the services we provide, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Email: info@emplaw.co.uk
Tel: 01904 471-492
(Registered Office and) Address: Hunting Lodge, Shipton by Beningbrough, York YO30 1BD