[Updated 12 June 2012]

This is the second of a couple of naughty step posts on ‘free legal information’ on the UK internet.

We were moving down through the hellish circles of ‘free legal content’, but as your reluctant Virgil, I must insist we jump a few circles to go directly to the centre of the pit

The Pit – ‘Free Legal Information’

Law on the Web proclaims itself to be a ‘Free Online Legal Information And Find A Solicitor Service’. What is more the site claims itself to be ‘The UK’s Biggest Source Of Free UK Legal Information’ (on a page headed ‘Legal Advice‘). In fact they say, under ‘About Us‘:

The mission of Law on the Web is to help people get access to justice by helping them find the right legal advice. We want to help people understand their legal rights and find a good solicitor if they should need to do so.
We aim to be the best place to go in the UK to find a solicitor and to get helpful legal information.

Before we get to the content, let us just note that the site is owned by Everything Legal Limited, who are now owned by DAS UK Group, a large legal expenses insurer. The managing director of Everything Legal Ltd is Brad Askew, a former practising solicitor (no longer listed on the Law Society site). His linkedin profile still describes him as a ‘lawyer’.

Let us also note that Everything Legal owns Claims Financial – a PPI claim farming site, amongst others.

Now, suppressing a slight shudder, to take a look at this ‘helpful legal information’. There is a section for ‘Landlord Law‘, which seems a good place to take a sample.

Under ‘Evicting Tenants‘, there is this helpful information:

As a landlord, there may be occasions when you need to ask the tenants occupying your property to leave. If, however, the tenant refuses to go after the agreed notice period, you will have to take legal action. You must first serve your tenant a ‘notice of intention to seek possession’ t