COAC Best Practice Guidance 2nd edition 2010 Access Instructions

This is an electronic publication and is available free of charge from the SLS Legal Publications website www.sls.qub.ac.uk

  1. Click on the link (Online Publications COAC Best Practice Guidance) at the bottom of the first page of the website
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  7. Click on COAC Best Practice Guidance 2nd ed 2010 in either Word or PDF formats
  8. The document will then download but may take a few moments as it is 265 pages

Where you see highlighted text in the Guidance, simply click on that link to move to that section of the text. This will usually be where one of the numerous appendices is being referred to. If you wish to return to where you were in the text press the Alt key and the left arrow key together.

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Disclaimer

Although all reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of material for publication in this Best Practice Guidance, the Editorial Team and the publishers accept no responsibility for any loss caused to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of material contained in or omitted from the Best Practice Guidance. The Best Practice Guidance is not a substitute for professional advice. Readers should satisfy themselves as to the accuracy, completeness, adequacy and currency of the contents of this Guidance.