locating a uk case

LOCATING A UK CASEELIZABETH NAUMCZYK – HEAD, LAW LIBRARY

CHAI YEE XIN – LAW LIBRARIAN

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LOCATE THE FOLLOWING CASE:

Le Livre v Gould [1893] 1 QB 491


USING LAWNET



JustCite can be used to find out where the case can be located. Enter

the citation in the search bar which can be found under the premium

tab in LawNet.


ATTENTION!!

The full text links are referring to third party

destinations which are subscription-based,

so these links will NOT take you straight to

the text of the document.

HOW TO GET THE FULL TEXT?

1) Go to the database, run a search and

download the text (E.g. LawNet)

OR

2) Log in to the database first. Once you

have logged in to the service

successfully, click the link from JustCite

and you will be taken straight to the text

of the document (E.g. Westlaw)

To search for the case using basic search, enter the citation

in the search bar and check just the English Cases


A Court Admissible version of the document is available as a

PDF which can be downloaded and printed out.


USING WESTLAW



Case Analysis provides case

information including noting up,

case digest information,

publications which make

reference to it, etc.

You can access the

full text here


A Court Admissible

version of the

document is

available as a PDF

which can be

downloaded and

printed out.

USING LEXIS


FIND THE FOLLOWING CASE:

Alcock v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police

[1991] 4 ALL ERR 907



Find the full name of ALL ER using the Cardiff Index


There are two Lexis databases available on the Law Research Navigator:

LexisNexis Australia (for Australian materials) and Lexis Singapore (for

international materials). For UK cases, use Lexis Singapore.


There are two ways to find the case: Either Search or Browse. For this

exercise, click on Browse.


You can search for cases by year, volume

number and then page number.


A Court Admissible version of the document is available as a

PDF which can be downloaded and printed out.