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WESTLAW UK STUDENT USER GUIDE

GETTING STARTED

SIGNING ONTo access Westlaw UK on campus, use the link on your university intranet.To access Westlaw UK off campus go to www.westlaw.co.uk and log in via Athens oryour Home Organisation.For more help signing on to Westlaw UK, please contact your university library.

WELCOME PAGESearch for case law, legislation, journal articles, current awareness and EU materials.

SEARCHINGSearch across material types by using free text terms or the title of a document.

- Type your term(s) into the search field with or without connectors- Select the content you wish to search- Choose whether to search every word in the document (free text) or just the title- Choose whether to display Terms in Context within your results list - Click Search

SEARCH METHODSEvery search box supports “terms and connectors” functionality. This means that eachsearch term you enter is treated as a separate word. If you enter words using noconnectors Westlaw UK will automatically connect the words using an ‘AND’connector and return all documents where your terms appear.

Connectors you can use on Westlaw UK:

NATURAL LANGUAGEThis search facility does not use terms and connectors but allows you to describe yourissue in plain English, for example must a manufacturer disclose the side effects of a drug.

When you use Natural Language, you retrieve a maximum of 100 results. When yoursearch is complete, the documents are returned in order of relevance.

SEARCH CONNECTORS

Connector Symbol Retrieves

AND & (or a space) Search terms in the same document:

trademark & registration

OR Or Either search term or both:

car or automobile

Phrase " " Search terms appearing in the same order as in the quotation marks: "fiduciary duty"

Grammatical /s Search terms in the same sentence: nuisance /s smell

Connectors /p Search terms in the same paragraph: hearsay /p admissibility

+s The first term preceding the second within the same sentence: burden +s proof

+p The first term preceding the second within the same paragraph: right +p counsel

Numerical /n Search terms within"n"terms of each other (where"n"is a number): person /3 jurisdiction

Connectors +n The first term preceding the second by"n"terms (where"n"is a number): capital +3 punishment

BUT NOT % Documents not containing the term or terms following the % symbol: taxation % income

Use the % connector with caution; it may cause relevant documents to be excluded

from your search result.

For more information or guidance please contact your university library.

GETTINGSTARTED


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Click the Westlaw UK icon at any time to return to this Home page

Links to access content search pages Static toolbar contains links to useful features and tools

CASE LAW


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BASIC SEARCHSelect the Cases link from the top of the screen.

Retrieve cases by entering a Party Name, Citation or terms into the Free Text field.

You can combine any of these fields for a more refined search.

ADVANCED SEARCHEnables you to enter additional information to further refine your search such as thecourt or subject area. You can also add a date restriction.

BROWSINGYou can browse Case Analysis Documentsor Law Reports and Official Transcripts.

Once you have selected a report series youwill be taken to a list of years or volumes.Select a year/volume to view analphabetical list of cases.

CONTENTWestlaw UK contains UK court decisions, beginning in 1220 from:

- The Law Reports series published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales

- The Weekly Law Reports and Industrial Law Reports- Lloyds Law Reports- Session Cases published by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting- The English Reports- Sweet & Maxwell Law Reports- Full text transcripts covering the House of Lords, Court of Appeal, plus selected High

Court and Tribunal judgments back to 1999

STATUS ICONSAppear within your results list and at the top of the case document to immediatelyindicate the status of a case.

- Indicates judicial consideration.- Indicates that at least one point of law has been overruled or reversed. This is an

immediate notification that the case is no longer good law.

CASE ANALYSIS DOCUMENTSThe best place to start when looking for relevant case law. Each Case Analysisdocument contains the following information (where applicable):

- Where Reported - Significant Cases Cited- Digest of the case facts and decision - Journal Articles about your case- Direct History of the case - Legislation Cited- Subsequent Cases which have cited your case (and whether they have treated it

favourably or not)Each document includes links to access full text reports for the case.

CASES IN PDFAll law report series published by ICLR on Westlaw UK are available in full text and inPDF. Archive dates back to 1865.


Links to access Advanced Search, content information and search tips

CASE LAW

LEGISLATION


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BASIC SEARCHSelect the Legislation link from the top of the screen.

Retrieve either an entireAct/SI, specific provisionof an Act/SI, or enterterms into the FreeText field. All legislationdocuments are updatedon a daily basis, Mondayto Friday.

ADVANCED SEARCHEnables you to choose whether to restrict your search to current legislation or expandit to include legislation that is no longer in force.

POINT IN TIMEEnables you to see how a piece of legislation stood at a particular date in the past.

BROWSINGBrowse to find Acts, SIs and provisions.

Browse Acts and SIs by Year, Title or byJurisdiction. When you get to a list ofActs/SIs you can choose to click the title toaccess the Arrangement of that Act/SI, or clickthe PDF icon to download a PDF version of it.

Use the navigation arrows to browse throughversions of an amended or repealed provision.

STATUTORY DEFINITIONSEnables you to find legislative definitions inActs and Statutory Instruments.

CONTENTWestlaw UK contains fully consolidated full text legislation covering Acts since 1267and Statutory Instruments since 1948 including pre- and post-devolution Scottishlegislation and Explanatory Notes, as well as Local Acts and Church Measures.

STATUS ICONS

- Indicates the version is historic and has been superseded.- Indicates the provision has pending amendments not yet in force.- Indicates the document or provision has been repealed.- Indicates the provision is not yet, or only partially in force (PDFs only).- Indicates the provision has been annotated.

ARRANGEMENT OF ACT/SIDetails all of the provisions within a piece of legislation enabling you to link directly toany section, paragraph, etc.

ANALYSISWestlaw UK provides in-depth analysis at both Act/SI level and provision level.The Overview Document and General Materials detail Act/SI information, such as allSIs made under an Act and all pending amendments.

PDF OF ENTIRE ACTUpdated daily, legislation PDF documents include commencement and amendmentdetails as well as an icon to indicate when a provision is not yet, or partially in force.


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ANNOTATED STATUTESCarry out a legislation search (see previous page for details).

SEARCHindicates that a piece of legislation has been annotated by our team of 40 experts.

Within two weeks of Royal Assent our team, led by Barrister and ParliamentaryCounsel Daniel Greenberg, explain the effect, purpose and likely application of newActs of Parliament, Acts of the Scottish Parliament and selected StatutoryInstruments. Key legacy statutes will also be annotated.

THE ANNOTATION WINDOWBeneath the text of the legislative provision the annotation window is displayedcontaining guidance notes pertaining to that provision.

Where annotations are available this is indicated in the left-hand navigation. Selectingthis link takes you directly to the annotation window.

You can choose to expand the window to view the annotation and close it when you arefinished.

GENERAL NOTES LIBRARYWhere appropriate the annotations will link to concepts located in the General Notes Librarywhere more detailed commentary can be found. For example, Pepper v Hart below.

PRINT, SAVE AND E-MAILWhen printing, saving or e-mailing legislation content, you will have the option toinclude or exclude annotations with the Act or Statutory Instrument you have selected.

LEGISLATION

JOURNALS


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BASIC SEARCHSelect the Journals link from the top of the screen.

ADVANCED SEARCHEnables you to enter additional information to further refine your search such asjournal title, year, and case or legislation cited.

BROWSINGBrowse Full Text Articles or the Legal Journals Index of abstracted articles. Select ajournal and then a year to browse. View all articles published in that yearalphabetically or continue browsing by issue.

CONTENTWestlaw UK features the most comprehensive collection of full text journals availableanywhere online.

The service includes thousands of articles in over 85 journals, from publishersincluding Sweet & Maxwell, Oxford University Press, Tottel Publishing, CambridgeUniversity Press, Emerald Group and several others.

LEGAL JOURNALS INDEXAll journals are indexed in the Legal Journals Index (LJI) - an extremely popular servicetotally unique to Westlaw UK.

The LJI abstract enables you to see at a glance the key points of an article along withdirect links to relevant case law and legislation, plus links to the full text where available.

You can link straight through to publishers information by clicking the title of the journal.



JOURNALS

CURRENTAWARENESS


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BASIC SEARCHSelect the Current Awareness link from the top of the screen.

Retrieve Current Awareness abstracts using the Free Text field or by Subject.

You can select to search Last 90 Days or Archive material.

ADVANCED SEARCHEnables you to enter additional information to further refine your search, such as bycase or legislation cited. You can also add a date restriction.

BROWSINGSelect whether to browse through Last 90 Days or Archive. You can browse by date,document type or subject area.

CONTENTIncludes cases, legislation and legal developments contained in or represented byofficial publications, press releases and legal news.

The service is updated every 15 minutes with over 1,000 sources of informationmonitored.

CURRENT AWARENESS ABSTRACTProvides more information about the development including an abstract, subject andkeywords, reference information and links out to other publications where relevant.



CURRENT AWARENESS

EU


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BASIC SEARCHSelect the EU link from the top of the screen.

Retrieve EU cases, legislation, treaties and background information by searching FreeText, Parties or Title, Case Number or Reference.

ADVANCED SEARCHEnables you to refine your search by selecting specific content to search and byspecifying the exact document type you are looking for.

BROWSINGSelect the content type to browse through. You can then browse further into thatcontent, for example Cases by Court, Legislation by Type, etc.

CONTENTProvided by Ellis and EUR-Lex (the official database of the EU). The information isdivided into the following content types:- Case Law- Treaties- Secondary Legislation- Preparatory Documents- Parliamentary Questions- Information and notices published in the Official Journal C Series

EU LEGISLATIONEU Cases and Legislation are provided in electronic format and as an official PDF(from 1995).

The blue menu on the left-hand side includes links to navigate to specific parts of thedocument including implementing National Measures.



EU

COMMENTARY


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COMMENTARY

BASIC SEARCHSelect the Commentary link from the top of the screen.

You can search across our Commentary titles including the White Book, Archbold,Woodfall and many others.

.

ADVANCED SEARCHEnables you to refine your search by entering a paragraph number or a form name.

BROWSINGSelect a Commentary title to see the contents page for that text and then select tobrowse through by Chapter or Part.


US ANDINTERNATIONALMATERIALS


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TO ACCESS US AND INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS

A new window will open containing search tools for international content.

SEARCHING BY DOCUMENT CITATIONType the citation you have into the Find by Citation box on the left-hand side ofthe screen.

SEARCHING BY PUBLICATION OR DATABASE- Either type in your search terms in the Search the Westlaw Directory box or

browse the content listed below, eg U.S. Federal Materials - You can also type the name, or part of the name of the publication into the Search

these Databases box on the left-hand side of the screen, eg Harvard Law Review

WHEN YOU WISH TO SEARCH ACROSS A SPECIFIC TOPIC OR JURISDICTIONClick on the white Add/Remove tabs link in the top left-hand corner of thescreen. There are over 100 tabs that group together all the content that you need tosearch across:- a particular topic, e.g. Criminal Practice- a specific jurisdiction, e.g. Canadian Law


US AND INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS

Select the Services link from the top toolbar and select Westlaw International

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Open any document on Westlaw UK and you will have the option to print, save ore-mail. Select your chosen option by clicking the relevant link located in the topright-hand corner of the screen.

PRINT- Click Print in the top right-hand corner- Select your preferred Print Options and

Output Option(s)- Click Submit

SAVE- Click Save in the top right-hand corner- Choose either PDF or Word RTF

(rich text format) - Select your preferred Output Option(s)- Click Submit

E-MAIL- Click E-mail in the top

right-hand corner- Enter the e-mail address of the

recipient(s) - Choose either PDF or Word RTF

(rich text format)- Select your preferred Output Option(s)- Click Submit

PRINT FULL TEXT LEGISLATION PDFsThere are two options available:(1) From the Legislation browse list click the PDF icon, or(2) Click the PDF of entire Act link in the top right-hand corner of any legislation document

PRINTING SECTIONS FROM THE ARRANGEMENT OF ACTYou can print individual sections of an Act or the whole Act by selecting the relevantboxes on the left-hand side and clicking print.

PRINT, SAVE OR E-MAIL SELECTED RESULTSOnce you have run a search, use the checkboxes next to the results to select thedocuments you wish to print, save or e-mail. Now click the appropriate icon in the topright-hand corner.

You can choose to print, save or email either just the information displayed in the results list, the full text ofthe case, or just the analysis / abstract.


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CONTENT AND COVERAGE

CONTENTANDCOVERAGE

CASESName Coverage

CASE ANALYSISDescriptive Analysis Document for UK, Scottish UK Cases - begins with 1865and EU case law EU Cases - begins with 1954

TRANSCRIPTSUK Case Law Official Transcripts Begins with 1955

INDIVIDUAL REPORT SERIESUK Case Reports Begins with 1220

LEGISLATIONName Coverage

FULL TEXT – CURRENT UK PARLIAMENTHistoric law - Statutory Instruments Begins with 1948Historic law - all Statutes Begins with 1991Local Acts Begins with 1991Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England Begins with 1991UK Acts Begins with 1267UK Statutory Instruments Begins with 1948

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTScots Law Statutes Begins with 1999Scots Law Statutory Instruments Begins with 1999

EUName CoverageCase Law Judgments from the Court of

Justice from 1954 and the Court of First Instance from 1989

Legislation Secondary Legislation from 1952

OJC Series From 1990Parliamentary Questions From 1992Preparatory Acts From 1974Treaties Primary Legislation from 1951

CURRENT AWARENESSName CoverageLegal & Regulatory Developments Index Begins with 1994Current Awareness Most recent 90 daysCasesBillsLegislation Search within the last 90Official and Non-Official Publications days, or browse the last 5 daysPress ReleasesNewspapers & Journal Articles

COMMENTARYName CoverageArchbold Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice Current EditionBullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings Current EditionC.I.P.A. Guide to the Patents Acts Current EditionCopinger and Skone James on Copyright Current EditionCurrent Sentencing Practice Current EditionKerly's Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names Current EditionPalmer's Company Law Current EditionRedfern & Hunter: Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration Current EditionRenton and Brown Criminal Procedure Current EditionRenton and Brown Criminal Procedure Legislation Current EditionTerrell on the Law of Patents Current EditionTotty & Moss: Insolvency Current EditionCivil Procedure (White Book) Current EditionWoodfall: Landlord and Tenant Current Edition


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CONTENTANDCOVERAGE

JOURNALSName CoverageFinancial Journals Index Archive 1992 - March 2006Legal Journals Index Begins with 1986

SWEET & MAXWELL TITLESArchbold News Begins with 1994 (Issue 1) British Tax Review Begins with 1986 (Issue. 1) Civil Justice Quarterly Begins with 1986 (Vol. 5) Civil Procedure News Begins with 1999 (Issue 1) Company Lawyer Begins with 1986 (Vol. 7) Computer & Telecommunications Law Review Begins with 1995 (Vol. 1) Construction Law Journal Begins with 1986 (Vol. 2) Conveyancer & Property Lawyer Begins with 1986Criminal Law Review Begins with 1986 Employment Law Bulletin Begins with 1994 (Issue 1) Entertainment Law Review Begins with 1990 (Issue 1) EU Focus Begins with 2001 (Issue 69) European Competition Law Review Begins with 1986 (Vol. 7) European Human Rights Law Review Begins with 1996European Intellectual Property Review Begins with 1986 (Vol. 8) European Law Review Begins with 1986 (Vol. 11) Insolvency Intelligence Begins with 1988 (Vol. 1) Insolvency Lawyer Begins with 1999-2003Intellectual Property Quarterly Begins with 1997 (Issue 1) International Arbitration Law Review Begins with 1998 (Vol. 1) International Banking and Financial Law Selected coverage 1991-1998International Banking Law Selected coverage 1986-1991 International Company & Commercial Law Review Begins with 1990 (Vol.1) International Energy Law & Taxation Review Selected coverage 2000 - 2007International Energy Law Review Selected coverage 2008 (Issue 1) International Insurance Law Review Begins with 1993-1998 International Sports Law Review Begins with 2001 (Issue 1) International Trade Law & Regulation Begins with 1995 (Vol. 1) Journal of Business Law Begins with January 1986 Journal of International Banking Law Selected coverage 1986-2003*

Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Begins with 2003 (Vol. 18) Journal of International Financial Markets Selected coverage 1999-2002Journal of Personal Injury Law (formerly Journal of Personal Injury Litigation) Begins with 2000Journal of Personal Injury Litigation Selected coverage 1994-2000Journal of Planning & Environmental Law Begins with 1990Landlord & Tenant Review Begins with 1997 (Vol. 1) Law Quarterly Review Begins with 1986 (Vol.182) Planning & Environmental Law Bulletin Selected coverage 1991-2001Private Client Business Begins with 1992 Property Law Bulletin Begins with 1986 (Vol. 6) Public Law Begins with Spring 1986 Public Procurement Law Review Begins with 1992 (Issue 1) Scots Law Times Articles Begins with 1997

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSBritish Journal of Criminology Begins with 2002 (Vol. 42) European Journal of International Law Begins with 2002 (Vol. 13) Human Rights Law Review Begins with 2005 (Vol. 5) Industrial Law Journal Begins with 2002 (Vol. 31) International Journal of Constitutional Law Begins with 2003 (Vol. 1) International Journal of Law and Information Technology Begins with 2002 (Vol. 10) International Journal of Law Policy and the Family Begins with 2002 (Vol. 16) International Journal of Refugee Law Begins with 2002 (Vol. 14) Journal of Competition Law and Economics Begins with 2006 (Vol. 2) Journal of Conflict and Security Law Begins with 2002 (Vol. 7) Journal of Environmental Law Begins with 2002 Vol. 14) Journal of International Criminal Justice Begins with 2003 (Vol. 1) Journal of International Economic Law Begins with 2002 (Vol. 5) Journal of Law Economics and Organization Begins with 2004 (Vol. 20) Journal of Refugee Studies Begins with 2006 (Vol. 19) Law Probability and Risk Begins with 2002 (Vol. 1) Medical Law Review Begins with 2002 (Vol. 10) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Begins with 2002 (Vol. 22) Statute Law Review Begins with 2002 (Vol. 23)

(*also contains articles from International Banking Law 1986-1991 & International Banking and Finance Law 1991-1998, which are both no longer in print)


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CONTENTANDCOVERAGE

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSTIY PRESSCambridge Law Journal Begins with 1998 (Vol. 57) Ecclesiastical Law Journal Begins with 2007 (Vol.9) International and Comparative Law Quarterly Begins with 1986 (Vol. 35) Legal Information Management Begins with 2004 (Vol. 4) Leiden Journal of International Law Begins with 2008 (Vol. 21) World Trade Review Begins with 2002 (Issue 1)

TOTTEL PUBLISHINGBusy Practitioner Begins with 2007(Jan Issue) Communications Law Begins with 2005 (Issue 10(3))Construction Newsletter Begins with December 2005Criminal Lawyer Begins with 2005 (Issue 148) Health and Safety at Work Newsletter Begins with 2005 (Issue 13(4))Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law Begins with 2005 (Issue 19(3)) Journal of Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law Begins with 2006 (Issue 20(3)) Professional Negligence Begins with 2005 (Vol. 21) Trust Law International Begins with 2005 (Issue 19(3)) VAT Digest Begins with 2007 (Issue 51)

JOURNALS BY OTHER PUBLISHERSAfrican Journal of International and Comparative Law Begins with 2005Coventry Law Journal Begins with 2000 (Vol. 5) Edinburgh Law Review Begins with 1996 (Vol. 1) Environmental Law Review Begins with 2001 (Vol. 3) International & Comparative Law Quarterly Begins with 1986 International Journal of Evidence and Proof Begins with 1996 (Vol. 1) International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law Begins with 1993International Trade Law and Policy Begins with 2005Journal of Financial Crime Begins with 2003Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance Begins with 2002Journal of Money Laundering Control Begins with 2003 (Vol. 6)