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Westlaw UKWestlaw UKSeminar on the Electronic Sources of Scottish Legislation
Tuesday, 6 September 2005
Samantha Steer, Raj Dulay and Sally Turvey
Presentation outline
Content coverage (full text and jurisdictional amendments)
Functionality (search and printing)
Associated materials (value add)
Practice Area Solutions
Future enhancements (new platform)
Questions
Why choose Westlaw UK?
Breadth of content
Fully consolidated full text of legislation
Associated materials – assist with research
Extensive cross-reference linking to other content
Combined into one complete research tool
Content coverage
WestlawUK contains all fully consolidated legislation:
UK Public and General Acts which were still in force in 1991 – dating back to 1267
UK Public and General Acts passed since 1991
General Acts of the Scottish Parliament
UK Statutory Instruments dating back to 1948
SIs made by the Scottish Parliament
English-language SIs made by the National Assembly for Wales
Content coverage
WestlawUK holds over 4,524,740 historical versions
Content includes pre-Scottish devolution UK legislation:
the Family Law (Scotland) Bill amends the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 and Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985
the Scottish Law Commission currently examining Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979
The full text of repealed legislation is retained
Explanatory Notes to Acts dating back to 1998
References to EU Law
Weekly updating
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Jurisdictional amendments
Amendments with restricted application are included such as jurisdiction.
Search
• Browse by Table of Contents
To retrieve an entire Act or SI, click on the + sign.
Search
• Find by citation
If you only have the year and number of an enactment, and/or if you are unsure of the exact title, select Find by Citation.
Search• Quick search by title
Quick Search allows you to search by title for an Act or SI as well as searching for a specific provision of legislation.
Search
• Boolean searchingTerms and Connectors provides more sophisticated searching than Natural Language but, if you want to get the best results, you should have at least a basic understanding of Boolean logic.
You can print or download
a complete Act/SI.
Differences that matter
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Associated materials
The Locator contains additional information to be read with the full text of a provision.
Practice Area Solutions
Practice Area Services have been designed to meet the more focussed needs of specialist users and smaller organisations
Fixed price subscriptions, based on the number of users, providing a simple, cost-effective solution
Full range of specialist materials, from expert commentary to legislation, everything the fee-earner wants to know
Fully integrated, saving time and resources
Dedicated user interface for ease of use
Commentary available on PAS’s
The future
• 2004/5 online laboratories and focus groups used to gather user feedback
• Aim – to improve usability, search and add new functionality
• Enhanced look and feel – improve readability
• Inclusion of new content features – overview of an Act or SI
• Release – 2006
• Go-live to be followed up with beta user testing
• Succession of post go-live enhancements planned
The future
The future
The future
Questions…
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Link to Westlaw:
www.westlaw.co.uk
