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WestlaweCARSWELL® is Canada's premier online legal research service, providing quick, easy access to a vast collection of case law, legislation, commentary, news articles and business information.

WestlaweCARSWELL® contains Canada's premier, exclusive and comprehensive collections of case law, legislation, authored commentary and other legal resources, as well as current news articles and business information. The site provides single-password access to key legal information resources from around the world.

WestlaweCARSWELL is a product of Carswell.

"No other legal database offers such a variety of ways to find what I need. Whether I'm researching a new area of law or brushing up within my practice area, WestlaweCARSWELL is where I start and finish."

-- Andrew J. R. Inch, McInnes Cooper, Halifax, NS

With WestlaweCARSWELL, you can:

• Find information tailored to your practice area requirements. LawSource® provides broad access across practice areas for primary law, The Canadian Abridgment classification system and the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest. CriminalSource®, FamilySource®, InsolvencySource®, SecuritiesSource®, IPSource®, Estates&TrustsSource® provide single tab access to all the tools and information specialists need to ensure they are prepared to meet their clients’ needs. As each service has its own tab, lawyers and support staff can easily move across the services with a single password.
• Quickly gather the facts you need to make critical choices using WestlaweCARSWELL Litigator® -- a revolutionary online workflow solution that contains Canada's largest collection of online litigation resources. It combines practice tools with litigation focused research components to automate your most tedious tasks and support you in your most strategic decisions, as well as enabling you to profile judges and opposing counsel and to map out the history of a successful decision.
• Save time and be more confident. Only with WestlaweCARSWELL® will your research path enable to you to get a 360 degree view of a case or legislation, giving you the confidence of knowing you have left no stone unturned.

Why choose WestlaweCARSWELL?

• Enjoy integrated innovative citation and work flow tools that leverage Westlaw® technology and Carswell’s highly respected content and finding tools.
• Choose from a variety of search methods, including terms and connectors, natural language and templates customized by document type.
• Access The Canadian Abridgment, the only comprehensive classification of Canadian law and the most powerful case law finding tool online.
  

Exclusive Content:

• The Canadian Abridgment
• Carswell Law Reports
• Rules Concordance
• The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest
• Authoritative Commentary
• Precedent Galleries on WestlaweCARSWELL Litigator®

Current Awareness Tools:

• Abridgment eDigests
• WestClip®
• Newsletters
• Recently Added Treatments

Reference Sources in WestlaweCARSWELL® (customize for your practice area):

• LawSource
• CriminalSource
• Estates&TrustsSource
• FamilySource
• InsolvencySource
• IPSource
• SecuritiesSource
• Litigator®

Powerful Functionality:

• KeyCiteCanada
• CiteLinkCanada
• Graphical KeyCite
• Rules Concordance

Productivity Tools:

• Abridgment Classification Linking
• Customized Templates
• Global Searching
• Limiting Citing References
• Link Viewer
• Reporting System
• Research Trail
• Search or Browse Table of Contents
• Various Search Methods
• Words Around Hits
• Workflow Solutions