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Westlaw UK

Westlaw® UK is the online legal information service designed specifically for the UK legal profession.

Providing a wealth of leading UK, EU, US and International content, combined with a highly sophisticated online platform, it delivers a fast, precise and intuitive research experience.

Supported by a team of legally trained experts available 24 hours a day, Westlaw® UK is uniquely tailored to cater for the legal profession’s requirement for outstanding information and knowledge management.

Westlaw® UK is a product of Sweet & Maxwell.

The UK's legal online information service.

With Westlaw UK, you can:

  • New interface customised for UK lawyers.
  • Powerful functionality and a fast, precise user experience.
  • Current awareness three times a day, case reporting within 24 hours. 
  • Leading case law collection.
  • Consolidated legislation back to 1267, updated daily.
  • Versioning function detailing how the law stood before and after amendments.
  • Sweet & Maxwell's Common Law Library.
  • International news and business coverage.
  • 24/7 legally trained customer support team.

Why choose Westlaw UK?

  • Westlaw® UK was recently redesigned in collaboration with the UK legal profession including law firms, barristers, in-house counsel, academics and the public sector. The new Westlaw® UK  is a combination of the finest legal content dating back to 1267 with a user-experience optimized for fast, precise and powerful online research. 
  • The new interface includes enhanced content, superior functionality and special features, including the capability to research using a Blackberry® device or intranet knowledge management integration.
  • Compliant with both leading screen reader software and the DDA requirements.

Case Law
Comprising the most respected and authoritative legal sources, Westlaw UK includes over 275,000 full text case reports from the UK’s leading and recognised brand names.

Legislation
Comprehensive and consolidated legislation dates back to 1267 with a unique versioning facility showing you how the law stood at a particular time before and after amendments. Now updated daily.

Expert Analytical Commentary
The most authoritative commentary including:

  • Archbold
  • Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings
  • CIPA Guide to the Patents Act
  • Copinger & Skone James on Copyright
  • Current Sentencing Practice & Current Sentencing Referencer
  • Kerly's Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names
  • Palmer’s Company Law
  • Redfern & Hunter
  • Renton & Brown
  • Terrell on the Law of Patents
  • The White Book
  • Totty & Moss: Insolvency
  • Woodfall: Landlord & Tenant

Journal Archive
An enviable collection of full text journals including articles from 45 specialist Sweet & Maxwell publications, 19 Oxford University Press titles, 6 journals from Cambridge University Press and a further 9 from Tottel Publishing. All journals are indexed in the Legal Journals Index (LJI) – an extremely popular service, totally unique to Westlaw UK. All material is categorised with Sweet & Maxwell’s Legal Taxonomy.

EU Material
Full coverage of EU legal materials as well as EUR-Lex, the official database on European Law.

International Materials
Access to Westlaw International - a wealth of international legal, business and news information from around the world. Available on a transactional or subscription basis.

Leading International News and Business
UK and international news and business information from over 1,000 sources including The Times, Bloomberg, CNN, The Economist, Sky News, BBC1 News and Datamonitor.

Common Law Library on Westlaw UK

  • Arlidge, Eady & Smith on Contempt
  • Benjamin's Sale of Goods
  • Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency
  • Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence
  • Chitty on Contracts
  • Clerk & Lindsell on Torts
  • Goff & Jones The Law of Restitution
  • Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability
  • McGregor on Damages
  • Phipson on Evidence

    Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws is also now available

Contact Us

Westlaw UK 

100 Avenue Road
London NW3 3PF
England
Tel: 0800.028.2200 (UK)
Tel: + 44 207.449.1110
customer.service@westlaw.co.uk

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