The following databases are our key sources for current Legal information and research:
Lexis+This link opens in a new windowDescription: Database of full text law reports, legislation and many full text journals from the UK, Europe , the United States and many jurisdictions. Also includes commentary, notes ,current awareness and Halsbury's Laws of England.
Date Range: UK case law since 1865. Journal coverage varies depending on publishers. US case law(State and Federal)-dates vary. Large collection of full text US law reviews/journals-again dates vary.
Westlaw UK* Full text UK & EU cases, full text UK & EU legislation and full text journal articles
* UK cases from 1865, via law reports and official transcripts (note: not All ER)
* EU cases & legislation (ECJ from 1954; treaties from 1951)
* UK amended Public General Acts & SIs
Westlaw Training
At Middlesex we are fortunate to have a student whose role it is to support you in getting the best from Westlaw. See below for details.
Hi, my name is Laura and I am your Westlaw representative for this academic year!
My role is to help you with your legal research through the platform Westlaw UK. My aim is to make you more confident using this software and feel like you are able to tackle all your research with confidence!
I host a mixture of drop-in and themed sessions each week, please turn up with a question, or a problem you are facing in your research and I will do my best to help you answer it!
For details on session times and links please drop me an email at lm1340@live.mdx.ac.uk
vLexJustis* Index to case law, legislation and journal articles
* Find leading authorities and current status of the law.
* Predominantly UK & EU jurisdictions
* Identify leading cases, whether cases are 'good law' and subsequent treatments
* Legislation amended and applied in court
* Recent journal articles which cite
* Precedent map
* Links to full text in LexisLibrary, Westlaw UK & BAILLI
Heinonline - Law Journal LibraryThis link opens in a new windowDescription: Database of law and law-related issues including articles, comments, notes,book reviews,cases and decisions. Covers more than 90 subject areas published in 29 countries. Also an image-based database providing exact page images as they originally appear in hardcopy
Subject Scope: Legal journals and pre 1865 case reports(The English Reports)
Lists over 7,000 abbreviations for about 4,000 legal publications from both the British isles and the Commonwealth. Covers mainly legal journals and reports though other types of material may be included. Can be searched via title or abbreviation.
Halsbury's Laws of England
This is available electronically on Lexis Library
Current Law Case Citators
Available in the Law Library (2nd Floor Sheppard Library)
Other online resources
BAILII(British & Irish Legal Information Institute.) Free resource hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and by the Law Faculty, University College Cork.
BAILII comprises 90 databases, covering seven jurisdictions. Decisions of the House of Lords and Court of Appeal are covered, as are decisions of the European Court of Justice and tribunals.
A useful 'Leading Case Law by Subject' database seeks to identify leading case law from the past and to make them freely available to support legal education.
