Searching for Cases and Legislation on Lexis+ UK: A Comprehensive Guide

Lexis+ UK offers a powerful search functionality that allows you to easily find and access relevant cases and legislation.

This guide will walk you through the process of searching for specific acts, sections, and cases within the platform.

Searching for legislation

Searching for a specific act

To search for a specific act, simply enter the name of the act in the search bar.

For example, if you search for "Companies Act 2006," Lexis+ UK will present you with the entire act as a single result, rather than displaying each section separately.

Searching for a specific section of legislation

If you need to find a specific section within an act, you can refine your search by including the section number. For instance, searching for "Companies Act 2006 s168" will bring up the relevant section as the top result, pre-filtered to show only legislation.

Making use of filters

Lexis+ UK also provides additional filtering options on the left-hand side of the search results page. You can narrow down your results by specifying a timeline, selecting specific practice areas or topics, or choosing the sources you want to include in your search.

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Searching for legal cases

Starting your legal search for cases

To search for cases, you can enter relevant keywords or phrases in the search bar and specify that you want to see "Cases" results. Lexis+ UK will then display the relevant cases, with each case presented as a single result, consolidating all the information from the same case hearing.

Additional information on cases

When you click on a specific case result, you'll have access to additional information, such as cases that have referred to or been considered by the selected case, as well as the case history.

Filtering

Just like with legislation searches, you can utilise the filtering options on the left-hand side to refine your case search results further, ensuring you find the most relevant and up-to-date information.

By following these steps, you can efficiently navigate through Lexis+ UK's extensive collection of cases and legislation, streamlining your legal research process and accessing the authoritative resources you need.

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