Revamped Legal Reference System

Enriched Judgment Information  Appeal History 1. Useful tool for judges adjudicating appeal cases. 2. Appeared as a link to bring up the “Appeal History Page” showing Case Appeal history, Reportage information and Appeal remarks.Appeal History Page

Enriched Judgment Information  Reportage 1. Shown in purple text 2. Cross-references to Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest for reported judgments. Cross-references

Case Citation – Judgment  Judgment Citator 1. All judgments can be cited upon click of a button. 2. Citation pattern = Parties + Judgment Date + Case Number 3. Citation can be pasted in an , a Word document, PowerPoint slideshow, etc.

Case Citation – Paragraph  Paragraph Citator 1. A further enhancement to the Judgment Citator function. 2. Paragraph Citator cited the judgment and pin- pointed to the exact paragraph(s). 3. Useful for citing particular paragraph(s) in a long judgment.

Case Citation - Benefits  Benefits 1. Useful tool for dissemination of information 2. Effective document delivery services. 3. Enhance “Search and Share” capability 4. Promote Hypertext Link rich documentary

Enhanced Search Function  Contemporary Searching interface 1. Basic and Advanced Search BasicAdvanced 4 search criteria specified in Advanced Search 2. Boolean Search Options - Any of these words - Words in any order - This phrase 3. Keyword markup

Enhanced Search Function  Versatile Searching Features 1. Selectable Search Scope -Judgment -Practice Directions 2. Enhanced Field Search -Precise location by Case number and Judgment Date -Chinese Judgments 3. Support for Chinese Query 4. Stemming – search of English word variants