Westlaw UK Seminar on the Electronic Sources of Scottish Legislation Tuesday, 6 September 2005 Samantha Steer, Raj Dulay and Sally Turvey

Presentation outline  Content coverage (full text and jurisdictional amendments)  Functionality (search and printing)  Associated materials (value add)  Practice Area Solutions  Future enhancements (new platform)  Questions

Why choose Westlaw UK?  Breadth of content  Fully consolidated full text of legislation  Associated materials – assist with research  Extensive cross-reference linking to other content  Combined into one complete research tool

Content coverage W estlaw UK contains all fully consolidated legislation:  UK Public and General Acts which were still in force in 1991 – dating back to 1267  UK Public and General Acts passed since 1991  General Acts of the Scottish Parliament  UK Statutory Instruments dating back to 1948  SIs made by the Scottish Parliament  English-language SIs made by the National Assembly for Wales

Content coverage  WestlawUK holds over 4,524,740 historical versions  Content includes pre-Scottish devolution UK legislation: the Family Law (Scotland) Bill amends the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 and Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 the Scottish Law Commission currently examining Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979  The full text of repealed legislation is retained  Explanatory Notes to Acts dating back to 1998  References to EU Law  Weekly updating Unique

Jurisdictional amendments Amendments with restricted application are included such as jurisdiction.

Search Browse by Table of Contents To retrieve an entire Act or SI, click on the + sign.

Search Find by citation If you only have the year and number of an enactment, and/or if you are unsure of the exact title, select Find by Citation.

Search Quick search by title Quick Search allows you to search by title for an Act or SI as well as searching for a specific provision of legislation.

Search Boolean searching Terms and Connectors provides more sophisticated searching than Natural Language but, if you want to get the best results, you should have at least a basic understanding of Boolean logic.

Print You can print or download a complete Act/SI.

Differences that matter Unique

Associated materials The Locator contains additional information to be read with the full text of a provision.

Practice Area Solutions Practice Area Services have been designed to meet the more focussed needs of specialist users and smaller organisations Fixed price subscriptions, based on the number of users, providing a simple, cost-effective solution Full range of specialist materials, from expert commentary to legislation, everything the fee-earner wants to know Fully integrated, saving time and resources Dedicated user interface for ease of use

Commentary available on PAS’s

The future 2004/5 online laboratories and focus groups used to gather user feedback Aim – to improve usability, search and add new functionality Enhanced look and feel – improve readability Inclusion of new content features – overview of an Act or SI Release – 2006 Go-live to be followed up with beta user testing Succession of post go-live enhancements planned

The future

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