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vLex United Kingdom Core

The vLex UK Core contains the largest collection of UK judgments available anywhere online, including both reported and unreported content, which is updated daily. Containing over one million full-text cases, as well as legislation, dockets, books, journals, news, legal commentary, and court and tribunal forms, this collection’s case law dates back to 1163, and it covers the full legislative history of the UK dating back to 1235. This unique collection of data was digitised and independently sourced from the Ministry of Justice, Royal Courts of Justice, Advocates Library, and even individual barristers.

vLex’s United Kingdom collection also includes UK Supreme Court and Court of Appeal dockets, Scottish judgments from a number of courts, including the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary, as well as thousands of cases from the courts of Northern Ireland, covering the Magistrates’ Court to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland. Coverage for Northern Ireland extends from 1922 to 2009 for the House of Lords content, and from 2000 onwards for all other courts.

Jersey Law Reports

‬An authoritative and definitive series of general law reports from Jersey, containing judgments from Jersey’s Royal Court and appellate courts. This series is coupled with a collection of unreported cases from Jersey, dating back to 1969.

Mental Health Law Reports

‬A comprehensive collection of cases relating to all aspects of mental health law, largely unreported elsewhere, dating back to 1999. This series provides coverage of essential cases from the European Court of Human Rights, the House of Lords, the Family Division, and many more.

CCH Tax Cases

This series includes three of the leading dedicated tax law reports from the United Kingdom: British Tax Cases, British Value Added Tax Cases, and Special Commissioners’ Decisions, dating back to 1875.

English Reports

The English Reports are the oldest collection of authoritative early law reports in publication, dating back to 1220. The series contains nominated reports from the Privy Council, High Court of Chancery, House of Lords, Court of the King’s Bench, Court of Exchequer Chamber, Crown Court, and many more.

The Times Law Reports

Access all case reports published in The Times newspaper, dating back to 1987. Over 800 additional cases are published each year from a wide range of jurisdictions, including the UK courts, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

UK Higher Court Dockets

Updated daily, the UK dockets collection on vLex includes High Court dockets that date back to 2010, as well as Supreme Court and Court of Appeal dockets from 2019 onwards. For the first time, this growing collection of over 200,000 UK dockets can be accessed in one location. This enables researchers to locate information faster, reduces the risk of important documents being missed, and helps researchers gain a more comprehensive understanding of current and previous matters. UK dockets on vLex are available for ongoing access, so researchers no longer need to pay per session, or work to timed access restrictions as they would with traditional docket services. Larger organisations can also benefit from multi-user access to significantly reduce the time it takes for different team members to search and retrieve documents.

Family Court Reports

Access a comprehensive collection of reported cases relating to family law, dating from 1987 to present. This collection was relaunched in 2018, and it is published by Bloomsbury.

Commercial Law Cases

This series contains full law reports from the higher courts, chosen for their usefulness in advising commercial clients. It covers a broad range of commercial and company topics, including competition, intellectual property, banking, and insurance law. This series provides access to important cases dating back to 1991.

State Trials

Access over seven centuries of higher criminal jurisprudence covering English trials relating to offences against the state. This includes Cobbett’s State Trials and the New Series (Macdonell and Wallis), with additional material sourced from the National Collections and the English (Nominate) Reports. This series features coverage dating back to 1163.

Inquest Law Reports

A comprehensive collection of cases relating to all aspects of inquest law, dating back to 2004. This collection is largely unreported elsewhere, making it a valuable resource to anyone interested in inquest law.

Immigration Appeal Reports

Dating back to 1972, the Immigration Appeal Reports contain thousands of authoritative and diverse cases concerning immigration law and covering the application of EU law in the higher English courts.

Scottish Session Cases Service and Archive

The Session Cases take precedence over all other case law series in Scotland. With coverage starting in 1821, the current series of Session Cases offers all decisions reported in full, checked and revised by presiding judges before publication, from all the key appellate decisions, civil and criminal, from the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary in Scotland.

In addition, selected cases decided at first instance and all decisions on Scottish appeals to the Privy Council, the House of Lords and the Supreme Court are included. The database also includes Fraser’s Court of Session Cases from 1898 to 1905, and Rettie’s Session Cases from 1873 to 1897, Macpherson’s from 1862 to 1872, Dunlop’s from 1838 to 1861, and Shaw’s from 1821 to 1837.

Construction Law and Disputes - London Publishing Partnership

Construction Law - Julian Bailey Now in its third edition, this is the definitive work of reference for construction law practitioners internationally. Across three volumes it provides the most comprehensive treatment of the major issues arising out of construction and engineering projects, with extensive references to case law, statutes and regulations, standard forms of contract and legal commentary. The book in its new, updated form is indispensable for law practitioners and is now accessibly priced for the postgraduate student market.

Construction Disputes: Seeking Sensible Solutions - Wayne Clark This book, which will be published on 25 November 2021, reflects the author’s fifty years’ experience in international construction projects and the management and resolution of disputes. During those fifty years, Wayne Clark’s aim has always been to guide parties towards sensible and clear communication, nurturing relationships and seeking early solutions to their differences. His primary goal is to help parties avoid unnecessary conflict – a theme that is clearly evident throughout this book.

While two chapters are devoted to preparing construction claims to persuade a tribunal – and in so doing persuade the other side to reach an amicable settlement – the book covers a much wider scope: from the building owner’s dream through to the contractor handing over the completed project, wise contract administration, settlement negotiations, the third-party resolution process and, finally, arbitration. During each of these stages, the theme is for the parties to continually seek ways to resolve their differences. The book also introduces the idea of the ‘shadow arbitrator’, who, if commissioned early in the dispute process, can guide parties and legal counsel to prepare claims and arbitral pleadings that will persuade a tribunal – and encourage the parties to find sensible solutions.

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ICLR Law Reports Collection

The Law Reports is an authoritative series of published cases which constitute binding precedent in English law. The collection incorporates all earlier divisions of The Law Reports, as well as the four modern divisions – the Court of Appeal, Chancery, Family, and Queen's Bench Divisions. The Law Reports are written by barristers and solicitors who are present in court for the hearing of the argument and the handing down of judgment. Reports are available on vLex to customers across select Caribbean and African countries.

ICLR The Weekly Law Reports

The Weekly Law Reports cover more cases in more courts than many other series of law reports. They are recorded by the largest number of reporters who are actually present in court, and are reported faster than any other series. ICLR Reports are available on vLex to customers across select Caribbean and African countries.

ICLR Industrial Cases Reports

The Industrial Cases Reports date back to the inauguration of the National Industrial Relations Court in 1972, and are published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. ICLR Reports are available on vLex to customers across select Caribbean and African countries.

ICLR Public and Third Sector Law Reports

Launched in 2009, the Public and Third Sector Law Reports (PTSR) were specially designed to meet the needs of charity, social enterprise and local government lawyers, as well as all those involved in the provision of public and community services. The reports offer essential coverage of cases in key areas relating to the exercise of public duties and functions, public benefit, and issues of public accountability. ICLR Reports are available on vLex to customers across select Caribbean and African countries.

ICLR The Business Law Reports

Launched in 2007 specifically to meet the needs of chancery and commercial lawyers and those working within the business community, the Business Law Reports focus on key areas that include arbitration, company law, financial services, insolvency, intellectual property, mercantile, and shipping law. ICLR Reports are available on vLex to customers across select Caribbean and African countries.

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