LexisPSL Legal practice resources from Lexis arranged by practice area. Comprehensive practice notes; relevant case law and legislation; practical resources such as precedents, flowcharts, checklists and automated calculators.
Lexis Calculators -login to Lexis Library or Lexis PSL in the normal way, then navigate to https://lexiscalculate.co.uk/quick-calcs/ N.B. This link only works if you are already logged into Lexis Library or Lexis PSL.
Halsbury's Laws of England available online via Lexis Library. It covers the whole spectrum of English law. It is designed to enable practitioners to answer the full range of questions likely to arise in the course of their work.
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations This database allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications or search a publication title to find the approved abbreviation.
SRA Standards & Regulations These set out the standards and requirements the SRA expect their regulated community to achieve and observe, for the benefit of the clients they serve and in the public interest.
RSS feeds and email updates can be created with both paid for and free resources so you can easily keep up with developments in the law.
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) is the authorised publisher of the official series: The Law Reports for the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales. They provide email and RSS alerts for Latest Case Summaries and Latest Published Cases.
The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) is an organisation that aims to make the law available for free on its website. If you are interested in receiving notifications of new judgments from individual courts in the UK, or recent cases of interest, you can set up an RSS feed here: http://www.bailii.org/rss
Court websites
Many courts now publish judgments on their websites and often have an RSS feed option to allow you to stay up-to-date with new judgments. Here are a couple of examples:
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