Frequently Asked Legal Research Questions

How do I find cases that have cited a particular piece of legislation?

Free web sources

·        BAILII — http://www.bailii.org/ — type the details of the legislation in the search box of the Case Law Search  section or if you know the specific court you are searching for, select the court and then use the search box

Hard copy sources

·        Current Law Legislation Citators — under each Act or SI a list of cases that refer to the legislation will be shown

Subscription-based databases

·        Justis — for each Act there is a tab for subsequent cases that cite it

·        Lawtel — type in the title of the legislation in the case law database and a list of cases will be displayed that cite the Act

·        LexisNexis Professional — there is a “statute cited” field within the search box for
cases

·        Westlaw — the legislation analysis section will list cases that cite an Act

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