The Inner Temple Library has created subject guides on various legal topics that the Library specialises in.
This particular guide covers electronic resources to which the Library has access that relate to Australia and includes key law reports, cases & judgments and laws. The resources listed are subscription databases and free web sources.
The Library will supply scans, subject to the provisions of the law of copyright (the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014), to barrister members of all four Inns.
Charges for the document supply service are being waived during the Coronavirus situation, but the relevant form (Judicial Proceedings or Private Research) must be completed.
Enquiries may be made by email: distanceservice@innertemple.org.uk
Encyclopedic Works
Halsbury’s Laws of Australia
via Lexis Library
Law Reports via Subscription Databases
Federal
Australian Law Reports*
Australian Consumer Credit Reports*
Australian Corporation & Securities Reports (& ACLR)*
Family Law Reports*
Intellectual Property Reports*
Motor Vehicle Reports*
State
Australian Capital Territory Reports*
Butterworths Property Reports*
Northern Territory Reports*
Queensland Crown Lands Law Reports*
Queensland Land Court Reports*
Queensland Planning & Environment Law Reports*
*via Lexis Library
Law Reports via Free Websites
Queensland Reports
https://www.queenslandjudgments.com.au/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwOvj5PCK6QIVjdDeCh37dApPEAAYASAAEgKHgPD_BwE
Judgments via Subscription Databases
State
Australia Capital Territories*
New South Wales*
Northern Territories*
Queensland*
South Australia*
Tasmania*
Victoria*
Western Australia*
*via Lexis Library
Judgments via Free Websites
Federal
AustLII – http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Federal Court of Australia – https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/
Family Court of Australia – http://www.familycourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/fcoaweb/home
Federal Circuit Court of Australia – http://www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/fccweb/home
State
AustLII – http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Australia Capital Territories – https://courts.act.gov.au/supreme/law-and-practice/judgments-and-sentences
New South Wales
http://www.courts.justice.nsw.gov.au/Pages/cats/publications/catscorporate_judgments_decisions.aspx
Northern Territories – https://decisia.lexum.com/nwtcourts-courstno/en/nav.do
Victoria – https://www.courts.vic.gov.au/court-system/transcripts-and-judgments/judgments-decisions-and-orders
Legislation via Subscription Databases
Federal
Commonwealth (Australia) Acts and Statutory Rules, current consolidations*
State
Capital Territories*
Northern Territories*
Queensland*
South Australia*
Tasmania*
Victoria*
Western Australia*
*via Lexis Library
Legislation via Free Websites
Federal
AustLII – http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Federal Register of Legislation – https://www.legislation.gov.au/
State
AustLII – http://www.austlii.edu.au/
ACT Legislation Register – https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/
New South Wales Legislation – https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/browse/asMade
Northern Territory Legislation – https://legislation.nt.gov.au/en/LegislationPortal/Acts/By-Year
Queensland Legislation – https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/browse/aspassed
South Australian Legislation – https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/index.aspx
Victorian Legislation – https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/
Commentary via Subscription Databases
Lexis Library includes textbooks and journals relating to Australia.
Examples include:
Cross on Evidence – loose leaf
Australian Bar Review
Torts Law Journal
Commentary via Free Websites
AustLII – http://www.austlii.edu.au/
The Journals & Scholarship section has full text journal articles.
Research Guides
Australian Law: Free Online Resources – http://unimelb.libguides.com/australianlaw-freeonlineresources
This guide, compiled by Robin Gardner of Melbourne University Library, outlines free legal resources for Australian legal research (legislation, case law and secondary sources).
Researching Australian Law – https://www.llrx.com/2014/01/researching-australian-law-2/#more-323
This is a narrative guide to Australian legal research, written by law librarians Nicholas Pengelley and Sue Milne and published on the LLRX.com site in its current revised form in January 2014. It includes hypertext links to the sources mentioned.
