REUTERS / China Daily
LAWTEL
WE KEEP TRACK SO YOU
DON’T HAVE TO
Lawtel is the online research service that delivers the law to you as it happens.
Key highlights include: 24-hour case reporting, coverage of unreported transcripts,
legislation tracking, plus the Lawtel Update service.
LAWTEL UPDATES
Our popular updates service will email
you the information you need to know
• Daily summaries of the latest legal
developments (case law, legislation,
article summaries etc) tailored to
individual users
• Use Lawtel Updates to monitor all or
particular areas of law so you can be
confident you’ve missed nothing
• Each update is supported by Lawtel’s
searchable databases that date back
to 1980
• Choose from over 100 specialist areas of
law – you select the content, frequency
and format (including RSS feeds)
• Decide on full documents, or just the
headlines – with no limit to the number of
updates you can set up
LAWTEL CASE LAW
Includes over 60,000 case reports dating
back to 1980
• Overnight case reporting: reporting
decisions from an unparalleled range
of courts, our in-house team of court
reporters ensures that decisions heard
yesterday are online today
• Matches coverage of the major Law
Reports and over 30 specialist Law
Reports
• Lawtel also publishes hundreds of
unreported decisions online exclusively
the day after judgment is given and often
days ahead of any other source
• A summary of the salient points of each
decision is provided in a concise format
LAWTEL LEGISLATION
Tracking developments every 24 hours
ACTS
• Public Acts back to 1987 (selected Acts
back to 1984) and all private Acts from
1991 are available
• Automatic searching facility lists all SIs
enabled by the Act and all SIs which
amend the Act
BILLS
• Track all stages of Public Bills through the
Westminster and Scottish Parliaments, or
Northern Ireland Assembly
• Measures of the National Assembly
for Wales are tracked from draft stage
to approval
• Archive dates back to the 1993/94
session and has links to the Bills
as introduced and any updated full
text versions
COMMAND PAPERS
• Access to all Command Papers back to
the 1997/98 session, as well as an archive
of Green and White Papers back to the
1992/93 session Statutory Instruments
• Covers every draft and official Statutory
Instrument (SI), Statutory Rule of
Northern Ireland (SR), National Assembly
Welsh Measure (NAWM) and Scottish
Statutory Instrument (SSI) within 24
hours of official publication
• Our archive dates back to 1984
STATUTORY STATUS TABLE
• See at a glance whether a section
of an Act is in force, has been amended or
repealed
LEGISLATIVE CALENDARS
• Track commencement dates of SIs; the
progress of Parliamentary Bills; and the
dates that Acts and sections of Acts come
into force
• Automatically inserts key future
developments into your Microsoft Outlook
Calendar
ARTICLES INDEX
Access to a library of authoritative
legal titles
• Provides abstracts of substantive
and authoritative legal and practice
management articles from over 60
specialist and general legal publications
• All weekly journals are summarised
immediately, appearing the day after
publication
NEWS & PRESS
Concise abstracts of legal and regulatory
developments from government
departments and leading newspapers. Each
abstract contains a short summary
of the legal or regulatory development, the
associated Lawtel subjects and keywords,
the date of publication, the original source
and usually a link to the full text.
RSS FEEDS
Keep up to date with the law as it happens
by RSS feed
• Options include headlines by subject area
or by database (e.g. case law)
• Subscribe to a customer information
feed to ensure you’re aware of all
enhancements and developments
to the service
BUSY SOLICITORS’ DIGEST
Informative commentaries on the most
significant legal developments
• Created for general practitioners
• Case and practice comments from
a team of practitioners and members
of the judiciary
• Updated monthly
LAWTEL PERSONAL INJURY
Everything you’ll need to know about the
latest developments affecting personal
injury law and practice.
• Access to over 3,000 quantum reports
(subscribe to Lawtel and Kemp on Lawtel
and search across over 8,000 quantum
reports
• Actuarial (Ogden) tables and JSB
guidelines (9th edition)
• Interest & inflation calculators
• Schedule of Damages Application (SODA)
allows you to prepare a comprehensive
schedule of damages
in an offline application
• Specialist articles and pre-action
protocols
• Guidance from the Ministry of
Justice (MoJ)
LAWTEL HUMAN RIGHTS
Lawtel’s specialist information service
on the Human Rights Act 1998
• All the legal information you need
relating to the implementation and
interpretation of the Act
• Complete archive of European Court of
Human Rights judgments back to 1960
• Abstracts of substantive and authoritative
legal articles from over 60 leading
general and specialist legal titles
LAWTEL LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Delivers the fastest updates on legal
matters affecting the public sector
• Local Government Ombudsman decisions
• Analysis & specialist articles
• News from the DCLG
• Best Value Performance Indicators
• Consolidated version of the Local
Government Act 1972
• Events & links
LAWTEL EMPLOYMENT
Latest developments affecting employment
practitioners
• Specialist articles & briefings
• Employment tribunal statistics
• EU employment information
• Compensation limits table
• Employment regulations timetable
• Annual survey of earnings & hours
• Forms
LAWTEL LITIGATOR
Providing a ‘how to’ approach to litigation
processes, this collection of civil Procedural
Guides offers practical guidance for lawyers
engaged in litigation work. It gives you stepby-step instructions in chronological order,
supplemented with expert guidance and
direct links to relevant materials. It’s free as
part of your Lawtel subscription.
WE’VE GOT IT COVERED
FUNCTIONALITY:
• Seamless linking to additional materials
from Lawtel
• Full coverage of the Civil Procedure Rules
1998 & Practice Directions
• Pre-Action Protocols & Draft Protocols
• Court Directory and Court Fees Guide
• CPR Forms
• Guide to the new terms under the CPR
• Specialist articles
• Simple search & browse
• My favourite procedural guides
• Save / email / print
LAWTEL TRAINING
Learn how to make the most of Lawtel, with
our various training options, included free
as part of your subscription.
LAWTEL LESSONS
• WebEx hosted online training sessions
• Choose from a number of lessons broken
down by topic
• Full UK sessions are worth 1 CPD point
TRAINING AND INFORMATION SESSIONS
• Held throughout the UK and open to all
local legal professionals
• Worth 2 CPD points
TAILORED ON-SITE SESSIONS
• On-site training bespoke to your needs
(subject to eligibility)
For more information please contact the Lawtel Helpdesk:
0800 018 9797
helpdesk@lawtel.com