Recent table of contents pages for journals can now be accessed via the library catalogue. A button on the toolbar in the catalogue lets you find any new tables of contents listings from the last month. Click on the title you are interested in, then click on the PDF link ... More about Keep up to date with journal contents pages.
Statutory regulations now have a new name and a new abbreviation. From 2014, what were formerly SR’s or statutory regulations, orders in council and other items are now officialy called Legislative Instruments. All new Legislative Instruments will have an "LI" reference number, eg LI 2014/37 rather than SR 2014/37. The ... More about Statutory Regulations replaced by Legislative Instruments.
The Auckland HC library has recently installed new computers on which practitioners, who are researching using the library's electronic resources, are able to store PDFs which they can then email to themselves. Previously the only delivery option for PDFs was for practitioners to print them out at the library. The ... More about New computers increase information delivery options.
All Supreme Court cases will now be in one separate volume of the New Zealand Law Reports each year. From January 2014 when the next parts of NZLR 2014 are issued, all Supreme Court Reports will be referenced as Volume 1 plus the current year. High Court and Court of ... More about New NZLR Supreme Court cases volume.
Account of profits Brookers, 2013 Archbold : criminal pleading, evidence and practice Sweet & Maxwell, 2014 Brooke's notary Sweet & Maxwell, 14th ed 2013 Byles on bills of exchange and cheques Sweet & Maxwell, 29th ed 2013 Cretney and Lush on enduring powers of attorney Jordans Publishing, 7th ed 2013 ... More about New titles - December 2013.
New computers are being rolled out for practitioners to use at the Auckland NZLS library. It is now possible to email judgment PDFs to yourself by saving them to a temporary file space, then attaching and sending them via your personal webmail account. The temporary file area is automatically wiped ... More about New computers at Auckland library.
Animal law in Australasia : continuing the dialogue Federation Press, 2nd ed 2013 Criminal procedure in New Zealand Thomson Reuters, 2013 Derham on the law of set-off Oxford University Press, 4th ed 2010 Ethics in law : lawyers' responsibility and accountability in Australia LexisNexis, 6th ed 2013 Law of costs ... More about New titles - November 2013.
Guide to company liquidation LexisNexis, 2013 McPherson's law of company liquidation Sweet & Maxwell, 2013 Review of the law of trusts : a trusts Act for New Zealand Law Commission, 2013 Te matapunenga : a compendium of references to the concepts and institutions of Maori customary law Victoria University Press, ... More about New titles - October 2013.
The attorney's handbook: information, checklists, precedents and examples for attorneys CCH New Zealand, 2013 Charity law in New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, 2013 A new Act for incorporated societies Law Commission, 2013 Intellectual property : patents, copyright, trade marks and allied rights Sweet & Maxwell, 8th ed 2013 Intellectual ... More about New titles - September 2013.
CanLII which provides access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions, has launched its new website. The new simplified search interface has one field which caters for both simple keyword searches and complex Boolean searches. To support specialised searches, such as by citation or title, ... More about CanLLI has a new look and new functionality.
A list of books purchased by the library in August is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - August 2013.
The Legislation (Official Versions) Regulations 2013 SR 2013/243 which came into force on 5 August 2013 are part of a number of significant changes to official legislation pursuant to the Legislation Act 2012. The Explanatory Note for SR 2013/243 says “the regulations provide that the New Zealand Coat of Arms ... More about Online legislation’s official status, one step closer.
A list of books purchased by the library in July is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - July 2013.
The Library has recently increased the range of electronic databases available to practitioners, especially covering the Australian and United Kingdom jurisdiction. These are available in all of the 35 Law Society libraries around the country via the Library Database pages. We have also obtained a range of electronic texts available ... More about Increase in electronic databases available at all libraries.
The Canterbury Library is making its long awaited return to the Law Courts building, 282 Durham Street, during the first week of June 2013. Due to matters beyond our control there has been a last minute change with the planned entry points to the Library. The external Chester Street West ... More about Access to Library in Christchurch - Chester Street West door now only entry/exit point.
Judicial Decisions Online (JDO), a database of judgments and decisions sourced from New Zealand Courts, has moved to a new web address. If you have book-marked JDO, you will need to update the address to reflect the change. The new address is https://forms.justice.govt.nz/jdo/Introduction.jsp People familiar with JDO will notice a ... More about Judicial Decisions Online has a new web address.
The Law Society Library in Christchurch has been operating from post-earthquake premises at 8 Homersham Place Burnside, since April 2011. We are pleased to advise that the Library will be relocating back to the Courts building, 1st floor, Law Courts building, 282 Durham Street in early June 2013. Library resources ... More about NZLS Library, Canterbury - moves back to Courts building.
The High Court Earthquake List was set up in the High Court to manage litigation resulting from the Christchurch earthquakes. It began in May 2012, following a commitment by the Chief High Court Judge that earthquake cases will be dealt with as swiftly as the Court’s resources permit. ... More about High Court Earthquake List.
Good news for Hansard users! PDF copies of Hansard indexes have been added to Parliament’s website. Indexes for all sessions of Parliament since August 2002 are available. The Hansard index itemises primary "Questions for oral answer" by subject under the name of the member asking. It also provides a useful ... More about Indexes to Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) now available online.
CCH has released social media links in IntelliConnect® so you can share content, on demand, via your preferred social media channels – just like sharing a news article! These social media links — to LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook — allow you to share an IntelliConnect® document straight away with LinkedIn ... More about CCH introduces social media links in IntelliConnect.
The NZLS library, Auckland is running a three month trial of WiFi, for members. This is a free service and members can use their photocopying/printing pin for access. If you do not have a pin, you can obtain a daily pin from staff. CCH and LexisNexis databases, which the NZLS ... More about Free Wi-Fi trial at the Auckland Library.
PDF copies of the Wills and Trusts Law Reports, from 2000- 2004, are now available on the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury computers. The Auckland library also holds the hard copy reports from 2005 on.The reports are published ten times a year, and are the only set of law reports specifically ... More about Wills and Trusts Law Reports available.
Access to Lawtel is now available in the 3 NZLS research libraries in Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury. Lawtel provides access to UK legislation, case summaries and journal articles and replaces CLI (Current Legal Information) which has been discontinued. Lawtel includes: Over 60,000 case reports across a wide range of subject ... More about Lawtel - UK online legal resource now available.
A web version of the New Zealand Official Yearbooks from 1893-2008 is now available on the Statistics New Zealand website. Since 1893, New Zealand's Official Yearbooks have captured the stories of New Zealand in words and in numbers. The Yearbooks are an incredibly rich one-stop-shop for data and information from ... More about Digital New Zealand Official Yearbooks available on the web.
The NZLS Library service has compiled a list of insurance resources - texts, online resources and selected insurance case head notes and citations. It is intended that this will provide a useful starting point for research in insurance matters arising from the earthquakes. The list is not exhaustive, and further ... More about Earthquake – insurance resources.
This is one of the more academic databases we provide; although with more than 450 full text journals it is certainly good value. Economical and economics. A search for example on government regulation produced over 1,000 academic articles, 11 magazine articles, 1300 news items and even three radio/podcast items that ... More about Business Economics and Theory.
AustLII has recently released the AustLII iPhone app. It is available as a free download from the app store. Due to incredible demand AustLII's developers are working on applications for other devices including the iPad to be realeased soon, as well as Android and Blackberry apps. ... More about AustLII iPhone app.
Not a military officer, but a very helpful broad database of articles and books. This is for when you want a change from Google. It has nearly 100,000,000 article and book references including lots of full text material. Subjects cover everything from time management (vital for lawyers) to computer and ... More about General Onefile.
One of the Epic databases available to you in the libraries and though your my.lawsociety pages is Legaltrac. This database indexes a large number of legal journals from around the world and includes some New Zealand journals. It indexes law reviews, bar association journals and legal newspapers. Some of these ... More about Epic databases – Legaltrac.
The NZLS Library books and journals are on an internet catalogue that is free and easily accessible from our website. Go to http://www.lawsocietylibrary.org.nz/catalogue/ to look at it. This catalogue is much more comprehensive that the previous LINX catalogue. The catalogue contains not only records of all the texts in the ... More about The Library catalogue.
The Nursing and Allied Health Collection database indexes over 1,000 journals and has over 6 million article references. This is a huge depth of information covering everything from healthcare reform, administration, nursing practices and patient care. It is a good way of finding articles on topics from best practice to ... More about Nursing and Allied Heath Collection.
The Gale World History in Context is more of a portal or gateway than a database. It is a very good way to discover a topic and then drill down into it. It includes images, primary source materials, extracts from books and encyclopedias, magazines, academic journals, newspapers and even audio. ... More about Gale World History in Context.
This EPIC Gale database has over 4 million references to articles and news, including many with the full text attached. It will be a useful database for those working in the CHYPF, Family law, Mental Health and Criminal law areas. In addition you may find useful insights to your own ... More about Psychology Collection.
In-house lawyers may not be aware of the full range of resources and services offered by the NZLS library. The libraries offer invaluable tools that make it easier to stay on top of legal and corporate developments. Situated in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Christchurch the libraries also offer a nationwide ... More about NZLS library services relevant for in-house lawyers.
This is a database of information on companies, markets and industries and has a wide range of sources including business and trade journals, newspapers and news agencies and company profiles from 1980 onwards. A search for “corporate counsel” in the title, keyword or abstract fields found over 1,000 hits including ... More about Business and Company ASAP.
This major database indexes more than 11,000 journals and includes more than 3,500 journals available in full text. The focus of the database is on the Humanities, Medicine, Science and Technology. In addition it also has podcasts and even videos and it also covers foreign language However it does index ... More about Academic One file.
The Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AtoJs or AJHRs) are a collection of government related reports including reports documenting the work of government departments and public organisations as well as reports of select committees and commissions of inquiry. The AtoJs have been published every year since ... More about Digitisation of the “A to J’s” reaches 1906.
This database provides access to selected content from over 500 industry journals and news sources covering both historic and current issues relating to the cultural, leisure and economic aspects of tourism. The collection also has information from travel handbooks so that you can research travel possibilities to help with that ... More about Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection.
This is a database from Ebsco that you can access in the 3 main law libraries and from your my.lawsociety page, going to Library, Epic and then Ebsco. It includes quite a few full text journals as well as index references to even more materials. May of the full text ... More about Masterfile Premier.
This is a very large database of over 9.5 million references. It covers all health issues including illnesses, chronic illnesses, healthcare reforms, fitness, professional standards and evaluation. It is important to note that these are covered from the health professional and academic perspective rather than a consumer perspective. It is ... More about Health Reference Center Academic.
This is a broad general current events and general interest database that brings together sources of current information. It is not a current affairs database, so the Chilean ash cloud is not mentioned much at the moment, but a search on family law issues brings up interesting articles on employment ... More about General Reference Center Gold.
This database of over three and a half million references covers a broad and slightly surprising combination of fields. Advertising, public relations, mass media, the internet and social networks are there, but so are journalism and linguistics. Communications in all its many and varied forms. Given that communication is part ... More about Communications and Mass Media Collection.
NZLII has announced that the 1908 consolidated statutes are now available on www.nzlii.org The data is provided by Auckland University in partnership with the PCO (Parliamentary Counsel Office). With the provision of these statutes, all New Zealand statutes from 1841 are now available free of charge online. Other historical Acts ... More about 1908 NZ Consolidated Acts now available on NZLII.
The Supreme Court, sitting as a panel of seven judges, has abolished a 400-year-old law that grants expert witnesses testifying in court immunity from charges of breach of duty in contract or negligence. The full article is here, and further comment on the UK Supreme Court blog can be found ... More about England and Wales: 400-Year-Old Expert Witness Immunity Abolished.