Case Finder Table
Finding relevant case law in the hard copy indexes, citators etc
Current Law Service | The Digest | Law Reports Index | All England Law Reports Index | Halsbury's Laws of England | |
If you know the name of the case | |||||
| Start with | Current Law Case Citator | Consolidated Table of Cases | The Law Reports Index includes an index of case names, a subject and an index of cases judicially considered. | The index to the All England Law Reports includes a subject index, an alphabetical index of cases reported and judicially considered and an index of legislation judicially considered. |
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| Then go to | Go to relevant case in annual volumes | Relevant subject volume | Check each volume of the Index to Law Reports in turn including the soft bound volumes since 2001 and for the current year | Check the main Index to the All England Law Reports and the soft bound volume for the current year. | |
| Then go to | Check updates in Monthly Digest and Current Law Week | To update area of law - Cumulative Supplement | |||
| Finally, check | Cumulative Supplement and Quarterly Survey | ||||
| If you know the subject | |||||
| Start with | Subject Index | The Law Reports Index includes a subject index as well as an index of case names, and cases judicially considered.. | The All England Law Reports has a two volume subject index. | Halsbury's Consolidated Index | |
| Then go to | Go to relevant case in annual volume | Relevant subject volume | Check the main volumes of the Index and the softback volumes for years since | Daily Updates | Relevant subject volume of the current edition |
| Then go to | Check updates in Monthly Digest and Current Law Week | To update area of law - Go to Cumulative Supplement | To update - go to Cumulative Supplement | ||
| Finally, check | Cumulative Supplement and Quarterly Survey | Current Service and Noter-Up | |||
| If you know the legislation | |||||
| Start with | Current Law Citator and Statute Citator | Each law report series will have indexes of case names, subject and legislation judicially considered. | Annual Legislation Index | Consolidated Tables of Statutes and Statutory Instruments | |
| Then go to | Go to relevant case in annual Volume | Check dates of Cumulative or Annual Indexes - use loose parts | Daily Updates | Relevant subject volume of the 4th ed | |
| Then go to | Check updates in Monthly Digest and Current Law Week | To update - go to Cumulative Supplement | |||
| Finally, check | Current Service and Noter-Up | ||||