Westlaw UK Specialist Crime Library Brochure

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the specialist crime library GIVING YOU MORE...FOR LESS

For the first time ever Wilkinson’s Road Traffic Offences, Crown Court Index, Advising a Suspect in the Police Station and Police Station Adviser’s Index will be available on Westlaw UK Crime, as part of The Specialist Crime Library.

The Specialist Crime Library provides two great value bundle options that have been developed specifically to cater to the needs of firms just like yours.

Combining Westlaw UK Crime’s intuitive technology with more criminal law content than ever before, we’ve created a service that’s tailored more closely to your needs, at a price that gives value for money a whole new meaning.

EVEN MORE CRIMINAL LAW ON WESTLAW UK SO…ESSENTIALS OR ADVANCED? THAT’S THE QUESTION… Built especially for practitioners like you, working in small or medium law firms, The Specialist Library offers two great packages that you can choose from. We’re confident that one of them will be the answer to your research needs.

Crime Essentials provides you with all the titles no criminal law practitioner should be without, from police station process and procedure, to the law of the Crown Court.

For those with deeper research needs there’s the Crime Advanced package. This includes everything you get in Crime Essentials, plus the added content of all the latest commentary from Wilkinson’s Road Traffic Offences, Phipson on Evidence, and the renowned service Annotated Statutes that helps you understand exactly how the law will affect your latest case.

crime essentials

crime advanced

WESTLAW UK CRIME including...

WESTLAW UK CRIME including...

Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, Criminal Appeal Reports, Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing), Criminal Law Review, Current Sentencing Practice, Legal Journals Index & Current Awareness, and Criminal Law Week.

Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, Criminal Appeal Reports, Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing), Criminal Law Review, Current Sentencing Practice, Legal Journals Index & Current Awareness, and Criminal Law Week.

PLUS

PLUS

– Police Station Adviser’s Index – Advising a Suspect in the Police Station – Crown Court Index

– Police Station Adviser’s Index – Advising a Suspect in the Police Station – Crown Court Index – Wilkinson’s Road Traffic Offences – Phipson on Evidence – Westlaw UK Annotated Statutes

Contact your Account Manager for pricing information.

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WESTLAW UK CRIME? Westlaw UK Crime provides you with a research tool that’s intuitive, easy to use and allows you to get the right results faster.

How? Let’s start with the masses of content held on Westlaw UK Crime.

It includes cases, legislation, journals, news, commentary and more. Then there’s the clever technology that works in the same way as your brain. The two forces combined produce exactly the results you need.

Keeping up to date is easy with Westlaw UK Crime. It allows you to set up e-mail alerts for the latest developments in criminal law or the status of a case, and our Current Awareness section is updated every 15 minutes, ensuring you’ve always got access to the latest news. Icons flag the current status of cases and legislation so you know at a glance whether something is good or bad law, current or under amendment.

THE PERFECT RESEARCH TOOL When you’re researching speed’s the name of the game and flicking between sources eats into your time. That’s why everything on Westlaw UK Crime is cross-referenced and linked, so your train of thought is unbroken, and your research seamless.

With Westlaw UK Crime, there’s no need to break your research flow by stopping to save or download documents. Simply tag documents to save them in ‘My Folders’, or download bundles as one document, ready for use.

HELP, WHENEVER YOU NEED IT Whenever you’re working, we’re working. Don’t struggle with your legal research. Help is available all day, every day, so if you need us to, we’ll guide you to that elusive case or obscure article.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS All of this great functionality is available to you today combined with the most respected criminal law commentary from Sweet & Maxwell for budget-friendly prices.

Make your research as comprehensive and seamless as possible with The Specialist Crime Library. Call your Account Manager today to find out how little this invaluable service will cost you.

what’s on offer?

WESTLAW UK CRIME

CURRENT AWARENESS

Westlaw UK Crime combines the power and intuitiveness of the Westlaw UK search functionality, the easy-to-use interface, and content from our most popular crime titles. Take a look below at all the content your subscription could include.

Tailored summaries of today’s news and developments in criminal law and practice are available by 8am every day. Further updates are then made every 15 minutes, as events happen.

CASES Criminal Appeal Reports Criminal Appeal Reports provides extensive coverage of all major criminal appeal cases, including cases not reported elsewhere.

Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing) All the important sentencing decisions with full details of every judgment JOURNALS Criminal Law Review Criminal Law Review draws all aspects of the latest law, allowing quick and easy monitoring of all key developments in law and practice.

Criminal Law Week To keep the busy criminal practitioner on top of what’s happening now, our team of editors at Criminal Law Week sift through over 30 sets of law reports and journals, as well as legislation and unreported cases, to bring truly comprehensive updates on criminal law.

Legal Journals Index Lists all the key articles from the UK and Europe’s leading legal journals. Key points of an article can be seen at a glance, making it easy to establish whether or not full reading of the article is necessary.

COMMENTARY NEW TO WESTLAW UK Advising a Suspect in the Police Station Covering every aspect of the solicitor or representative’s role in chronological order, the easy to use format provides instant answers to problems that can arise at the police station, with helpful checklists and bullet points to make it clear what to do at every stage.

Annotated Statutes Westlaw UK Annotated Statutes gives customers the most authoritative and up to date guidance on the law as it changes over time by way of amendment or judicial consideration. It’s a great tool that helps the customer understand exactly how the law will affect their case.

Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice All the content from the most regularly cited publication in the criminal courts today, Archbold is unrivalled in its depth and authority regarding the law of the Crown Court.

NEW TO WESTLAW UK Crown Court Index The perfect companion for Archbold, the Crown Court Index provides an A to Z index of common penalties and formalities

in cases tried on indictment or committed for sentence in the Crown Court, as well as appeals in criminal proceedings.

Current Sentencing Practice Current Sentencing Practice on Westlaw UK offers extensive guidance and advice on all aspects of the law and practice of sentencing.

Phipson on Evidence The leading work on civil and criminal evidence, and part of the Common Law Library, Phipson on Evidence examines in detail all aspects of the complex principles and procedures which make up the law of evidence.

NEW TO WESTLAW UK Police Station Adviser’s Index From identification procedures and preparing for interview through to dealing with terrorist suspects and bail, Police Station Adviser’s Index helps the busy practitioner ensure the steps they’re taking are the right ones.

NEW TO WESTLAW UK Wilkinson’s Road Traffic Offences The definitive authority on road traffic offences in England and Wales, Wilkinson’s is relied on by criminal law practitioners up and down the country to explain the law of road traffic. Covering both substantive law and procedure, it provides an all-encompassing reference guide to taking on a road traffic case.