Launched in August 2000, this service from AustLII (Australian Legal Information Institute) offers free access to British and Irish legal materials, currently containing over 75,000 searchable documents with about 2 million hypertext links. At present, the site hosts fourteen databases from five jurisdictions, which may be searched individually or jointly. These include UK House of Lords Decisions, England and Wales High Court and Court of Appeal Decisions, Scottish High Court Decisions, Northern Ireland High Court and Court of Appeal Decisions, and Irish High Court and Court of Appeal Decisions, among others. Users may search the databases by keyword (supports Boolean searches), or browse cases and legislation by country and court/ legislative body. Planned additions include UK Legislation, UK Statutory Instruments, Scottish Legislation, Scottish Statutory Instruments, and Irish Statutory Instruments.
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