Justis Publishing e-Bulletin May 2005

Context Ltd becomes Justis Publishing Ltd

As you may be aware, on May 9th 2005, Context Limited became Justis Publishing Limited.

This change is as a result of customer feedback about the company name and our flagship service, Justis.com. Our customers expressed that they were more familiar with the Justis brand, and the company name change was designed to reflect the wide acceptance of the Justis brand as a leader in legal information provision.

All of our other contact details remain the same with the exception of our email addresses. Addresses that previously ended in @context.co.uk, now end in @justis.com.

Our Managing Director, Masoud Gerami, said: “The name change is purely a commercial adjustment to reflect on customer brand recognition. We would like to assure our customers that no change of ownership or takeover has taken place and that we remain the same independent legal information publisher we have always been.”

We thank you for your continued support and, as always, welcome your feedback.

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Justis & eLIS

Did you know that all full and part time Judges and Adjudicators in the UK have access to Justis.com? Over the last 14 months Justis Publishing and the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) have enjoyed a successful partnership that we think you might find interesting.

In conjunction with the Library and Information Services (LIS), and Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS), DCA has successfully negotiated deals with a number of legal publishers to create a portal for easy access to electronic legal information that is accurate and affordable. The users of the service are among others, full and part time Judges and Adjudicators, Crown and County Courts, Tribunals, Magistrates and the Department for Constitutional Affairs in the United Kingdom. This information is accessible through eLIS and the Judicial Portal which is developed, managed and maintained by the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

The following titles from Justis and JustCite are accessible with centrally selected eLIS usernames and passwords via the Judicial Portal:

• European legislation and case law (CELEX)
• The Law Reports
• The Weekly Law Reports
• Daily Cases
• Scottish Session Cases
• Industrial Cases Reports
• Irish Reports and Digests
• United Kingdom Statutes & Statutory Instruments

All documents accessed on Justis.com can be copied and pasted into an alternative electronic document (e.g. a Microsoft Word document) when preparing case papers, and can easily be downloaded, printed and emailed. In addition, eLIS subscribers have access to the Justis.com Law Reports, Weekly Law Reports, Scottish Session Cases, and Industrial Cases Reports which are available for printing, downloading or emailing in exact replica copy (PDF), which is a convenient format for use in court.

For more information and a list of content available through the Judicial Portal visit http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/elis/.

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New-look Justis

New-look Justis.com has been live for 6 weeks, we hope you have had a chance to use the service and familiarise yourself with the improvements we’ve made. The transition between old and new Justis.com, although not without the odd drama, was a smooth one. Those issues that did arise were resolved as quickly as possible and we would like to thank all of you for your patience and your feedback on the new service. Our support team was, as always, available to assist you with additional queries and to ensure continued satisfaction with Justis.com. If you have any questions regarding the new service or are still experiencing problems please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Furthermore, our fully updated Quick Start Guides have been sent out in great numbers. New Quick Start Guides are available in hard copy by sending us an email. Alternatively, you can download an electronic version here.

Here are some of the new features we’ve added to make Justis far easier to use as well as giving it a fresh and modern look.

• Simpler to print, save and share documents – key buttons for printing, downloading and emailing documents have been enlarged and moved to a more obvious location.
  
  
• Instant access to related references through JustCite – the yellow JustCite button allows you to jump instantly from Justis to JustCite, our sophisticated citator service. There you can see associated subject matter, parallel citations, previous and subsequent cases and statutory material, not just from titles in the Justis range but also from Lexis and Westlaw amongst others.
  
  
• Full compatibility – we’ve got rid of unrequested pop-ups so you don’t have to adjust your browser settings.
  
  
• Try the Justis to JustCite toggle button right now to see what this powerful service will give you.

Remember, our Help Desk is here to offer advice and assistance during office hours (09:00–17:30). Give us a call on +44 (0)20 7284 8100 or email helpdesk@justis.com and we’ll be happy to help.

The Justis Team would like to thank all users involved in developing the new-look service and express our gratitude for your continued support.

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Justis.com launches CCH Tax Law Series

Next month we will be adding three new titles from the CCH Tax Law Series available for subscription on Justis.com:

• British Tax Cases including the Tax Cases (1875 – 1981) and the British Tax Cases (1982 – present)
• British Value Added Tax Cases (1973 – present)
• Special Commissioners Decisions (1995 – present)

The CCH British Tax Cases is the reproduction of the full text of judgments reported during the tax year in cases heard in the various courts, each with a headnote outlining the facts, the decision and the reasons for the decision.

The British VAT cases is a collection of decisions of the VAT & Duties Tribunals. It deals with appeals arising from decisions of HM Customs & Excise and also matters relating to certain decisions of the Financial Services Authority.

The British Tax Cases, the VAT Cases and the Special Commissioners Decisions are fully cross referenced and can be searched together with other Justis subscription titles such as The Law Reports and The Weekly Law Reports. The new titles will be launched at the 36th Annual BIALL Study Conference, June 10th – 12th in Harrogate, North Yorkshire as part of the Justis Tax Cases collection. If you are interested in this or any other Justis service, please contact our sales team on +44 020 7284 8080.

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Title Talk

UK Statutes and Statutory Instruments are uniquely available on Justis.com in their original form – as enacted. We offer the entire archive of National Acts of Parliament of England, Scotland and Wales dating back to 1235; we also provide the archive of Statutory Instruments dating back to 1671. The amended history of legislation through to the present format can be followed by using the Cross Ref tab on the Justis.com Document screen. This information is also available to view on a single results page on JustCite by searching for the legislation name and related subjects.

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News “In Brief”

We, at Justis Publishing, would like to announce that we will be exhibiting at the 36th Annual Study Conference & Exhibition for the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) at the Harrogate International Centre, June 10th – 12th, 2005. Visit us at Stand 12 for demonstrations and information about our products and services. Watch out for our specially marked flyer, “Justis – legal enlightenment within” in the conference delegate packs for your chance to get a FREE A4 Leather Conference Folder. But remember, supplies are limited, so bring your flyer and come see us as early as possible.

For those users that took advantage of our free month-long trial of JustCite, we’d like to inform you that this trial has ended. We hope you found the service useful and look forward to your feedback. Please contact the Sales team for more information.

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Hints & Tips

The Citation search field is only visible when you search multiple case law reports simultaneously. If you are only searching one series of reports, you must click the ‘Change Search Fields’ option at the base of the Search tab and select Citation by ticking the box next to Cases Cited (Citation).

Entering the principal words from the name of a case in the Citation field will provide you with a list of cases that have referred to your case, either in the argument or in the judgment for the case. You must enter words from the case name in this field, and not the citation.

Try using a proximity operator to link the two parties. For example, to find how many cases have cited Page v Smith [1996] within The Law Reports and The Weekly Law Reports, first select those two databases from the Data Sources screen, then in the Citation field type Page w/10 Smith – the w/10 meaning the two words must appear within 10 characters of each other.

If you wish to search for a particular case by its citation then you must use the Reference tab on the Search screen, located at the top of the page between the ‘Search’ and ‘Contents’ tabs. Then simply enter the relevant citation (e.g. 1995 2 ac 75). The Reference tab can recognise many variations in citation formats.