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Court Structure FAQ

6th July 2007

As an additional resource for UK and overseas customers we have recently added a UK court structure diagram to the FAQs section of the Justis and JustCite websites.

Here you’ll find useful information on the various courts in England and how they relate to each other and the law.

The court structure diagram can be found here: www.justis.com/support/faq-courts.html and www.justcite.com/support/faqs-courts.html. This information can also be found in the inline Help within the services.

Coming Soon – New J-Link

13th July 2007

New J-Link is our innovative legal research tool that saves you valuable research time.

J-Link is a free browser add-on that scans web pages for legal references and generates hypertext links to JustCite information.

In future, there will be several versions of J-Link available to assist with your legal research needs.

J-Link currently works with Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and we plan to produce a version for Firefox.

This tool is due for release later this month. To request updates on J-Link please email communications@justis.com.

Customisation of Links

13th July 2007

Did you know you can customise the links in JustCite? One of the key features of JustCite is the ability to link to the full text available from all major online legal publishers.

Alternatively, you can customise these links to only display links to the titles your organisation subscribes to.

To customise links to your preferred source(s), download the form from our website (www.justcite.com/support/customising-links.html), mark your preferences, and return it by fax or post.

Hints & Tips

10th July 2007

Justis Alerting
Setting up email alerts for saved searches on Justis is a quick and easy way to help keep you up-to-date on developments and recently-added information on Justis.

To set up email alerts, simply visit the My Trail section in My Justis and click the envelope icon beside the search you’ve conducted.

Once you’ve clicked the envelope icon, a Search Editor dialog box will pop up on screen. Here you can view/edit the details of your search, enter the email address you would like to have the alert sent to, edit the subject and set the maximum number of results. Click “Save and Close” to finish setting up your alert.

Inline Help
Another useful feature in Justis and JustCite is the inline Help.

The inline Help is located at the top of the page within the Justis and JustCite service and can be viewed by clicking the Help & Information link located at the top right hand side of the page.

Here you can view useful information as well as hints and tips to help you understand the functionality of the services, the data available, and general service information such as Quickstart guides, system requirements and tutorials. More specific Help is available by clicking the field names on the Search screens.

Title Talk

16th July 2007

Introducing State Trials (1163–1858). Over seven centuries of higher criminal jurisprudence covering English trials relating to offences against the State or trials illustrative of the law relating to State Officers, e.g. Ministers or Governors of Colonies. A wide variety of cases is covered, predominantly high treason but also bigamy, sedition, seditious libel, murder involving high ranking officials or peers, riot, piracy, witchcraft, bribery and corruption. State Trials consists of the two most authoritative series of State Trials, Howell’s/Cobbett’s State Trials (1163–1822) and the New Series (Macdonell’s) (1822–1858), as well as additional material sourced from National Collections and the English (Nominate) Reports.

For further information and a free trial of State Trials on Justis please contact the sales team on +44 (0)20 7284 8080 or email sales@justis.com.

Nish’s Run

2nd July 2007

On 1st July 2007 Nishani Balendran, a Database Technician at Justis Publishing braved the rains and completed the London 10k run for charity. Nishani ran on behalf of the Shooting Star Children’s Hospice (www.shootingstar.org.uk) and completed the race in 1 hour and 10 minutes, raising £185.

“It rained like mad on the day and the wind didn’t help either but that just made the challenge all the more rewarding once we crossed the finish line!”

Congratulations Nish!

Events

13th July 2007

From 14th – 17th July, staff from Justis Publishing will be exhibiting at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Conference in New Orleans, USA.

The Justis Team will be on hand at booth 535 to provide information and demonstrations of Justis and our recently relaunched JustCite service.

We will also be providing demonstrations of new J-Link, our completely free browser add-on that uses JustCite Linking Technology to scan web pages for legal references and generate hypertext links on the page.

As a special offer for AALL delegates we will be distributing a sample disc of our new English Reports Archive Collection. Visit us for your free copy.

As always, we’d like to hear from you. We value your feedback on all of our products and services so please feel free to email us with any questions, comments or requests regarding our products.

Justis Publishing e-Bulletin: July 2007