This document provides instructions for locating a specific UK case on the Lexis database. It outlines the steps to select the United Kingdom and Caselaw sources on the Lexis homepage, then allows the user to search by case citation or name. The instructions explain that entering a case citation or name in the appropriate field and clicking search will return results, and that clicking the save icon allows downloading the full case as a PDF document.

1. Locating a specific UK case on
Lexis
Charlotte Gill
30th July 2015

2. Launch Law
Research
Navigator > Select
‘Lexis’.

3. Select ‘Find Laws by Country or Region’
under Sources on Lexis homepage.

4. Select ‘Foreign Laws & Legal Sources’.

5. Select ‘United Kingdom’.

6. Select ‘Caselaw’.

7. Select ‘UK Cases, Combined Courts’ >
‘Search Selected’.

8. Under
‘Restrict by
Document
Segment’ >
select ‘CITE’
> Enter
“[1965] AC
1175” > ‘Add’
> ‘Search’.
Search by case citation:

9. To download the case:
Click on the top right save icon > click ‘Download’ on
the pop-up box > click on the hyperlinked PDF
document.

10. To download the case: Click on the top right save icon
> click ‘Download’ on the pop-up box > click on the
hyperlinked PDF document.

11. Under
‘Restrict by
Document
Segment’ >
select
‘NAME’ >
Enter “allen
and “gold
reefs”” >
‘Add’ >
‘Search’.
Search by case name:

12. Questions?
Email: library@smu.edu.sg