Lexis HK

Lexis® HK, the legal online research platform tailor-made for Hong Kong legal practitioners, government and corporate users, offers the largest local legal content in the most intuitive and friendly online environment.

The result?

Deeper research. Streamlined workflows. A professional solution for legal professionals.

 
Benefits

User-Friendly Online Environment
Lexis® HK allows you to search and browse the largest local legal content in a friendly online environment. It offers features you have never experienced before in a single research solution. With Lexis HK, better result by you is guaranteed.

What you get from Lexis HK

Better research empowered by the largest local legal content

  • Access all Hong Kong legislation in its most up-to-date format with guaranteed professional quality
  • The deepest coverage and analysis of Hong Kong cases
  • See a complete snapshot of history and current status of any case
  • Access to unique secondary content published by LexisNexis Butterworths.
  • Parallel citations to other law reports.
  • Include major works title such as Halsbury’s Law of Hong Kong, Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong and Atkins Court Forms Hong Kong
  • Search other print products
  • Click here to see complete list of content

Faster Workflow enabled by Smarter and intuitive search function

  • Basic and narrow search query function in English and Chinese
  • Click here to see how it works

Always stayed informed with Daily Case Alerts

  • Keep yourself updated on new cases on your practice area(s).
  • Schedule to receive the alert on daily, weekly or monthly basis, at the time you prefer.

Streamlined process with more smart tools

  • Downloadable PDFs enable practitioners to have a court-ready document in just one click. Include law reports with expanded case coverage dating back to 1946
  • Advanced hyperlinking between products enables practitioners to jump straight to relevant, cross-referenced documents without a moment’s delay.
  • Fillable word forms in electronic format will shorten the time of lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries spent on drafting documents
  • Bread Crumb Trail shows the path you took to arrive at your result. Allows you to return to previous step to save time

CaseBase Tool

  • Lexis HK’s CaseBase tool provides shortcuts through the research task of finding which cases are connected to others by the doctrine of precedent
  • Click here to see CaseBase Signals
Content

You need legal information fast and you want the most up-to-date and reliable sources you can get your hands on. Lexis® HK is the new online legal research solution tailor-made for Hong Kong legal practitioners, corporate and government users. It is a one-stop legal research platform including the largest local content in the form of commentaries, cases, legislation and forms covering Hong Kong, as well as key overseas jurisdictions.

 

Lexis HK Core Essential

  • Hong Kong Cases
  • Hong Kong Cases Unreported
  • Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong
  • The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong
  • The Laws of Hong Kong
  • CaseBase Hong Kong

 

Lexis HK Core Premium

  • Litigation Module
    • Hong Kong Civil Court Practice
    • A Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong
    • Enforcing Judgments in Hong Kong
      • Judicial Review in Hong Kong
      • Advocacy and the Litigation Process in Hong Kong
    • High Court Handbook
    • Evidence Law Handbook
    • Statutory Interpretation Handbook
    • Atkin's Court Forms Hong Kong

 

  • Commercial Law Module
    • Hong Kong Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
    • Hong Kong Corporate Law
    • Business Law in Hong Kong
    • Company Law Handbook
    • Contract Law Handbook
    • Partnership Handbook

 

  • Land and Conveyancing Module
    • Hong Kong Conveyancing
    • Land Law in Hong Kong
    • Land Compensation and Valuation Law in Hong Kong
    • Building Management in Hong Kong
    • Hong Kong Tenancy Law
    • Conveyancing and Property Law Handbook
    • Atkin's Court Forms Hong Kong

 

  • Criminal Law and Procedure Module
    • Criminal Evidence in Hong Kong
    • Criminal Procedure: Trial on Indictment
    • Sentencing in Hong Kong
    • Bribery and Corruption Law in Hong Kong
    • Criminal Law Handbook
    • Criminal Procedure Handbook

Australasia Core Premium Module

  • All Australian and New Zealand cases 
    • Administrative Law Decisions (AUS)
    • Unreported Judgments Administrative Appeals Tribunal
    • Unreported Judgments Australian Capital Territory
    • Australian Corporations & Securities Reports (& ACLR)
    • Australian Law Reports
    • CaseBase Cases
    • Family Law Reports (AUS)
    • Unreported Judgments Federal Magistrates Court
    • Unreported Judgments Federal Court of Australia
    • Unreported Judgments High Court of Australia
    • Unreported Judgments Takeovers Panel
    • Intellectual Property Reports (AUS)
    • Unreported Judgments Land & Environment (NSW)
    • Motor Vehicle Reports
    • Unreported Judgments New South Wales
    • New South Wales Law Reports
    • Unreported Judgments Northern Territory
    • Unreported Judgments Queensland
    • Queensland Reports
    • Unreported Judgments South Australia
    • Unreported Judgments Tasmania
    • Unreported Judgments Victoria
    • Victorian Reports
    • Unreported Judgments Western Australia
    • New Zealand Case Citator
    • New Zealand Law Reports
    • New Zealand Procedural Cases
    • LINXplus (NZ)
    • New Zealand Administrative Reports
    • New Zealand Criminal Cases
    • New Zealand Family Law Reports
    • New Zealand Unreported Judgments

 

  • Australia - CaseBase

  • Australia – All Legislation
    • LawNow ACT Historical Acts Versions
    • LawNow ACT Bills Information
    • LawNow ACT Legislation
    • LawNow ACT Subordinate Legislation Historical Versions
    • LawNow Australian Legislation - ACT
    • LawNow Australian Legislation - Commonwealth
    • LawNow Commonwealth Bills Information
    • LawNow Commonwealth Legislation
    • LawNow Commonwealth Legislation - Historical Acts
    • LawNow Commonwealth Legislation - Historical Regulations
    • LawNow NSW Bills Information
    • LawNow NSW Legislation
    • LawNow New South Wales Legislation - Historical Acts
    • LawNow New South Wales Legislation - Historical Regulations
    • LawNow Queensland Bills Information
    • LawNow Queensland Historical Acts
    • LawNow Queensland Historical Subordinate Legislation
    • LawNow Queensland Legislation
    • LawNow Victoria Legislation- Historical Regulations
    • LawNow Victorian Bills Information
    • LawNow Victorian Legislation
    • LawNow Victorian Legislation - Historical Acts

 

  • Australia - Halsbury’s Law of Australia

  • New Zealand – All Legislation
    • New Zealand Annual Acts
    • New Zealand Annual Regulations
    • New Zealand Regulations
    • New Zealand Statutes

 

UK Core Premium Module

  • UK – CaseSearch

 

  • UK - All Legislation
    • UK Parliament Acts
    • UK Parliament Sls

  • UK - Halsbury’s Law of England

  • UK – Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents

  • UK – All Cases
    • All England Commercial Cases
    • All England Law Reports
    • All England Law Reports European Cases
    • All England Official Transcripts
    • All England Reporter
    • All ER Reprints
    • All ER Reprints Extension
    • ICLR: Search All ICLR Sources
    • Law Reports of the Commonwealth
    • Criminal Appeal Cases
    • Northern Ireland Law Reports
    • Northern Ireland Unreported Judgments
    • Scottish Civil Law Reports
    • Scottish Criminal Case Reports
    • Times Law Reports
    • Family Court Reports

 

Features

Smarter and intuitive search function

  • Search by area (cases, legislation, commentary, forms, journals and practice areas) or content type (case number, citation, legislation name or no, precedents by title), in English or in Chinese.

 

  • Search within results
    • Click + to find drop-down subsection of content
    • Search within a selected subsection or chapter of any Hong Kong or International titles

 

Always stay informed with Daily Case Alerts

  • Choose to send to yourself or your colleague at work or at home.
  • Schedule to receive the alert on daily, weekly or monthly basis, at the time you prefer.

 

Downloadable PDFs

  • Downloadable PDFs enable practitioners to have a court-ready document in just one click.
  • Includes law reports with expanded case coverage dating back to 1947

Advanced Hyperlinkings

  • Advanced hyperlinking between products enables practitioners to jump straight to relevant, cross-referenced documents without a moment’s delay
  • Case references are hyperlinked to the sources in full text
  • Internal cross references within sources are hyperlinked
  • Hong Kong legislation references are hyperlinked to the sources

Fillable Forms

  • Fillable word forms in electronic format will shorten the time lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries spent on drafting documents

Bread Crumb Trails

  • Shows the path you took to arrive at your result. Allows you to return to previous step to save time

CaseBase Tool

  • Save time with the CaseBase tool that provides shortcuts through the research task of finding which cases are connected to others by the doctrine of precedent

CaseBase Signals

CaseBase Signals are a set of visual aids aim to providing users with an understanding of the current status of a case. They summarise the treatment by more recent cases, based on annotations determined by legally qualified editors.

Signal Precedence Summary Explanation
1 Negative Treatment Decision has been subsequently reversed, not followed, disapproved or overruled.
2 Cautionary Treatment Decision has been subsequently distinguished, explained, questioned or varied.
3 Positive Treatment Decision has been subsequently applied, approved, followed or affirmed.
4 Neutral Treatment Decision has been considered, cited or otherwise referred to in passing.
5 Case Information Only No details of subsequent treatment.