Lexis HK

 
  1. CaseBase Hong Kong
    A comprehensive case law research tool presenting a roadmap of how any case is subsequently treated. A citatory, annotator and digester covering all significant reported and most unreported Hong Kong judgments, and key overseas cases referred to in Hong Kong. Also provides key case details – party names, court, judges, judgment date, parallel citations – catchwords and legislation referred to. Featuring high-level functionality, complete searchability and links to full-text judgments and legislation.
  2. Hong Kong Cases
    The premier, most up-to-date bilingual law reporting service in Hong Kong, covering 1946 to present. The online version now replicates the print format to perfection with PDF download functionality for cases from 2000 onwards.
  3. Hong Kong Cases Unreported
    An extensive collection of Hong Kong judgments, containing all significant decisions from 1905 to present. Updated daily with catchwords from Hong Kong practitioners. Fully upgraded with additional case coverage and hyperlinks to legislation and other cases.
  4. Atkins Court Forms Hong Kong
    Available for the first time in an online format, with fully fillable and customisable word documents. A collection of practice notes, procedural tables, forms, precedents and other documents used in civil proceedings of the High Court and District Court of Hong Kong. Unique in Hong Kong and essential for litigation practice.
  5. The Laws of Hong Kong
    The most current legislation database in Hong Kong, this comprehensive reference comprises the complete and up-to-date text of all primary and subsidiary legislation. Updated and consolidated weekly from the government gazette.
  6. Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong
    The first point of reference for accurate and authoritative statements of Hong Kong law on any topic, researched and compiled by experts and providing succinct and extensively referenced statements of law.
  7. The Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong
    Covers the most important and frequently referenced Ordinances with section-by-section annotations, outlining legislative history, discussing relevant domestic and overseas cases, referencing related Ordinances, counterpart Acts and comparable legislation from other common law jurisdictions, and providing guidance on practical application. Enhanced with browseable contents and extensive hyperlinking.
  8. Hong Kong Family Law Reports
    A specialist collection of family court judgments, sourced with cooperation from the Hong Kong Judiciary and edited and headnoted in conjunction with expert practitioners from the Hong Kong Family Law Association. Online for the first time.
User-Friendly Online Environment
Lexis® HK allows legal practitioners to search and browse important legal content in a state-of-the-art online environment. It offers features you have never experienced before in a single research solution, such as downloadable PDFs, extensive parallel citations, advanced hyperlinking and fillable forms.

Time Saving 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.
  • Downloadable PDFs enable practitioners to have a court-ready document in just one click.
  • The increasing number of hyperlinks 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 lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries spent on drafting documents
  • Access to unique secondary content
  • The deepest coverage and analysis of Hong Kong cases
  • Parallel citations to reported and unreported versions of cases
  • Access all Hong Kong legislation in its most up-to-date format, faster than the free websites
  • See a complete snapshot of the history and current status of any case
  • Search all your favorite print products
  • A core set of major product sources, fully integrated wherever possible
  • Internal cross references within sources are hyperlinked
  • Many case references are hyperlinked to the source in full text
  • Hong Kong legislation references are hyperlinked to the source
  • All-new interface, designed based on your feedback
  • Deep searchability enabled by thorough search from and data fielding
  • PDF download functionality for law reports
  • Wide range of document delivery options for all products, including download and email in Word, PDF and other formats
  • Fillable forms to assure quality and streamline your preparations for court
  • Expandable package options to cover overseas jurisdictions
  • CaseBase signals to speed case law research
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.