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Westlaw Asia

Thomson Reuters Training & Support

Westlaw Asia (new) - Researching Hong Kong Content

This session outlines the steps to conduct legal research for HK content using Westlaw Asia (new).

Trainer
Tracy Tsoi
Date & Time
Wed 18 Nov 2020, 11:00am
to
Wed 18 Nov 2020, 12:00pm
HKT
Duration
1 hour

At the end of this session, participants will be able to conduct basic legal research following the steps outlined: 

  • Understand the coverage of HK content available on Westlaw Asia. 
  • Conduct a Home Page search for HK content.  
  • Conduct a Terms & Connectors search. 
  • Navigate and filter results. 
  • Browse to explore product content and scope. 
  • Work with content search templates to locate relevant documents. 
  • Confirm whether authority is still good law using Case Analysis. 
  • Print and download HK content. 
  • Locate legislation and access current and historic law.  
  • Access the Legislation Analysis information to understand the application of the law and how it has changed. 
  • Utilise current awareness sources to stay up-to-date. 
  • Search and locate Journals and Commentary.