Law Society Legal Research Facilities INTRODUCTION The New Zealand Law Society s Library is one of New Zealand s most comprehensive legal information resources. The Library is a private library which is not open to the general public. Library services are provided to members and associate members of the Law Society, the judiciary and Ministry of Justice court staff. By using Law Society Library services, any lawyer is able to access a comprehensive range of legal information. Much of this is available free of charge. This Practice Briefing outlines the research facilities which are available to all members of the New Zealand legal profession through the Law Society Library. To assist with understanding how to access or obtain material, the term from your desktop is used to indicate that any lawyer may access such material from any computer which is connected to the internet. LOCATIONS There are three fully staffed research libraries in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. These provide a wide range of hardcopy and online information. A smaller library in Dunedin has part-time staffing. Online information services managed by the Law Society may be accessed and used by Law Society members at a further 31 locations in courthouses around New Zealand. LIBRARY CATALOGUE The Library Catalogue provides information on the entire Law Society collection of New Zealand and foreign legal information resources. To find if a particular publication or database is held by the Law Society Library, you can search the catalogue yourself online from your desktop. This is available at http://www. lawsocietylibrary.org.nz/catalogue/. Searches may also be conducted on a subject or topic basis. The Law Society librarians at the research libraries are also able to help you with searching or locating information in the catalogue or held in other locations. If you are unable to find something, it does not mean that the Law Society library does not hold it a trained librarian will be able to help you locate it within the Law Society collection or to source it if it is held in another New Zealand law library. COURTHOUSE ACCESS TO ONLINE DATABASES At 31 locations around New Zealand, any Law Society member may use a special computer terminal to access and research a comprehensive collection of online legal information databases. You cannot access these databases directly from your desktop because of the access arrangements the Law Society has negotiated with each of the database publishers. However, you are able to access them free of charge from one of the special computer terminals at any time. The computer is owned and maintained by the Law Society. 1
The information on the online databases is provided by the major legal publishers. In total there are 157 New Zealand databases, 43 Australian, 12 combined New Zealand and Australia, and 11 from other jurisdictions. The Law Society s own LINX case law database is included. All databases are regularly updated. Online Databases available on Courthouse Terminals Title Abbott & Thompson District Courts Practice (Criminal) Accident Compensation Cases Adams Land Transfer Adams on Criminal Law Adult Relationships All England Commercial Cases All England Law Reports All England Law Reports European Cases Assent Legislation Australian & New Zealand Citator to UK Reports Australian & New Zealand Conveyancing Reports Australian & New Zealand Insurance Cases & Commentary Australian & New Zealand Life Insurance Cases, Commentary & Legislation Australian Bar Review Australian Capital Territory Reports Australian Child Support Cases, Commentary & Legislation Australian Company Law Cases Australian Corporation & Securities Reports Australian Corporation Law Legislation Australian Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents Australian Family Law & Practice Commentary Australian Family Law Cases Australian Family Law Handbook Legislation Australian Family Law Handbook Practice Directions Australian Federal Magistrates Court Practice Australian Journal of Corporate Law Australian Medical Liability Commentary & Leading Cases Australian Property Law Journal Australian Tax Cases Australian Torts Cases, Commentary and Legislation Australian Trade Practices Cases, Commentary & Legislation Becroft & Hall s Transport Law Bills of New Zealand BRIEFCASE British Tax Cases Brookers Law of Transportation Publisher 2
Building Law in New Zealand Butterworths Company Law Cases (UK) Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin Butterworths Current Law Butterworths Property Reports (Australia) CaseBase Cases Child Law Civil Procedure Cases (including PRNZ) Commercial Law in New Zealand Company Law Company & Securities Cases Company & Securities Law Bulletin Competition & Securities Law Bulletin Conveyancing Bulletin Copyright & Design Copyright & Designs - Australia Criminal Cases (including CRNZ) Cross on Evidence District Courts Procedure District Court Practice (Civil) District Court Reports Dominion Tax Cases Electronic Business & Tech Law Emden s Construction Law (UK) Employment Cases (including ERNZ) Employment Law Employment Law Bulletin Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents (England) Environmental Cases Environmental & Resource Management Law Family Cases (including FRNZ) Family Law Service Family Precedents Family Procedure Family Property Fisher on Matrimonial & Relationship Property Fisheries Cases Fisheries Law Garrow & Turkington Criminal Law Gault on Commercial Law Hall s Sentencing Halsbury s Laws of Australia 3
Halsbury s Laws of Canada Halsbury s Laws of England Halsbury s Statutes Citator Heath & Whale on Insolvency Law Hinde McMorland Sim Land Law Human Rights Law Immigration Practitioners Bulletin Incapacity Index to the New Zealand Statutes Insolvency Law & Practice Intellectual Property Journal Intellectual Property Reports (Australia) Journal of Contract Law Kelly & Ball Principles of Insurance Law Land Law Law of Trusts Laws of New Zealand LinxPlus Litigation and Court Practice (Australia) Local & Private Acts of New Zealand Local Government Local Government Associated Legislation Local Government Cases Local Government Key Legislation McGechan on Procedure Mazengarb s Employment Law Misuse of Drugs Morison s Company Law Morison s Securities Law Motor Vehicle Reports (Australia) New Zealand Administrative Reports New Zealand Business Law Cases, Commentary, Guide, Legislation and News New Zealand Company Law & Practice New Zealand Company Law Cases & Legislation New Zealand Company & Commercial Reports New Zealand Compendium New Zealand Conveyancing & Property Reports New Zealand Conveyancing Law & Practice New Zealand Conveyancing Law Cases & Legislation New Zealand Criminal Cases Archive New Zealand Customs Cases New Zealand Duties Guide 4
New Zealand E-Commerce Law New Zealand E-Commerce Bulletins, Cases, Commentary & Legislation New Zealand Employment Law Reports New Zealand Employment Law Cases, Commentary & Legislation New Zealand Family Law Journal New Zealand Family Law Reports New Zealand Forms & Precedents New Zealand Goods & Services Cases New Zealand Goods & Services Tax Guide New Zealand Income Tax Law & Practice New Zealand Income Tax Legislation New Zealand Intellectual Property Journal New Zealand IRD Rulings & Statements New Zealand Law Journal New Zealand Law Reports New Zealand Lawyers Tax Companion New Zealand Legal Words and Phrases New Zealand Procedural Cases New Zealand Regulations New Zealand Resource Management Appeals New Zealand Statutes New Zealand Superannuation Cases New Zealand Superannuation Guide Commentary, Legislation & News New Zealand Tax Cases New Zealand Tax Information Bulletins New Zealand Tax Planning Report New Zealand Trusts & Asset Planning Guide New Zealand Trusts & Asset Planning Guide Bulletins, Commentary & Legislation OSH Tracker Personal Grievances Personal Grievances Personal Injury in New Zealand Practice & Procedure High Court & Federal Court of Australia Resource Management Resource Management Bulletin Regulations of New Zealand Ritchie s Uniform Civil Procedure NSW Salmon Environmental Law Securities Law Sentencing Tracker Sim s Court Practice Sports & Medical Law (Australia) 5
Status Court of Appeal Status Privy Council Judgments - Archive Statutes of New Zealand Summary Proceedings Tax Reports of New Zealand Archive Victorian Reports (Australia) Williams Civil Procedure Victoria Wills & Succession Workplace Safety & Accidents Handbook Working with Trusts DESKTOP ACCESS TO ONLINE DATABASES The Law Society has also negotiated direct desktop access for all New Zealand Law Society members to 29 specialised information databases from the international providers EBSCO and Gale. This has been made possible through the Law Society s membership of the Electronic Publishing in Collaboration (EPIC) consortium. Access is member-only, and this means Law Society members may access the databases by logging on through the members-only section of the my.lawsociety website (via the Library tab). To logon to the members area of my.lawsociety, go to http://my.lawsociety.org.nz and click on to the Login link at the top of the page. When prompted, enter your Lawyer Login (this is your Law Society Registry-issued Lawyer ID) and Password (if you have forgotten your ID and/or password, instructions are given for resolving this). While a number of the specialised EPIC databases provide legal information and information directly relevant to the provision of legal services, many are an invaluable secondary source of information in developments and areas where lawyers are required to provide advice. All contain information dating from 1980 until the present, and all are updated regularly. The databases are as follows: Database Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre MasterFILE Premier Academic OneFile Gale Virtual Reference Library Business and Company ASAP Science in Context Expanded Academic ASAP General Business File ASAP General Reference Center Gold Health Reference Center Academic Subject Leading NZ/Australian periodicals and international periodicals in full text; full text reference books; over 80,000 full text biographies and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps and flags. Nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues, etc. Full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents. Peer-reviewed full text articles from journals covering physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, literature and other fields. Database of encyclopaedias and specialised reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Information on companies, markets and industries. Information on science and technology. Database for research across academic disciplines. Company performance, management, economics and politics. General interest database, including popular culture, sports, hobbies, business and industry trends. Health topics and medical research. 6
LegalTrac Agriculture Collection Environmental Studies & Policy Collection Fine Arts & Music Collection Nursing & Allied Health Collection Psychology Collection Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection Biography in Context Business Economics & Theory Communications & Mass Media Collection Computer Database Criminal Justice Collection Discovering Collection General OneFile Opposing Viewpoints in Context World History in Context Global Issues in Context Books & Authors Health & Wellness Resource Center Literature Resource Center Indexes over 1,400 legal publications. Agriculture and related fields. Over 800 journals on environmental issues and policies. Database for research in drama, music, art history and film. Covers all aspects of the nursing profession. Indexes over 200 full-text periodicals on all aspects of psychology. Content from over 500 journals from the hospitality and tourism industries. A comprehensive database of biographical information. Academic journals and magazines focusing on topics in economics. Over 100 journals covering all aspects of the communications field. Information on all aspects of computing. Access to 150 journals in the field of criminal justice. Covers core areas such as history, literature, science and social studies. News and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Contextual information and opinions on social issues. Sources relevant to people, events and topics in world history. International viewpoints on global issues, topics and current events. Combines over 140,000 titles and 50,000 authors. Access to nearly 400 health/medical journals. Biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews. LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICES The trained Law Society Library staff offer a range of legal information services. While staff are based at the research libraries in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, the services they provide are available to lawyers throughout New Zealand. The key services are: Document delivery: Delivery of cases, articles or legislation. Requests may be made through an online document delivery request form (available at http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/library/services/document_ delivery_request) or by phone or personal inquiry at a library. Charges apply for use of this service - $15 per item plus photocopying for routine requests, $20 per item for urgent (within 2 hours) (GST not included in prices). Legal research: Trained librarians will carry out research on any legal subject. Requests may be made through an online legal research request form (available at http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/library/services/ research_request) or by phone or personal inquiry at a library. Charges apply for use of this service - $40 (plus GST) per 15-minute unit plus photocopying, printing or scanning charges. Other charges may apply for special circumstances (eg, urgency, inter-library loans) LIBRARY ACCESS TO INFORMATION RESOURCES All New Zealand lawyers may visit and use the facilities at the libraries in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington. These are open during normal business hours and after-hours access is available by arrangement. Most of the Library hardcopy collection is not available for borrowing, except for use in court. Further information on borrowing policies is available on request. 7
LIBRARY LOCATIONS Research Libraries Auckland High Court Building, Parliament Street, Auckland 1010. Christchurch 8A Homersham Place, Burnside, Christchurch 8053. Dunedin Mooney s Building, 28 Lower Stuart Street, Dunedin 9016. Wellington High Court Building, Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington 6011. Online Database access from Courthouse Terminals Ashburton Cnr Baring Square West & Cameron Street, Ashburton 7700. Auckland District Court 65-69 Albert Street, Auckland 1010. Blenheim 58 Alfred Street, Blenheim 7201. Gisborne 1 Customhouse Street, Gisborne 4010. Greymouth 60 Guinness Street, Greymouth 7805. Hamilton High Court 109 Anglesea Street, Hamilton 3204. Hastings Cnr Railway Road & Eastbourne Street, Hastings 4120. Invercargill 33 Don Street, Invercargill 9810. Kaikohe Station Road, Kaikohe 0405. Kaitaia 13 Redan Road, Kaitaia 0410. Levin 9 Bristol Street, Levin 5510. Lower Hutt District Court Laings Road, Lower Hutt 5010. Manukau 30 Manukau Station Road, Manukau, Auckland 2104. Masterton Dixon Street, Masterton 5810. Napier 251 Hastings Street, Napier 4110. Nelson 200 Bridge Street, Nelson 7010. New Plymouth Robe Street, New Plymouth 4310. North Shore District Court Cnr Don McKinnon Drive & Corinthian Drive, Albany 0632. Palmerston North 436-464 Main Street, Palmerston North 4410. Papakura Cnr Great South Road & Wood Street, Papakura 2110. Porirua 4 Hagley Street, Porirua 5022. Pukekohe 25 Stadium Drive, Pukekohe 2120. Queenstown 36 Stanley Street, Queenstown 9300. Rotorua 1162 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua 3010. Tauranga Cameron House, 46 Cameron Road, Tauranga 3110. Thames 505 Queen Street, Thames 3500. Timaru 12-14 North Street, Timaru 7910. Waitakere 9-11 Ratanui Street, Henderson 0612. Whanganui Market Place, Whanganui 4500. Whangarei 107-109 Bank Street, Whangarei 0110. 8
New Zealand Law Society Law Society Building 26 Waring Taylor Street WELLINGTON 6011 PO Box 5041 Lambton Quay WELLINGTON 6145 Phone: 64 4 472 7837 Information in the Practice Briefing series is provided by the Law Society as a service to members. This briefing is intended to provide guidance and information on best practices. Some of the information and requirements may change over time and should be checked before any action is taken. June 2012 9