Feb
21
Law318 – Land Law – Magee
February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Anyone looking for Craigdarragh Trading Co Ltd v Doherty [1986] NI 218 should note that the year is wrong. It should be 1989. Enter the corrected citation in LexisLibrary and the case will be displayed.
Jan
30
Intro to Property Law – Law132 (Magee)
January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Some tricky cases to find on this module: The Kempston v Butler case (week 1/2) and McDowell v Ulster Bank in Week 6/7 are available as offprints from the Issue Desk. The Case of Mines (1567) 1 Plow. 310 in week 6/7 is available in the English Reports on Westlaw, but under the case name [...]
Nov
9
Cohabitation – a new precedent?
November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Supreme Court has just issued judgment on the vexed subject of property rights when cohabitation breaks down, overturning the Court of Appeal. Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53
Nov
3
Lissimore v Downing [2003] 2 FLR 308
November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This case is only listed as a reference in both Westlaw and LexisLibrary. The full text is available in the new Family Law Online database – the only online source for Family Law Reports. You can also get access to the transcript of the case from Bailii.org
Sep
29
Searching by Citation
September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Citation search boxes in LexisLibrary and Westlaw allow you to search for a case using only its legal reference. This is quick and exact search – saves wondering if you’ve gotten the right case. However, the case name is NOT part of the citation, so if you are looking for Pepper v Hart [1992] 3 WLR [...]
May
17
Supreme Court on Sky website
May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
“Sky News has today launched a live stream of the court’s hearings and judgments, as they happen, via their website at www.skynews.com/supremecourt.[...] The move means that legal professionals, students and members of the public interested in the work of the Supreme Court do not have to travel to London to see proceedings. The website contains [...]
Mar
15
Tort Law – Magee
March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Week 9 reading: Tort of Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher. The case: Castle v St. Augustine’s Links, Ltd and Another [1922] 38 TLR 615 is available as a scanned item. Go to WebCT – Library Services incl Athens link and then click on the link for Reading Lists. Search for Law324 and then open Week 9 [...]
Feb
24
Weeks 5 and 7 Tort Law (Magee)
February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Please note: the citation for Rootes v Shelton in week 5 of Law324 Tort law is incorrect It should be Rootes v Shelton [1968] ALR 33. In any case, the report is not available in either Lexis Library or Westlaw, but is available full-text from AUSTLii, the Australian version of Bailii. They have made available [...]
Feb
10
Public Law 2 – “GCHQ case’:citation error
February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Public Law 2 students at Magee looking for Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service (The GCHQ case) for their lecture and seminar preparation in week 4 should note that the citation given in the reading list is slightly wrong. It should be [1985] AC 374 – NOT [1985] 1 AC [...]
Feb
6
Introduction to Property Law – Law132 (Jordanstown)
February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Thompson Modern Land Law is heavily in demand so we have ordered some extra copies and moved 3 copies into the short loan collection behind the library help desk in Jordanstown. That means there should always be a copy of the book in the library for you to consult. Most of the cases on your reading list are available [...]