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BriefCase

Jurisdiction A computerised index to decisions referred to in major New Zealand legal noting and reporting series.
Publisher Thomson Reuters   PO Box 43, Wellington
Tel: 64 4 4998178
Fax: 64 4 4998173
Email: service@thomsonreuters.co.nz

Brookers Immigration and Refugee Digest (BIR Digest)

Coverage Abstracts of significant decisions by the Refugee Status Appeal Authority; Residence Appeal Authority and the Removal Review Authority. Also includes abstracts of unreported High Court and Court of Appeal decisions on immigration and refugee issues.
Published quarterly from October 1995 onward.
Publisher Thomson Reuters, PO Box 43, Wellington, NZ
Tel:  64 4 4998178
Fax:  64 4 4998173
Email: service@thomsonreuters.co.nz

Butterworths Current Law (BCL) and Current Law Digest (BCLD

Coverage BCL is a fortnightly digest of cases, legislation and material relating to current issues in New Zealand law. It indexes and provides notes on significant recent cases from the Courts.
BCLD is a consolidated index of unreported decisions of the High Court and Court of Appeal. These are decisions which were originally noted in BCL, and not subsequently reported.
Publisher LexisNexis New Zealand, PO Box 472, Wellington, NZ
Freephone: 0800 800 986
Phone: 64 4 385 1479
Fax: 64 4 385 1598
Email: Customer.Service@lexisnexis.co.nz
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The Capital Letter (TCL)

Coverage A weekly review of administration, legislation and law which includes notes on significant Court of Appeal, High Court and Employment Court decisions.
Published from 1978 onward.
Publisher New Zealand Financial Press Ltd, PO Box 1881, Auckland, NZ

Digest of Accident Compensation Cases

Coverage Significant decisions of the former Accident Compensation Appeal Authority and other bodies, up to December 1989, which related to accident compensation legislation at that time. Also includes a list of all ACAA and relevant High Court and Court of Appeal decisions to December 1989, and a noter-up of cases cited.
Publisher M S Gilkison, Waikanae, NZ

Employment Cases Summary

Coverage A printed index which has detailed notes on significant cases heard by the Employment Court and Employment Tribunal (now abolished), as well as brief notes on all other cases heard by these bodies. Published monthly; 1992 onwards. Also available online.
Publisher Department of Labour's Knowledge Management Team
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LexisNexis

Coverage LexisNexis is a US online database service which provides full text access to legal information on many countries. As well as providing case law, it also includes legislation, journal articles and news items. New Zealand coverage includes the full text of the New Zealand Law Reports (1958 onwards); full text of New Zealand Resource Management Appeals (1991 onwards); Butterworths Current Law and Current Law Digest; Morison's Company and Securities Law; and Butterworths Taxation Service. Privy Council decisions from 1980 onwards are available in full text on the English Library.

LINX

Coverage A combined computerised index to library holdings of the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury branches of the New Zealand Law Society. LINX indexes decisions of the Privy Council; Court of Appeal (headnotes 1984 onwards, full text from 1996); High Court - Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch 1983 onwards, Hamilton 1989 onwards; District Court (selected, 1990 onwards); Family Court (selected, 1991 onwards); Employment Court (selected, 1999 onwards)  Environment Court (selected, 2000 onwards);  Maori Appellate Court (from 1986). Also indexes various tribunals, some with full text option.
Journals (1986 onwards) - major NZ law journals, some UK, Australian and Canadian; texts and rare books held in the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury District Law Society Libraries.
Publisher Auckland District Law Society
Notes Available on a subscription basis from The Knowledge Basket. Also hosted on Brookers Online (Thomson Reuters)
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Office of Film and Literature Classification - List of Decisions

Coverage Lists the classification decisions, and summaries of the reasons for the decisions, of every publication examined by the Office of Film and Literature Classification and the Film and Literature Board of Review.
Published monthly, October 1994 onwards. Each issue covers the decisions of the preceding month.
Publisher Office of Film and Literature Classification

Resource Management Handbook

Coverage Indexes resource management cases by party names; keywords, and relevant sections of legislation. Has headnotes of reported decisions and practice guides. Includes Recent Decisions and This Week's News.1995 onwards.
Publisher Thomson Reuters, PO Box 43, Wellington
Tel: 64 4 4998178
Fax: 64 4 4998173
Email: service@thomsonreuters.co.nz

Social Security Appeal Authority Index

Coverage Indexes all decisions (1995 onwards) of the Social Security Appeal Authority, and some important ones prior to that date. Consolidated versions issued annually. Subscribers receive regular updates during the year. Available in both print and electronic format.
Publisher Tribunals Unit, Ministry of Justice, PO Box 32-001, Panama Street, Wellington 6146
Tel: 64 4 462 6660
Fax: 64 4 462 6686
Email: tribunals@justice.govt.nz
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