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Firstlaw was founded in January 1998 by Bart D. Daly. It was established to bring Irish law to practitioner in electronic form. Having helped create some of the products described elsewhere on these pages, First Law is now developing a number of niche periodicals in hard copy format with online access from the First Law site.

Justis Ireland

Irish Reports & Digests
Justis and The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Ireland provide an electronic version of the Council's publications on CD ROM and online. The reports contain the full-text data of published cases from 1838. The Digests provide a reference to each case reported in:

  • The Irish Reports
  • Northern Ireland Reports
  • Irish Law Reports Monthly
  • Irish Law Times Reports
  • Irish Jurist Reports
  • Irish Law Journal
    The database is updated quarterly. The Electronic Irish Reports contain many references to the electronic Law Reports published by Context and The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales, all of which act as linkable cross-references for all subscribers to the electronic Law Reports.

    Irish Case Law Information and Legislation from First Law
    The data prepared by First Law is the most comprehensive collection of legal information in Ireland. An invaluable resource for the Irish practitioner, and useful to lawyers, librarians and academics in other common law jurisdictions, it includes:

  • All Judgments of the Superior Courts, including head notes
  • All Acts of the Oireachtas (the Republic of Ireland’s parliament)
  • All Statutory Instruments
  • Circuit Court Judgments
  • Employment Appeal Tribunals
  • Unreported Judgments
  • Components of the above to support Criminal Law Online Service users (see below)

    Criminal Law Online Service
    The Criminal Law Online Service (CLOS) keeps the busy practitioner up to date with recent criminal law developments via a monthly electronic newsletter and weekly email alert. This includes:

  • Editorial analysis from leading practitioners and academics
  • Summaries and discussions of recent criminal law cases
  • Links to the full text of cases
  • Articles and commentary on the latest important topics
    CLOS subscribers also have searchable access to all criminal elements of First Law materials on Justis.

    LexisNexis Butterworths

    LexisNexis Butterworths provides research and workflow solutions to the legal, corporate, regulatory and tax markets. In the UK and Ireland, the company’s products allow professionals in business, government and academic organisations to reach decisions confidently and manage complex issues such as compliance more effectively. With over 1,000 staff in the UK and Ireland, and 13,000 worldwide, LexisNexis is a global company with global ambitions.

    LexisNexis draws on a heritage of almost 200 years. In the UK and Ireland, the company is best known for its trusted legal and tax publishing brands Butterworths and Tolley. The business now offers flagship web-based services such as the award winning LexisNexis Butterworths legal and tax research platform and the LexisNexis current awareness business and news aggregation service. These combine access to almost five billion searchable documents from 34,000 trusted sources such as national newspapers, legal case materials and official company records.

    LexisNexis Butterworths Online can now serve the Irish tax and legal professionals with two menus, as follows:

    Firstly, Irish Property Law includes specific content on Irish Statutes, leading commentary on relevant property-related law as well as useful precedents which help solicitors work more efficiently.

    The Irish Property Law Menu Includes:

    • Irish Property Statutes
    • Irish Property: Landlord and Tenant
    • Irish Land Law
    • Casebook on Equity and Trust
    • Irish Conveyancing Law
    • Irish Law of Specific Performance
    • Irish Conveyancing Precedents
    • Intangible Property Rights in Ireland
    • Co-ownership of Land
    • Irish Stamp Duty Legislation

    Secondly, the Irish Tax Menu allows tax practitioners to access Irish tax material.

    The Irish Tax Menu Includes:

    • Irish Tax Acts
    • Irish VAT Acts
    • Irish Capital Tax Acts
    • Irish Tax Treaties
    • Irish Tax Reports
    • Judge Irish Income Tax
    • Feeney: The Taxation of Companies
    • Irish Stamp Duty Law
    The service also contains Revenue Commissioners information, including:

    • Tax briefings and supplements
    • Guidance notes on TCA 1997
    • Statements of practice
    • Information leaflets
    • Precedents released under the Freedom of Information Act
    Published by Tottel Publishing Ltd, an independent publisher unconnected with the Reed Elsevier Group of Companies

    For more information and an online demo please contact: Karen Spink on +353 41 98 01692 or Karen.spink@lexisnexis.ie.

    Lendac Data Systems

    Lendac Data Systems are publishers and distributors of electronic information products particularly in the areas of legislation and taxation. Products include Murdoch's Irish Legal Companion (see below) which is a one stop shop of up to date Irish legal information. Lendac Data Systems also supply a range of other information products in areas such as patents, news, pharmaceutical, chemical, engineering, agriculture and market research.

    Murdoch's Irish Legal Companion (MILC) is published by Lendac Data Systems who are Dublin based publishers and suppliers of information products to the library and information market. MILC incorporates an up to date Dictionary of Irish Law which gives the reader a definition of around 10,000 words and phrases encountered in an Irish legal context from "a coelo usque ad centrum" to "zoonoses". A key factor in the popularity of this product is the extensive cross-referencing between various aspects of Irish Law including the Dictionary, Acts of the Oireachtas, Statutory Instruments, Court Judgements, Irish Constitution, Law Reform Commission publications, European legislation, Bibliography of legal publications, additional topics and websites etc.

    For more information, Tel: +35301-6776133 or email milc@lendac.ie.

    Round Hall

    Round Hall has provided the Irish legal profession with accurate and reliable information for over 25 years in the form of books, journals, periodicals, looseleaf services, CD-ROMs and online services. It publishes over 15 journals and a comprehensive and constantly expanding booklist. Round Hall is the trading name of Thomson Reuters (Professional) Ireland Ltd.

    Round Hall also brings you Westlaw IE - an online database of Irish legal content which can be searched to easily find the information you need - see next entry.

    Westlaw IE

    Westlaw IE is the online offering of Round Hall, a Thomson Reuters company. Westlaw IE is an online research tool that lets users carry out legal research quickly and easily. It gives instant access to Irish reported and unreported case law, legislation, journals and legal news. Customised search engines allow users to get the most accurate and reliable search results possible.

    Here is a summary of the content on Westlaw IE:

    Over 21,000 full text case reports - The largest Irish collection of case reports available online:

    • Employment Law Report (ELR) Begins 1990
    • Irish Law Reports Monthly (ILRM) Begins 1976
    • Irish Law Times Reports (ILTR) Begins 1871
    • Sweet & Maxwell’s Human Rights Law Reports (UK) Begins 2000
    • Sweet & Maxwell’s European Human Rights Law Reports Begins 1979
    • Unreported Judgments Begins Oct 2002
    Case digests coverage
    • Case digests from Irish Law Times Begins 1983
    • Irish Current Law Monthly Digest Begins 1995
    Legislation (as amended) with annotations from 1984

    Consolidated legislation in the following areas:

    • Criminal
    • Road Traffic
    • Local Government
    • Family
    • Employment
    • Company
    • Commercial
    • Insurance
    Consolidated Rules of the Court and Court rules and forms (as amended) with commentary: Superior Court; Circuit Court; and District Court

    Journals – Expert opinion and analysis in the following:

    • Commercial Law Practitioner Begins 1994
    • Conveyancing and Property Law Journal Begins 1996
    • Dublin University Law Journal Begins 1994
    • Irish Criminal Law Journal Begins 1991
    • Irish Employment Law Journal Begins 2004
    • Irish Planning and Environmental Law Journal Begins 1994
    • Irish Law Times Begins 1983
    • Irish Journal of Family Law Begins 1998
    • Journal of Civil Practice and Procedure Begins 2005
    • The Hibernian Law Journal Begins 1999
    • The Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland Begins 1995
    Content from Round Hall, Sweet & Maxwell, the Courts Service, and the EU

    Current Awareness information and the latest news direct to your email account

    • Case law
    • Legislation
    • Unreported Judgments
    • Legal and regulatory news
    • European Union
    • Government publications

    Clarus Press

    Clarus Press is a Dublin based publishing house established in March 2005. To-date, Clarus has published two innovative and highly practical legal journals, the Quarterly Review of Tort Law (Editors Dr Ciaran Craven and Professor William Binchy) and the Irish Business Law Quarterly (edited by Aillil O’Reilly BL) with other journals planned for later in 2006/7, including the eagerly awaited Irish Human Rights Law Review (edited by Donncha O’Connell). Clarus publishes law books for the practitioner as well as academic and student markets in Ireland, details of which can be found here. Free content can also be accessed through the Clarus Press website, including the full archive of the Independent Law Review. You can also download sample chapters from selected texts as well as sample articles from the Business and Tort journals mentioned above - see here.

    Irish CPD Online

  • Law Society of Ireland run CPD courses over a wide range of topics, intended to balance theory and practicality and to meet the day-to-day practice needs of the profession. Courses may also be of interest to members of the public. Many courses can be booked online and some courses are available by video link.

  • First CPD is Ireland’s first dedicated website for the delivery of leading-edge, online education for professionals in various disciplines. No special technology is required other than a PC and an Internet Connection. Courses may be taken from any suitable location as long as PC and internet connection is available. FirstCPD is a joint venture of First Law and PrimeLearning, two leading Irish firms in the legal and education fields.

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