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Access comprehensive Australian legal content across practice areas most relevant to your work, the Authorised Law Reports, The Laws of Australia, the Australian Law Journal, and practical forms and precedents

Legal practice areas

Access the trusted legal content you need across your area of practice, all in one place.

Administrative law

  • Admin Appeals Reports
  • Alert24 - Administrative Law
  • Australian Journal of Administrative Law
  • Federal Administrative Law
  • Migration Act Annotated
  • NSW Administrative Law
  • Public Law Review
  • Queensland Administrative Law
  • Victorian Administrative Law

Banking and financial services

  • Alert24 - Banking & Finance
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Finance and Securities Precedents
  • Charge-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • Financial Crime Control and Anti Money Laundering 
  • Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice: Online
  • Modern Contract of Guarantee 
  • National Credit Regulation The Law Relating to Banker and Customer

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Bankruptcy and insolvency

  • Alert24 - Bankruptcy & Insolvency 
  • Australian Bankruptcy Law & Practice 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Insolvency Precedents 
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency Forms-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • Bankruptcy in Australia: A Guidebook
  • Company Receivers and Administrators 
  • Crutchfield's Voluntary Administration 
  • Insolvency Law Journal 
  • McPherson's Law of Company Liquidation 
  • Personal Property Securities Law in Australia

Building and construction

  • Alert24 - Building & Construction 
  • Building and Construction Contracts 
  • Building and Construction Law Journal 
  • Building Service NSW 
  • National Building Service 
  • Queensland Building Service

Commercial and contract

  • ACP Commercial and Retail Leasing Precedents
  • ACP Joint Ventures & Partnerships
  • ACP Sale of Business Precedents
  • ACP Sale of Shares Precedents
  • ACP Share and Unit Subscription Precedents
  • ACP Standard, Release and Confidentiality Precedents
  • ACP Supply Contracts and Commercial Licensing
  • Alert 24 - Commercial Law
  • Alert 24 - Contract Law
  • Australian Business Law Review
  • Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice
  • Commercial Contract Clauses
  • Food Legislation NSW
  • Foreign Investment in Australia
  • Australian Law of Contract
  • International Commercial Arbitration in Australia
  • Liquor Licensing Law and Practice NSW
  • NSW precedents - Business Law

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Competition and consumer Law

  • Alert24 - Competition & Trade Practices 
  • Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 
  • Miller's Australian Competition & Consumer Law Annotated 
  • Trade Practices Law Competition and Consumer Law

Intellectual property and technology

  • Alert24 - Intellectual Property 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Franchising Precedents 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Intellectual Property Licensing 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Restraint and Confidentiality 
  • Computer Contracts: Principles and Precedents 
  • Law of Intellectual Property 
  • Patent Law in Australia 
  • Patents Precedents 
  • Shanahan's Australian Law of Trade Marks

Corporations

  • Alert24 - Corporations 
  • ASIC and Corporations Law Forms-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • ASIC Corporate Investigations and Hearings 
  • ASIC Digest 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Corporations Precedents 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Mergers & Acquisitions 
  • Australian Governance Professional Handbook 
  • Company and Securities Law Journal 
  • Company Directors Manual 
  • Corporations Legislation 
  • Not-For-Profit Best Practice Manual 
  • Not-For-Profit-Legal Precedents NSW
  • Robson's Annotated Corporations Legislation

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Court practice and procedure

  • Alert24 - Court Practice and Litigation 
  • Australasian Dispute Resolution 
  • Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal 
  • Commercial Damages 
  • Costs Guide NSW 
  • Federal Circuit Court Guidebook 
  • Federal Court Forms-Legal Precedents NSW Federal Court Practice 
  • High Court Practice 
  • Injunctions: Law and Practice 
  • Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice 
  • Journal of Judicial Administration 
  • Magistrates Court Practice South Australia 
  • New South Wales Court Forms-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • NSW Civil Practice & Procedure - Local Courts Practice 
  • NSW Civil Procedure 
  • Queensland Civil Practice 
  • Quick On Costs 
  • Scales of Costs Charges & Fees Queensland 
  • Victorian Courts

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Criminal law

  • Alert24 - Criminal Law 
  • Australian Criminal Reports 
  • Australian Sentencing 
  • Criminal Law Investigation and Procedure Victoria 
  • Criminal Law Journal 
  • Criminal Law NSW 
  • Criminal Procedure NSW 
  • Federal Offences 
  • Indictable Offences in Victoria 
  • Indictable Offences Queensland 
  • Motor Vehicle Law NSW 
  • Motor Vehicle Law Queensland 
  • Motor Vehicle Law South Australia 
  • Queensland Sentencing Manual 
  • Ross On Crime 
  • Summary Justice South Australia 
  • Summary Offences in Victoria 
  • Summary Offences Queensland

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Employment and HR

  • Alert24 - Workplace & Employment Law 
  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Employment Precedents 
  • Discrimination Alert - Westlaw 
  • Employment Law Cases 
  • Industrial Reports 
  • Macken's Law of Employment Online 
  • National Workplace Relations 
  • Work Health & Safety Law & Practice 
  • Workers Compensation Law Manual NSW 
  • Workers Compensation Law Manual Queensland 
  • Workplace Review

Evidence

  • Expert Evidence 
  • Forbes’ Evidence Law in Queensland - Online 
  • Uniform Evidence Law

Family law

  • Alert24 - Family Law 
  • AU Family Law Cases on Westlaw 
  • Dickey's Family Law with Legislation 
  • Family Law Precedents-Legal Precedents NSW

Insurance

  • Mann's Annotated Insurance Law 
  • Sutton on Insurance Law 
  • Wickens Law of Life Insurance in Australia

Local government and planning

  • Alert24 - Property Planning & Environment 
  • Australian Resources Law Reports 
  • Environmental and Planning Law Journal 
  • Environmental Responsibilities Law NSW 
  • Local Government & Environmental Reports Australia 
  • Local Government Index NSW 
  • Local Government Law & Practice NSW 
  • Local Government Law Journal 
  • Local Government Regulations NSW 
  • Local Government Service Victoria 
  • Planning & Development NSW 
  • Planning & Development Queensland 
  • Planning Law in Australia

Media and privacy

  • Alert24 - Media & Communications 
  • Alert24 - Press Gallery 
  • Alert24 Commercial & Media Pack 
  • Media and Internet Law and Practice 
  • Trade Secrets and Privacy

People management

  • Employment Factbook 
  • Practical HR 
  • Premier Payroll Administrator 
  • Termination Payout Calculator

Personal injury and accident compensation

  • Comparable Verdicts in Personal Injury 
  • Claims Dust Diseases & Compensation Reports 
  • Journal of Law and Medicine 
  • Personal Injury Law Manual NSW 
  • Personal Injury Law Manual 
  • Queensland Personal Injury-Legal Precedents NSW

Property

  • Baalman & Wells Land Titles Office Practice NSW 
  • Commercial and Retail Leases in Australia 
  • Conveyancing Manual NSW 
  • Conveyancing Manual Queensland 
  • Conveyancing-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • Jessup's Lands Titles Office: Forms & Practice SA 
  • Land Titles Law & Practice Queensland 
  • Leases-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • Property Law & Practice in Queensland 
  • Strata Titles NSW 
  • Torrens System in NSW 
  • Voumard: The Sale of Land

Wills, succession, trusts and equity

  • Australian Commercial Precedents: Trusts Precedents 
  • Australian Succession & Trusts Law Reports 
  • Australian Succession Law 
  • Estates-Legal Precedents NSW 
  • The Law of Trusts 
  • Wills, Probate and Administration Law in NSW
  • Wills-Legal Precedents NSW

Tax, duties and superannuation

  • Alert 24 - Income Tax 
  • Alert24 - Accounting and Audit 
  • Alert24 - GST 
  • Alert24 - State Duties and Other Taxes 
  • Alert24 - Tax & Accounting Topics Collection
  •  ASIC Financial Services Alert: Email 
  • Australian CGT Handbook 
  • Australian Double Tax Agreements 
  • Australian GST Handbook 
  • Australian Income Tax Commentary 
  • Australian Superannuation Handbook 
  • Australian Superannuation Practice 
  • Australian Tax Reports 
  • Australian Tax Review 
  • Australian Trusts Tax Handbook 
  • Capital Gains Tax Bulletin 
  • Duties Leg NSW Online 
  • Duties Legislation Queensland 
  • Duties Legislation Queensland Online 
  • Duties Legislation South Australia 
  • Duties Legislation Victoria Online 
  • Duties Legislation Western Australia 
  • Duties Legislation Western Australia 
  • Fringe Benefits Tax Bulletin 
  • Fringe Benefits Tax Commentary -Online (Westlaw) 
  • GST Cases Online GST Commentary GST Leg Plus 
  • R&D Tax Offset Commentary 
  • Stamp Duties South Australia 
  • Superannuation & Financial Services Bulletin Online 
  • The Australian Tax Handbook Annual Renewal (Paper) 
  • The Essential SMSF Guide 
  • Weekly Tax Bulletin

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Authorised Law Reports

Westlaw Advantage Australia holds the largest Australian legal database of authorised law reports, covering the High Court, the Federal Court, Fair Work Commission and state superior courts.

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The most comprehensive Australian case law database

As the definitive version of key decisions, authorised law reports are an essential part of any practitioner’s collection.

Authorised law reports cover all Australian jurisdictions:

  • Commonwealth Law Reports
  • Federal Court Reports
  • New South Wales Law Reports
  • Victorian Law Reports
  • Queensland Reports
  • Australian Capital Territory Law Reports
  • Western Australian Reports
  • South Australian State Reports
  • Northern Territory Law Reports
  • Tasmanian Reports

The Laws of Australia

The Laws of Australia  is a comprehensive legal reference offering concise principles, expert commentary, case-law and legislation references, making it an invaluable resource for all major legal areas.

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Simple to navigate, easy to read

The Laws of Australia stands as a complete encyclopedia, offering unmatched breadth and depth on more than 320 topics across 36 subject areas, outlining core legal principles and offering 40,000 legal propositions.

Written in a way that's easy to understand, The Laws of Australia will get you up to speed in new or complex legal areas fast and connects you to extra resources online, making your legal research simpler by putting everything you need in one place.

Australian Law Journals

A leading legal journal covering a wide range of crucial legal issues, past and present.

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One of the oldest and most cited legal journals in Australia

First published in 1927, each monthly part brings you rigorous legal analysis, thoughtful debate and special insight with articles written by specialist editors leading in their fields.

Forms and Precedents

Essential documents with practical assistance covering all the common areas of legal practice. Your starting point for drafting on-point legal documents.

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Forms and precedents paired with expert guidance

Get access to the Australian Commercial Precedents, NSW Precedents and Victorian Precedents covering common areas of legal practice including family law, conveyancing, wills and estates, ASIC-related transactions and more – all with practical guidance built in.