Advanced Search - Cases
JustCite indexes UK case law from 1163 to the present day as well as Irish cases from 1838, Canadian cases from 1898, Australian cases from 1973 and numerous other Commonwealth jurisdictions.
It is important to understand that in JustCite you will do most of your searching via the main Search box. However, the Advanced Search is useful for handling certain specific search problems which the main search box does not handle well, chiefly where you have disparate, incomplete information about a case such as the name of just one of the parties, and the court.
Search operators are fully supported in the Advanced Search. However, the predictive search and the ability to deal with variations in spelling are restricted to the main Search box and are not available in Advanced Search.
Available Fields
- Parties – Enter all or part of one or more of the parties’ names.
- Citation – The citation is a case’s unique reference and is usually composed of a year, a series abbreviation and a page or case number. Certain series may also require a volume number. This field allows you to put in the relevant parts of a citation into one of four boxes. You can enter neutral citations as well as case report citations with this field. See also: recognised citation formats for cases.
- Court – Enter either the full name of the court or a supported abbreviation. As so many courts in different countries have the same name, there is a standardised list of names and abbreviations available by clicking the question mark.
- Year – Enter a four digit year in the first box of this field to return cases from that year. By entering four digit years in both boxes you can return cases that took place between the two years. You can also specify a chronological cut off point by entering after or before plus a four digit year in the first box.
- Subject – Search for cases on a specific topic. The subject matter for each case is drawn from the catchwords in the reporter’s headnote. If you can’t seem to find what you’re looking for, try entering one or more synonyms (or near synonyms) separated by the OR operator.