Westlaw New Zealand

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NZ Cases and Legislation

Westlaw NZ’s primary law collection includes New Zealand’s most extensive collection of cases, access to all current New Zealand legislation, as well as historic and future legislation versions.

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Expertly Authored Commentary

Westlaw NZ’s commentary collection includes many of New Zealand's most-cited works across many practice areas, providing practical advice to lawyers, judges, students and academics.

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Precedents, Practical Commentary and Workflows

Westlaw NZ’s collection of Precedents, Practical Commentary and Workflows includes 2,800+ templates, practical guides and step-by-step workflows to help make your legal practice more efficient.

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Books on Westlaw NZ

Westlaw NZ’s online book collection includes 50+ titles, representing New Zealand best legal writing. Book titles are now available as PDFs (separate subscription), enhancing flexibility and usability.

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Advanced features for smarter legal research

KeyCite™

New Zealand’s most complete, accurate, and current citator allows you to verify whether a case or legislation provision is still good law and find citing references to support your legal argument.

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Tracker analytics

Tracker Analytics allows you to get data-driven insights on judges, courts, lawyers, law firms, case types and outcomes within specialised areas of litigation to inform your strategy.

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NewsRoom with Reuters

Newsroom with Reuters combines thousands of key newspapers, newswires and business-to-business publications, including selected New Zealand news publications and selected news from Reuters.

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What do our customers think?

Colette Mackenzie, Director, Greg Kelly Trust Law
Greg Kelly Trust Law

At Greg Kelly Trust Law, we see Westlaw NZ as an indispensable partner in our legal practice. In particular, the case law and up-to-date legislation and citation information are crucial for ensuring we are accessing the most up to date information available.  Westlaw NZ helps us maintain the highest standards of legal excellence and client service.

Colette Mackenzie, Director, Greg Kelly Trust Law

Awards & recognition

Australasian Lawyer and NZ Laywer - Best Legal Research Software - 2024 Service Provider Award
Australian AI Award 2024 - Winner - AI Innovator - Legal Services - Enterprise
2024 Lawtech Award - Winner - IT Product of the Year
Australasian Law Awards - Winner - 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2023