Westlaw New Zealand features

Work faster with AI-Assisted Research

• Drastically reduce the time spent on initial research, freeing you up to focus on higher-value strategic work. Frame your query as a clear, specific question, as if asking a colleague for guidance.
• Get thorough, synthesised answers grounded in trusted Westlaw New Zealand authority, with every statement linked to the original source for easy verification.

Effortlessly structure your legal research

• Organise your findings into a clear, coherent outline with Outline Builder.
• Drag and drop key insights to efficiently compile your research and strengthen your legal arguments.
• Save time and maintain clarity by structuring information in a way that supports better analysis and decision-making.
• Export a clean, organised, and fully-cited outline directly to Word, giving you a perfect head start on your final document.

Keep list & hide details to focus on what matters most

• Stay focused on essential research findings with Keep List, bookmarking the documents that matter most.
• Minimise distractions with Hide Details, keeping your workspace clean and organised.
• Streamline your legal research and quickly assess key documents for a more efficient, productive research process.

Uncover hidden connections with KeyCite™ 

• Understand how legal authorities interconnect and how precedent develops over time.
• Find additional, persuasive authorities to support your position that you wouldn't have found through conventional research methods.
• Conduct smarter legal research with current and valid law.
• Rely on KeyCite for clear, confident and comprehensive insights.

Streamline your case law research with Tracker Analytics

• Quickly find cases with comparable sentences and awards.
• Leverage streamlined search and interactive data visualisations to spot trends and outcomes.
• Access coverage across key practice areas – criminal sentencing, employment personal grievances, resource management prosecutions, accident compensation appeals, and health and safety at work prosecutions.