Legal information and analytics provider LexisNexis has created a powerful research tool for UK lawyers
Lexis+ UK, officially launched this week, brings together the UK’s largest legal research database, including content such as Halsbury’s Laws of England, Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and Atkins’s Court Forms and combines these with specialist practitioner texts, case law and LexisNexis Practical Guidance content.
According to the company, for the first time, this vast collection of legal intelligence can be accessed easily through one simple but powerful search. Lexis+ UK uses Search Term Maps, which let users visually pinpoint key sections of content, cases and documents. Search Trees graphically illustrate how search terms are applied, making it simple to find what users need.
It uses AI-powered technology and has a range of features to make searches faster and easier, for example, a timeline graphically presents amendments to legislation so lawyers can see at a glance what has changed and when. Pinned Sources give one-click access to regularly consulted publications, taking users straight to the relevant points in texts.
It has also been designed to make it easy for lawyers to collaborate on a piece of work. Its work folders feature dynamic workspaces that can be shared with colleagues and allow document annotations and information to be added along the way.
Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO, LexisNexis UK and North America, said Lexis+ ‘has already proven invaluable in other markets around the world’.
More content and features are to be added in the next few months, including Legal News Hub using content from MLex and Law360.
Jeff Pfeifer, Chief Product Officer, LexisNexis UK and North America, said: ‘Lexis+ UK has been designed for the ways that lawyers work. Regardless of where or how a user starts a legal task, they will be guided to the information that best addresses their legal question.’
