Library Guides: Company Law & Corporate Governance: Databases

Databases and News Alert

Database News

CCH NZ & Aust (IntelliConnect) database has updated to CCH iKnowConnect. A good database for Commercial Law content such as Employment, Company, Tax and covers NZ and Aust content.

Capital Letter is now online: Court judgment summaries from the New Zealand High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. It also provides updates on legislation, statutory reviews and general reviews. Judgments Express also available. Set up your own alerts.

NZ Recommended Databases

Lexis Advance This link opens in a new window Primarily covers NZ legislation, cases, commentary and journals. Also includes Australian and UK content
CCH New Zealand and Australia This link opens in a new window Tax cases and resources for Australia and New Zealand.
New Westlaw This link opens in a new window Formerly Westlaw NZ/Aust. Collection of New Zealand and Australian legal databases, including case law, legislation, commentary, journal and current awareness. AUT subscribes to most content available. A Thomson Reuters product.

Specific Databases - New Zealand

New Zealand and International Databases

This is the full list of Law databases available. Many databases contain Case Law, Legislation, Commentary and Journal Articles. You may wish to use the more specific Tabs above to access those specific modules within the databases.

AGIS Plus Text This link opens in a new window Attorney-Generals Information Service. Access to journal articles from published material on all aspects of law. Includes Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals, and selected articles from major law journals from the United States, Canada and the UK. 2 concurrent users.
CCH New Zealand and Australia This link opens in a new window Tax cases and resources for Australia and New Zealand. Now available with the new IntelliConnect interface.See also Taxation Guide

HeinOnline HeinOnline provides electronic fulltext access to hundreds of key American, Canadian and international legal periodicals. A variety of legal topics are covered.
ICLR (The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting The authorised publisher of the official series of The Law Reports for the Superior and Appellate Courts of England and Wales. The ICLR Law Reports have been removed from the Justis Database and now available here.
LawCite - via AustLII website LawCite is an automatically generated international legal case citator. Use to locate judgments and to see how these have been subsequently dealt with and commented upon. LawCite includes all references to all decisions that it can identify. There is no editorial decision making as to what is included and what is not. Over 15,000 Law Report and journal series are currently indexed with over two million cases and law journal articles in the database from around the world.The current emphasis is on common law countries, but this is being gradually extended to include civil law jurisdictions as well.

Lexis Advance This link opens in a new window Primarily covers NZ legislation, cases, commentary and journals. Also includes Australian and UK content
New Westlaw This link opens in a new window Formerly Westlaw NZ/Aust. Collection of New Zealand and Australian legal databases, including case law, legislation, commentary, journal and current awareness. AUT subscribes to most content available. A Thomson Reuters product.
Westlaw Classic This link opens in a new window Formerly Westlaw International. Legislation, case law, commentary and law reviews and journals from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, European Union and other jurisdictions. Coverage varies for different countries and states. Australian legal content has moved to the WestlawNZ database. International New coverage includes significant Australian and NZ content.

International Recommended Databases

BestCase (via WestlawNext Canada) This link opens in a new window