Ordering Case Versions
In response to customer feedback, from August 30th, Westlaw will display case versions in the following order when a case is reported in multiple report series:
- Authorised Law Reports (e.g., Commonwealth Law Reports, New South Wales Law Reports etc)
- General (e.g., Australian Law Journal Reports, Federal Law Reports)
- Specialist Law Reports (e.g., Australian Criminal Reports, Australian Tax Reports etc)
- Unreported (Westlaw version)
Within the same reports category, if more than one version is available, they will be listed in alphabetical order.
Old experience
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The random order of case versions in the right pane makes it difficult to determine which version to cite.
New experience
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With the new ordering, users can quickly locate the best and most authoritative version from the top of the list in the right pane.
NB: Access to the full text of the Thomson Reuters published case depends on the user's current subscription.