Revamped Legal Reference System

Enriched Judgment Information

Appeal History

1. Useful tool for judges adjudicating appeal cases.

2. Appeared as a link to bring up the “Appeal History Page” showing Case Appeal history, Reportage information and Appeal remarks.

Enriched Judgment Information

Reportage

1. Shown in purple text

2. Cross-references to Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest for reported judgments.

Case Citation – Judgment

Judgment Citator

1. All judgments can be cited upon click of a button.

2. Citation pattern = Parties + Judgment Date + Case Number

3. Citation can be pasted in an email, a Word document, PowerPoint slideshow, etc.

Case Citation – Paragraph

Paragraph Citator

1. A further enhancement to the Judgment Citator function.

2. Paragraph Citator cited the judgment and pin-pointed to the exact paragraph(s).

3. Useful for citing particular paragraph(s) in a long judgment.

Case Citation - Benefits

Benefits

1. Useful tool for dissemination of information

2. Effective document delivery services.

3. Enhance “Search and Share” capability

4. Promote Hypertext Link rich documentary

Enhanced Search Function

Contemporary Searching interface

1. Basic and Advanced Search4 search criteria specified in Advanced Search

2. Boolean Search Options- Any of these words- Words in any order- This phrase

3. Keyword markup

Enhanced Search Function

Versatile Searching Features

1. Selectable Search Scope- Judgment- Practice Directions

2. Enhanced Field Search- Precise location by Case number and Judgment Date- Chinese Judgments

3. Support for Chinese Query

4. Stemming – search of English word variants