Commonwealth Case Law Portal Launched
According to today’s Star – that’s the Malaysian version – MyLawBox has launched
the first case law portal for Commonwealth nations. The portal is targeted at law firms, local and international businesses, law schools and their students, and covers countries often overlooked by such initiatives. The 11 countries whose laws and cases are covered at the website are Malaysia, Brunei, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The website offers trial cases, legislation and articles on the law from these countries.
Users will also be able to look up previous cases, legal forms, a legal dictionary, international treaties, practice notes and foreign legal precedents. And relevant cases can be printed out for submission to a court.
According to the Press Release,
Currently there are over 100,000 cases uploaded on the website from the 11 countries namely Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Pakistan, Canada, South Africa and Hong Kong. Updates of these cases online will be done daily.
Funny that no-one’s told them about Austlii, Bailii and Canlii.
While the Virtual Tour is interesting, it seems like every item, except caselaw is still being built, and the Canadian content is behind a log-in screen, so I can’t tell how deep it is.
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