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| Search terms | Enter your search terms, using connectors to show the relationship between the terms. - Search tips
- Click on this link to view descriptions and examples of the connectors, such as AND, OR, AND NOT, etc., which you may use in constructing your search.
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| Search | To begin the search, click on the Search button. |
| Search within results - Terms | (Appears only when editing a search.) If you have previously entered any
"Search within results" terms in results, those terms will
appear in the text box. You may edit the terms if desired. |
| Sources | Select a source in which to search from the drop-down list. This drop-down list also contains your recent sources, as well as the sources that you have identified as Favourite Sources.  Source Information Icon- To learn more about the contents of a source, click on the "i" icon to the left of the More sources link. The document that appears generally explains such things as: coverage, frequency, update schedule, content summary, publisher and available document sections.
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| Connector | Choose either the And or Or connector. |
| Search within | Select one of the document sections from the drop-down list. Document sections are specific, predefined sections of a document in which you may target your search. For example, you may search for specific words only within the CASE-NAME section or a specific name only within the JUDGES section. You may construct a search entirely out of document sections or combine a document section search with your other search terms. For more information, see How do I search within a document section?. |
| Using Terms | Enter the terms you want to search for. |
| Add to Search | Click on this button to add the terms in the Using Terms box to the Search terms box. |
| Case name | Enter text to search for within the case name. |
| Citation | Enter the case citation. You may ignore brackets and other punctuation. To target your search to a specific page or paragraph of a citation, select Show more search options and then select either the Pagenumber or the Para number option and specify a page or paragraph in the box. |
| Judgment date | You may narrow your search to documents published on a specific day or within the date range you specify. You have several options: - All available dates
- To remove all date restrictions from your search, select All available dates from the drop-down list.
- Today
- To restrict your search to only results from the current day, select this option.
- Date is...
- To search a specific day, select the date on which you wish to search.
- Date is before...
- To search all documents published on or before a specific date, select the Date is before... option from the drop-down list and select the date.
- Date is after...
- To search all documents published on or after a specific date, select Date
is after... in the drop-down list and select the date.
- Date is between...
- To specify a date range, select the date from which you wish to search in the first field and the date to which you wish to search in the second field.
- Select a predefined date restriction
- Previous week, Previous month, Previous 3 months, Previous 6 months, Previous year, Previous 2 years, Previous 5 years, Previous 10 years, Previous 20 years.
- Previous...
- To specify all documents published in the previous n days, weeks, months or years,
select Previous and select the value and the units of time (days,
weeks, months, or years) across which you wish to search.
- Custom
- To base your search on a custom date range, select Custom and specify the
start month, day, and end month.
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| Summary | Enter text to search for within the case summary. This will search the Summary, Catchwords, Headnotes, Decisions and Facts fields. Example: misconduct |
| Court | Select one or more courts in which to search. Example: House of Lords |
| Back to top | Click on this link to return to the top of this search form. |
| Save this search | After entering your search terms, click on this link to save the search
for reuse in the future or to set up the search as a search alert. |