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English Legal Sources Available through BLS Library: News

The Guardian: Law

U.K. Legal Blogs

When Was This Guide Last Updated?

This LibGuide was last substantively updated:

On: July 2, 2024

At:  4:39 PM

By: Jean Davis

U.K. Legal News (Subscription)

  • Lexis+ > click left-frame option: Legal News Hub.  Click: All Sections > near bottom of screen, click: UK
    • BLS students, faculty and administrators can select these Law360 UK topics:
      • Commercial Litigation UK, Corporate Crime & Compliance UK, Employment UK, Financial Services UK, Insurance UK, Intellectual Property UK, Pulse UK (= news about the business of law and regulation of the legal industry), and Transactions UK.
      • Tip: At subscription site Law360.com UK, it appears that BLS researchers can only access "Top Stories." 
        • Use Lexis+ Legal News Hub > All Sections > UK  to obtain the text of additional Law360 UK legal news stories/analysis.
  • Westlaw database: United Kingdom Current Awareness describes legal and regulatory developments in the U.K.  Searchable.  BLS students, faculty and administrators also can select narrower databases:
    • Agriculture, Bills, Cases, Communications/Media/IT, Company/Commercial, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Corporate Business Highlights, Criminal Justice, Damages, Employment, European Union, Family/Social Welfare, Finance & Banking, Human Rights, Human Rights Highlights, Immigration, Insolvency, Intellectual Property/Communications Media Highlights, International Law, Landlord & Tenant, Legal Profession, Legislation, Litigation Highlights, Local Government, Newspapers & Journals, Planning & Environment, Private Client, Property, Scots Law, Shipping, Tax, Torts, Transportation, Utilities & Industries, and Official Publications & Press Releases.
  • Additional database: Westlaw UK tab: Current Awareness pull-down menu link:
  • Thomson Reuters Practical Law: UK Home > Legal updates  Searchable.  BLS students, faculty and administrators also can select a specific practice area.

Selected European and U.K. News Sources (Subscription)

News Now: UK Law

News Now: UK Law

  • Culls U.K. legal news from thousands of websites.

Legal News Sources w/ Selected Coverage of U.K. Legal Developments (Subscription)