Sweet & Maxwell Launches First Online-Only Encyclopedia of U.K. Law
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Westlaw UK Insight will aim to cover the entire law of the United Kingdom;
encyclopedia integrates with Social Media Platforms
London, December 13, 2012 - Sweet & Maxwell, a Thomson Reuters business and a
leading provider of legal solutions, today announced the launch of the first
online-only encyclopedia that aims to cover the entire law of the United
Kingdom. Westlaw UK Insight is specifically designed to offer timely guidance on
the law and to promote greater collaboration through its integration with social
media platforms.
Westlaw UK Insight is a dynamic, web-based encyclopedia that features
interpretation and analysis of the law written by experts. Designed to be easy
and simple to use, the encyclopedia features an intuitive, topic-based index
that allows users to efficiently navigate from broad overviews of a topic down
to more detailed statements and research materials, enabling them to get up to
speed on a point of law quickly, and then move on to more high-value work.
The encyclopedia includes a host of new articles written by up to 100 experts,
including leading solicitors, barristers and academics, offering users insight
from some of the smartest minds in the legal profession. It covers a vast range
of subjects from commercial law to contaminated land and sports law, contracts
of employment, to the laws governing internet trolling, and more.
Unlike other legal encyclopedias, Westlaw UK Insight is not constrained by print
schedules, so content is updated in immediate response to changes in the law,
resulting in a timelier source of guidance on U.K. law.
Connect through Twitter and LinkedIn
Westlaw UK Insight is built specifically for online use and comes with the added
benefit of integrating with social media platforms, in particular Twitter and
LinkedIn. This key functionality enables users to more readily share content and
articles from the encyclopedia, and to connect with their virtual networks on a
more real-time basis about changes to the law.
Users can also take advantage of features that allow for an added degree of
personalisation. With Westlaw UK Insight, users have the ability to watch topics
and articles of particular interest, with watched topics appearing as bookmarks
on the Insight home page, which will change in appearance when the topic has
been updated. Email alerts can then be created to track these topics and
articles, and updates are received as they happen.
Westlaw UK Insight is an evolving and growing initiative and at initial launch
will focus mostly on U.K.-wide, or English law. Content for other jurisdictions
and topics will be added throughout 2013, with the aim of making Westlaw UK
Insight a comprehensive statement of the law in the United Kingdom, covering
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
"I'm delighted to see one of our most ambitious initiatives get off to such a
strong start," said Teri Hawksworth, managing director, Thomson Reuters Sweet &
Maxwell. "Westlaw UK Insight is a new breed of legal encyclopedia, designed
around the way today's lawyers want to work. The result is not only a powerful
resource, but succinct, up-to-date expert guidance on the law that enables
lawyers to find solutions to their clients' issues quickly."
Westlaw UK Insight is edited by Daniel Greenberg, barrister and parliamentary
counsel for more than 20 years in U.K. government service, and now in the
Parliamentary team at Berwin, Leighton Paisner LLP.
"Sweet & Maxwell has brought together a leading team of contributors for this
exciting new online encyclopedia," said Daniel Greenberg, general editor of
Westlaw UK Insight and Annotated Statutes. "Westlaw UK Insight includes hundreds
of articles, each of which gives a brief overview of a subject, links to the
underlying core materials for further research, and provides analyses of
particular areas of complexity or fluidity. I look forward to growing the list
of contributors and to making it one of the most interactive resources covering
the whole of the law of the United Kingdom."
Westlaw UK Insight is part of the core Westlaw UK solution from Sweet & Maxwell.
It is designed to appeal to all legal professionals across the industry and is
available to existing subscribers of Westlaw UK.
To learn more about Westlaw UK Insight, please visit:
http://www.westlaw.co.uk/insight/
Sweet & Maxwell, through its highly acclaimed online services Westlaw UK and
Lawtel and its print and other digital publications, is now the leading provider
of information and solutions to the legal and professional markets in the UK and
Ireland.
Part of Thomson Reuters and with over 200 years of history and heritage in legal
publishing, Sweet & Maxwell offers detailed and specialist knowledge,
understanding, interpretation and commentary across a wide range of subjects in
a variety of formats to meet customers' needs - online, books, journals,
periodicals, looseleafs and DVDs.
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