eFocus pocus: a legal citator is reborn

Sept. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- The new JustCite: “one of the few technological developments that genuinely succeeds in making a lawyer’s life easier”

A decade after its first release, the third and most mould-breaking incarnation of Justis Publishing’s(i) provider-neutral JustCite citator and search engine is going live.

Designed for and currently used by over 20,000 legal practitioners and researchers in Britain, Ireland and beyond, JustCite cannot easily be categorised. But of its many facets, those most improved by the new platform include:

* Speculative keyword searches, which bring the most relevant cases to the fore more quickly than you’d find them in a textbook

* New information page displays, that help users see how the cases they’re interested in relate to each other, including a snapshot of the case’s “status”

* Easier-to-use deep links into third-party full-text databases, all reached through a single point of entry

Much of the development of the new JustCite has relied on the input from an eFocus Group comprising a wide range of individuals from barristers’ chambers, law firms, universities and the public sector.

Seán Jones, a leading barrister specialising in employment and discrimination law at 11KBW(ii) in London, is a member of the electronic focus group. He said: “The new JustCite stands out as being one of the few technological developments that genuinely succeeds in making a lawyer’s life easier.”

Justis Publishing’s managing director, Masoud Gerami, said: “I am delighted that the new JustCite platform has culminated in what we set out to do which was to combine the highest quality content with our most advanced technology, and produce a first class legal citator. The extra editorial added value and technologies for intelligent searching and ranking will make JustCite more of a must-have tool for serious legal professionals around the globe.”

For further information, please call +44 (0)20 7267 8989 or email press@justis.com.

(i) Justis Publishing Ltd has been publishing legal and parliamentary titles online and on CD-ROM since 1986 and in recent years has developed a citator to complement its own and third-party services. The company has secured a leading position in the sector, concentrating on United Kingdom, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union legal, official and business information. Justis Publishing’s customers come from legal and financial professions, government and the academic community in 84 countries worldwide.

(ii) 11 King’s Bench Walk in London is at the forefront of emerging areas of civil practice. For the last 25 years members of chambers have been involved in the leading cases that have interpreted the ever-increasing range of employment rights. Similarly, it has embraced European law and Human Rights law as their penetration of English law has deepened. This pioneering work has continued more recently with, for example, its significant involvement in the fields of education law and information law.

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Justis Publishing Ltd has been publishing legal and parliamentary titles online and on CD-ROM since 1986 and in recent years has developed a citator to complement its own and third-party services. The company has secured a leading position in the sector, concentrating on United Kingdom, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union legal, official and business information. Justis Publishing’s customers come from legal and financial professions, government and the academic community in 84 countries worldwide.