September 2006

Welcome to the September Westlaw UK What's New.

Inside this issue:

• Commercial Law Cases available on Westlaw UK
• Naming WestClip Alerts Update
• Internet Explorer Support for Macintosh Users
• New Westlaw UK Worldwide - Business Public Record Subscription
• Financial Times Embargo

Commercial Law Cases available on Westlaw UK 

We are pleased to announce that the Commercial Law Cases (CLC - RPTS), starting from 1994 to present, will be available on Westlaw UK from September 5, 2006. This series includes full text judgments of commercial cases heard in:

• House of Lords
• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
• Court of Appeal (Civil and Criminal Divisions)
• Queen's Bench Division
• Chancery Division of the High Court (including the Commercial Court, the Admiralty Court and Official Referees' Business)

This adds a further 1,200 cases to Westlaw UK’s current archive of over 186,000 cases and transcripts in full text.

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Naming WestClip Alerts Update

There has been new functionality added to the WestClip Alert centre on Westlaw UK. When creating a WestClip Alert, you will now be able to enter up to 40 characters to name your Alert.

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Internet Explorer support for Macintosh users

Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer for Macintosh on December 31, 2005. If you attempt to access Westlaw UK using Internet Explorer on a Macintosh, you will be offered a link to download Apple's Safari browser, shown on the following screen.

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New Westlaw UK Worldwide - Business Public Records Subscription

Westlaw UK Worldwide has a new Business and Public Records subscription available for purchase. Business Public Records contains general company content, including detailed company information, professional licenses (US), corporate filings, and worldwide business tracking from Dun & Bradstreet.

A selection of databases provided in this subscription are listed below:

BUS-TRACK

The BUS-TRACK database provides information on companies and professionals, and is used to locate businesses, identify potential clients, or obtain basic information about specific businesses.

This database combines a number of sources for locating and evaluating companies worldwide and is enhanced with views from the following sources: D&B WORLDBASE (Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.); CORP-ALL (Corporate Records); BUSFIND-ALL (Business Finder Records); and FBN-ALL ("Fictitious Business Name" records).

BUS-TRACK records typically include the following fields:

• Business Name
• Business Address
• Contact/Executive name

CORP-ALL

The CORP-ALL database contains state Corporate, Limited Partnership, Partnership and Reserved Name records from 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

EA-ALL

The EA-ALL database provides information on executives and businesses. EA-ALL is typically used to identify executives and business affiliations, identify potential clients, or obtain basic information about specific businesses. EA-ALL includes executive and business affiliations for active and inactive records. 

DNBBD-ALL

The Dun & Bradstreet Business Directory provides access to business backgrounds of approximately 15 million US companies. 

DMI-US

Dun & Bradstreet Market Identifier records typically include the following fields:

• Company name
• Location type
• Address
• City
• State
• Phone number
• DUNS number
• Primary SIC code
• Executive name

For more information about the Business Public Records subscription, please contact your Westlaw UK Account Manager or call 0800 028 2200.

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From September 1, 2006 the Financial Times imposed a 24-hour embargo on its content. Westlaw UK customers are unable to access the FT material until 24 hours after FT have published in hard copy and on their own site. Please note this embargo affects all data providers.

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