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Kirmani v Captain Cook Cruises Pty Ltd (1985) 159 CLR 351 (27 February 1985) Interpreting a legal citation

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Caselaw

• Australian Law Reports via LexiaNexis AU
• CCH reports via CCH Online
• Commonwealth Law Reports via LawBook Online
• All England Reports via LexisNexis AU
• New South Wales Law Reports via LexisNexis AU
• Queensland Reports 1974+ via LexisNexis AU
• Victorian Reports via LexisNexis AU

For additional Australian reports, use:

• LexisNexis AU;
• LawBook Online
• search the library catalogue for the title of the report series

For United States, United Kingdom, Canadian and other jurisdiction caselaw, use:

• Lexis.com
• Westlaw International

For copies of unreported judgements, go to:

• AustLII
• the web site for the relevant court

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Citators and annotators

• CASEBASE via LexisNexis AU
• Federal Statutes Annotations via LexisNexis AU
• Firstpoint via LawBook Online
• Queensland Legal Indices (QLI) Online
• Queensland Legislation Case Annotations via LexisNexis AU

Legal encyclopaedias and dictionaries

• Halsburys' Laws of Australia via LexisNexis AU
• The Laws of Australia via LawBook Online
• Australian Legal Words and Phrases via LexisNexis AU
• Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary via LexisNexi AU

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