Valentine’s All the Law of Northern Ireland is now available through the commentary section of the Lexis Library.
The database includes the full annotated text of Acts, Orders, Rules and regulations applying to Northern Ireland, along with a note of relevant Northern Ireland and Irish case law. A few English cases are noted if they are of particular importance to Northern Ireland.
Legislation is arranged according to broad subject areas which can be explored by selecting ‘Valentine’ from the Browse option in the Commentary section of the Lexis Library. The subject areas are grouped under a general statutes heading (GENSTATS) and a criminal statutes heading (CRIMSTATS). The Quick Search option under Commentary also allows keyword searches to be restricted to Valentine’s All the Law of Northern Ireland using the drop-down menu choice.
All the Law of Northern Ireland has been compiled for many years by Barry Valentine, a practicing barrister in Northern Ireland and made available on CD. LexisNexis have now undertaken to continue revising the database and will be looking to further integrate notes within All the Law of Northern Ireland to additional sources within the Lexis Library.