There are always a lot of requests for sources on Australian cases, or to know how to find NSWLR. Here are some tips (comment is needed on this page for further sources)

• NSWLR - New South Wales Law Reports. Published in Australia on Thomson Reuters or Lexis Nexis AU. In the UK, they are available from the British Library (1974-) but unsure if this is on their Document Supply based on the catalogue record. The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies also hold the series from 1971.
• AustLii is an excellent source for case law. Includes High Court of Australia (HCA) from 1903, Federal Court of Australia from 1977, plus much much more. Note: it doesn't cover the older NSWLR cases. See the databases page if AusLii for more information on coverage.
• Law Link is an online government portal to law in New South Wales. Provides links to case reports. Have noticed it includes NSWCA - presume these are appeal cases.
• Federal Court of Australia - site has some judgments on it which are not on AustLii, but there is only a small number. Otherwise it seems to link to AustLii.

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