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Westlaw New Zealand - How to find cases on a point of law using the Key Number System

Last Published: July 19, 2023

The Key Number System identifies and indexes legal concepts so you can find cases stating or applying a legal concept. 

Experienced legal editors have read, summarised and classified case law by topic and subtopics that represent specific points of law. Each specific point of law is assigned a unique number, called a Key Number.

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