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class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Butterworths" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterworths">LexisNexis Butterworths</a> (an imprint of <a href="/wiki/Reed_Elsevier" class="mw-redirect" title="Reed Elsevier">Reed Elsevier</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1907 to date</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Halsbury's Laws of England</b></i> is an encyclopaedia of the <a href="/wiki/Law_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Law in England and Wales">law in England and Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HL_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an alphabetised title scheme for the areas of law, drawing on authorities including <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament (UK)">Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">Measures of the Welsh Assembly</a>, UK <a href="/wiki/Case_law" title="Case law">case law</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_Union_law" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union law">European law</a>. It is written by or in consultation with experts in the relevant field.<sup id="cite_ref-HL_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Halsbury's Laws</i> has an annual and monthly updating service. The encyclopaedia and updates are available in both hard copy and online, with some content available for free online.<sup id="cite_ref-HL_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Editors-in-Chief</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hardinge_Giffard,_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury" title="Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury"> Lord Halsbury</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1907 to 1917</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hogg,_1st_Viscount_Hailsham" title="Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham">Lord Hailsham</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1931 to 1942</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Simonds,_1st_Viscount_Simonds" title="Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds">Viscount Simonds</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">1952 to 1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1973 to 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/James_Mackay,_Baron_Mackay_of_Clashfern" title="James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern">Lord Mackay of Clashfern</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1997 to date</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1907 <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shaw_Bond" title="Stanley Shaw Bond">Stanley Shaw Bond</a>, editor at <a href="/wiki/Butterworths" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterworths">Butterworths</a>, began a project to produce a complete statement of the law of <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a> that was authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date. Bond tracked down the former <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardinge_Giffard,_1st_Earl_of_Halsbury" title="Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury">The Earl of Halsbury</a>, on holiday in <a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> to invite him to be the editor-in-chief of <i>The Laws of England</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lexisnexis.co.uk_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lexisnexis.co.uk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Verification of this source citation failed to find it supporting or even relevant to the material that cites it (September 2017)">irrelevant citation</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Traditionally, the role of editor-in-chief of <i>Halsbury's Laws</i> is held by a former Lord Chancellor, and the current incumbent is <a href="/wiki/James_Mackay,_Baron_Mackay_of_Clashfern" title="James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern">Lord Mackay of Clashfern</a>. </p><p>In 2007, <i>Halsbury's Laws</i> celebrated its centenary with an evening of seminars led by Lord Mackay of Clashfern and professor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Susskind" title="Richard Susskind">Richard Susskind</a>, and the publication of a collection of centenary essays.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_edition">First edition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First edition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cover_page_halsburys.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Cover_page_halsburys.jpg/220px-Cover_page_halsburys.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Cover_page_halsburys.jpg/330px-Cover_page_halsburys.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Cover_page_halsburys.jpg/440px-Cover_page_halsburys.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The title and copyright page of volume 1 of the first edition of <i>Halsbury's Laws of England</i> (1907)</figcaption></figure> <p>The first edition was published in 31 volumes from 1907 to 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-Leslie_F_Maxwell_1957._Page_152_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leslie_F_Maxwell_1957._Page_152-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, new editions have been launched at intervals of about 20 to 30 years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Volume 1 was published in 1907. Its articles run from <a href="/wiki/Action_(legal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Action (legal)">action</a> to <a href="/wiki/Banking" class="mw-redirect" title="Banking">bankers and banking</a>. The volume deals with action, <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_law" title="Admiralty law">admiralty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agency_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Agency (law)">agency</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alien_(law)" title="Alien (law)">aliens</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allotment" class="extiw" title="wikt:allotment">allotments</a>, <a href="/wiki/Animals" class="mw-redirect" title="Animals">animals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arbitration" title="Arbitration">arbitration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auction" title="Auction">auction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bailment" title="Bailment">bailment</a> and bankers and banking.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Volume 2 was published in 1908. Its articles run from <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bills_of_exchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Bills of exchange">bills of exchange</a>. It contains but four treatises, upon bankruptcy and <a href="/wiki/Insolvency_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Insolvency (law)">insolvency</a> (335 pages), <a href="/wiki/Barristers" class="mw-redirect" title="Barristers">barristers</a> (67 pages), <a href="/wiki/Bastardy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bastardy">bastardy</a> (28 pages) and bills of exchange, <a href="/wiki/Promissory_notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Promissory notes">promissory notes</a> and negotiable instruments (124 pages).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Volume 5 (companies) is devoted entirely to company law, and forms a treatise of 768 pages on that subject. After a general consideration of the nature and domicile of companies, the work considers briefly the history of company legislation. Then follows an elaborate treatise on the <a href="/wiki/Companies_(Consolidation)_Act_1908" title="Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908">Companies Act 1908</a>. Special companies, like banking, insurance and public service companies, are considered; as well as chartered companies, the <a href="/wiki/Livery_companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Livery companies">livery companies</a> of the City of London, quasi-corporations, and illegal companies; and a few pages are devoted to foreign companies. The reviewer in the <i>Harvard Law Review</i> thought the table of cases cited must contain at least five thousand cases. He said the importance of this treatise was at once apparent; and that to the commercial lawyer in the Eastern cities of the United States it would be exceedingly useful. </p><p>The articles in volume 11 run from descent to ecclesiastical law. It contains a short article on descent and distribution; a discussion of discovery, inspection and interrogatories, under the English practice; an elaborate article on distress; an article on easements and profits, which the <i>Harvard Law Review</i> said was the most interesting article in the volume to an American lawyer; and an elaborate disquisition on ecclesiastical law. </p><p>The articles in volume 12 run from education to electric lighting and power. The <i>Harvard Law Review</i> said that the articles on education and elections had comparatively little value to the American bar, but the hundred pages devoted to electric lighting and power were useful.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Volume 20 was published in 1911. Its articles run from markets to misrepresentation. It contains articles on markets and fairs (59 pages), master and servant (221 pages), medicine and pharmacy (82 pages), the Metropolis (106 pages), mines, minerals and quarries (156 pages) and misrepresentation and fraud (110 pages). According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_Review" title="Harvard Law Review">Harvard Law Review</a></i>, the article on master and servant was of constant interest to an American lawyer; and that on misrepresentation and fraud, from the master hand of G. Spencer Bower, was a valuable treatise in itself. </p><p>Volume 21 was published in 1912. Its articles run from mistake to partition. It contains articles on mistake (34 pages), money and money lending (29 pages), mortgage (283 pages), negligence (134 pages), notaries (9 pages), nuisance (72 pages), Parliament (197 pages) and partition (59 pages). The <i>Harvard Law Review</i> said that the standard set by the preceding volumes appeared to be maintained and that the series, up to this volume, was a collection of very admirable treatises on English law.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second,_third_and_fourth_editions"><span id="Second.2C_third_and_fourth_editions"></span>Second, third and fourth editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second, third and fourth editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second edition was published in 37 volumes from 1932 to 1941. The editor-in-chief was <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hogg,_1st_Viscount_Hailsham" title="Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham">Viscount Hailsham</a>. The managing editor was Sir <a href="/wiki/Roland_Burrows" title="Roland Burrows">Roland Burrows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second edition of volume 5 was published in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-Leslie_F_Maxwell_1957._Page_152_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leslie_F_Maxwell_1957._Page_152-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second and subsequent editions of the encyclopaedia took the name of the said Earl of Halsbury. </p><p>The third edition was published in 43 volumes from 1952 to 1964. The general editor was <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Simonds,_1st_Viscount_Simonds" title="Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds">Lord Simonds</a>. </p><p>The fourth edition was published in 56 volumes from 1973 to 1987. The editor-in-chief was <a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone</a>. The editor-in-chief of volumes reissued from August 1998 onwards was <a href="/wiki/James_Mackay,_Baron_Mackay_of_Clashfern" title="James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern">Lord Mackay of Clashfern</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fifth_edition">Fifth edition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fifth edition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Publication of the fifth edition began in 2008 and is being published in 103 volumes. It will have a new title scheme, a new updating service, and improved integration of European law. New titles for the fifth edition include, <i>Sports Law</i>, <i>Information Technology Law</i>, <i>Financial Services and Institutions</i>, <i>Judicial Review</i> and <i>Environmental Quality and Public Health</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lexisnexis.co.uk_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lexisnexis.co.uk-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Halsbury_Legal_Awards">Halsbury Legal Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Halsbury Legal Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Halsbury Legal Awards debuted in 2013. They celebrate the value that people in law bring to society. The theme of the awards is: "The Whole of the law. Connected".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The awards recognise the achievements and talents of individuals and teams across the entire legal sector. The Bar, legal practice, in-house counsel, academia and legal journalism are all recognised, as are contribution to the promotion, growth and value of the sector.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Halsbury_Awards">Halsbury Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Halsbury Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Halsbury Awards, in association with the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Association_of_Law_Librarians" title="British and Irish Association of Law Librarians">British and Irish Association of Law Librarians</a>, were sponsored by Halsbury's Laws from 2007 to 2012. They recognise outstanding performance given by legal information services, law libraries and teams managing legal collections and resources.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_publications">Related publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_Australia" title="Halsbury's Laws of Australia">Halsbury's Laws of Australia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_Canada" title="Halsbury's Laws of Canada">Halsbury's Laws of Canada</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_Singapore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halsbury's Laws of Singapore (page does not exist)">Halsbury's Laws of Singapore</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_Malaysia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halsbury's Laws of Malaysia (page does not exist)">Halsbury's Laws of Malaysia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_Hong_Kong" title="Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong">Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_India&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halsbury's Laws of India (page does not exist)">Halsbury's Laws of India</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_New_Zealand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Halsbury's Laws of New Zealand (page does not exist)">Halsbury's Laws of New Zealand</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stair_Memorial_Encyclopaedia" title="Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia">The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Halsbury%27s_Statutes" title="Halsbury's Statutes">Halsbury's Statutes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Halsbury%27s_Statutory_Instruments" title="Halsbury's Statutory Instruments">Halsbury's Statutory Instruments</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Is_it_in_Force%3F" title="Is it in Force?">Is it in Force?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destination_Tables" title="Destination Tables">Destination Tables</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LexisNexis_Butterworths" class="mw-redirect" title="LexisNexis Butterworths">LexisNexis Butterworths</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halsbury%27s_Laws_of_England&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Marke, J J. <i>A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University</i>. 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