Section citations is the Professional feature most practitioners start with. When you’re reading legislation in JADE, it shows you every case that has cited a specific provision — not just a count, but a list of decisions traced to the exact paragraph where the provision is discussed.

How to use it

Navigate to any piece of legislation in JADE. Expand the “Section Citations” panel on the right side. You’ll see a list of decisions that have judicially considered that specific section, ordered by date.

Three tips that make section citations more useful

1. Sort by date (newest first). The most recent judicial consideration is usually the most relevant for your submission. If there’s a recent High Court or Court of Appeal citation, start there.

2. Look at the paragraph numbers. Each citing case shows you which paragraphs discuss the provision. If the discussion spans paragraphs 45–60, that’s where the substantive analysis lives. Go straight there instead of reading the whole judgment.

3. Pair it with case visualisation. Found a case that cites your provision? Open it and switch to the visualisation view. You’ll see the full citation network — related authorities you’d miss through keyword search alone. From the visualisation, you can trace second-degree citations: cases that cite the case that cites your provision.

Section citations works on all legislation in JADE’s database — Commonwealth, state, and territory statutes across 128 jurisdictions.