Document Delivery for Subscribing Practitioners

How to place an order

To place an order, please use a general order form and send to ds.ials@sas.ac.uk

Note that alternative forms are available if the item requested is for judicial proceedings or non-commercial purposes; judicial proceedings or non-commercial purposes

If you prefer to email details of your request, please include:

• A citation or details of the item required
• The recipient’s email address (if different from your own)
• A reference number (if required) for your invoice

Send your email order to ds.ials@sas.ac.uk. Please include the judicial proceedings or non-commercial copyright exemption forms if applicable.

Please note that due to licensing agreements we cannot supply from or permit access to most subscription electronic resources and databases.

Item Cost

Standard Fee

£35.00 for each item supplied irrespective of method of delivery or destination and inclusive of any copyright fee payable (excludes items which attract a high copyright fee).  

The Library reserves the right to charge higher prices for certain items where necessary to reasonably cover costs. For example, journal articles and legislation over 100 pages will be charged as one item per 50 pages.

High Copyright Fee

£47.00 for each item supplied irrespective of method of delivery or destination and inclusive of any copyright fee payable for those items that attract the higher copyright fee.  We will check to see if you are happy to pay the higher fees before processing your order.

Judicial Proceedings (JP) or Non-Commercial Purpose (NCP)

£19.62 per item if accompanied by a JP or NCP form.  This includes items that fall into the high copyright fee category.

Items

An item =

• A single law report
• A single journal article
• 1 chapter or part chapter from a book
• A single piece of original legislation
• 1 chapter (or part thereof) of a copyright work

It is at the discretion of the Library to determine the charge for any material not included in the above list. 

Transaction charges are billed at the beginning of the following month and exclude VAT where applicable.

Electronic Delivery

Items will normally be delivered by email to CLA licence holders**.

Alternative Delivery Options

Delivery by fax, courier or post available on request. Items can also be collected from IALS.

**Important copyright update:

The Copyright Licensing Agency has amended IALS’s Document Delivery License so that from 1st October 2016, IALS will only be able to send PDF items over email to firms that have:

• A CLA Law Licence
• A CLA Multinational Law Licence
• Submitted a Judicial Proceedings or Non-commercial Purposes form with each order

If you do not have a CLA Law Licence or a CLA Multinational Law Licence and you have not submitted a judicial proceedings or non-commercial purposes form with your order then we can send items using one of the following methods at no extra cost:

• Fax
• Post
• Courier
• Collect at IALS

Further information about the CLA Licence is available on the CLA website: https://www.cla.co.uk/business/licences-for-law

Please select:

Judicial Proceedings Form (PDF)

For the purposes of parliamentary or judicial proceedings and for use with high fee items.

NCP – Non-commercial Purpose (PDF)

For research for a non-commercial purpose or private study and for use with high fee items.

Effective from 01 August 2017

Notes:

1. UK firms, or UK offices of overseas firms, should include all FTE lawyers in all branch offices in the UK.
2. Overseas offices of overseas firms, and overseas offices of UK firms, should make separate application.

Transaction charges are billed at the beginning of the following month and invoices will be emailed to customers. We include a transaction summary with the invoice showing details of each order. Please indicate whether you would like us to add your own reference or client number to the invoice when you make an order.

For orders and enquiries:

Email: ds.ials@sas.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7862 5757
Fax: +44 (0)20 7862 5770

For anything else please email our Academic Services Manager laura.griffiths@sas.ac.uk