Sweet & Maxwell

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Sweet & Maxwell
Type Subsidiary
Founded As Stephen Sweet 1799, as Alexander Maxwell 1800, as Sweet & Maxwell 1802
Headquarters Andover
Industry publisher
Parent Thomson Reuters
Website www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk

Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications, which joined the Thomson Organization in 1987, and is now part of the Thomson International Legal and Regulatory group. Its British group includes W. Green in Scotland and Round Hall in Ireland, as well as Gee Publishing, which provides regulatory information to business managers. Sweet & Maxwell publishes Westlaw-UK, as well as the Consult Gee, Lawtel, LocalawUK, Legal Hub, and DocDel on-line services. In 2003, its Asia division, with headquarters in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, won the contract to supply law books to the Hong Kong government.

[edit] See also

  • Lawtel, owned by Sweet & Maxwell

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