Changing countries

CourtAid organises all research by country. When you switch country, you change which court database, legislation, and filters are available.

Country selector showing available countries

Supported countries

Country	What's included
Australia	Federal and state/territory courts, legislation, and the Constitution
New Zealand	NZ courts, legislation, and legal categories
United Kingdom	UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland courts and legislation
United States	Federal and state case law via CourtListener (restricted access)

United States is only available to authorised users. If you don't see it in your country list, contact support.

How to change country

There are three ways to switch:

1. Sidebar (recommended)

At the bottom of the left sidebar, next to your name, click the flag icon. A searchable list of countries appears — select the one you need.

This is the quickest way to switch while navigating the app.

2. Filters panel

Open Filters (from the chat input bar or the Search page) and change the Country dropdown at the top of the panel.

Filters panel with country selector

This is useful when you want to change country and set other filters at the same time.

3. Automatic suggestion

If CourtAid detects that your browser timezone suggests a different country than the one you're currently using, a dialog will ask:

Switch country? Stay on [current country] · Switch to [suggested country]

This only appears once per session. You can always change manually later.

What happens when you switch

When you select a new country:

1. The URL updates — e.g. from /au/chat to /uk/chat

2. You stay on the same page type — if you were on Search, you'll still be on Search

3. Filters reset to match the new country — jurisdiction and court options change

4. Your preference is saved — if you're signed in, CourtAid remembers your default country

Country-specific differences

Not every country has the same filters or document types:

Feature	AU	NZ	UK	US
Document Type filter	✅	✅	✅	✅
Jurisdiction filter	✅	❌	✅	✅
Court filter	✅	✅	✅	❌
Categories filter	✅	✅	✅	❌
Constitution	✅ (AU only)	❌	❌	❌

Australia

Full filter set including Federal and all states/territories, grouped courts, and legal categories.

New Zealand

Document Type, Court, and Categories. No separate jurisdiction filter.

United Kingdom

Jurisdiction covers UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Courts and categories available.

United States

Document Type shows Case Law (Opinions) and Legislation. Jurisdiction covers Federal and all 50 states plus DC. Court and Categories filters are not used.

Tips

• Set country before you start — switching mid-research means re-running your query against a different database

• Check the flag — the flag icon in the chat input bar shows which country your current query will use

• Multi-jurisdiction practices — complete your research in one country, switch, and re-run. See Common use cases