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Hi [USER=26312]@futuretrainee2025[/USER] whenever you are allocated a research task, I think the best thig to do is to actually ask this question to the person assigning the work to you. More senior lawyers sometimes forget the many things that you do not know so will not mention what to them seems obvious. However, in many cases some input from them as to what resources to start with might cut away a lot of research time. For instance, they might know that LexisNexis does not have many resources in that area and that you should only be spending your time on Westlaw.

However, in absence of any precise instructions, these are the steps I would normally take when researching a legal point:

1. General Google search with some key word variations: While this may be surprising, quite a number of senior practitioners start their research in the same manner. In most cases, the benefit will be that you will find some resources giving you some general understanding of the point you are interested in; but in some lucky cases you may find the exact information you are looking for very quickly and save a lot of time.
2. Browse through the relevant statues/regulations and explanatory notes on legislation.gov.uk or other governmental agencies websites (ie PRA, FCA, etc)
3. Westlaw and/or LexisNexis case law or academic article search: in most cases they will be equally good, so if you do not get any input as to which you should prefer for the specific issue, simply go with the one that is easier for you to use.