do you know of a clippings service which would involve a company
watching for mentions of particular court cases in English national
and local newspapers this will be failry mild use so I dont want to
overpay for  the service

where are you based?If your not in England I'll lget you a couple of
addresses? What exactly do you want to know?When? How much is your
budget?Have you tried using googlism,com and working backwards from
there?

I am in england. I havent tried googleism, dont even know what it is
but will look at it now.

I am a lawyer and so this will be a continuing service for my cases so
I can keep cuttings for future reference, scrap book etc!