Law: Cases

Article by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR), who publish The Law Reports and the Weekly Law Reports.

Another short article by the ICLR. Read "What is a law report?" first.

Less than a minute overview of a law report by Routledge publishers.

Read this for information on which law report publication you should cite when a case has been reported in multiple publications. This practice direction was issued by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. It sets out practice and procedure for citing authorities and applies throughout the Senior Courts of England and Wales, including the Crown Court, in county
courts and in magistrates’ courts.

Summary of the purpose and format of neutral citations issued by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

Legislation.gov.uk carries most (but not all) types of legislation and their accompanying explanatory documents. The site holds all primary legislation from 1988 to the present day and most pre-1988 primary legislation. It also holds secondary legislation from 1987, including UK Statutory Instruments, although these are only as enacted.

BAILII provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet. For information on which judgements are added to the database see www.bailii.org/bailii/summary-cases.html

This database allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications or search a publication title to find the approved abbreviation.

UK Parliament webpage that sets out the proposals for new laws, and plans to change existing laws, that are presented for debate before Parliament.

The Official Report (Hansard) is the edited report of proceedings of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.