UK and Irish Law Online
This page provides links to selected sources of online case law and legislation in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) and IRLII (Irish Legal Information Institute), which provide comprehensive collections of British and Irish primary legal materials on the Internet. It should be noted that online versions of case law and legislation are generally unofficial; therefore, users should check the official paper versions, as necessary.
- Court of Appeal:
- Civil Division
- Criminal Division
High Court:- Administrative Court
- Admiralty Division
- Chancery Division
- Commercial Court
- Supreme Court Cost Office
- Exchequer Court
- Family Division
- King's Bench Division
- Mercantile Court
- Patents Court
- Queen's Bench Division
- Technology and Construction Court
Patents County Court- Year Books
Case Law: United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom came into existence 1 October 2009 and is now the highest court in the United Kingdom, replacing the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords. The Supreme Court hears civil appeal cases from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, as well as criminal appeal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also takes over the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The court website will publish decided cases after judgments are handed down. Details of current cases are provided.
House
of Lords
The UK Parliament provides the full text of all House of Lords
judgments delivered from 14 November 1996 to 30 July 2009. During this period, the House of Lords was the final court of appeal on points of law for all civil law cases in the UK and all criminal cases in England and Wales and Northern Ireland. The judgments listed
alphabetically by year. A site search engine is provided. Judgments since 2005 are available as PDF files. House
of Lords decisions from 1996 to 2009 are also available with full
search facilities via BAILII.
Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council
The Privy Council Office makes available full-text judgments of
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). The JCPC is the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council or, in the case of Republics, to the Judicial Committee. It was also the court of final appeal
for determining devolution issues in the UK until this jurisdiction was transferred to the Supreme Court on 1 October 2009. The judgments
are listed under key judgments before 1999 and annually for each
year since. The list gives details of the case name, origins, date
of judgment, and report. Decisions since 1996 and selected
historical decisions are also available with full search facilities
via BAILII.
Case Law: England and Wales
Court
of Appeal (Civil Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions
of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. It includes all decisions as provided by the official shorthandwriters for the period between May 1996 and August 1999, all significant handed down
decisions from August 1999 onwards, and all the substantive decisions of the court since
January 2003. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity
search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Court
of Appeal (Criminal Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions
of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
It includes all decisions as provided by the official shorthandwriters for the period between May 1996 and August 1999, some significant handed
down decisions from August 1999 onwards (it does not contain extempore decisions after August 1999), and all the substantive decisions of the court
since January 2003. The decisions can be searched using Boolean
or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year.
High Court
High
Court (Administrative Court)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions
of the Administrative Court of the Queen's Bench Division of the
High Court of England and Wales (previously known as the Crown Office
List). It includes all decisions as provided by the official shorthandwriters for the period between May 1996 and August 1999, some
significant handed down decisions from August 1999 onwards, and
all the substantive
decisions of the court since January 2003. The decisions can be
searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically
by party name and chronologically by year.
High Court (Admiralty Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions of the Admiralty Division of the High Court of England and Wales since 2000. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically
by party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court (Chancery Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions
of the Chancery Division of the High Court of England and Wales
since 1595. The
decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods,
or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court (Commercial Court)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions
of the Commercial Court of the High Court of England and Wales since 1995. The decisions
can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed
alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year. The Commercial
Court & Admiralty Court page on the Courts Service website
provides daily lists and access to a subject index to Commercial
and Admiralty Court cases.
High Court (Supreme Court Cost Office)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions of the Supreme Court Cost Office of the High Court of England and Wales since 2000. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year.
High Court (Exchequer Court)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains selected decisions of the Exchequer Court of the High Court of England and Wales from 1584 to 1864. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by
party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court (Family Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions
of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales since 1990. The decisions
can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed
alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High Court (King's Bench Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains selected decisions of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales from 1573 to 1949. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High Court (Mercantile Court)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions of the Mercantile Court of the High Court of England and Wales since 2001. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court (Patents Court)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions
of the Patents Court of the High Court of England and Wales since 1997. The decisions
can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed
alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court (Queen's Bench Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains selected
decisions of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of England
and Wales since 1591, including some Division Court decisions. Administrative Court
and Crown Office List decisions are in a separate
BAILII database of Administrative Court decisions. The decisions
can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed
alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court (Technology and Construction Court)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions
of the Technology and Construction Court of the High Court of England
and Wales made available through the Court Service since 1997. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search
methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Patents County Court
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions of the Patents County Court of the of England and Wales since 2006. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically
by party name and chronologically by year.
The Year Books, 1268-1535
This database, compiled by Professor David J. Seipp of Boston University, provides a searchable index to and paraphrase of Year Book reports printed in the chronological series for all years between 1268 and 1535. The Year Books are a series of reports of cases written in the Anglo-Norman language, commencing in the 13th century and extant either in manuscript copies or in print.
Case Law: Scotland
Scottish
Court of Session
The Scottish Courts website provides a collection of full-text decisions
from the Scottish Court of Session from September 1998 to date,
including opinions in commercial cases from January 1998. Users
can search the decisions by keyword or by type, date, name of judge
or judges, pursuer/appellant, defender/respondent, and type of action.
The decisions are also available via BAILII
where they can be browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year or searched using Boolean or proximity search methods.
High Court of Justiciary
The Scottish Courts website provides full-text criminal opinions of the Scottish High Court of Justiciary from December 1997 to date. Opinions in some sentencing appeals are also included. Users can search the decisions by keyword or by type, date, name of judge or judges, pursuer/appellant, defender/respondent,
and type of action. The decisions are also available via BAILII where they can be browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year or searched using Boolean or proximity
search methods.
Scottish
Sheriff Court
The Scottish Courts website provides a small collection of case
reports in criminal matters from the Scottish Sheriff Court from
September 1998 onwards. Reports are also available via BAILII where they can be browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year or searched using Boolean or proximity search methods.
Case Law: Northern Ireland
Court
of Appeal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal from
1998 to date. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity
search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Crown Court
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions of the Northern Ireland Crown Court from 2000 to date. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
High
Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains a small
collection of decisions from the Northern Ireland High Court of
Justice Chancery Division from 1998 to date. The decisions can be searched using Boolean
or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year.
High Court of Justice (Family Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains a small collection of decisions from the Northern Ireland High Court of Justice Family Division from 2000 to date. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains a small collection of decisions from the Northern Ireland High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division from 1994 to date. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Case Law: Ireland
Supreme
Court
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions
of the Irish Supreme Court
from 1998 to date (and is reasonably comprehensive from February
2001). The database also includes a number of landmark decisions
dating back to 1965 from the University College Cork, Faculty of Law Leading
Irish Cases database. The decisions can be searched using Boolean
or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year.
High
Court
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains a reasonably comprehensive set of decisions
of the Irish High Court
from 1997 to date. The database also includes some earlier decisions, in particular some from 1996 and a number of earlier landmark decisions
dating back to 1933 from University College Cork, Faculty of Law
Leading Irish Cases database.
The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search
methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Court of Criminal Appeal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains contains decisions of the Irish Court of Criminal Appeal from 1983 to date. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.
IRLII
The Irish Legal Information Institute, established by the University
College Cork, Faculty of Law as part of its contribution to the
BAILII project, is intended to complement BAILII. The most recent
Irish cases and statutes are made available on IRLII. Additionally,
IRLII offers a database of leading Irish cases dating back to 1965
organized by subject area and an index of all decisions of the Irish
High Court, Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeal from 1997
to date, including citations of cases reported in the Irish Reports
and Irish Law Reports Monthly, as well as links to the text
of the decisions on BAILII (if available).
Case Law: Multijurisdictional
Law Reports, Digests and Indexes
BAILII
The British and Irish Legal Information Institute provides access
to the most comprehensive free and up-to-date collection of British
and Irish primary legal materials on the Internet. The databases
on BAILII are derived from a number of sources: some of the data
comes from existing free sites, but most of the databases are based
on published and unpublished CD-ROMs or rely upon direct and indirect
feeds by relevant courts, government departments and other organizations.
All of the data has been converted into a consistent format, and
a generalized set of search and hypertext facilities has been added. The judgments are published on the web site within three days of their release in an approved form. Recently added decisions can be accessed via the Recent Decisions, Recent Additions and New Cases of Interest links on the home page.
English Reports
The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) provides access to a database of the English Reports containing 124,882 cases published from
1220 to 1873. The full text of the Reports is searchable using AustLII's search engine. Search results are sorted in likely order of relevance (date ranking may also be used) and provide the original image of a case. The cases may also be browsed by year or alphabetically. The cases are
available as printable PDFs that replicate the pagination and appearance of the hard copies exactly. All reports have been given a unique citation (e.g., [1867] EngR 19) in addition to their original E.R. and nominate reports citations. The reports
can also be searched simultaneously with other databases from common law jurisdictions available via CommonLII.
WLR
Daily
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales
provides summaries of cases from the House of Lords, the Privy Council,
the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court deemed to
be worthy of inclusion in the Weekly Law Reports. Summaries
are published on the website within 24 hours of judgment being handed
down. Users can browse daily summaries or navigate via the monthly
indexes for more in-depth lists of summaries. To search for cases
with specific subject matter, users can browse the A-Z listing of
subjects in the court index. A keyword search facility is also
available.
Court Service
The official website of UK court administration provides alphabetical and subject lists of leading cases from 2002 to date with links to the decisions on BAILII. Also available: a searchable listing calendar (case tracker) of information on applications or
appeals in the Court of Appeal, Civil Division; and daily lists of cases considered by the various courts, divisions and offices of the Supreme Court and some Crown Courts.
Casetrack
WordWave International, the official reporters to the Courts of Appeal and Administrative Court make available
judgments of the Court of Appeal (Criminal & Civil Divisions)
since April 1996, the Administrative Court from April 1996, all
divisions of the High Court since July 1998, the Employment Appeal
Tribunal since July 1998, and the VAT Tribunal since January 2002.
Also available are searchable links to House of Lords and Privy
Council judgments since November 1996, access to judgments from
the Northern Irish Courts, and selected judgments from
the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice.
New transcripts are added daily. Please note that this is a paid
service; however, individuals
may register for a two-week trial session free of charge.
law-index
The law-index is free version of the subscription site lawindexpro,
a database of case headnotes for UK law created by solicitor David
Swarbrick. It has broadly similar coverage to lawindexpro, but cases
heard after 2000 are not listed and direct links to full-text decisions
are excluded. The index is browsable by subject, and key details
of each case together with a brief summary of the reasons for the
decision are provided.
LawCite
LawCite is an international case citator produced by an Australian Research Council funded project on automated systems for citation recognition. The LawCite database is generated on an entirely automatic basis with no editorial input and includes a fairly complete collection of all common law cases
cited in the past decade plus most of the important uncited decisions before this. This is an Alpha version which is still being built and refined and is being released for public comment only.
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Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
The Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal provides a database of selected Commissioners' and Upper Tribunal decisions since 1972. From 3 November 2008 the Upper Tribunal has taken over the work of the Social Security, Child Support and Pensions Appeal Commissioners. The decisions can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word documents. BAILLI also makes available selected decisions of the Social Security and Child Support Commissioners from 1972 to October 2008 and the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) from November 2008 to date.
Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Lands
Tribunal
The Lands Tribunal for England and Wales, which became the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal in June 2009, provides a searchable database of
all final decisions since 2000. The decisions can also be browsed in reverse chronological order
and by topical categories and subcategories. The full decisions are available in Word
or PDF formats. BAILLI also makes available decisions of the Lands Tribunal from 1999 to May 2009 and the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) from June 2009 to date.
First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support)
The First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support), formerly the Asylum Support Tribunal and the Asylum Support Adjudicators, provides a database of reason
statements (decisions) issued since 2000. Asylum Support moved into the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber on 3 November 2008. The database can be searched by reference number, adjudicator, category or keyword. Landmark or recent decisions and statistics can be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word
documents.
First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards)
The First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards), formerly the Care Standards Tribunal, provides a database of decisions issued since 1985. Included are
decisions of the Registered Homes Tribunal, which heard appeals from 1985 to 2004. The database can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. In addition, all Registered Homes Tribunal decisions or all Protection of Vulnerable Adults decisions can be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word documents. Care Standards has formed part of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 3 November 2008. BAILLI also makes available decisions of the Care Standards Tribunal from 2002 to October 2008 and the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) from November 2008 to date.
First–tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation)
The First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation) website provides a database of important court judgments in judicial review cases relating to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Schemes since 1982. The decisions can be searched using customized criteria, or browsed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available in PDF format.
First–tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)
The First–tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability), formerly the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal, provides a database of decisions issued from October 2000 to July 2006. The full decisions are available in PDF format. Special Educational Needs and Disability has formed part of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 3 November 2008. BAILLI makes available decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) from November 2008 to date.
First-tier Tribunal (Tax)
The First-tier Tribunal (Tax) website provides a database of
decisions issued since
April 2003. The Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal was established on 1 April 2009 and replaces the four former separate Tax Tribunals: the General Commissioners, the Special Commissioners, VAT & Duties, and Section 706 Tribunals. The jurisdiction of the tax tribunal is UK-wide. The decisions can be browsed or searched by
category, date, parties, commissioner or decision number, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. The full decisions are available as HTML or Word
documents. BAILLI also makes available decisions of the VAT
& Duties Tribunals from 1989, the Special
Commissioners of Income Tax from 1999 and the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) from 2009.
Asylum
and Immigration Tribunal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains
decisions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, formerly the
Immigration Appellate Authority and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal,
since 1973. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or
proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name
and chronologically by year. The tribunal
website also provides a searchable database of its decisions since 2000.
Charity Tribunal
The website of the Charity Tribunal contains decisions issued by the Tribunal since 2009. The decisions are listed in reverse chronological order and are available in PDF format.
Competition
Appeal Tribunal
The Competition Appeal Tribunal, formerly known as the Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal, provides a searchable database of
judgments issued since May 2001. The judgments can be searched by name and/or year and are available as PDF files. Decisions of the tribunal
since 2002 are also available via BAILII
where they can be browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year or searched using Boolean or proximity search methods.
Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal
The website of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal contains decisions issued by the Tribunal since 2008. The decisions are listed in reverse chronological order and are available in PDF format.
Copyright
Tribunal
The Copyright Tribunal provides a list of decisions
and orders since 1990, as well as a list of applications/references currently before the Tribunal.
Dispute Resolution Service Decisions
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains the
full text of decisions of the Nominet UK Dispute Resolution Service
since 2001. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity
search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year. All decisions are also available on the Nominet
website as PDF files.
Employment
Appeal Tribunal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains the full
hearing judgments of the Employment Appeal Tribunal since 1976. The tribunal is a Superior Court of Record dealing with appeals
from the decisions of the Employment Tribunals. Its jurisdiction
extends to England, Wales and Scotland. The decisions can be searched
using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically
by party name and chronologically by year. Judgments since 1999 are also
available on the tribunal
website.
Fair
Employment Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains the published
decisions of the Fair Employment Tribunal of Northern Ireland since
1998. The decisions can be searched using Boolean
or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year.
Financial Services and Markets Tribunal
The Financial Services and Markets Tribunal
website provides all decisions of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal since
2002. Also available are the decisions of the Pensions Regulator Tribunal since 2006. Full text decisions are available as PDF
files. BAILLI also makes available decisions of the Financial
Services and Markets Tribunal from 2002.
5RB: Five Raymond Buildings
5RB, a set of barristers specializing in all areas of media and entertainment law, provides digests of selected cases relating to media and entertainment law from 1979 onwards, many with links to full text judgments and news stories about the cases.
Gray's
Inn Tax Chambers
Gray's Inn Tax Chambers, a UK barrister's chambers specializing
in revenue law, makes available summaries and transcripts of UK
tax decisions since 1996. Recent decisions are in PDF format.
Human
Rights Update
One Crown Office Row Chambers provides a database of over 800 reports and commentaries on human rights cases (updated weekly) since 1998. The cases can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject. Weekly e-mail updates are also available.
ICR Express
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting provides brief previews and headnotes of employment and industrial law cases that will later be published in full in the Industrial Cases Reports. These reports include cases from the Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and European
Court of Justice. The summaries are indexed by court and subject matter, date, case name.
Immigration
Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal provides a database of all
final decisions since November 2001. The decisions can be browsed or searched by category, date,
parties, or file number. Full text decisions are available in Word. Decisions of the tribunal are also available via BAILII
where they can be browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year or searched using Boolean or proximity search methods.
Industrial
Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains published
decisions of the Industrial Tribunals in Northern Ireland since 2002.
The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search
methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Information
Tribunal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains published
decisions of the Information Tribunal, formerly known as the Data Protection
Tribunal, since 1990. The decisions can be searched using Boolean
or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year. The tribunal
website provides the decisions in PDF format.
Insurance
and Reinsurance Judgments
The London law firm Elborne Mitchell makes available summaries of
insurance, reinsurance and shipping cases. The collection extends
back to December 1997 and can be browsed by date or searched by
keyword.
Interights
The Commonwealth and International Human Rights Case Law Databases
provide summaries of recent human rights decisions from both domestic
Commonwealth courts and tribunals applying international human rights
law, such as the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
and the European Court of Human Rights. The decisions can be search
by country, keyword, case name, date, court, and the search can
be limited to either the Commonwealth or the International database.
Irish
Competition Authority Decisions
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains the full
text of all decisions of the Irish Competition Authority since it
was established in 1991 until the end of 2001. More recent decisions
(2002 onwards) are split into divisions: Notice,
Mergers and Declaration. The decisions can be searched using Boolean
or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party
name and chronologically by year.
Irish
Information Commissioner's Decisions
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains the full
text of all decisions of the Information Commissioner since 1998.
The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search
methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year.
Patent
Office
The website of the Intellectual Property Office provides access to all patent
decisions issued by the Patent Office since 1998. Summaries or full decisions can be searched using customized criteria or browsed by year and BL number. The full decisions are available as PDF files.
Proceedings
of the Old Bailey
The Old Bailey Proceedings Online makes available a fully searchable,
digitized collection of all surviving editions of the Old Bailey
Proceedings from 1674 to 1913, and of the Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts, 1690 to 1772. In addition to the text,
this website provides digital images of the original pages
of the Proceedings, information on the historical and legal background
to trials at the Old Bailey, and links to descriptions of published
and manuscript materials relating to the trials covered in the Proceedings.
Contemporary maps and images are also provided.
Social
Security Commissioners and Child Support Commissioners (Northern
Ireland)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions
of the Northern Ireland Social Security and Child Support Commissioners since January
2000 and selected decisions since 1998. The material
has been obtained from Northern
Ireland Digest of Case-law (NIDOC). The decisions can be searched
using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically
by party name and chronologically by year.
Special
Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission provides access to decisions since October 29, 2003. The decisions are listed
by determination date in reverse chronological order and include links to the full
text of outcomes and review decisions. Decisions of the tribunal
are also available via BAILII
where they can be browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically
by year or searched using Boolean or proximity search methods.
Transport
Tribunal
The Transport Tribunal provides a searchable database of its
decisions since February 2000. The decisions
can be browsed or searched by category, date, file number or parties.
Full text decisions are available in HTML or Word. Also provided is the Transport Tribunal Digest which includes a chronological list of cases
and linking of all decisions.
Legislation: United Kingdom
UK
Statute Law Database
The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation for the United Kingdom made available online. SLD includes
primary and secondary legislation. Most types of primary
legislation are in revised form with amendments made to them by
subsequent legislation incorporated into the text. Most types of
secondary legislation are not revised and are only in the
form in which they were originally made. The originating text of SLD was derived from two earlier official editions of revised primary legislation, Statutes in Force (SIF) and the Northern Ireland Statutes Revised (NISR). The final text of SIF was revised to 1 February
1991, and that of NISR to 1 January 2006. These dates form the base dates from which revision has been taken forward. Work on bringing the text of SLD fully up to date is in progress. Users may consult Update
Status of Legislation to determine the date
to which legislation has been revised and to obtain details
of any effects that have not yet been applied to it.
All amendments and other effects on legislation for each of the years 2002 to
the current year are listed in the Tables of Legislative Effects. New legislation is loaded onto SLD as soon as
possible; however, it will usually take from two to four weeks following enactment to appear in the New Legislation table.
Acts
of the UK Parliament
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online the
full text of all UK public general acts from 1988 to date and all local acts from 1991 to date as they were originally enacted. Explanatory
notes are available from 1999 to date. The site also
includes measures
of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1988. All UK legislation
is published simultaneously on the Internet and in print with both
media carrying official status since October 2002. Some prior legislation has been added where available. The revised legislation on this site is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database and includes only revised legislation made or enacted
before 1988. A search engine provides full-text searching of all documents. The site includes
a link to full-text bills on the UK Parliament website. Public
acts are also available via BAILII where they can be browsed alphabetically
by title or searched using Boolean or proximity search methods.
legislation.gov.uk
Launched on 29th July, 2010, this new site brings together legislation from SLD with the "as enacted" legislation currently published on the OPSI website to provide a single legislation service that will replace the current services. The SLD website will remain in place until all content and functionality is available on the new site. There are a few Acts that have not yet been migrated from SLD. These will be loaded onto the new site in August 2010. Some functionality currently available on SLD is not yet available on legislation.gov.uk (full content search, Geographical Extent and Point in Time advanced search options, Confers Power and Blanket Amendment information). This functionality will be added in a series of releases over the summer of 2010.
UK
Statutory Instruments
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online the
full text of UK statutory instruments from 1997 to date. Draft
statutory instruments from 1997 onwards are also available. All
UK legislation is published simultaneously on the Internet and
in print with both media carrying official status since October
2002. Statutory instruments are arranged by year and S.I. number.
A search engine is available for full-text searching of all documents.
London
Gazette
The official newspaper of record for the United Kingdom,
the London Gazette publishes official, regulatory and legal information. Recent issues can browsed by notice type or page by page, and the archive can be searched by date,
keyword or issue number. Full text notices are made available as HTML and PDF files. The entire archive from 1665 onwards is in the process of being digitized.
United
Kingdom Parliament
The UK Parliament's website provides access to information
about the business and proceedings of the House of Commons and the
House of Lords and the bills before Parliament, including the full
text of Hansard (available the morning after each sitting day of
the House of Commons), the Weekly Information Bulletin, which contains
a full list of bills introduced in the current session and details
of their progress through Parliament, and committee reports. Bound
volumes of Hansard are available back to the session for 1988/1989
and Lords Hansard back to the session for 1994/1995. A prototype digitized historical Hansard is also available and has Hansards back to 1803.
Legislation: Wales
Statutory
Instruments of the National Assembly for Wales
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online the
full text of the statutory instruments made by the National Assembly
for Wales 1999 onwards. Statutory instruments are arranged by year
and number. Also available are links to the the Government of
Wales Act 1998 and associated delegated legislation and all
United Kingdom acts of Parliament and statutory instruments that
apply exclusively or primarily to Wales. A search engine is available
for full-text searching of all documents.
National
Assembly for Wales
The website of the National Assembly for Wales provides access to
information about the business and proceedings of the Assembly and
legislation currently before the Assembly, including
the full text of Record
of Proceedings, the details of legislation in matters where the Assembly has legislative competence, and committee
reports. Official Records of Proceedings are available back
to 1999.
Legislation: Scotland
Acts
of the Scottish Parliament
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online on behalf
of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland the full text of all acts
of the Scottish Parliament from 1999 to date as they were originally enacted. Acts are arranged by year and number. Also available
are links to the Scotland Act 1998 and associated delegated
legislation and all United Kingdom acts of Parliament and statutory
instruments that apply exclusively or primarily to Scotland. A search
engine provides full-text searching of all documents.
Scottish
Statutory Instruments
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online on behalf
of the Queen’s Printer for Scotland the full text of Scottish
statutory instruments from 1999 onwards, the first S.S.I. made under
powers granted by the Scotland Act 1998. Draft Scottish statutory
instruments are also available. Statutory instruments are arranged
by year and S.S.I. number. A search engine is available for full-text
searching of all documents.
Edinburgh
Gazette
The official newspaper of record for Scotland, the Edinburgh Gazette publishes official, regulatory and legal information. Recent issues can browsed by notice type or page by page, and the archive can be searched by date,
keyword or issue number. Full text notices are made available as HTML and PDF files. The entire archive from 1665 onwards is in the process of being digitized.
Scottish
Parliament
The Scottish Parliament's website provides access to information
about the business and proceedings of the Parliament and the bills
before Parliament, including the full text of Official
Reports and Minutes
of Proceedings, and committee
reports. Definitive versions of the Official Reports and Minutes
of Proceedings are available back 1999. The weekly publication WHISP
(What's Happening in the Scottish Parliament), which has been discontinued,
is available for the period 15 May 1999-3 July 2004.
Legislation: Northern Ireland
Acts
of the Northern Ireland Assembly
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online on behalf
of the Government Printer for Northern Ireland the full text of
acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2000 to date as they were originally enacted. During the period of suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly from October
14, 2002 to
May 8, 2007, primary legislation was made by Northern Ireland Orders in Council. The full
text of such orders in council are provided on the site as well
as the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998, the Northern
Ireland Act 1998 and the associated delegated legislation, and
all UK acts of Parliament and statutory instruments that apply
exclusively or primarily to Northern Ireland. A search
engine is available for full-text searching of all documents.
Also provided is a link to
the Updated Statutes of Northern Ireland 1921 to 2005 on the UK Statute Law Database.
Statutory
Rules of Northern Ireland
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) publishes online on behalf
of the Government Printer for Northern Ireland the full text of
statutory rules of Northern Ireland from 1991 to date. Draft statutory
rules are also available. Statutory instruments are arranged by
year and S.R. number. A search engine is available for full-text
searching of all documents.
Belfast
Gazette
The official newspaper of record for Northern Ireland,
the Belfast Gazette publishes official, regulatory and legal information. Recent issues can browsed by notice type or page by page, and the archive can be searched by date, keyword or issue number.
Full text notices are made available as HTML and PDF files. The entire archive from 1665 onwards is in the process of being digitized.
Northern
Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly's website provides access to information
about the business and proceedings of the Assembly and the bills
before Parliament, including the full text
of Official
Report (Hansard), the weekly Information
Bulletin, which contains a table of bills introduced in the
current session and details of their progress through Parliament,
and committee
reports. Official Reports of the Assembly are available back to July 1, 1998. The Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended on the October 14, 2002 and restored on May 8, 2007.
Legislation: Ireland
Acts
of the Oireachtas
The Oireachtas website provides the full text of the acts of the
Oireachtas from 1997 to 2004. The acts are listed in numerical order
by year and are available as PDF files. IRLII
maintains an HTML version of the acts from 1999 to date that can
be sorted chronologically or alphabetically. BAILII
also provides a database of the acts from 1999 to date with full
search facilities.
Statutory
Instruments
The Irish Legal Information Initiative (IRLII) provides
the full text of statutory instruments since 2002. The
statutory instruments can be sorted either chronologically or alphabetically.
BAILII currently
contains statutory instruments from 1922 to date. Statutory instruments
from 1922 to date are also available in the Irish Statute Book database on the website of the Attorney
General.
Irish
Statute Book
The Irish Statute Book database made available by the Office of
the Attorney General includes the full text of acts of the Oireachtas from 1922 to date, statutory instruments from 1922 to 2005 and a legislation directory (chronological tables) of the statutes for the period 1922-2005. The chronological tables
indicate how the following are affected by acts
of the Oireachtas enacted, Saorstát Éireann statutes
or statutory instruments: pre-union Irish statutes (1236-1800);
English statutes (1226-1707); pre-union British statutes (1707-1800);
British statutes (1801-1922); and Saorstát Éireann
statutes. Simple and advanced search options are provided. BAILII
also provides searchable databases of the acts and statutory instruments
based on the Irish Statute Book.
Iris
Oifigiúil: Irish State Gazette
The official newspaper of the Irish Government is available from 2002 to date. Published twice a week, on Tuesdays and
Fridays, Iris contains proclamations, statutory instruments and
governmental notices. Users can browse current or archived issues as PDF files
or search the database by keyword, category or date.
Houses
of the Oireachtas: Parliament of Ireland
The website of the Houses of the Oireachtas provides access to information
about the business and proceedings and bills initiated in both Houses
(Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann), including
the full text of the unrevised Parliamentary
Debates (updated within 24 hours of the debate), lists of bills
and details of their progress through the Houses, and committee
debates and reports. Searchable volumes of the Official
Report of the Parliamentary Debates are available back to the
Dáil Debates of January 21, 1919 (First Dáil) and
the Seanad Debates from 11 December 11, 1922 (First Seanad).
Legislation: Isle of Man
Acts
of Tynwald
The Isle of Man Government's website provides full-text acts from
the Isle of Man Parliament (Tynwald) from 2001 to date. The acts
are listed by year, in chapter number order. Each title serves as
a link to full-text legislation as originally published, supplemented
by a brief description of the measure and its provisions. The acts
are available as PDF files.
Manx
Church Legislation
The website of Kirk Braddan, the parish church of the parish of
Braddan, Isle of Man, makes available a collection of statutory
materials, articles, and commentaries on the ecclesiastical law
of the Isle of Man. Acts and regulations of Tynwald provided include:
Church Legislation Procedure Act 1993, Church Representation
Rules as they have effect in the Isle of Man, and the Marriage
Act 1984. The documents are listed in a table with a note on
content and link to full text. The site also features an article
outlining the development of church legislation in the Isle of Man
and highlighting differences between Manx law and English law.
Tynwald:
Parliament of the Isle of Man
The Tynwald website provides access to information about the business
and proceedings of the Manx Parliament and bills introduced in the
House of Keys and Legislative Council, including the full text of
Hansard,
a current bills
progress chart, and committee
reports. Hansard Papers are available back to 1997.