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.

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Case Law: United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Supreme Court
The Supreme Court replaced the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom in October 2009. The Court hears appeals on arguable points of law of the greatest public importance, for the whole of the United Kingdom in civil cases, and for England, Wales and Northern Ireland in criminal cases. Additionally, it hears cases on devolution matters under the Scotland Act 1998, the Northern Ireland Act 1988 and the Government of Wales Act 2006. This jurisdiction was transferred to the Supreme Court from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The court website provides the full text of all judgments handed down since 1 December 2009 as PDF files. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order, and a keyword search is available. Details of current cases, including case summaries, are also 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 Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) provides the full text of judgments made after August 2009. 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 sortable list includes the hand-down date, neutral citation, case id, case name, and details including press summary and judgments in PDF format. Judgments before 1999 and annually for each year to 2009 are available on an archived site. Decisions since 1996 and selected historical decisions are also available with full search facilities via BAILII.

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Case Law: England and Wales

Court of Appeal

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 (Court of Protection)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions of the Court of Protection of the High Court of England and Wales since 2010. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.

High Court (Senior Courts Cost Office)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains all decisions of the Senior Courts Cost Office (formerly known as the Supreme Court Costs 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 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.

Magistrates' Court (Family)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains selected family law judgments of the Magistrates' Courts of England and Wales since 2009. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.

County Court (Family)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains selected family law judgments of the County Courts of England and Wales since 2009. 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.

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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.

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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. Judicial decisions of Northern Ireland’s courts are also available from 1999 to date on the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website where they can be search or browsed.

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. Judicial decisions of Northern Ireland’s courts are also available from 1999 to date on the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website where they can be search or browsed.

High Court

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. Judicial decisions of Northern Ireland’s courts are also available from 1999 to date on the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website where they can be search or browsed.

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. Judicial decisions of Northern Ireland’s courts are also available from 1999 to date on the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website where they can be search or browsed.

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. Judicial decisions of Northern Ireland’s courts are also available from 1999 to date on the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website where they can be search or browsed.

High Court of Justice (Masters' Decisions)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains Masters' decisions from the Northern Ireland High Court of Justice 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. Judicial decisions of Northern Ireland’s courts are also available from 1999 to date on the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service website where they can be search or browsed.

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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).

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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.

ICLR Case Summaries
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales provides the ICLR Case Summaries (formerly WLR Daily) from 2009 onwards. Summaries are published on the website within 24 hours of judgment being handed down. Users can browse daily summaries or search the current week, month, year or all case summaries by case name, neutral citation, subject matter, keyword, date of judgment and court.

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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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, from 1973 to February 2010. Jurisdiction is UK-wide. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.

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. Jurisdiction is UK-wide. The judgments can be searched by name and/or year and are available as PDF files. Decisions of the tribunal since 2001 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.

Copyright Tribunal
The Copyright Tribunal provides its latest decisions and orders as well as decisions and orders issued from 1967 to 1994. Only lists of decisions from 1995 to 2003 are available. Jurisdiction is UK-wide. The decisions are provided as PDF documents.

Dispute Resolution Service Decisions
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains 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 Tribunals Service website.

Employment Tribunals
The Tribunals Service provides key decisions issued by the Employment Tribunals since 1995. The decisions are listed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available as Word documents. The jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunals is UK-wide.

Fair Employment Tribunal (Northern Ireland)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains 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. The website of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal provides a searchable database of the decisions of both these tribunals from 2007.

Financial Services and Markets Tribunal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal since 2002. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.

First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 2000 by the First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support), formerly known as the the Asylum Support Tribunal and Asylum Support Adjudicators. The database can be searched by reference number, adjudicator, category or keyword. Most recently added and landmark decisions can also be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word documents. Asylum Support moved into the First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber on 3 November 2008. Jurisdiction is UK-wide.

First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 1985 by the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards), formerly the Care Standards Tribunal. 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 (Charity)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions issued since 2009 by the First-tier Tribunal (Charity), formerly the Charity Tribunal. A list of decisions can be browsed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Charity has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 1 September 2009.

First-tier Tribunal (Claims Management Services)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions issued since 2009 by the First-tier Tribunal (Claims Management Services), formerly the Claims Management Services Tribunal. A list of decisions can be browsed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Claims Management Services has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 1 September 2009.

First-tier Tribunal (Consumer Credit)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions issued since 2008 by the First-tier Tribunal (Consumer Credit), formerly the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal. A list of decisions can be browsed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Consumer Credit has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 1 September 2009.

First–tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 1967 by the First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation), formerly the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel. The decisions can be searched using customized criteria, or browsed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Criminal Injuries Compensation has formed part of the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 3 November 2008.

First-tier Tribunal (Estate Agents)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions issued since 2009 by the First-tier Tribunal (Estate Agents), formerly the Estate Agents Appeals Panel. A list of decisions can be browsed in reverse chronological order. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Estate Agents has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 1 September 2009.

First-tier Tribunal (Immigration Services)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 2001 by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration Services), formerly the Immigration Services Tribunal. Jurisdiction is UK-wide. The database can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word documents. Immigration Services has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 18 January 2010. Jurisdiction is UK-wide.

First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 1983 by the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights), formerly the Information Tribunal and prior to that the Data Protection Tribunal. The database can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. In addition, National Security Appeals Panel decisions can be browsed. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Information Rights has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 18 January 2010.

First-tier Tribunal (Local Government Standards in England)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 2000 by the First-tier Tribunal (Local Government Standards in England), formerly the Adjudication Panel for England. The database can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word documents. Local Government Standards in England has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 18 January 2010.

First–tier Tribunal (Primary Health Lists)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions issued since 2004 by the First–tier Tribunal (Primary Health Lists), which took over the role of the Family Health Services Appeal Authority on 18 January 2010. A list of decisions can be browsed in reverse chronological order, and case digest is provided. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. Primary Health Lists has formed part of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 18 January 2010. BAILLI makes available decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) from November 2008 to date.

First–tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued from October 2000 to July 2006 by the First–tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability), formerly the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. 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. Jurisidiction is England only. 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 Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued by the First-tier Tribunal (Tax), which was established on 1 April 2009 and replaced 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.

First-tier Tribunal (Transport)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 2000 by the First-tier Tribunal (Transport), formerly the Transport Tribunal. The database can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed. Also provided is the Transport Digest, which includes cases of the First-tier Tribunal (Transport) and Upper Tribunal Traffic Commissioner appeals. The Digest list cases in chronological order and provides links to all decisions. The full decisions are available as Word documents. Transport has formed part of the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal since 1 September 2009.

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.

Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains 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. The website of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal provides a searchable database of the decisions of both these tribunals from 2007.

Information Tribunal
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains decisions issued since 1990 by the Information Tribunal, formerly known as the Data Protection Tribunal. The database includes decisions of the National Security Appeals Panel. The decisions can be searched using Boolean or proximity search methods, or browsed alphabetically by party name and chronologically by year.

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 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 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.

Irish Data Protection Commission Case Studies
This database, available via the BAILII website, contains Irish Data Protection Commission cases studies since 2005. 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.

Residential Property Tribunal
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of all decisions and reasons made by Rent Assessment Committees and Leasehold Valuation Tribunals from 1 January 2006. The decisions can be searched by keyword or browsed by case type and panel office. Jurisdiction is England only.

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
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions issued by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission 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.

Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) and the former Social Security and Child Support Commissioners, who were transferred to the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal on 3 November 2008. Jurisdiction is UK-wide. The decisions can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions including topical categories and subcategories can be browsed. The full decisions are available as Word documents. BAILLI also makes available 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 (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of reported determinations of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) for the United Kingdom, the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, and the former Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, which was replaced on 15 February 2010. Reported determinations can be searched using customized criteria, or lists of starred determinations, all country guideline determinations or recent determinations can be browsed. An archive of all determinations can also be searched by date. The full decisions are available as Word documents. BAILLI also makes available decisions of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) from February 2010 to date, the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal from June 2005 to February 2010 and the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal from 1973 to June 2005.

Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Lands Tribunal
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides a searchable database of decisions issued since 2000 by the Lands Tribunal for England and Wales, which became the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal in June 2009. The decisions can be searched using customized criteria, or a chronological list of decisions can be browsed by topical categories and subcategories. The full decisions are available as Word or PDF documents. 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.

Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
The Tribunals Judiciary website provides decisions of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber), which has UK wide jurisdiction in tax cases and references against decisions of the Financial Services Authority. For charity cases its jurisdiction extends to England and Wales. In references against decisions of the Pensions Regulator it has jurisdiction in England, Wales and Scotland. A chronological list of decisions including topical categories and subcategories can be browsed. Decisions of the former Financial Services and Markets Tribunal and Pensions Regulator Tribunal are also provided. The full decisions are available as PDF documents. BAILLI also makes available decisions of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) from September 2009 to date.

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Legislation: United Kingdom

legislation.gov.uk
Legislation.gov.uk is the official home of UK legislation, covering every jurisdiction (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and stretching back to 1267. Managed by the National Archives, the site brings together legislation as enacted and revised legislation to create an integrated service that simplifies access to legislation. It includes most (but not all) types of legislation and their accompanying explanatory documents. All legislation from 1988 to present is available. Most pre-1988 primary legislation is available. Some secondary legislation items (e.g., Statutory Instruments) are available before 1987. The aim is to publish new legislation simultaneously or at least within 24 hours of its publication in printed form. The interface provides effective navigation around the documents and between versions including an interactive browse and timeline facility. There are also multiple options for downloading and printing the legislation.
Note: The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website and the UK Statute Law Database (SLD) were decommissioned in February 2011.

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.

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Legislation: Wales

Welsh Legislation
Legislation.gov.uk provides access to types of legislation that are either exclusively applicable to Wales or contain legislation that may pertain to Wales. New legislation is published simultaneously or at least within 24 hours of its publication in printed form. The interface provides effective navigation around the documents and between versions including an interactive browse and timeline facility. There are also multiple options for downloading and printing the legislation.

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.

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Legislation: Scotland

Scottish Legislation
Legislation.gov.uk provides access to types of legislation that are either exclusively applicable to Scotland or contain legislation that may pertain to Scotland. New legislation is published simultaneously or at least within 24 hours of its publication in printed form. The interface provides effective navigation around the documents and between versions including an interactive browse and timeline facility. There are also multiple options for downloading and printing the legislation.

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 Chamber Proceedings, and committee reports. Definitive versions of the Official Reports and Minutes of Proceedings are available back 1999.

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Legislation: Northern Ireland

North Ireland Legislation
Legislation.gov.uk provides access to types of legislation that are either exclusively applicable to Northern Ireland or contain legislation that may pertain to Northern Ireland. New legislation is published simultaneously or at least within 24 hours of its publication in printed form. The interface provides effective navigation around the documents and between versions including an interactive browse and timeline facility. There are also multiple options for downloading and printing the legislation.

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.

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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 (eISB) made available by the Office of the Attorney General includes the full text of acts of the Oireachtas (the Parliament of Ireland) from 1922 to date, statutory instruments from 1922 to date and a legislation directory (chronological tables) of the statutes from 1922 onwards. 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.
Note: The official version of the Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments remains the printed version published by the Stationery Office.

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).

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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, current bills in progress, and committee reports. Hansard Papers are available back to 1997.