Finding Case Reports Online
Case reports are an important record of developments in case law, and you will be expected to read many during your studies. We provide three databases that between them provide a wide range of reports. The table lists the availability of a selection of key report series. The coverage information links to the login for that database.
Report Series vLex Justis Lexis+ Westlaw ABA Journals (American Bar Association) Coverage varies International Materials Admiralty and Eccelesiastical Cases 1865-75 All England Law Reports, The 1936 to present Appeal Cases 1875 to present 1875 to present Butterworths' Company Law Cases 1983 to present Butterworths' Medico Legal Reports 1983 to present Chancery Appeals 1865 to1875 1865-1875 Chancery Division 1875 to present 1875 to present Common Market Law Reports 1962 to present Common Pleas 1865 to1880 1865 to1880 Construction Law Reports 1996 to present Criminal Appeal Reports 1995 to present English Reports (also in HeinOnline) vol 1 - 176 vol 1 - 176 vol 1 - 176 Equity Cases 1865 to1875 1865-1875 Estates Gazette Law Reports 1975 to present European Copyright and Design Reports 2000 to present European Human Rights Reports 1960 to present 1979 to present Exchequer 1865 to 1875 1865-1875 Human Rights Law Reports UK Cases 2000 to present Industrial Cases Reports 1972 to present Industrial Relations Law Reports 1972 to present Justice of the Peace Law Reports 1837 to present Kings Bench 1865 to present 1901 to 1952 Landlord and Tenant Reports 1998 to present Law Times Reports 1918-1965 Privy Council 1865 to1875 1865-1875 Probate 1865 to present 1865 to present Queens Bench 1865 to present 1865 to present Scots Law Times 1909 to present Session Cases 1821 to present 1930 to present 1907 to present Singapore Law Reports 1965 to present Simon's Tax Cases 1973 to present State Trials 1163-1858 The Law Reports 1865 to present 1865 to present The Weekly Law Reports 1953 to present 1953 to present Times Law Reports 1990 to present 1987 to present
Ordering Case Reports Online
You may be able to obtain a copy of the case report, but at a cost. First of all, you will need to decipher the citation to get the full title of the report series. Check the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations as a first step.
Bailli
On the Bailli (British and Irish legal Information Institute) website you can access freely available British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material.