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.
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ABA Journals (American Bar Association)
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Admiralty and Eccelesiastical Cases
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All England Law Reports, The
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Appeal Cases
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Butterworths' Company Law Cases
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Butterworths' Medico Legal Reports
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Chancery Appeals
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Chancery Division
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Common Market Law Reports
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Common Pleas
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Construction Law Reports
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Criminal Appeal Reports
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English Reports (also in HeinOnline)
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Equity Cases
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Estates Gazette Law Reports
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European Copyright and Design Reports
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European Human Rights Reports
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Exchequer
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Human Rights Law Reports UK Cases
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Industrial Cases Reports
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Industrial Relations Law Reports
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Justice of the Peace Law Reports
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Kings Bench
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Landlord and Tenant Reports
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Law Times Reports
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Privy Council
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Probate
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Queens Bench
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Scots Law Times
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Session Cases
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Singapore Law Reports
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Simon's Tax Cases
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State Trials
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The Law Reports
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The Weekly Law Reports
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Times Law Reports
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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.