Welcome to BAILII, based at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
where you can find British and Irish case law & legislation,
European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related
British and Irish material.
BAILII thanks The Scottish
Council of Law Reporting for their assistance in establishing the Historic Scottish Law
Reports project.
BAILII also thanks Sentral
for provision of servers and Bytemark
for provision of hosting services.
For more information, see About BAILII.
BAILII'S 24th BIRTHDAY CAMPAIGN!
In December, BAILII is celebrating 24 years of providing free access to the law for all. We rely on donations to fund the very modest costs of maintaining and extending our free-to-access databases of legal information. If you value access to justice and/or you use BAILII, please donate today: https://www.bailii.org/bailii/appeal.html
Sir Henry Brooke Lecture Video
A video of the 2024 Sir Henry Brooke Lecture, 'The State of the World', given by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC FRSA FRSE on 21 November 2024 is now available on BAILII.
Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) Judgments on BAILII
BAILII now includes judgments from the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). The new database enhances BAILII's existing collection of international commercial judgments from Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts, the Cayman Islands, and Qatar.
Quick Guide to BAILII
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies compiled a Quick Guide to BAILII.
Most-downloaded judgments
To help users stay up-to-date, BAILII now has a summary listing of the judgments viewed most often in the last week.
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