Judgments and decisions Find Case Law provides

Courts in England and Wales select judgments and tribunal decisions to send to The National Archives for permanent preservation and publication on Find Case Law. Currently Find Case Law regularly receives and publishes judgments from the Privy Council, the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Upper Tribunals, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and The Employment Appeal Tribunal.

The service also receives decisions from some first-tier tribunal chambers and some judgments from the Family Court, Court of Protection, County Court and Crown Court. Judgments given from 19 April 2022 onwards have been transferred to The National Archives directly by the courts and tribunals. Judgments given prior to 19 April 2022 have been sourced by The National Archives from a variety of different sources, including BAILII. The National Archives, the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary have the ambition to grow Find Case Law to become a comprehensive and authoritative repository for case law in England and Wales.

Date ranges of judgments and decisions available in Find Case Law

• United Kingdom Supreme Court — 2012 to 2024
• Privy Council — 2009 to 2024
• Court of Appeal
  • Civil Division — 2001 to 2024
  • Criminal Division — 2003 to 2024
• High Court (England & Wales)
  • Administrative Court — 2003 to 2024
  • Admiralty Court — 2003 to 2024
  • Chancery Division — 2003 to 2024
  • Commercial Court — 2003 to 2024
  • Family Division — 2003 to 2024
  • Intellectual Property Enterprise Court — 2013 to 2024
  • King's Bench Division — 2003 to 2024
  • Mercantile Court — 2008 to 2014
  • Patents Court — 2003 to 2024
  • Queen's Bench Division — 2003 to 2024
  • Senior Courts Costs Office — 2003 to 2024
  • Technology and Construction Court — 2003 to 2024
• Other Courts
  • Crown Court — 2024
  • County Court — 2024
  • Family Court — 2014 to 2024
  • Court of Protection — 2009 to 2024
• Investigatory Powers Tribunal — 2024
• Employment Appeal Tribunal — 2021 to 2024
• Upper Tribunals
  • Administrative Appeals Chamber — 2004 to 2024
  • Immigration and Asylum Chamber — 2003 to 2024
  • Lands Chamber — 2015 to 2024
  • Tax and Chancery Chamber — 2017 to 2024
• First-tier Tribunals
  • General Regulatory Chamber — 2019 to 2024
  • Tax Chamber — 2019 to 2024

Judgments and decisions not available in Find Case Law

Find Case Law is not a complete record of judgments and decisions for the courts or tribunals. The service only contains judgments and decisions that have been handed down and made public. Ex tempore (verbal) judgments that are not routinely transcribed may not be sent to the archive. For these, please contact the court or tribunal directly. See What judgments and decisions are.

Find Case Law does not routinely receive judgments from:

• Crown Courts
• County Courts
• Magistrates' Courts

Some judgments may subsequently have been appealed and the judgments on appeal may not be included in the Find Case Law service. You should satisfy yourself that a judgment has not been the subject of an appeal before relying on it as an authority.

Historical judgments and decisions

Older legal records that have been transferred to The National Archives on paper can be found in Discovery, The National Archives’ main catalogue. Discovery includes searchable descriptions of records. Research guides provide help with using Discovery to find particular records.