Free to use

Under the Open Justice Licence, you can freely:

• read and download any judgment from Find Case Law
• share links to judgments with colleagues, clients, or the public
• quote and cite judgments in your work, including academic papers, legal arguments, articles, and publications
• use for legal research including case preparation, legal advice, and court submissions
• teach and learn using judgments in educational settings
• reference personally for your own understanding and study
• use commercially including incorporating judgments into your own products or applications

No permission needed, no forms to fill in and no fees to pay.

Commercial use is permitted

The Open Justice Licence allows you to use judgments commercially. You can:

• copy, publish, distribute and transmit case law data
• combine judgments with other information
• include judgments in your own product or application

This means commercial legal technology products, legal databases and other commercial services can incorporate Find Case Law judgments freely.

What you can't do freely

The Open Justice Licence does not permit computational analysis.

If you intend to do any programmatic searching in bulk across Find Case Law records to identify, extract or enrich contents within the records, you will need to apply for a licence to perform computational analysis.

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Full terms

Open Justice Licence provides the complete legal terms governing the use of Find Case Law judgments, including specific conditions and requirements.