Structure of English Court System
Note About Reporters
England does not have an official reporter; however, the Law Reports is the suggested reporter for appeal cases for citation purposes. Other reporters may be used/cited if the case has not been reported in the Law Reports. For cases before 1865, the bluebook suggests citing to the English Reports.
Supreme Court
- UK Supreme Court [BAILLI]2009-present. For older decisions, see the House of Lords judgments in Historical section below.
- All England Law Reports [Print]1936 - 2012 (subscription cancelled).
Annotated set containing cases heard by the Supreme Court, the Privy Council, both divisions of the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court.
- All England Law Reports (Nexis Uni)1936 - present
Cases (with annotations) heard by the Supreme Court, the Privy Council, both divisions of the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court.
Courts of Appeal and High Courts
- UK Appeals Court Decisions [BAILLI]1990s - present
Decisions from the Civil and Criminal Divisions of the Court of Appeal, and from the Administrative Court. - Criminal Appeal Reports [Westlaw]1909 - present
- The Law Reports [print ]1865 - 2012 (subscription cancelled)
Preferred reporter for appeal cases. - The Law Reports [Westlaw]1865 - present
Preferred reporter for appeal cases. - UK Caselaw Transcripts [Westlaw]1999 - present. Transcripts from Courts of Appeal, High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench) and other selected courts.
- All England Law Reports [print]1936 - 2012 (subscription cancelled)
Annotated set containing cases heard by the Supreme Court, the Privy Council, both divisions of the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court.
- All England Law Reports (Nexis Uni)1936 - present
Cases (with annotations) heard by the Supreme Court, the Privy Council, both divisions of the Court of Appeal and all divisions of the High Court.
- Weekly Law Reports [print ]1953 - 2012 (subscription cancelled)
Most up to date series of reports for English cases that will eventually appear in the Law Reports.
- Weekly Law Reports [Westlaw]1953 - present
Most up to date series of reports for English cases that will eventually appear in the Law Reports.
Other Judicial Bodies
- Judisical Committee of the Privy Council [JCPC]2009 - present (See All England Law Reports for older cases)
Historical Reporters
- English Reports [print]1220-1867
Full reprint of all English courts. - The Times Law Reports [print]1884 - 1951
Containing cases that appear in The Times. Selected from major courts.
- English Reports [HeinOnline]1220-1867
Full reprint of all English courts. - English Reports [Westlaw]1220 -1867
Full reprint of all English courts. - English Reports [CommonLII]1220-1873
Full reprint of all English courts. - Old Bailey OnlineProceedings of the Old Baily, 1674-1913.
"A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
Digests
- Halsbury's Laws of England [print]1931 -2010 (subscription cancelled)
A multi-volume encyclopedia of law in England and Wales. Arranged by subject, indexing the most important cases, legislation and commentary in a particular subject area. - The Digest1971 - 2009 (subscription cancelled)
Cases arranged by topic. Covering the UK, Commonwealth, and the EU.
Citators
- LawciteAutomatically generates citations to case and journal articles. Has no editorial input. Good for locating citations to common law cases.
- Current Law Yearbook1947- 2009 (subscription cancelled)
Summarizes cases, legislation, and other developments on topics for each year, which occurs during a particular year.
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